Become a cloud pro by designing, deploying, and managing robust Azure solutions. Get hands-on with automation, cost management, and security. No setup, no cleanup, no hassle.

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This hands-on course empowers you with the skills to design, deploy, and manage robust cloud solutions on Microsoft Azure. Azure offers various services enabling organizations to scale up and accelerate their digital transformation. 

In this course, you’ll explore the core principles of cloud architecture and learn industry best practices. You’ll be introduced to cloud computing basics, followed by topics like SLAs, databases, app services, and VMs. Next, you’ll learn about various automation services like Azure WebJobs, Azure Service Bus, and Azure Queue Storage. Cost management and monitoring tools like Azure Log Analytics, Azure Dashboards, Application Insights, and Azure Monitor are also covered. The course discusses securing the data and VMs using tools and services like Microsoft Entra ID, IAM, and administrative units. 

After completing this course, you can complete Microsoft’s Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification and be ready for cloud and IT management and consulting roles.

Dhruv Kinger

SWE at ThrivePass || Project Reviewer, Mentor & Tutor at Udacity

Azure Cloud Solutions Architect Program

Azure offers us some APIs that help an organization access the data of its resources. It helps organizations view the cloud cost data and enables them to have an entire view in a single dataset. 

The three APIs that we’ll be discussing are related to cloud costs. These endpoints help in cost tracking, cost optimization, and setting up alerts for budgets. 

These APIs are:
* Azure Billing API
* Cost details API 
* Azure Budgets API

# Billing Account API

The **Azure Billing API** allows us to view and manage our billing info programmatically. This endpoint gives us the billing details of our associated subscriptions. This is a `Get` request, and we only need to replace `billingAccountName` with our billing Account ID.

GET https://management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/{billingAccountName}?api-version=2019-10-01-preview

> **Note:** Let’s understand the parameters for the `GET` request:
>
> * `billingAccountName`: This specifies the ID to uniquely identify a billing account.
>
> * `api-version`: This specifies the version of the API to be used with the client request.


The billing ID can be found as follows:

1) Go to Azure Cost Management, then to the “Billing” section, and then to the “Settings” section.

2) Go to the “Properties” section. Find the billing ID and copy it.

Familiarize yourself with important Azure API offerings for monitoring cost efficiency.


Microsoft Cost Management APIs

Familiarize yourself with important Azure API offerings for monitoring cost efficiency.

Introduction to the Cloud Architect Program

Cloud Capabilities

Assessment 1: Cloud Concepts

Creating a Simple Web App with a Database and Storage Account

Virtual Machine Types

Automation

Assessment 2: Virtual Machines and Azure Automations

Cost Refining

Monitoring Efficiency

Assessment 3: Cost Refining and Monitoring Efficiency

Integrate Application Insights to the Azure Web App

Security Basics

Protection and Monitoring

Assessment 4: Protection and Monitoring

Conclusion

Microsoft Cost Management APIs

Billing Account API