Ultimate Aws Finops Cloud Cost Management Masterclass!

Best Practice real-world cloud computing financial management strategies to manage costs in the AWS Cloud with FinOps!!

What you'll learn

Master real-world techniques from a Cloud FinOps expert with AWS Professional & Azure Expert certifications who’s saved $10M+ in cloud spend

Upskill & start a career in the flourishing field of FinOps & Cloud Cost Management & Optimization

Analyze & explain complex AWS service billing models, usage charges, invoices, meters

Implement FinOps principles & cloud operating models that lead to cultural change & sustainable cloud savings

Master the AWS discount models: Savings Plans, Reservations, Reserved Instance

Create visibility into distributed cloud spending with advanced data analytics, dashboards & reporting

Understand & operate the AWS tooling for Estimating, Visualizing, Analyzing, Exporting, Budgeting, Monitoring, Alerting and more

Explain the key differences between on premise & cloud operating models that lead to waste

Understand, Forecast, Estimate & Budget your AWS cloud OpEx spending

Identify key risks of cloud overspending so we can fix the root causes, not just the symptoms

Apply Cost allocation strategies to create accountability for cloud spend with Showback & Chargeback

Understand why 94% of companies routinely waste money in the cloud & how to stop it

Modernize old procurement, purchasing and financial management processes built for legacy CapEx models

Master Tagging, Accounts, Organizations, Resources & Hierarchies

Principles taught in this course will contribute to your ability pass AWS Exams for certification like CLF-C02, SOA-C02, SAA-C03, DVA-C02

…and much, much more

Requirements

Understand the basics of IT

Understand the basics of Cloud Computing

Desire to save & make money in the cloud

Description

This is a comprehensive & detailed video series that goes broader & deeper than other courses on this topic. Pound for pound, the most thorough coverage of AWS Cloud Cost & Financial considerations.Your instructor is a FinOps expert with real-world cloud optimization results who is a certified cloud architect at the Professional level in AWS Solution Architecture and Expert level in Azure Solution Architecture.Learn why:Companies waste $90 Billion+ yearly in public cloud spend94% of Enterprises are Significantly overspending on public cloud#1 Cloud Challenge for 82% of organizations: Managing Cloud Spend…and how to fix it!Actual Recent Reviews from my similarly-themed Azure FinOps Masterclass:"You are truly one of the better instructors on the platform. We need more content from you.""Very organized, clear and great delivery of information""THE best online course I've taken. Packed with high quality lessons. Can't recommend this enough.""as good as others say it is""Great presentation style and concise course materials. Highly recommended."Course BenefitsLevel up your career & get a higher paying job with FinOpsBecome the cost-saving hero at your organizationSave your company 30-40% on your AWS cloud billLearn enterprise-grade best practices from an expert in the fieldCourse DifferentiatorsEnterprise-grade practices & principles taught by an expert with proven resultsHelps you understand & Fix the root of the problem that leads to wasteSustainable strategies to prevent waste from the startQuantity of Cost-Saving OptimizationsProduction & Editing QualityBreadth of Quality topic coverageNearly all of the cloud cost management principles taught apply to other cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). However the tooling, resources, and many of the techniques are specific to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Save money in AWS. Save money in the cloud!InstructorI’m currently a Principal Cloud Architect. I’ve been working in IT for over 25 years and working in cloud computing for nearly the past 10 years. I’ve held technical and leadership roles focused on development, operations, engineering, and architecture. And I hold professional & expert level certifications in AWS and Azure clouds.I’ve led corporate FinOps practices, created world-class cloud cost reporting dashboards in Power BI, trained teams on cloud financial management best practices, and led company-wide cloud savings and optimization initiatives for AWS and Azure clouds, saving over $20M in spend.Course Statistics95 Videos7+ Hours of Lectures25 Demos100+ Quiz Questions50 Exam Questions1 Purpose (Save [& ultimately make] Money)Who Course is ForAnyone using AWS who works in IT, Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Product Ownership, executives or leadership will benefit from this expert guidance.Technology – CIO, Cloud Managers, Architects, Engineers, Developers, Data ProsFinance – CFO, Finance Managers, Cloud Financial AnalystsAnyone requesting or deploying resources in the cloudAnyone wanting to save money in the cloud or master AWS Cost ManagementThis course also comes with:Lifetime access to all future updatesA responsive instructor in the Q&A SectionUdemy Certificate of Completion for Download30-day "No Questions Asked" Money Back GuaranteePrinciples taught in this course will contribute to your ability pass AWS Exams for certification like CLF-C02, SOA-C02, SAA-C03, DVA-C02AWS Certified Cloud PractitionerAWS Certified Solutions Architect AssociateAWS Certified SysOps Administrator AssociateAWS Certified Developer AssociatePrerequisitesThe Prerequisites for this course are a working understanding of IT concepts and fundamental understanding of Azure & Cloud computing concepts.What are you waiting for! Enroll now & let’s get started!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Why this course is Important - The Problem & The Solution

