Azure in 60 Seconds: Mistakes Killing Your Budget

1. Leaving Resources Running Unused VMs, disks, and test environments running 24/7 = silent cost leak. Stop, deallocate, or schedule shutdowns. 2. Overprovisioning Using large VM sizes “just in case” wastes money. Start small, monitor usage, then scale. 3. No Cost Visibility If you don’t track it, you can’t control it. Use Azure Cost Management for budgets and alerts. 4. Ignoring Storage Costs Snapshots, backups, and logs grow silently over time. Apply lifecycle policies and clean up regularly.