Azure is a top choice among teams looking for enterprise-grade cloud services, but it also comes with cost-related complexities that require careful management to reduce costs effectively. To control and reduce Azure costs, teams can use various tools and strategies such as the Azure pricing calculator, cost analysis tool, budgets, Azure cost management alerts, and Azure Advisor. These tools provide real-time cost monitoring, detailed breakdowns of spending, budgeting capabilities, and suggestions for optimizing cloud performance, security, and cost-effectiveness. Additionally, teams can right-size their virtual machines to align with application requirements, scale resources up and down according to application load, use spot VMs to utilize idle capacity, and take advantage of reserved instances or hybrid benefits to achieve cost savings. By implementing these strategies and tools, teams can gain better control over their Azure costs and optimize their cloud spending.