2020 / Governance / COST-GOV-001

Cloud Cost Governance Baseline

Cost governance baseline for Azure subscriptions, budgets, tagging, reporting, and ownership review.

Purpose

Give cloud owners practical visibility into spend, ownership, and budget controls.

Customer context

The customer had growing Azure usage and needed clearer accountability for cost decisions.

Scope

  • Subscription and resource group review
  • Tagging recommendations
  • Budget and alert configuration
  • Cost reporting guidance

Delivery approach

The baseline focused on governance habits that could be repeated every month.

Outcome

Cloud spend became easier to review and discuss with workload owners.

Evidence of delivery

Tagging model, budget configuration notes, and reporting guidance were delivered.