Governance Anti Patterns Cost

Cost

Oversized SKUs, missing autoscale, and cost-inefficient configurations for POC

Domain: cost

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Checks (3)

Check	Description
ANTI-COST-001	Premium/Enterprise SKU detected — use Basic or Standard tier for POC unless explicitly required.
ANTI-COST-002	min_replicas > 0 detected — use min_replicas = 0 for scale-to-zero in POC.
ANTI-COST-003	Reserved capacity/instance detected — use pay-as-you-go pricing for POC workloads.

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ANTI-COST-001

Premium/Enterprise SKU detected — use Basic or Standard tier for POC unless explicitly required.

Rationale: Premium and Enterprise SKUs are 10-50x more expensive than Basic/Standard tiers and rarely needed for POC validation.
Agents: terraform-agent, bicep-agent, cloud-architect

Targets

Services	Triggers On	Correct Patterns
Microsoft.Web/sites Microsoft.Web/serverfarms Microsoft.Cache/redis Microsoft.ServiceBus/namespaces	'sku_name = "p1v3"' 'sku_name = "p2v3"' 'sku_name = "p3v3"' 'sku_name = "premium"'	'sku_name = "B1"' 'sku_name = "S1"' 'sku_name = "Y1"' 'name = "Basic"' 'name = "Standard"'

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ANTI-COST-002

min_replicas > 0 detected — use min_replicas = 0 for scale-to-zero in POC.

Rationale: Minimum replica count of 1+ means the app runs continuously even with no traffic, consuming resources unnecessarily.
Agents: terraform-agent, bicep-agent

Targets

Services	Triggers On	Correct Patterns
Microsoft.App/containerApps	'min_replicas = 1' 'minimum_instance_count = 1'	'min_replicas = 0' 'minReplicas = 0'

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ANTI-COST-003

Reserved capacity/instance detected — use pay-as-you-go pricing for POC workloads.

Rationale: Reserved capacity requires 1-3 year commitments — POC workloads should use pay-as-you-go pricing.
Agents: terraform-agent, bicep-agent, cloud-architect

Targets

Services	Triggers On	Correct Patterns
*All*	'reserved_capacity' 'reserved_instance'	'# Use pay-as-you-go pricing for POC workloads'

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