Azure Cost Management

Azure Cost Management Budgets API

Create, read, update and delete cost and reservation-utilization budgets, with their notification thresholds.

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IT Financial Management BC-600.80

Operations 4

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

GET /{scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/budgets List budgets for a scope · Budgets list #
Ask an LLM
“What budgets are set up on my Azure subscription?”
“Can I filter the budgets at a scope, for example by category?”
Tell an agent
List all budgets at scope {scope}.
List the budgets at {scope} matching filter {filter}.
GET /{scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/budgets/{budgetName} Get a budget by name · Budgets get #
Ask an LLM
“How much is left in a particular budget and what are its thresholds?”
“Can I read one budget's amount, time period and notifications by name?”
Tell an agent
Get budget {budgetName} at scope {scope}.
Show me the current spend and notification settings of budget {budgetName} in {scope}.
PUT /{scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/budgets/{budgetName} Create or update a budget · Budgets create or update #
Ask an LLM
“How do I set a monthly spending budget with alert thresholds on a subscription?”
“Can I change an existing budget's amount, and do I need its eTag to do it safely?”
Tell an agent
Create budget {budgetName} at scope {scope} with these settings: {properties}.
Update budget {budgetName} in {scope} to {properties} using eTag {eTag}.
DELETE /{scope}/providers/Microsoft.CostManagement/budgets/{budgetName} Delete a budget · Budgets delete #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove a budget I no longer need?”
“Can I delete a budget from a resource group without affecting the others?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete budget {budgetName} at scope {scope}.
Remove the {budgetName} budget from {scope}.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cost-management/
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APIReference
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cost-management/budgets

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-cost-management/refs/heads/main/openapi/microsoft-azure-cost-management-budgets-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

microsoft-azure-cost-management-budgets-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: CostManagementClient Budgets API
  version: '2026-06-01'
  description: CostManagement management client provides access to CostManagement resources for Azure Enterprise Subscriptions.
  x-typespec-generated:
  - emitter: '@azure-tools/typespec-autorest'
servers:
- url: https://management.azure.com
security:
- azure_auth:
  - user_impersonation
tags:


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