Short answer
FirstNet applies tagging at the Azure landing zone, sets budget alerts at 50%, 80% and 100% by default, provides a monthly consumption summary and a quarterly optimisation review, and applies Reservations or Savings Plans once usage is steady, typically 60 to 90 days in.
In detail
This FinOps approach starts on day one of the migration rather than after the first surprise bill:
- Tagging: applied when the landing zone is built, so every resource can be traced to a workload, team or cost centre
- Budget alerts: early warnings at 50% and 80% of budget, and a final alert at 100%
- Monthly consumption summary: shows where Azure spend is going
- Quarterly optimisation review: identifies idle or oversized resources to right-size
- Reservations or Savings Plans: applied once your usage pattern is stable
The unit price of Azure is the same whether you buy directly from Microsoft or through a CSP, so the real lever is how well consumption is managed. Savings depend on your workloads, so no fixed percentage can be promised. Because FirstNet is a Microsoft CSP, Azure is billed on the same monthly rand invoice as your other Microsoft licences, with FirstNet handling the US dollar conversion.
Source: FirstNet Cloud Migration & Modernization service page →
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