Sharing Azure bill with 3rd party

Question

Is it against any TOS to share your Azure bill with a 3rd party for cost optimizations?

Answer 1

Microsoft does not recommend sharing any confidential/PII details with 3rd party. 

References:
https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/support/legal/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/trust-center

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

I understand not sharing confidential or PII, but I am more wondering about sharing details about how much usage certain services are using and how we can better improve our system to reduce our costs. The easiest way is sharing an invoice but removing the first page and other confidential/PII that it contains so they only see the usage.

Answer 4

We do not recommend such actions. It is your choice what you want to do with your invoice or usage details. Suggest you to check this link - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/manage/getting-started on how to prevent unexpected cost.

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Answer 5

Okay, that is understood. I will take precautions. And thank you for that link.