Merge pull request #204160 from bandersmsft/update-pr203585

MCM - Update for PR 203585

Author: BCS2022

articles/cost-management-billing/costs/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs.md

@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ It's the same experience as the public portal, except with new improvements and
 
 We encourage you to try out the preview features available in Cost Management Labs and share your feedback. It's your chance to influence the future direction of Cost Management. To provide feedback, use the **Report a bug** link in the Try preview menu. It's a direct way to communicate with the Cost Management engineering team.
 
-## Anomaly detection alerts
 
 <a name="anomalyalerts"></a>
 
+## Anomaly detection alerts
+
 Get notified by email when a cost anomaly is detected on your subscription.
 
 Anomaly detection is available for Azure global subscriptions in the cost analysis preview.
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ Here's an example of a cost anomaly shown in cost analysis:
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-anomaly-example.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing an example cost anomaly." lightbox="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-anomaly-example.png" :::
 
-
 To configure anomaly alerts:
 
 1. Open the cost analysis preview.
@@ -62,10 +62,11 @@ For more information about anomaly detection and how to configure alerts, see [I
 
 **Anomaly detection is now available by default in Azure global.**
 
-## Grouping SQL databases and elastic pools
 
 <a name="aksnestedtable"></a>
 
+## Grouping SQL databases and elastic pools
+
 Get an at-a-glance view of your total SQL costs by grouping SQL databases and elastic pools. They're shown under their parent server in the cost analysis preview. This feature is enabled by default.
 
 Understanding what you're being charged for can be complicated. The best place to start for many people is the [Resources view](https://aka.ms/costanalysis/resources) in the cost analysis preview. It shows resources that are incurring cost. But even a straightforward list of resources can be hard to follow when a single deployment includes multiple, related resources. To help summarize your resource costs, we're trying to group related resources together. So, we're changing cost analysis to show child resources.
@@ -90,44 +91,79 @@ In addition to SQL servers, you'll also see other services with child resources,
 
 **Grouping SQL databases and elastic pools is available by default in the cost analysis preview.**
 
-## Average in the cost analysis preview
 
 <a name="cav3average"></a>
 
+## Average in the cost analysis preview
+
 Average in the cost analysis preview shows your average daily or monthly cost at the top of the view.
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-preview-average.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing average cost in cost analysis." lightbox="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-preview-average.png" :::
 
 When the selected date range includes the current day, the average cost is calculated ending at yesterday's date. It doesn't include partial cost from the current day because data for the day isn't complete. Every service submits usage at different timelines that affects the average calculation. For more information about data latency and refresh processing, see [Understand Cost Management data](understand-cost-mgt-data.md).
 
-**Average in the cost analysis preview is available by default in the cost analysis preview.**
+**The Average KPI is available by default in the cost analysis preview.**
 
-## Budgets in the cost analysis preview
 
 <a name="budgetsfeature"></a>
 
+## Budgets in the cost analysis preview
+
 Budgets in the cost analysis preview help you quickly create and edit budgets directly from the cost analysis preview.
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-budget.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing Budget in the cost analysis preview." lightbox="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-budget.png" :::
 
 If you don't have a budget yet, you'll see a link to create a new budget. Budgets created from the cost analysis preview are preconfigured with alerts. Thresholds are set for cost exceeding 50 percent, 80 percent, and 95 percent of your cost. Or, 100 percent of your forecast for the month. You can add other recipients or update alerts from the Budgets page.
 
