Azure cost management: query costs, forecast spending, optimize to reduce waste. WHEN: "Azure costs", "Azure bill", "cost breakdown", "how much am I spending", "forecast spending", "optimize costs", "reduce spending", "orphaned resources", "rightsize VMs", "cost spike", "reduce storage costs", "AKS

Azure Cost Management Skill Query historical costs, forecast future spending, optimize to reduce waste. Routing User Intent Workflow Understand current costs [Cost Query](cost query/workflow.md) Reduce costs / find waste [Cost Optimization](cost optimization/workflow.md) Project future costs [Cost Forecast](cost forecast/workflow.md) Quick Reference Property Value Query API POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/query?api version=2023 11 01 Forecast API POST {scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/forecast?api version=2023 11 01 Required Role Cost Management Reader + Monitoring Reader + Reader (on target scope) Scope Patterns Subscription: /subscriptions/<id Resource Group: /subscriptions/<id /resourceGroups/<name Management Group: /providers/Microsoft.Management/managementGroups/<id Billing Account: /providers/Microsoft.Billing/billingAccounts/<id Service Specific Optimization [Redis](cost optimization/services/redis/azure cache for redis.md) [Storage](cost optimization/services/storage/azure storage.md) References [MCP Tools, Best Practices, Safety](references/tools and best practices.md) [SDK: Redis .NET](cost optimization/sdk/azure resource manager redis dotnet.md)

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