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# Viewing and Monitoring Azure Billing Data

View billing data and create billing alerts for Azure billing data

Usage costs for resources can be viewed and managed in the DuploCloud Portal, by month or week, and by Tenant. You can also explore historical resource costs.

## Prerequisites

* Complete the steps on the Enable GCP billing data page before attempting to view billing data in the portal.

## Viewing Azure Billing Data

1. In the DuploCloud Portal, naviagate to **Administrator** -> **Billing**.

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You can view usage by:

* Time
  * Select the **Spend by Month** tab and click **More Details** to display monthly and weekly spending options.
* Tenant
  * Select the **Spend by Tenant** tab.

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## Setting Up Billing Alerts

To monitor cloud costs based on usage, you can configure Billing Alerts in DuploCloud. For more details, see the [Billing Alerts documentation](/docs/automation-platform/diagnostics-overview/configure-billing-alerts.md).

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