Recently I ran out of Azure credits before the new billing month was started. The result: Azure automatically disables the account and none of my resources were available. Next question was: how can I use Power BI to keep track of my credits? Can I Power BI help me in managing my Azure credits?
Azure Management API
With powerbi.com there is a content pack related to Azure, but it creates an operational dashboard and there are no spending reported. So I had to create it myself. Luckily a lot of Azure resources/services are available via different REST APIs. The Azure Resource Manager REST API was my first try. Is provides access to resources available within a subscription. But
There is a shift going it the IT world: more and more applications are moving to the cloud. Recent examples, e.g. Office365, shows that the gap between the on-premise version and the cloud version are rapidly closing. Even the promise of Microsoft to put more and more effort in the development of cloud application: every Microsoft product nowadays is ‘cloud-aware’. The big question is: what about BI and the cloud. One thing I know for sure: it will come. Not completely sure is how, but I have an idea and that is the main reason why I started this blog and write this post.
The recent announcement of Microsoft the upcoming beta of SQL Azure Reporting shows the availability
Of course all posts are based on my information, knowledge, perspective and opinion and therefore it is possible that it is not 'correct'. Also, as a Microsoft BI Consultant, I don't know all products available in the market, which can result in omissions.
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