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Listed below are 7 ways to reduce your Azure monthly cost. 1. Shut down unused resources Use Azure Advisor to identify idle virtual machines (VMs), ExpressRoute circuits, and other unused resources. 2. Right-size underused resources Find resources not fully utilized with Azure Advisor.  It will also provide recommendations on reconfiguring resources to reduce cost. 3. Reserve instances for consistent workloads Use reservation pricing to pre-pay for resources for a 1 or 3 year term.  This could result in a discount of up to 72% over pay-as-you-go pricing on Azure services. 4. Take advantage of the Azure Hybrid Benefit Have existing on-premises software licenses?  Use them with Azure for no additional cost and select Azure services for free. 5. Configure autoscaling Avoid the high cost of hardware investment used only during peak times of the year.  Instead, dynamically allocate and de-allocate resources to match your b...