A Microsoft Perspective: Will AI and LLMs Transform FinOps?

Microsoft discovered that FinOps is the key to cloud success after a lift and shift approach left savings on the table. They now investigate how AI and LLMs have the potential to transform an organization’s approach to migration and modernization, and towards a cost-aware architecture.
Microsoft is investing in FinOps along four pillars:
Analysis: billing & invoicing capabilities
Insights: cost management capabilities
Optimization: smart recommendations
What-if simulations: forecasting, and using natural language to ask questions
Thanks to Fred Delombaerde, VP Marketplace & Core Commerce of Microsoft for his time during FinOps X 2023.