Exam AZ-900 topic 1 question 197 discussion

Y,Y,Y might be the answer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/cost-analysis-common-uses

you can see filter options for resource groups, virtual machines etc under cost management, but no management group found in the filter options.

First one is Y https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/overview-cost-management

CoPilot: Yes, you can use Azure Cost Management to view costs associated with Management Groups1 ! By navigating to the Cost Management + Billing section in the Azure portal, you can filter costs to view the specific Management Groups, subscriptions, and resource groups you need to report on

people thinking the first one is Y are either not understanding what the are reading in the doc or not reading further down enough

Answer is YYY. Directly from; https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/quick-acm-cost-analysis ''After you customize your view to meet your needs, you might want to save and share it with others. To share views with others: Save the view on a subscription, resource group, MANAGEMENT group, or billing account. Share a URL with view configuration details, which they can use on any scope they have access to. Ping the view to an Azure portal dashboard. Pinning requires access to the same scope. Download an image of the chart or summarized cost details in an Excel or CSV file. Subscribe to scheduled alerts on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. All saved views are available from the All views list discussed previously.''

I think people who are thinking the first one is Y, are misunderstanding the following phrase from the Doc: Cost Management is available from within the Billing experience. It's also available from every subscription, resource group, and management group in the Azure portal. You can access Cost Management from those places, but the graphs/figures you get are for Resources and Resource Groups and subscriptions

Yes : Azure Cost Management allows you to view costs associated with management groups. Yes : Azure Cost Management allows you to view costs associated with resource groups. Yes : Azure Cost Management allows you to view the usage of VMs over a specified period, including the last three months.

It's Y/ Y/ Y

Management groups aren't included in cost details. source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/cost-management-billing-overview so the answer should be NYY

If only people are willing to do a lil' bit more research... Cost Management is available from within the Billing experience. It's also available from every subscription, resource group, and management group in the Azure portal. The availability is to ensure everyone has full visibility into the costs they're responsible for, and also, to help optimize their workloads for maximum efficiency. Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/cost-management-billing-overview

NYY. Had this exact question during my exam today 06/03/2024.

For the first question: "Management groups aren't included in cost details", so the answer is NO. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/overview-cost-management#organize-and-allocate-costs

Cost Management is available to anyone with access to a billing account, subscription, resource group, or management group. Source : https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/overview-cost-management

Chat GPT says YYY

cost mangement can be viewed at management group level https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/overview-cost-management

Management groups also allow grouping subscriptions together, but offer a few key differences: Management group access is inherited down to the subscriptions and resources. Management groups can be layered into multiple levels and subscriptions can be placed at any level. Management groups aren't included in cost details. All historical costs are returned for management groups based on the subscriptions currently within that hierarchy. When a subscription moves, all historical cost moves. Management groups are supported by Azure Policy and can have rules assigned to automate compliance reporting for your cost governance strategy.