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Azure Subscription - CSP

We have an Azure Subscription which has been provided to me by a CSP and we would like to see the detailed information on usage of each of the resources.

CSP tells us that its not possible to get this information at all, that cant be true ?


Is there any way we ca get this information ? helps in making operational decisions.

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This ends up being a more complicated answer than one might think because Cloud Solution Providers (CSPs) can vary so much from provider to provider. CSPs are unique in that in addition to being able to procure and manage Microsoft cloud services on your behalf, they are able to add their own unique, value add offerings.

I'm doing some additional research to give you a better answer. While I do that, you may want to check out the following CSP video (especially around the 25 minute mark):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFst881fLfs#t=24m35s

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There's a good description of this in our documentation for CSPs:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/get-started-partners#enable-the-policy-to-view-azure-usage-charges


The current cost visibility policy is shown for Azure Usage charges associated to the subscriptions for the selected customer.

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When the policy is set to No, Azure Cost Management isn't available for subscription users associated to the customer. Unless enabled by a partner, the cost visibility policy is disabled by default for all subscription users.

When the cost policy is set to Yes, subscription users associated to the customer tenant can see usage charges at pay-as-you go rates.

When the cost visibility policy is enabled, all services that have subscription usage show costs at pay-as-you-go rates. Reservation usage appears with zero charges for actual and amortized costs. Purchases and entitlements are not associated to a specific subscription. So, purchases aren't displayed at the subscription scope. The global admin/admin agent of a direct partner or an indirect provider can also use the Update Customer API to set each customer's cost visibility policy at scale.


So while the visibility toggle is disabled by default, it can be enabled by your CSP to show you what the usage charges would be at a pay-as-you-go rate.







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