# G07 — Tutorial: Create and manage budgets

- Publisher: Microsoft Learn
- Primary source: [Tutorial: Create and manage budgets](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cost-management-billing/costs/tutorial-acm-create-budgets)
- Observed: 2026-10-22 (Europe/Berlin session date)
- Publication date: unknown — no reliable date established from the read
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- Read status: opened and relevant section read through web tool
- Evidence locator: Opening paragraphs under In this article
- Evidence class: primary maintainer/provider guidance; not an independent impact study

## Short evidence fragment

> Resources aren't affected, and your consumption isn't stopped.

## Researcher's reading note

Azure budgets issue threshold notifications. Cost/usage data is typically available within 8–24 hours; budgets evaluate costs every 24 hours.

## Limits and use

These are Azure Cost Management behaviors, not a claim about all Azure AI gateways, products or account-level spending controls.

## Retention

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