-**Budgets in the cost analysis preview is available by default in the cost analysis preview.**
+**The Budget KPI is available by default in the cost analysis preview.**
+
+
+<a name="resourceparent"></a>
+
+## Group related resources in the cost analysis preview
+
+Group related resources, like disks under VMs or web apps under App Service plans, by adding a “cm-resource-parent” tag to the child resources with a value of the parent resource ID. Wait 24 hours for tags to be available in usage and your resources will be grouped. Leave feedback to let us know how we can improve this experience further for you.
+
+
+Some resources have related dependencies that aren't explicit children or nested under the logical parent in Azure Resource Manager. Examples include disks used by a virtual machine or web apps assigned to an App Service plan. Unfortunately, Cost Management isn't aware of these relationships and cannot group them automatically. This experimental feature uses tags to summarize the total cost of your related resources together. You'll see a single row with the parent resource. When you expand the parent resource, you'll see each linked resource listed individually with their respective cost.
+ 
+As an example, let's say you have an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool configured with two VMs. Tagging the VMs and corresponding network/disk resources groups them under the host pool, giving you the total cost of the session host VMs in your host pool deployment. This gets even more interesting if you want to also include the cost of any cloud solutions made available via your host pool.
+
+:::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-resource-parent-virtual-desktop.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the cost analysis preview showing VMs and disks grouped under an Azure Virtual Desktop host pool." lightbox="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-resource-parent-virtual-desktop.png" :::
+
+Before you link resources together, think about how you'd like to see them grouped. You can only link a resource to one parent and cost analysis only supports one level of grouping today. 
+ 
+Once you know which resources you'd like to group, use the following steps to tag your resources:
+ 
+1.	Open the resource that you want to be the parent.
+2.	Select **Properties** in the resource menu.
+3.	Find the **Resource ID** property and copy its value.
+4.	Open **All resources** or the resource group that has the resources you want to link.
+5.	Select the checkboxes for every resource you want to link and click the **Assign tags** command.
+6.	Specify a tag key of "cm-resource-parent" (make sure it is typed correctly) and paste the resource ID from step 3.
+7.	Wait 24 hours for new usage to be sent to Cost Management with the tags. (Keep in mind resources must be actively running with charges for tags to be updated in Cost Management.)
+8.	Open the [Resources view](https://aka.ms/costanalysis/resources) in the cost analysis preview.
+ 
+Wait for the tags to load in the Resources view and you should now see your logical parent resource with its linked children. If you don't see them grouped yet, check the tags on the linked resources to ensure they're set. If not, check again in 24 hours.
+
+**Grouping related resources is available by default in the cost analysis preview.**
 
-## Charts in the cost analysis preview
 
 <a name="chartsfeature"></a>
 
+## Charts in the cost analysis preview
+
 Charts in the cost analysis preview include a chart of daily or monthly charges for the specified date range.
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-charts.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing a chart in cost analysis preview." lightbox="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-charts.png" :::
 
 Charts are enabled on the [Try preview](https://aka.ms/costmgmt/trypreview) page in the Azure portal. Use the **How would you rate the cost analysis preview?** Option at the bottom of the page to share feedback about the preview.
 
-## Streamlined menu
 
 <a name="onlyinconfig"></a>
 
+## Streamlined menu
+
 Cost Management includes a central management screen for all configuration settings. Some of the settings are also available directly from the Cost Management menu currently. Enabling the **Streamlined menu** option removes configuration settings from the menu.
 
 In the following image, the menu on the left is classic cost analysis. The menu on the right is the streamlined menu.
@@ -136,10 +172,11 @@ In the following image, the menu on the left is classic cost analysis. The menu
 
 You can enable **Streamlined menu** on the [Try preview](https://aka.ms/costmgmt/trypreview) page in the Azure portal. Feel free to [share your feedback](https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/5e0ea52c-1025-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f07b8). As an experimental feature, we need your feedback to determine whether to release or remove the preview.
 
-## Open config items in the menu
 
 <a name="configinmenu"></a>
 
+## Open config items in the menu
+
 Cost Management includes a central management view for all configuration settings. Currently, selecting a setting opens the configuration page outside of the Cost Management menu.
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-open-config-items-menu.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing configuration items after the Open config items in the menu option is selected."  :::
@@ -150,10 +187,11 @@ You can enable **Open config items in the menu** on the [Try preview](https://ak
 
 [Share your feedback](https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/1403a826-1025-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f07b8) about the feature. As an experimental feature, we need your feedback to determine whether to release or remove the preview.
 
-## Change scope from menu
 
 <a name="changescope"></a>
 
+## Change scope from menu
+
 If you manage many subscriptions and need to switch between subscriptions or resource groups often, you might want to include the **Change scope from menu** option.
 
 :::image type="content" source="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-change-scope-menu.png" alt-text="Screenshot showing the Change scope option added to the menu after selecting the Change menu from scope preview option." lightbox="./media/enable-preview-features-cost-management-labs/cost-analysis-change-scope-menu.png" :::
@@ -162,6 +200,7 @@ It allows changing the scope from the menu for quicker navigation. To enable the
 
 [Share your feedback](https://feedback.azure.com/d365community/idea/e702a826-1025-ec11-b6e6-000d3a4f07b8) about the feature. As an experimental feature, we need your feedback to determine whether to release or remove the preview.
 
+
 ## How to share feedback
 
 We're always listening and making constant improvements based on your feedback, so we welcome it. Here are a few ways to share your feedback with the team:
@@ -172,4 +211,4 @@ We're always listening and making constant improvements based on your feedback,
 
 ## Next steps
 
-Learn about [what's new in Cost Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/tag/cost-management/).
+Learn about [what's new in Cost Management](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/tag/cost-management/).