Designing Azure Solution for Departmental Cost Reporting | Exam AZ-301 Solution

Consolidated Cost Reporting Solution for Azure App Services and SQL Databases

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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.

Solution: Place all resources in the same resource group. Assign tags to each resource.

Does this meet the goal?

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A. B.

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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-tags

The recommended solution of placing all resources in the same resource group and assigning tags to each resource is a valid approach to reporting costs for each department to deploy Azure app services and Azure SQL databases. Therefore, the answer is A. Yes.

By placing all the resources in the same resource group, it is easier to manage and organize the resources for each department. Each department can be assigned its own set of resources in a separate resource group. This will simplify the process of managing resources and simplify the deployment process. Additionally, it is easier to report on the costs of resources that are placed in a resource group, rather than trying to report on individual resources that are spread across different resource groups.

Assigning tags to each resource provides a way to track and categorize resources. Tags allow you to assign metadata to resources, such as department name or project name. This makes it easier to identify resources associated with a specific department, which in turn makes it easier to calculate the costs associated with that department.

Using Azure Cost Management and Billing, you can create reports and dashboards that group resources by tags. This allows you to easily report on the costs associated with each department based on the resources they are using. By doing so, you can provide a consolidated view of costs for the entire organization, as well as drill down into specific departments as needed.

In conclusion, the recommended solution of placing all resources in the same resource group and assigning tags to each resource meets the goal of reporting costs for each department to deploy Azure app services and Azure SQL databases.