Microsoft Azure Modern Commerce Agreement (MCA)

Important: Flexera One is migrating from the Microsoft Consumption APIs to the Cost Management APIs to provide you with the latest billing details for cost analysis. Using these APIs, the Azure Modern Commerce Agreement (MCA) cost and usage details are imported into Cloud Cost Optimization. Your account manager will work with you to migrate to the new Azure Cost Management APIs to maintain your Azure cost reporting in Cloud Cost Optimization and ensure a seamless transition.

Cloud Cost Optimization uses bill data to provide an accurate view of your costs across accounts and services. This data is consumed by the Flexera One platform and made available for prebuilt and ad-hoc analyses. To gather the cost information, certain configuration steps must be performed with specific data and credentials being shared with Cloud Cost Optimization.

This section describes the configuration and input information needed to connect Azure MCA billing data to Cloud Cost Optimization using one of the following options:

• Azure Cost Management APIs—Use this option, if your annual cloud spend is no more than $30 million USD.
• Exports—Use this option, if your annual cloud spend is more than $30 million USD.

Important:Consider the following:

• If you are using the Azure Cost Management API option, you can later use Exports. However, if you are using Exports, you cannot use the Azure Cost Management API option unless you delete the existing bill connect. You must create a new bill connect to use the Azure Cost Management API.
• The Azure Cost Management API only allows data to be pulled for 1 month or less and no older than 12 months.

The following steps must be completed to connect your Azure MCA billing data to Cloud Cost Optimization for cost reporting purposes:

1. Prerequisites
2. Creating Scheduled Exports in the Azure Portal or Creating Scheduled Exports (Preview) in the Azure Portal

Note:This step is required only if you are using Exports.

3. Connecting Azure Modern Commerce Agreement in Cloud Cost Optimization
4. Verifying Bill Connect
5. Viewing Import History to Verify Bill Status.

For information about Azure Enterprise Agreement (Legacy) billing data, see Microsoft Azure Enterprise Agreement (Legacy).

If you are part of the Azure Cloud Solution Provider program and wish to connect your partner data to Cloud Cost Optimization for cost reporting purposes, see Microsoft Cloud Solution Provider (CSP) Partner.