Azure APRL and Custom Controls

At least one subscription-scoped Azure Cost Management budget should have an enabled alert notification with a configured recipient to provide proactive cost monitoring and prevent unexpected cloud spend from going unnoticed. This is a local custom check, not an automated APRL-mapped check or a universal Well-Architected Framework requirement; apply it according to your organization's baseline and workload requirements.

Remediation action:

1. In the Azure portal, navigate to Cost Management + Billing > Cost Management > Budgets.
2. Click + Add to create a new budget.
3. Set the scope to a subscription, then enter the budget name and amount.
4. Set the reset period (monthly, quarterly, or annually).
5. Under Alerts, add at least one alert condition and configure an email address, contact role, or action group. Ensure the alert is enabled.
6. Click Create.

Using Azure CLI: az consumption budget create --budget-name <name> --amount <amount> --time-grain Monthly --start-date <YYYY-MM-DD> --end-date <YYYY-MM-DD> --notifications ...

Related links

• Tutorial: Create and manage Azure budgets

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