🆕 New in February 2025
- 📗 Implementing FinOps guide added enterprise app patterns.
- 📊 Power BI reports have a new design and a new Rate optimization Total savings page with Effective Savings Rate (ESR). KQL reports had a major performance update and storage reports have a new option to populate missing prices/costs (KQL reports have this built in).
- 🏦 FinOps hubs added a new Azure Data Explorer dashboard, new monthstring() and datestring() KQL functions, and removed network components when public access is selected.
- 📒 FinOps workbooks added Azure Arc Windows license management in the Cost optimization workbook.
- 🖥️ FinOps toolkit PowerShell commands added new options to Cost Management export commands.
ℹ️ Updated
- 📗 Implementing FinOps guide updated to include the Learning FOCUS blog series on the FOCUS overview.
- 📊 Power BI reports had various small fixes and improvements across all reports.
- 🏦 FinOps hubs changed Data Explorer to default to block access from external tenants, updated the
numberstring()
KQL function to support more scenarios, and applied various small fixes and improvements. - 📒 FinOps workbooks had various small fixes and improvements.
- 🔍 Azure Optimization Engine improved Azure Lighthouse guidance for multi-tenancy support.
- 🖥️ FinOps toolkit PowerShell commands had various small fixes and improvements to Cost Management export commands.
- 🌐 Open data files were all updated.
Thanks to @RolandKrummenacher, @JayAreP, @ro100e, @MSBrett, @helderpinto, @arthurclares, and @flanakin for their contributions!
Thanks to @aromano2, @akiskips, @jamelachahbar, @Zeo-shark, @saadmsft, @KevDLR, @didayal-msft, @Springstone, @SCuffy, @CaddyG, and @chris-bowman for their support!