Tips for Dealing with Azure Consumption Constraints and Hidden M365 Costs. Season 5. Episode 9.

Are you being hit with Azure consumption constraints and/or skyrocketing M365 costs in your Azure bill? Directions' Advisory Services Director Lane Shelton shares with Mary Jo Foley his tips and advice on how to handle these issues. 0:00 Introduction to the podcast 1:10 Discussion on cloud capacity constraints and how to address them in your Microsoft Azure Consumption Commit (MACC) agreements. 6:09 Strategies for protecting yourself: documentation, organizational muscle, and historical lessons. 8:28 Announcement of the Atlas AI assistant for Directions on Microsoft members. 9:27 Overview of hidden M365 costs and the discovery of over 10,000 Azure meters. 11:14 How to use Azure Cost Management to track and identify these hidden expenses. 13:28 Tips for illuminating the "Azure blind spot" and managing spending before renewals. 15:36 Final thoughts: viewing constraints as an inflection point and the historical parallel to the dot-com era's bandwidth limitations. Subscribe for more expert insights. Like & share if you find this valuable! Comment below with your thoughts. For more insights and expert advice to maximize the value of your Microsoft investments, visit our page: https://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com/ To see all seasons of the podcast visit our page: https://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com... To learn more about our Microsoft Licensing Boot Camps visit our page: https://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com... Become a Directions member: https://www.directionsonmicrosoft.com... #microsoft #microsoftlicensing #azure #m365