How to Add an Azure Budget and Cost Alert in the Microsoft Analytics and Management (MSAM) in Xvantage™

Overview:

The Microsoft Online Management Extension allows Resellers to allocate a budget and send alerts to selected users when spend anomalies are detected. This allows users to proactively optimize costs and ensure that there is no overspending against their budget. The budget alerts set up within MSAM will not sync to the customers Azure Portal, this is a separate notification for partners to have additional oversight.

Table of Contents:

1. How to add an Azure budget and cost alert in the Microsoft Analytics and Management (MSAM)

2. How to view budgets and thresholds

Process:

Subtopic 1: How to add an Azure budget and cost alert in the Microsoft Analytics and Management (MSAM)

When configuring a budget for a subscription of a customer tenant, you can set up alerts to keep you informed when the current spend exceeds the defined threshold. To configure a new budget and set up alerts for one of the subscriptions of a customer tenant, complete the following steps.

1. Log in to Xvantage.

2. Hover over the left navigation menu and click My Business, then click on Cloud Services.

4. Select Microsoft Analytics and Management (MSAM)

Note: Once Grant Consent has been granted you will not have to accept every time it will go right to customer list.

6. Click on the customer's name you wish to add Azure budget.

7. Click on the Cost Management tab, then select Add Budget button.

8. Add New Budget Details:

   • Enter a name for budget and select from one of the available subscriptions of the customer tenant.

   • Enter budget amount.

   • Configure the start and end dates.

   • Configure a threshold percentage. Example you may want to trigger alert when the current spend exceeds a certain percentage of the budget.

   • Enter the email address to receive the alerts. If you wish to have several emails you can do so by pressing enter after typing each email address.

   • Click Save budget.

Subtopic 2: How to view budgets and thresholds

1. Click on customer then select Cost Management

2. If a budget has been added you will see the budget information and will be able to edit and delete a budget.