Intermediatecleanup
Cloud Cost Chefs Azure Forgotten Resource Detective
🕵️♂️ The PowerShell script that finds zombie Azure resources before your CFO asks “What’s this $12k line item?”
⏱️ Prep Time:Brew a pot of coffee and sip
🧩 Difficulty:Intermediate
🔍 What It Does
- 🧠 Detects naming patterns like dev, test, deleteme, temp123
- 🏷️ Flags resources with missing or non-compliant tags
- 🧹 Finds orphaned disks, NICs, public IPs, and other forgotten bits
- 💸 Calculates estimated monthly cost impact per resource
- 📄 Outputs a clean CSV + HTML report with severity levels and fix suggestions
⚙️ Requirements Checklist
- ✅ Read-only Azure access
- ✅ PowerShell 7+
- ✅ Logged in via Connect-AzAccount or Azure Automation
📌 Talk Nerdy Tip:
You don’t need fancy dashboards to start FinOps. You just need this script, a spreadsheet, and a little curiosity. 🧠💸 Let’s make the cloud clean again.
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