5.2

New Features

• Cost allocation to distribute parent resource costs (App Service Plan or SQL Elastic Pool) to child resources using metric, equal-split, or percentage-based strategies Cost Analyzer
• Savings tracker to monitor and track realized savings from optimization actions Cost Analyzer
• Spend per group visibility via Overview dashboard widget and Cost summary reports Cost Analyzer
• Explain with AI in Analysis charts - a structured breakdown of the chart data - covering cost drivers, spend patterns, anomalies, and optimization opportunities Cost Analyzer
• AI insights for Basic recommendations in Rightsizing and Reservations Cost Analyzer
• AI insights for Advanced recommendations in Rightsizing and Reservations Cost Analyzer
• New resource-level AI agents have been introduced: Cost Analyzer
  • Analyze cost drivers - See exactly what you're being charged for and what makes the cost rise or fall
  • Cost optimization checklist - Run a prioritized audit of cost issues and quick wins
  • Analyze resource purpose - Understand what the resource does, who depends on it, and whether it's still needed
  • Analyze resource scheduling - Evaluate start/stop or scale-down scheduling and estimate savings
• AI Agents introduced at resource level with the following agents: Business Application
  • Logic App cost review - Review and analyze the cost of your Logic App resource
  • AI security checklist - Audit security configurations and identify risks for your resource
  • AI resource overview - Get a comprehensive overview of your resource
  • AI metrics advisor - Recommend resource metrics to monitor for optimal performance
• Designer mode introduced in Data Queries type Business Transactions with Auto-Generate option to automatically build transaction stages from a stages source query BAM

Enhancements

• RBAC support with permissions to run and cancel automated tasks Business Application
• Metrics tab introduced in Cost Intelligence view Cost Analyzer