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Azure Management Groups: Seeing the Hierarchy You Actually Have
Subscription sprawl hides what inherits where. Map your management group tree with Azure Resource Graph, and see how StratoLens visualizes and tracks it.
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Mapping Azure Network Topology Without Drawing It by Hand
Your network diagram was outdated the day it was drawn. Query the real topology with Azure Resource Graph, and let StratoLens keep the picture current.
NetworkingVisibilityAzure Resource GraphRead post - 4 min read
Azure Advisor Gives Good Advice. Here Is Why Nobody Acts on It
Azure Advisor generates real signal that dies in the portal. Pull recommendations with Resource Graph, then actually track them to done.
Cost OptimizationAzure AdvisorGovernanceRead post - 4 min read
Azure Policy Compliance at Scale: Why 74% Compliant Means Nothing
A compliance score without history is a vanity metric. Query real policy state with Azure Resource Graph, and add the timeline Azure never shows you.
GovernanceAzure PolicyComplianceRead post - 3 min read
Azure Secure Score Stuck? Turning Defender Recommendations Into Something Trackable
A flat Secure Score usually means a wall of Defender recommendations nobody owns. How to query them across subscriptions, and how to see the trend.
SecurityDefender for CloudGovernanceRead post - 4 min read
Auditing Azure RBAC: Finding the Role Assignments Nobody Remembers Granting
Azure role assignments accumulate quietly and outlive their reasons. How to inventory them with Resource Graph, and where the manual audit falls short.
SecurityRBACGovernanceRead post - 4 min read
Tracking Azure Resource Changes: Answering "What Changed?" Before the Trail Expires
The Activity Log and Resource Graph both answer "what changed?" in Azure, with short memories. How to query them, and how StratoLens keeps the whole timeline.
GovernanceChange TrackingAzure Resource GraphRead post - 4 min read
Azure Reservations and Savings Plans: Coverage Is a Moving Target
Under-commit and you overpay; over-commit and you buy idle discounts. How to check RI and Savings Plan utilization, and how StratoLens keeps score.
Cost OptimizationReservationsFinOpsRead post - 4 min read
Azure Cost Anomalies: Closing the Gap Between the Spike and the Discovery
Cost spikes often run for weeks before anyone notices. What Azure budgets and anomaly alerts catch, and how StratoLens ties spikes to their causes.
Cost OptimizationCost AnomaliesFinOpsRead post - 4 min read
Right-Sizing Azure VMs: Why the CPU Average Lies to You
The 4% CPU average does not settle the downsizing argument. Pull percentiles and memory data from Azure Monitor, then let StratoLens map them to SKUs.
Cost OptimizationVM Right-SizingFinOpsRead post - 4 min read
Finding Orphaned Azure Resources Before They Find Your Bill
Unattached disks, idle public IPs, and forgotten NICs quietly add up. Here’s how to hunt them down with Azure Resource Graph, and how StratoLens automates the whole process.
Cost OptimizationAzure Resource GraphFinOpsRead post
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