https://www.m365.fm/entity/azure-reservations/A commitment-based purchase option that lowers the price of eligible Azure services, including Fabric capacity, in exchange for committing to specific usage for a one- or three-year term.enhttps://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/azure-reservations-vs-savings-plans-cloud-waste/https://www.m365.fm/community/u/mirko-p/blog/azure-reservations-vs-savings-plans-cloud-waste/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:04:56 -0000articleCompare Azure reservations and savings plans to eliminate cloud waste. Learn how utilization math, flexibility, and scope impact your cloud bill.https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-reservations-and-savings-plans/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-reservations-and-savings-plans/Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeLearn the difference between Azure Reservations and Savings Plans. Discover how to cut cloud costs, choose the right term, and avoid wasted spending. Normally the cloud bills you after the fact. You start a virtual machine, it runs for a month, and the bill…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-cost-management-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-cost-management-simply-explained/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeAzure Cost Management is Microsoft's built-in FinOps solution for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing cloud spending across Azure and other Microsoft cloud services. It provides visibility into where your money is being spent, helps identify cost-saving…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-advisor-simply-explained/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/azure-advisor-simply-explained/Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeAzure Advisor is Microsoft's personalized cloud optimization service that continuously analyzes your Azure environment and provides actionable recommendations to improve reliability, security, performance, operational excellence, and cost efficiency. By…https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/high-performance-cloud-governance/https://www.m365.fm/show/episodes/high-performance-cloud-governance/Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0000episodeThis episode explains that cloud environments promise efficiency, elasticity, and control — but without governance engineered as architecture, they become financial drains and operational chaos. It recounts how idle resources, ungoverned permissions, and…