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FinOps-certified practitioner Michael Stephenson introduces the cost assessment survey. He walks through the survey, explaining its importance and the types of questions it includes. The survey covers topics such as the frequency of cloud cost reviews, who is responsible for cost monitoring, methods for tracking spending, and much more! He also emphasizes the need for proactive cost management and highlights common practices like shutting down unused resources and right-sizing. The goal is to help organizations manage and optimize their cloud costs more effectively.

In this episode of the series "INTEGRATE expert voices—Unplugged" by Azure on Air, Andrew Rivers discusses the challenges that customers often face when getting started with integration technologies, such as understanding the various components and how they fit together, categorizing applications in terms of business criticality, and determining the appropriate infrastructure to support them. Links.

In this episode of Azure on Air from the INTEGRATE Summit, Riccardo Viglianisi shares the importance of quality practices in development, the role of testing frameworks, integration experiences in modern cloud environments, and the ever-evolving nature of software development. It sets the tone for a technical discussion that's forward-thinking and rooted in practical advice for developers.

In this episode of the "Integrate experts - unplugged" series from the Azure on Air podcast, two integration experts, Sandro Pereira and the host, Lex Hegt, talk about the evolution of integration solutions, focusing on BizTalk Server and Azure Integration Services. They delve into the process of migrating from BizTalk to Azure Integration Services, sharing their experiences and best practices. The speakers also address challenges and considerations, such as cost, sizing, and performance, to help viewers better understand the migration process.

Turbo360 brings a suite of enhancements added to elevate your Azure management experience. Hit play to hear what's in store for this month.

In this video, Michael Stephenson ( A FinOps certified practitioner & Azure MVP) will demonstrate on how you can identify Azure rightsizing recommendations using Turbo360 and then send them to Azure DevOps as a work item so that your team can implement the same in the next sprint. By integrating Turbo360 with Azure DevOps, you can streamline the rightsizing process, reduce manual effort, and ensure that your Azure resources are optimized for performance and cost.

This video demonstrates the workload optimization feature within a Turbo360. This feature allows users to schedule automatic resizing or turning off resources in Azure to minimize costs. The video shows how to set up a schedule to manage resources, such as App service plans, Cosmos DB, Data Factory Pipelines, Logic Apps, SQL databases, and VMs, and how to configure notifications and cost savings.

This conversation from the INTEGRATE expert voices unplugged series from Azure on Air discusses the importance of a security-first mindset in software development, particularly in the context of Azure and cloud computing.

This episode of "INTEGRATE expert voices - Unplugged" from the Azure on Air podcast, features Julia Casper from Microsoft's API Management team.

Turbo360 is an Azure FinOps tool designed to provide a clear view of cost trends through in-depth analysis across multiple subscriptions in a comprehensive dashboard. This powerful platform empowers finance and engineering teams with transparency into cloud spending, enabling effective cost optimization with business context.