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If you are looking to proactively detect cost anomalies in your Azure environment, this post highlights the new Cost Insight feature that helps prevent unexpected spending spikes. I walk you through how to enable this free, machine learning-driven preview tool in the Azure Portal and demonstrate how it identifies deviations in your billing data over the last 60 days.

I demonstrate how I transitioned from traditional SSH terminals to using Visual Studio Code’s Remote-SSH extension for seamless development on Raspberry Pi and Linux systems. By configuring host connections with identity files, you can edit code and manage files directly on remote machines using familiar local tools without the hassle of manual transfers.

You might be interested in this post if you are looking for an honest assessment of Azure Automanage’s utility for managing virtual machines. In the 90th episode of Ctrl+Alt+Azure, I sit down with Tobias Zimmergren to discuss this preview feature and share our insights on its practical value. You can listen to the conversation on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or directly in your browser.

If you are interested in staying current with the latest Azure developments, my recent episode with Tobias Zimmergren covers the key announcements and updates from the past month. We discuss these changes in detail on our Ctrl+Alt+Azure podcast, which you can stream on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or directly in your browser.

You’ll want to read this to get an honest, first-hand look at the new Copilot for Azure during its limited public preview. I share my experience using this generative AI helper for tasks like generating KQL queries, highlighting both its potential to assist IT pros and its current limitations regarding context awareness and session length.