Azure.Pillar.CostOptimization#
Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework - Cost Optimization pillar specific baseline.
Rules#
The following rules are included within the Azure.Pillar.CostOptimization
baseline.
This baseline includes a total of 14 rules.
Name | Synopsis | Severity |
---|---|---|
Azure.ACR.Usage | Regularly remove deprecated and unneeded images to reduce storage usage. | Important |
Azure.ADX.Usage | Regularly remove unused resources to reduce costs. | Important |
Azure.DevBox.ProjectLimit | Limit the number of Dev Boxes a single user can create for a project. | Important |
Azure.EventHub.Usage | Regularly remove unused resources to reduce costs. | Important |
Azure.FrontDoor.State | Enable Azure Front Door Classic instance. | Important |
Azure.ML.ComputeIdleShutdown | Configure an idle shutdown timeout for Machine Learning compute instances. | Critical |
Azure.NIC.Attached | Network interfaces (NICs) that are not used should be removed. | Awareness |
Azure.Resource.UseTags | Azure resources should be tagged using a standard convention. | Awareness |
Azure.ServiceBus.Usage | Regularly remove unused resources to reduce costs. | Important |
Azure.VM.DiskAttached | Managed disks should be attached to virtual machines or removed. | Important |
Azure.VM.DiskSizeAlignment | Align to the Managed Disk billing increments to improve cost efficiency. | Awareness |
Azure.VM.PromoSku | Virtual machines (VMs) should not use expired promotional SKU. | Awareness |
Azure.VM.ShouldNotBeStopped | Azure VMs should be running or in a deallocated state. | Important |
Azure.VM.UseHybridUseBenefit | Use Azure Hybrid Benefit for applicable virtual machine (VM) workloads. | Awareness |