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One thing we've noticed is that most teams know how much they're spending, but not exactly why the bill increased. Digging through services, resources, regions, and usage data takes time, so it often gets pushed aside.

We've been working on a tool to help us answer those questions:

What actually caused the increase?

Which resources are responsible?

Is it expected growth or just waste?

What can be optimized without affecting workloads?

We're looking for a few real-world cloud environments to test it against and get honest feedback.

No catch—we're genuinely trying to validate whether the insights are useful.

If the tool doesn't find meaningful savings, that's useful feedback for us too. If it does, we'd discuss a success-based pricing model instead of charging upfront.

I'm also curious—how do you currently investigate unexpected cloud cost spikes? Is it mostly AWS Cost Explorer, Azure Cost Management, GCP Billing, custom dashboards, or something else?

Would love to hear what's worked (or hasn't) for you.

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some advice from people who have cleared the PL-300 exam.

I have around 1 year of experience as a Data Analyst. I've worked with Power BI, but I haven't had much exposure to real client projects, so most of my knowledge comes from learning and practice rather than hands-on enterprise experience.

The problem is that every time I take a practice exam, the results are inconsistent. Sometimes I score around 75%, but on other practice sets I drop to 50%. It's really confusing because I feel like I know the theory well.

I especially struggle with questions on:

Security (RLS, workspace roles, permissions)

Deployment and governance

Licensing and service-related scenarios

Scenario-based questions where multiple answers seem correct

I've been preparing for almost 6 months, and honestly, I'm starting to feel stuck.

For those who have passed the exam-

What changed that helped you finally clear it?

Are there any resources or practice tests that are closest to the actual exam?

Should I focus more on hands-on practice instead of theory?

Any suggestions or study strategies would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!