# 07 budget and resources

*Document code: LES-PLAN-v2.3 | Phase 0 | May 2026*

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## Financial Budget

| Phase   | Estimated Monthly Cost | Primary Cost Drivers                                     |
| ------- | ---------------------: | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| Phase 0 |                     €0 | Azure free tier. All other tools on free plans.          |
| Phase 1 |                 €10–20 | Azure SQL Database, Blob Storage, basic compute          |
| Phase 2 |                 €20–40 | Additional compute, Logic Apps, expanded storage         |
| Phase 3 |                 €40–60 | Microsoft Fabric, Synapse Analytics, Power BI Premium    |
| Phase 4 |                €60–100 | Azure OpenAI Service (token-based), agent infrastructure |
| Phase 5 |                 €50–80 | Optimised and stabilised infrastructure                  |

> The demo environment runs on a separate Azure free subscription. Estimated additional cost: €0–10 per month. Synthetic data only.

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## Tooling — No Additional Cost

* GitHub — free for public repositories
* GitBook — free tier sufficient for Phase 0–2
* Microsoft Learn — free certification preparation
* WordPress — basic plan sufficient for portfolio website
* LinkedIn — standard professional account

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## Certification Investment

| Certification      | Approximate Fee |
| ------------------ | --------------: |
| AZ-900             |             €95 |
| GitHub Foundations |             €99 |
| DP-900             |             €95 |
| AZ-104             |            €150 |
| AZ-204             |            €150 |
| DP-600             |            €150 |
| AI-900             |             €95 |
| AI-102             |            €150 |
| AZ-305             |            €150 |

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## Time Investment

| Activity                  | Estimated Hours per Week |
| ------------------------- | -----------------------: |
| Building and coding       |                3–5 hours |
| Study and learning        |                2–3 hours |
| Documentation and writing |                1–2 hours |
| Research and reading      |                1–2 hours |
| **Total**                 |           **7–12 hours** |

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