Enhance documentation for Azure Optimization Engine

[Hélder Pinto (helderpinto)]

🛠️ Description

This pull request introduces documentation improvements to the FinOps toolkit, primarily by adding a comprehensive reference for the Azure Optimization Engine (AOE) and updating related documentation to reflect this addition. These changes enhance the discoverability and usability of AOE configuration details.

Documentation enhancements:

• Added a new "Reference" page (toolkit/optimization-engine/reference.md) to the AOE section in the table of contents, providing comprehensive documentation for runbooks, schedules, variables, Log Analytics tables, and SQL Database tables.
• Announced the addition of the AOE reference documentation in the changelog, highlighting its coverage of runbooks, schedules, variables, and more.
• Updated the AOE customization guide to direct users to the new reference page for a complete list of configuration variables.

Deployment fixes:

• Removed AzureOptimization_LogAnalyticsWorkspaceKey automation variable from deployment (leftover of upgrade to DCR-based ingestion) and updated variables documentation accordingly.

Changelog update:

• Updated the ms.date field in changelog.md to reflect the latest documentation update.

Fixes #1271

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Pull request overview

This PR improves Microsoft Learn documentation for the Azure Optimization Engine (AOE) in the FinOps Toolkit by adding a dedicated reference page and wiring it into navigation and the changelog. It also includes a functional deployment template change removing a legacy Automation variable.

Changes:

• Added a new AOE “Reference” doc covering runbooks, schedules, variables, and data tables.
• Updated AOE customization guidance and the toolkit changelog/TOC to point to the new reference content.
• Removed the AzureOptimization_LogAnalyticsWorkspaceKey Automation variable from the AOE nested deployment template.

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File	Description
src/optimization-engine/azuredeploy-nested.bicep	Removes a legacy Automation variable from the deployment template.
docs-mslearn/toolkit/optimization-engine/reference.md	Adds the new AOE reference documentation page.
docs-mslearn/toolkit/optimization-engine/customize.md	Links readers to the new reference page for the full variable list.
docs-mslearn/toolkit/changelog.md	Announces the new AOE reference page and updates ms.date.
docs-mslearn/TOC.yml	Adds the new reference page to the AOE documentation TOC.

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