FinOps for local Azure: cost estimates before you deploy
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Where does the actual SKU decision happen for a typical Azure deployment? Not in the FinOps dashboard. It happens the moment someone writes Standard_LRS or Premium_LRS in a Bicep file, weeks before any dashboard has data to show. By the time a budget alert fires, the decision that caused it was already made, reviewed, and merged. If cost is one of the deciding factors when architecting a solution, it needs to be transparent and validated throughout the whole design and implementation phase, not just at the invoice stage.
