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Azure backup space usage

How do we see a list of how much space is used by our machines backed up by Microsoft Azure Backup Agent?

We can see the space usage for one machine at a time in our Azure portal and in the Microsoft Azure Backup program on each machine.

Portal screenshot:

Azure Backup program: Scroll down in the main pane to see backup size in the lower right. The number does not appear to be regularly updated more than perhaps once a day.

Is there some way to see a list of machines (or more accurately vaults as each machine has a Recovery Services vault) and their backup space usage? Can the statistics be updated on demand? Thanks!

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I appreciate your comments that there is no good way to determine total space usage yet from Microsoft. That gives me confidence that I haven't missed something. I spent 1 to 2 hours looking for a Microsoft method or a third-party utility and came up with nothing. CloudBerry comes the closest and it is great that their CloudBerry Explorer is free, but I don't believe it gives information on Microsoft Azure Backup Agent backups. It would be excellent if it did! Here is a link to a discussion that may let us know if Microsoft ever releases something responsive to a 2014 suggestion for central administration of backups which drew 1,054 votes:
https://feedback.azure.com/forums/258995-azure-backup-and-scdpm/suggestions/5971633-add-central-administration-capabilities-to-azure-b