Modern cloud environments present unique challenges when it comes to managing cost, performance, security and continuity in an ever-evolving platform — that's where Azure Advisor comes in.
Azure Advisor acts like a built-in cloud consultant that continuously assesses your Azure environment and offers customised, actionable recommendations to optimize it — all free of charge.
Azure Advisor analyses your deployed resources and usage patterns, then provides guidance across five key areas:
Azure Advisor real-time insights based on your actual usage — no guesswork, no generic tips. These insights can be a valuable input to broader Governance, Risk & Compliance initiatives as well.
So, what are the key features, and why should you care?
Azure evolves rapidly. Services are updated, improved — and sometimes retired. Azure Advisor gives a report showing the services or SKUs that Microsoft plans to deprecate.
For example, did you know Microsoft is retiring TLS 1.0 & 1.1? Do you know all of the services you have that still use TLS 1.0? Azure Advisor shows all of the services using TLS and the retirement date for each of them.
Cost Optimisation: Identify underutilised resources, idle VMs, or oversized services. Azure Advisor helps reduce waste by suggesting:
Great for teams trying to control cloud sprawl or justify spend.
Improve your app responsiveness and scalability by fixing:
And it’s all backed by telemetry from your actual usage.
Azure Advisor integrates with Microsoft Defender for Cloud to provide actionable security tips.
It won’t just scare you with alerts — it tells you exactly what to fix and how. Or you can leverage the CNS team to help you.
Azure Advisor checks for:
Perfect for teams building toward 99.9%+ uptime goals.
In environments with dozens (or hundreds) of services running, small oversights add up. Using Azure Advisor:
The best part is that Azure Advisor does all of this automatically, with no agent required and no extra cost.
Cloud moves fast. Azure Advisor helps you stay ahead of that pace — especially when it comes to avoiding service retirement disruptions. Instead of scrambling when a legacy SKU gets deprecated, you'll have a plan.
If you're not using Azure Advisor yet, now’s the time. It’s available in the Azure Portal under “Advisor”, and it only takes a few clicks to start reviewing your recommendations.
As a longstanding Microsoft Solutions Specialist, our Microsoft Azure Cloud Services empower you to harness the full potential of cloud technology for unparalleled scalability, security and performance.