This solution brief outlines a structured FinOps approach for improving cloud cost visibility, governance, and operational efficiency. Using Microsoft’s FinOps Framework, Optimus guides organizations through three phases: Inform to establish cost transparency, Optimize to implement savings actions, and Operate to embed continuous improvement. Services address overprovisioning, weak cost attribution, budget overruns, manual reporting, unclear ownership, and poor alignment between spending and business outcomes. The assessment evaluates tagging, allocation, forecasting, governance, and rate optimization; maps capabilities across four FinOps domains; prioritizes actions by impact; aligns engineering, finance, procurement, and leadership; and introduces dashboards, KPIs, alerts, and automated

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