Export cost details using the FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS)

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Published

Nov 13, 2023

Status

In preview

Timeline

  • November 2023
    Preview

Product

Microsoft Cost Management

Tag

Features
Management
Pricing & Offerings
Open Source

Category

Management and governance
Migration

Description

The FinOps Open Cost and Usage Specification (FOCUS) is a groundbreaking initiative to establish a common provider and service agnostic format for billing data that empowers organizations to better understand cost and usage patterns and optimize spending and performance across multiple cloud, software as a service (SaaS), and even on-premises service offerings. Microsoft Cost Management is introducing support for cost and usage data exports aligned to the FOCUS schema as part of a limited preview leading up to the next major FOCUS release.

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To learn more about FOCUS and why we believe it's important, see FOCUS: A new specification for cloud cost transparency.

 

Screenshot of a FinOps toolkit Power BI report showing Azure cost data broken down by FOCUS service category and service name. See https://aka.ms/ftk/pbi.