How do I check the deployment log for our Azure environment (including changes associated with a certain resource)?

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$$ANON_USER$$ asked Jun 2, '20 karishmatiwari-msft commented Jun 15, '20

How do I check the deployment log for our Azure environment (including changes associated with a certain resource)?

I'm a total noob to Azure and was just recently tasked to check the deployment logs of our existing environment.

Initial deployment of resources (Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts) was done sometime back in September 2019, and "optimizations" were made by a certain team from our company in February 2020.

Our bill sky-rocketed and the management knows that this is because of the "optimizations" that were done just recently. Before we talk to them, we want to make sure we got all evidence.

I hope someone can guide me on what's the best approach to getting this kind of data.

Thank you!

azure-active-directory azure-virtual-machines

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KarishmaTiwari · Jun 12, 2020 at 03:59 PM

anonymous user Can you please share the screenshot of the error you are seeing? 'I'm trying to access the billing section in Azure but I'm getting a message that this feature is not available for our account.'

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karishmatiwari-msft · Jun 15, 2020 at 05:09 PM

anonymous user Is there an update? Please check the answers provided below and let us know if you have further questions.

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Answer 1 · 2020-06-03T04:30:20.507Z

JaiVerma-7010 answered Jun 3, '20 $$ANON_USER$$ commented Jun 4, '20

There are two ways, you can pull last 6 months detailed bills and review. In case you are saving logs to your SIEM, then you can pull deployment of resources from there

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$$ANON_USER$$ · Jun 04, 2020 at 02:54 AM

Thank you for answering. For the SIEM part, I believe we don't this configured yet as of the moment.

For the detailed bills (6 mos), is there any impact if we are subscribed to a Cloud Service Provider? I'm trying to access the billing section in Azure but I'm getting a message that this feature is not available for our account.

I hope you can guide me on where to access it as I might be doing it wrong.

Thanks again!

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Answer 2 · 2020-06-12T16:08:10.793Z

karishmatiwari-msft answered Jun 12, '20 MarileeTurscak-MSFT commented Jun 12, '20

You can start with this document on how to see the amount spent on Azure resources on Azure Portal:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/31418/how-do-i-check-the-deployment-log-for-our-azure-en.html

To review your costs in cost analysis, open the scope in the Azure portal and select Cost analysis in the menu. For example, go to Subscriptions, select a subscription from the list, and then select Cost analysis in the menu.

Let me know if you have any questions.
If you are seeing any error accessing this on Azure Portal, please share the screenshot/error message.

Please 'Accept as answer' if this reply helped you, so that it can help others in the community.

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MarileeTurscak-MSFT · Jun 12, 2020 at 09:40 PM

Hi anonymous user,

Please let us know if Karishma's reply helped resolve your question. If so, please remember to "mark as answer" so that others in the community facing similar issues can more easily find a solution.

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