Microsoft Azure audit: cost, risk and resilience
Azure mixes subscriptions, resource groups and Entra ID. Without regular audits, blind spots grow: forgotten VMs, orphan disks, open NSGs, over-privileged accounts.
Cloud Inspector applies the same multi-cloud audit grid on Azure as on AWS, GCP, OVHcloud and Scaleway — one language for IT, FinOps and security.
Access is read-only. If write permissions are detected, the audit does not start.
The Azure report lists each finding with resource, rationale, priority and recommended action.
Sample Azure checks
- Idle or oversized virtual machines
- Unattached disks and unused public IPs
- Publicly exposed storage or services
- Overly permissive network rules (NSG)
- High-privilege identities
- Missing backups and near-expiry certificates
Why audit Azure inside a multi-cloud tool?
Many organisations run Azure with AWS, GCP or a European cloud. An Azure-only view cannot prioritise at company level. Cloud Inspector normalises findings so you can decide.