Whether you are just getting started with Azure or have been working with it for years, there is a good chance you are spending more on your run rate than you should be. You may even be part of an organization who is considering staying or transitioning back to on-premises because your business is just not seeing the savings they were expecting. As technical and data professionals we play a significant role in locating, remediating, and communicating these issues by applying our technical expertise around the services. This is especially true for data processing and storage in the cloud which is often our most expensive costs and biggest offenders. Focusing on the data side, I will show you how to improve financial efficiency all the way from building accurate budgets up to controlling costs once you are already in the cloud. We will look at some of the often overlooked services, programs, and tools Microsoft offers us and how to effectively use them to lower our costs. Become a hero in your organization by learning several ways you can lower your Azure costs.