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Dec202314

ML Powered Forecasting - General Availability

We are excited to announce that Machine Learning-powered Forecasting is now Generally Available, and we have made some important enhancements since the beta release.

Key features include:

  • ML based forecasting for up to 36 months, utilizing historical data & user inputs (AWS, Azure, GCP)

  • Ability to view & compare budget (overall, categorized), forecast, and actual costs in a single graph

  • Factor in business knowledge through user input in form of Growth Factor (standard and advanced)

  • Multiple filters including Perspective-based forecasting

  • Ability to snapshot the forecast as is with values & filters for future reference

  • Ability to compare two or more saved forecasts for easy user reference

For more information, please see the documentation.

Azure SQL DB Rightsizing - Public Beta

We are pleased to announce the public beta of our New Azure SQL DB Rightsizing Recommendations tool! Part of the Azure SQL family, Azure SQL Database is an always-up-to-date, fully managed relational database service built for the cloud. 

Our new Azure SQL DB rightsizing feature generates recommendations to move to a cheaper database type based on your current usage characteristics. This feature supports both DTU and vCore purchase models. Complete with a new user interface, this feature delivers:

  • Recommendations for both DTU and vCore based databases

  • Cost and savings summaries

  • Customizable efficiency targets

  • Ability to drill down into each recommendation to view usage and see up to 3 alternative options

Documentation for Azure SQL DB Rightsizing will be added here. 

Upcoming Change: Improvement to AWS Cost History Report 

We have an improvement coming soon for the AWS Cost History report to better handle assets which do not have a unique identifier within the cloud provider (e.g., RDS instances or S3 buckets). 

Prior to this change, when a new resource is launched with the same name as a historical resource, CloudHealth regenerates any month where that historical asset existed. This has caused historical costs to allocate slightly differently at the perspective group level. With this upcoming improvement, we will leverage the creation time, so newly launched resources will only impact the open months.