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Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by ablekh on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @03:00AM (#26708887)
> There's no reasonable way to implement this.

Oh, really? Azure wants to have a word with you ... Yes, currently they don't enable this for subscriptions with commitment plans or with pay-as-you-go pricing, but it is not because it is not possible or feasible, as you argue - the technical infrastructure in the form of spending limits, spending budgets and quotas is there [1-3] and is available for select plans [4].

[1] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billi...

[2] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/partner-center/set-an-azure...

[3] https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manage...

[4] https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/offer-detail...

Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by jiggawatts on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @09:37AM (#26711573)
Translation: "We have spending limits, but only for accounts where stopping the spending is important to us. For accounts where the spending is important to you, there cannot be a limit configured. Even though we wrote the code. In fact, we had to add extra code so that we could selectively remove this option."
Re:AWS bill capping feature request thread still unanswered ... by ablekh on Tuesday April 06, 2021 @01:44PM (#26714987)
I like your sense of humor, even if it's sarcastic in this case. :-) However, the main point of my previous comment was to demonstrate that the above-cited statement by OP is false. As for selective - at this time - use of this option in Azure, I have mentioned it, but the big difference is that, should Microsoft decide to allow it for the larger subset of users (perhaps, including pay-as-you-go plans) eventually, the infrastructure is there, unlike in the AWS case (as I understand).