Today, Vantage launches support for additional Azure cost recommendations. Vantage users who have Azure connected as a provider can see new recommendations for additional services, like Blob Storage Reserved Instances and Virtual Machine Rightsizing. Each recommendation will have specific details along with the projected savings amount. Vantage continually profiles your Azure workloads and automatically keeps these recommendations up to date.
Before, Vantage surfaced some cost recommendations, such as for Compute Reserved Instances and Compute Unattached Virtual Hard Disks; however, there were no Azure-specific recommendations available for categories like Virtual Machine Rightsizing. Users had to log in to the Azure Advisor to see any additional recommendations beyond what was offered in Vantage.
Now, users can see these new recommendations on the Cost Recommendations page in the Vantage console. From this page, users can see detailed information about the recommendation, such as the potential monthly savings amount. Where applicable, Resource Reports will be created for recommendations made on a resource level, such as VM Rightsizing, for Vantage customers to get full inventories of resources that can be optimized.
These recommendations are now available to all users with an Azure connection. You can see your Azure cost recommendations by visiting the Cost Recommendations page. For more information about how to view Azure cost recommendations in Vantage, see the documentation.
Frequently Asked Questions
1. What is being launched today?
Today, Vantage is launching additional cost recommendations for Azure. If you have connected Azure as a provider, you can see these new recommendations on the Cost Recommendations page.
2. Who is the customer?
Any Vantage user who has connected Azure as a provider.
3. How much does this cost?
There is no additional cost for seeing these recommendations; however, if you are on a free trial, the specifics of the recommendations will be obscured.
4. Which new categories will I now see cost recommendations for?
Vantage is adding support for the following Azure categories.
| Recommendation Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Compute Savings Plans | Vantage will identify potential savings from purchasing Compute Savings Plans. |
| Virtual Machine (VM) Rightsizing | Vantage will suggest VM instances that can be rightsized to offer savings. Suggestions will be made available through the Active Resource page’s Rightsizing tab as well. |
| Blob Storage Reserved Instances | Vantage will suggest purchasing Reserved Instances that can save on Blob v2 and Datalake storage Gen2 costs. |
| SQL PaaS DB Reserved Instances | Vantage will suggest purchasing Reserved Instances that can save on your pay-as-you-go costs. |
| Files Reserved Instances | Vantage will suggest purchasing Reserved Instances that can save on your on-demand costs. |
5. How quickly will I see recommendations after I’ve connected Azure as a provider?
Immediately after connecting Azure as a provider, your workloads will be profiled, and the recommendations will be surfaced to give you a savings estimate.
6. Can I ignore a specific recommendation?
If you want to hide a recommendation, you can click Archive. This action adds the recommendation to your archived recommendation list.
7. Will I be notified when new recommendations are surfaced?
We do not currently send notifications when new recommendations are surfaced.
