View and download Azure usage and charges - Microsoft Cost Management (2024)

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08/14/2024

You can download a daily breakdown of your Azure usage and charges in the Azure portal. Only certain roles have permission to get Azure usage information, like the Account Administrator or Enterprise Administrator. To learn more about getting access to billing information, see Manage access to Azure billing using roles.

If you have a Microsoft Customer Agreement (MCA), you must be a billing profile Owner, Contributor, Reader, or Invoice manager to view your Azure usage and charges. If you have a Microsoft Partner Agreement (MPA), only the Global Admin and Admin Agent role in the partner organization Microsoft can view and download Azure usage and charges.

Based on the type of subscription that you use, options to download your usage and charges vary.

If you want to get cost and usage data using the Azure CLI, see Get usage data with the Azure CLI.

Download usage for MOSP billing accounts

Sign in to the Azure portal.
Search for Cost Management + Billing.
Depending on your access, you might need to select a Billing account or Billing profile.
In the left menu, select Invoices under Billing.
In the invoice grid, find the row of the billing period corresponding to the usage you want to download.
Select the download icon or the ellipsis (...) on the right.
The Download pane opens on the right. Select Download from the Usage Details section.

Download usage for EA customers

To view and download usage data as a EA customer, you must be an Enterprise Administrator, Account Owner, or Department Admin with the view charges policy enabled.

Download usage for your Microsoft Customer Agreement

To view and download usage data for a billing profile, you must be a billing profile Owner, Contributor, Reader, or Invoice manager.

Use the following information to download usage for billed charges. The same steps are used to download open and pending charges, which is the month-to-date usage for the current billing period. Open and pending charges haven't been billed yet.

Download usage file

Sign in to the Azure portal.
Search for Cost Management + Billing.
Select a billing profile. Depending on your access, you might need to select a billing account first.
In the left menu, select Invoices.
In the invoice grid, find the row of the invoice corresponding to the usage file that you want to download.
Select the ellipsis symbol (...) at the end of the row.
In the context menu, select Prepare Azure usage file. A notification message appears stating that the usage file is being prepared.
When the file is ready to download, select Download. If you missed the notification, you can view it from Notifications area in top right of the Azure portal (the bell symbol).

Calculate discount in the usage file

The usage file shows the following per-consumption line items:

costInBillingCurrency (Column AU)
paygCostInBillingCurrency (Column AX).

Use the information from the two columns to calculate your discount amount and discount percentage, as follows:

Discount amount = (AX – AU)

Discount percentage = (Discount amount / AX) * 100

Get usage data with Azure CLI

Start by preparing your environment for the Azure CLI:

Use the Bash environment in Azure Cloud Shell. For more information, see Quickstart for Bash in Azure Cloud Shell.
If you prefer to run CLI reference commands locally, install the Azure CLI. If you're running on Windows or macOS, consider running Azure CLI in a Docker container. For more information, see How to run the Azure CLI in a Docker container.
- If you're using a local installation, sign in to the Azure CLI by using the az login command. To finish the authentication process, follow the steps displayed in your terminal. For other sign-in options, see Sign in with the Azure CLI.
- When you're prompted, install the Azure CLI extension on first use. For more information about extensions, see Use extensions with the Azure CLI.
- Run az version to find the version and dependent libraries that are installed. To upgrade to the latest version, run az upgrade.

Then use the az costmanagement export commands to export usage data to an Azure storage account. You can download the data from there.

Create a resource group or use an existing resource group. To create a resource group, run the az group create command:
```
az group create --name TreyNetwork --location "East US"
```
Create a storage account to receive the exports or use an existing storage account. To create an account, use the az storage account create command:
```
az storage account create --resource-group TreyNetwork --name cmdemo
```

Run the az costmanagement export create command to create the export:

az costmanagement export create --name DemoExport --type Usage \--scope "subscriptions/aaaa0a0a-bb1b-cc2c-dd3d-eeeeee4e4e4e" --storage-account-id cmdemo \--storage-container democontainer --timeframe MonthToDate --storage-directory demodirectory

If you have questions or need help, create a support request.