Designing an Azure Solution for Cost Reporting: Department-wise Breakdown
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You are designing an Azure solution for a company that has four departments. Each department will deploy several Azure app services and Azure SQL databases.
You need to recommend a solution to report the costs for each department to deploy the app services and the databases. The solution must provide a consolidated view for cost reporting that displays cost broken down by department.
Solution: Create a new subscription for each department.
Does this meet the goal?
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Instead, create a resources group for each resource type. Assign tags to each resource
Note: Tags enable you to retrieve related resources from different resource groups. This approach is helpful when you need to organize resources for billing or management.
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/resource-group-using-tagsOption A is a valid solution for providing a consolidated view of costs for each department. By creating a new subscription for each department, you can track the usage and costs of resources deployed by each department separately. You can then use Azure Cost Management and Billing to view the costs and usage for each subscription and break it down by department.
Azure Cost Management and Billing provides various tools to help you monitor, allocate, and optimize your cloud costs. You can use it to view cost breakdowns by resource group, resource, and tag, as well as by subscription. By using tags, you can easily group resources by department and create custom cost reports.
However, it is important to note that creating multiple subscriptions can also have some drawbacks. It can increase administrative overhead, as each subscription needs to be managed separately. Additionally, some services may have limits on the number of subscriptions that can be created. It is also important to consider the impact on governance and security, as you will need to ensure that each subscription is properly secured and managed.
In summary, creating a new subscription for each department can be a valid solution for reporting costs broken down by department, but it is important to weigh the benefits and drawbacks and consider other factors such as governance and security.
