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Azure cost check-up · $950
Cloud cost check-up: summary
Prepared for Ironclad Comfort Co. (fictional HVAC company, 14 staff)
Sample · fictional business · example figuresWhere the money goes (example, per month)
Example monthly total $1,134
Five things worth a closer look
Seats for people who have left Example: about $54/month
Check first: Confirm each seat is unused and the mailbox is archived first.
Trade-off: None once the data is kept.
A test server that is left running Example: about $85/month
Check first: Ask who built it and whether anything still uses it.
Trade-off: Stopping it breaks anything quietly depending on it.
Old backups and snapshots kept forever Example: about $35/month
Check first: Agree a retention period that matches what the business needs.
Trade-off: Older restore points would no longer exist.
A database sized far above its load Example: about $70/month
Check first: Look at three months of usage before changing the size.
Trade-off: Less headroom if work suddenly spikes.
Steady workload on pay-as-you-go pricing Example: about $45/month
Check first: Only for work that has run the same for a year.
Trade-off: A commitment of one year or more.
If every idea held up: about $289 a month (example number)
How we would decide, in order
- Start with the cheapest and safest: seats and subscriptions no one uses.
- Look at three months of real usage before changing the size of anything.
- You approve every change. Changes are a separate, written scope.
Recommendations, not a guaranteed saving. Changes need your approval and a separate scope. Example monthly total $1,134; example ideas add up to $289 per month only if every one proves sensible once the real data is checked.