đ New in January 2026
- đ Implementing FinOps guide added Data Lake Storage connectivity documentation, more columns to the FOCUS converter docs, and expanded scenarios in the troubleshooting guide.
- đĻ FinOps hubs added optional Key Vault purge protection support, improved trigger management, and documentation for removing private networking.
- đĨī¸ FinOps toolkit PowerShell commands added
-Formatand-CompressionModeparameters to support Parquet format and gzip/snappy compression for Cost Management exports.
âšī¸ Updated
- đ Implementing FinOps guide updated FOCUS converter documentation for newly added fields in FOCUS 1.2-preview.
- đĻ FinOps hubs reorganized Bicep modules into separate apps, changed User Access Administrator role to RBAC Administrator, and various small fixes and improvements.
- đ Power BI reports added export requirements sections to all report documentation pages and fixed tag expansion with special characters, unattached disks count, "Number of Months" parameter calculation, and EA department scope pricesheet issues.
- đ Azure Optimization Engine changed default SQL database backup redundancy to LRS and fixed Premium SSD V2 disk recommendations.
- đ FinOps workbooks fixed SQL Managed Instance vCores display in the AHB workbook.
Thanks to @RolandKrummenacher, @mpritchard2, @picccard, @gorkomikus, @sandernaus, @helderpinto, @MSBrett, and @flanakin for their contributions!
Thanks to @arthurclares, @gajadv, @francesco1119, @NavidKhan8, @ahpandit, and @vandriot for their support!