PowerShell module with 25+ commands to report on, and opportunity to delete unused Azure resources and save money.
PowerShell Gallery URL; https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/AzureSaveMoney
Project available here; https://github.com/itoleck/AzureSaveMoney
Report on the following resource types:
Unused Network Interfaces
Unused Network Security Groups
Unused Public IP addresses
Empty Resource Groups
Old Resource Group Deployments
Classic Alerts on resource no longer available
Log Alerts on resource no longer available
Unused Alert Action Groups
Virtual Networks without subnets
Unused Rout Tables
Unused Managed Disks
Storage Accounts with higher cost Hierarchical namespace or SFTP enabled
Empty AAD Groups
Disabled Logic Apps
Old snapshots
Load balancers with no backend pool
Load balancers with no backend pool virtual machines
Disabled Traffic Manager profiles
Traffic Manager profiles with no endpoints
Unconnected Virtual Network Gateways
Expired Webhooks
App Service certificates expiring within 31 days or already expired
Virtual Machine performance information for manual scaling
App Service Plan performance information for manual scaling
Unused App Service Plans
Empty subnets
Private Endpoints with no connections
Disabled Service Bus Queues
Batch Accounts without applications
Virtual Machines not deleted after generalizing and imaging
Subscriptions with no cost budgets set
Estimated monthly and yearly cost savings of removing resources, Get-AzSMCostSavingsEstimate
Includes ability to report on all unused resources in a single command, Get-AzSMAllResources.
Install dependencies.
PS> Install-Module Az.Accounts, Az.Automation, Az.Compute, Az.LogicApp, Az.Network, Az.Resources, Az.TrafficManager, AzureAD, Az.CostManagement, Az.Monitor, Az.Websites, Az.ServiceBus, Az.Batch, Az.Functions, Az.NotificationHubs, Az.Billing, Az.Storage
Install module form the PowerShell Gallery.
PS> Install-Module -Name AzureSaveMoney
Alternatively,
Download the .psm1 PowerShell module from the repository; https://github.com/itoleck/AzureSaveMoney and copy to your local computer.
Install-Module -Path
Examples:
Get list of Azure Subscription and Tenants
Get-AzSubscription
This will report all of the unused resource checks that are included in the module in a subscription and Tenant with old resource date checks back 31 days.
Get-AzSMAllResources -Subscription 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 -TenantID 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 -Days 31
This will report only the unused Network Interfaces in a subscription.
Get-AzSMUnusedNICs -Subscription 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Most commands can be piped to remove the reported resources. Check get-help for notes on piping. This will remove all unused Network Security Groups from a subscription with confirmation.
Get-AzSMUnusedNSGs -Subscription 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|Remove-AzureRmNetworkSecurityGroups
Commands that return Azure resources can be piped to Get-AzSMCostSavingsEstimate to estimate the monthly and yearly savings of removing the resources, from the last 30 days of cost. Requires Cost Management Reader access.
Get-AzSMUnusedAppServicePlans -SubscriptionID 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|Get-AzSMCostSavingsEstimate
There is support for PowerShell help.
Get-Help get-azsmunusednics -full
NAME
Get-AzSMUnusedNICs
SYNOPSIS
Lists unused NICs in a subscription.
SYNTAX
Get-AzSMUnusedNICs [-SubscriptionID] <String> [<CommonParameters>]
DESCRIPTION
Lists unused NICs in a subscription.
PARAMETERS
-SubscriptionID <String>
Azure subscription ID in the format, 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Required? true
Position? 1
Default value
Accept pipeline input? false
Accept wildcard characters? false
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,
ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,
OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see
about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).
INPUTS
OUTPUTS
Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Network.Models.PSNetworkInterface
NOTES
* CAN be piped to Remove-AzureRmNetworkInterface.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 --------------------------
PS C:\>Get-AzSMUnusedNICs -Subscription 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000
Get a list of unused network interfaces in a subscription.
-------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 --------------------------
PS C:\>Get-AzSMUnusedNICs -Subscription 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 | Remove-AzureRmNetworkInterface
Remove unused network interfaces in a subscription with confirmation.
* All commands have a subscription or tenant parameter. If this is not specified and your PowerShell session is logged in the command will used your session's current subscription.
* Using this module in Azure Automation requires a connection to the subscription.
$Conn = Get-AutomationConnection -Name AzureRunAsConnection
Connect-AzureRmAccount -ServicePrincipal -Tenant $Conn.TenantID -ApplicationId $Conn.ApplicationID -CertificateThumbprint $Conn.CertificateThumbprint
* When piping the AzureSaveMoney command to the AzureRM PowerShell Remove- commands include the -force parameter or -confirm parameter if supported to supress prompts.
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