https://getstratolens.com/blog Practical guides on Azure cost optimization, governance, RBAC auditing, and infrastructure visibility from the StratoLens team. en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-management-group-hierarchy https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-management-group-hierarchy Subscription sprawl hides what inherits where. Map your management group tree with Azure Resource Graph, and see how StratoLens visualizes and tracks it. Governance Management Groups Visibility Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/mapping-azure-network-topology https://getstratolens.com/blog/mapping-azure-network-topology Your network diagram was outdated the day it was drawn.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. Networking Visibility Azure Resource Graph Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-advisor-recommendations-at-scale https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-advisor-recommendations-at-scale Azure Advisor generates real signal that dies in the portal. Pull recommendations with Resource Graph, then actually track them to done. Cost Optimization Azure Advisor Governance Sun, 28 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-policy-compliance-at-scale https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-policy-compliance-at-scale 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. Governance Azure Policy Compliance Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-secure-score-defender-recommendations https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-secure-score-defender-recommendations 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. Security Defender for Cloud Governance Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/auditing-azure-rbac-role-assignments https://getstratolens.com/blog/auditing-azure-rbac-role-assignments Azure role assignments accumulate quietly and outlive their reasons. How to inventory them with Resource Graph, and where the manual audit falls short. Security RBAC Governance Tue, 23 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/tracking-azure-resource-changes https://getstratolens.com/blog/tracking-azure-resource-changes 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. Governance Change Tracking Azure Resource Graph Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-reservations-savings-plans-coverage https://getstratolens.com/blog/azure-reservations-savings-plans-coverage 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 Optimization Reservations FinOps Fri, 19 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/detecting-azure-cost-anomalies https://getstratolens.com/blog/detecting-azure-cost-anomalies 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 Optimization Cost Anomalies FinOps Wed, 17 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/right-sizing-azure-vms https://getstratolens.com/blog/right-sizing-azure-vms 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 Optimization VM Right-Sizing FinOps Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://getstratolens.com/blog/finding-orphaned-azure-resources https://getstratolens.com/blog/finding-orphaned-azure-resources 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 Optimization Azure Resource Graph FinOps Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT