Microsoft Cost Management updates—April 2025 (summary)

Here's a quick run-down of the Cost Management updates for March 2025:

• Generally available: Microsoft Copilot for Azure
• Generally available: Enhanced exports
• New ways to save money:
  • Generally available: AKS cost recommendations in Azure Advisor.
  • Generally available: Autoscale for vCore-based Azure Cosmos DB for MangoDB.
  • Generally available: Troubleshoot disk performance with Copilot in Azure.
  • Generally available: On-Demand Backups for Azure Database for PostgreSQL-Flexible Server.
  • Generally available: VM Hibernation on GPU VMs.
  • In preview: Azure NetApp Files Flexible service Level. 
• New videos and learning opportunities:
  • Overview in the Azure portal.
  • Cost analysis in the Azure portal (part 1).
  • Cost analysis in the Azure portal (part 2).
  • Creating budgets and alerts.
  • Exporting your cost data with scheduled exports.

This is just a quick summary. For the full details, please see Microsoft Cost Management updates—April 2025.