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CloudMonitor September Release

September release: budgeting improvements, Billed Cost vs List Cost toggle for cost centers, and performance optimisations across the report suite.

Updated 9 Feb 2025
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The September CloudMonitor release brings some new enhancements on various Azure FinOps reports to help you track cost savings:

Budgeting Improvements

Cost Optimization

Performance Optimizations

Your Cost Centers now show the current budget against actuals. You also now have the ability to switch between Billed Cost and List Cost if you are a Microsoft CSP/MSP providing CloudMonitor as a FinOps reporting tool to your customers.

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Our backend FOCUS exports have been switched to Parquet format insteaf of CSV, along with various tag optimizations which have resulted in significant improvements in report responsiveness and overall user experience. The CloudMonitor OPEX cost has reduced due to the faster processing time for the smaller files.

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