Azure Advisor Tutorial

Azure Advisor is a free service from Microsoft that helps you optimize your Azure resources for high availability, security, performance, and cost. Azure Advisor provides personalized recommendations based on your usage and configurations, making it easier for you to optimize your resources.

In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to use Azure Advisor to optimize your resources, using both the Azure portal and CLI commands.

Azure Advisor in the Azure Portal

To get started with Azure Advisor in the Azure portal, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the Azure portal and navigate to the Advisor service.
  2. In the Advisor dashboard, you’ll see a list of recommendations for your resources. You can filter the recommendations by category, such as cost, security, and performance.
  3. Click on a recommendation to view more details about it. You’ll see information such as the impact of implementing the recommendation and how to implement it.
  4. To implement a recommendation, click on the “Implement” button. You’ll be taken to the appropriate resource in the Azure portal to make the necessary changes.

That’s it! Using Azure Advisor in the Azure portal is a simple and effective way to optimize your resources. But what if you prefer using the CLI? Let’s take a look at how to use Azure Advisor with CLI commands.

Azure Advisor with CLI commands

To use Azure Advisor with CLI commands, you’ll need to install the Azure CLI and log in to your Azure account. Once you’re logged in, you can use the following commands to interact with Azure Advisor:

List recommendations

To list all recommendations for your resources, use the following command:

az advisor recommendation list

This will return a list of recommendations, along with details such as the resource type, impact, and category.

Get recommendation details

To get more details about a specific recommendation, use the following command:

az advisor recommendation get --id <recommendation-id>

Replace <recommendation-id> with the ID of the recommendation you want to view. This will return detailed information about the recommendation, including how to implement it.

Implement a recommendation

To implement a recommendation, use the following command:

az advisor recommendation update --ids <recommendation-id> --status <status>

Replace <recommendation-id> with the ID of the recommendation you want to implement, and <status> with “dismissed” or “implemented”. If you choose “implemented”, the necessary changes will be made to the appropriate resource. If you choose “dismissed”, the recommendation will be marked as dismissed and will no longer appear in the list of recommendations.

Conclusion

Azure Advisor is a powerful tool that can help you optimize your Azure resources for high availability, security, performance, and cost. Whether you prefer using the Azure portal or CLI commands, Azure Advisor makes it easy to implement personalized recommendations and improve your resource management.