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Amortized costs in CSP: rebuild the view

Amortized costs in CSP: rebuild the view

Amortized cost is missing in CSP: your tenant reports CHF 0 for every covered reservation hour. Eight fields from the cost details rebuild it, and only that makes chargeback work.

Nicolas Boeglin Nicolas Boeglin 8 Sept 2026
Amortized vs actual costs: two numbers, one invoice

Amortized vs actual costs: two numbers, one invoice

Azure reports the same reservation two ways. Actual cost reconciles to the invoice, amortized cost explains what a team consumed, and only one of them makes chargeback defensible.

Nicolas Boeglin Nicolas Boeglin 24 Aug 2026
Azure reservation exchanges end on 1 February 2027

Azure reservation exchanges end on 1 February 2027

From 1 February 2027, reservation exchanges end for every Azure service covered by savings plans. Six months remain to correct a commitment portfolio at no cost.

Christoffer Andenmatten Christoffer Andenmatten 2 Aug 2026
Unlock SQL 2025 savings

Unlock SQL 2025 savings

Released in November 2025, SQL Server 2025 reshapes Standard vs. Enterprise economics: Power BI Report Server without SA, and the Web edition retired.

Alex Kohler Alex Kohler 17 Feb 2026