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: How to control Azure costs after migration
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 →