Azure service that reviews resources you already run and recommends improvements in cost, performance, reliability and security based on best practice.
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In the Ultra Transcenders books
Each book explains Azure Advisor in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- Performance
Routing method in Traffic Manager that directs users to whichever endpoint offers the lowest latency.
- Reliability
How well a system bounces back from failures and keeps running. It is a cloud benefit and also a pillar of the Azure Well-Architected Framework, which has five in total.
Related terms
- Microsoft Entra recommendations
Effectively Azure Advisor for Microsoft Entra: once a day it compares your tenant's setup with best practice and suggests fixes, Identity Secure Score items among them, showing which resources are affected and progress on each.
- Purchase reservations
Portal blade where you can see how much a reservation would save before buying it. Azure Advisor, by contrast, suggests reservations from historical usage.