Capability
- metadata
{
"author": "anthonychu",
"version": "1.2"
}
Other metadata
- compatibility
- Requires internet access to prices.azure.com and learn.microsoft.com. No authentication needed.
Topics
- API
- azure
- pricing
- cost-estimation
- copilot-studio
- billing
- reserved-instances
- spot-pricing
What it does
Fetches real-time Azure service pricing from the Azure Retail Prices API and estimates Copilot Studio agent credit consumption. Covers all Azure service families (compute, storage, databases, AI, networking) plus Copilot Studio billing rates, and supports region, SKU, and price-type filtering via OData syntax.
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Frequently asked
Does this skill work without authentication?
Yes. The Azure Retail Prices API requires no authentication and is accessible at prices.azure.com. Internet access is the only requirement.
What Azure services does this skill cover?
All Azure service families: compute, storage, networking, databases, AI, Copilot Studio, and others. You can filter by serviceName or serviceFamily.
Can this skill estimate Copilot Studio agent costs?
Yes. The skill can estimate agent credit consumption by fetching live billing rates from Microsoft Learn and calculating credits based on user inputs like number of sessions, knowledge usage, and tool calls.
Does this skill include savings plan and reservation pricing?
Yes. The skill retrieves savings plan and reservation pricing via the Azure Retail Prices API using api-version=2023-01-01-preview.
What happens if a filter returns no results?
The skill includes troubleshooting steps: broaden the filter by removing constraints like priceType or armRegionName, or use serviceFamily to discover valid serviceName values.
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