Lecture 2 Course Navigation & Summary

Section 2: Cloud Pricing

Lecture 3 Intro - Cloud Pricing

Lecture 4 Cloud Pricing Concepts

Lecture 5 Pricing in Cloud VS. Pricing in On Premise Data Center

Lecture 6 AWS Free Tier

Section 3: Cloud Pricing - Research & Estimation

Lecture 7 Intro - Pricing Research & Estimation

Lecture 8 Pricing Research - in General

Lecture 9 Pricing Research - AWS EC2 Pricing

Lecture 10 Pricing Research - AWS S3 Pricing

Lecture 11 Challenge: AWS Pricing Research

Lecture 12 Challenge Solution: AWS Pricing Research

Lecture 13 AWS Pricing Calculator - Cost Estimation Basics & Use Cases

Lecture 14 AWS Pricing Calculator - Demonstration

Lecture 15 Challenge: AWS Pricing Calculator Estimation

Lecture 16 Challenge Solution: AWS Pricing Calculator Estimation

Section 4: Savings Plans, Reservations & Reserved Instances

Lecture 17 Intro - AWS Savings Plans, AWS Reservations, AWS Reserved Instances

Lecture 18 Savings Plans & Reservations - Overview

Lecture 19 Savings Plans - Overview

Lecture 20 Savings Plans - Demo

Lecture 21 Challenge: Savings Plans - Pricing Comparison

Lecture 22 Challenge Answers: Savings Plans - Pricing Comparison

Lecture 23 Budgets for Savings Plans

Lecture 24 EC2 Reserved Instances

Lecture 25 Reservations for RDS, ElastiCache, OpenSearch, Redshift, DynamoDB

Lecture 26 Savings Plans VS. Reserved Instances - Comparison bringing it all together

Lecture 27 Best Practices for Savings Plans & Reservations

Section 5: Organization & Culture Change Requirements - FinOps, CCOE, Operating Model, etc.

Lecture 28 6 Pillars of Successful Cloud Cost Management

Lecture 29 Governance Principle

Lecture 30 Cloud Operating Model

Lecture 31 Cloud Center of Excellence (CCOE)

Lecture 32 FinOps

Section 6: Accountability with Showback, Chargeback, Shared Costs & Billing Conductor

Lecture 33 Accountability Principle

Lecture 34 Showback

Lecture 35 Chargeback

Lecture 36 Shared Costs

Lecture 37 AWS Billing Conductor

Section 7: Foundation for Cost Allocation - Accounts, Organizations, Control Tower

Lecture 38 Intro - AWS Cost Management Foundation

Lecture 39 Cost Allocation Principle

Lecture 40 AWS Accounts - Overview & Use

Lecture 41 AWS Accounts - Cost Management Considerations

Lecture 42 AWS Accounts - Ideas & Criteria for Account Separation

Lecture 43 AWS Organizations

Lecture 44 Service Control Policies (SCPs) to manage cloud costs

Lecture 45 AWS Control Tower to Automate AWS Account Creation

Section 8: Attribution for Cost Allocation - Tagging & Cost Categories

Lecture 46 Tags - Basics, Uses, Examples, Recommendations

Lecture 47 Tags - Cost Allocation Tags - Enabling Tags for AWS Cost Management with Demo

Lecture 48 Tags - Enforcement with Organizations, SCPs, Tag Policies, IAM, CloudFormation..

Lecture 49 Service Control Policies for Tag Usage Enforcement - Demonstration

Lecture 50 Tags - Viewing with Cost Explorer

Lecture 51 Tags - Modifying with Resource Groups & Tag Editor with Demo

Lecture 52 Tags - Alerting with Amazon EventBridge & AWS Config with Demo

Lecture 53 AWS Cost Categories

Lecture 54 Creating AWS Cost Categories & Viewing with Cost Explorer - Demonstration

Section 9: Billing Console & Cloudwatch Billing Alarms

Lecture 55 AWS Billing Console - Demonstration

Lecture 56 AWS Billing Alarms using Cloudwatch - Basics & Use Cases

Lecture 57 AWS Billing Alarms using Cloudwatch - Demonstration

Section 10: Visibility - Analytics w Cost Explorer, CUR, Anomaly Detect, Quicksight, Athena

Lecture 58 Visibility Principle

Lecture 59 AWS Cost Explorer - Features, Use Cases, Best Practices

Lecture 60 AWS Cost Explorer - Demonstration

Lecture 61 AWS Cost Anomaly Detection - Features, Benefits, Uses

Lecture 62 AWS Cost Anomaly Detection - Setup, Configuration & Viewing - Demonstration

Lecture 63 AWS Cost & Usage Reports - Overview & Usage

Lecture 64 AWS Cost & Usage Reports - Demonstration

Lecture 65 AWS Cost & Usage Reports - Data Columns / Fields / Properties

Lecture 66 AWS Cost & Usage Reports - Amazon Athena, Amazon Quicksight, Amazon Redshift

Section 11: Visibility - Cloud Intelligence Dashboards using Amazon Quicksight

Lecture 67 Cloud Intelligence Dashboards - Overview

Lecture 68 CUDOS, CID & KPI Dashboards - Setup Demonstration

Section 12: Cloud Optimization Strategies

Lecture 69 Cost Optimization Pillars

Lecture 70 Design with Cost in Mind

Lecture 71 Standards, Decision Trees, Playbooks

Lecture 72 PaaS VS. IaaS (Platform as a Service VS. Infrastructure as a Service)

Lecture 73 Serverless AWS Lambda rather than EC2 for Compute

Lecture 74 Autoscaling

Lecture 75 EC2 Spot Instances

Lecture 76 AWS Trusted Advisor

Section 13: Budgeting with AWS Budgets

Lecture 77 Intro - AWS Budgets

Lecture 78 AWS Budgets - Features, Importance, Fundamentals

Lecture 79 AWS Budgets - Examples, Use Cases

Lecture 80 AWS Budgets - Creating Monthly Forecast Budget - Demonstration

Lecture 81 AWS Budgets - Creating S3 Actuals Budget - Demonstration

Lecture 82 AWS Budgets - Creating Budget Reports - Demonstration

Section 14: Other Supporting Services & Features for Cost Management Enablement

Lecture 83 AWS Service Catalog to govern cloud costs

Lecture 84 IAM (Identity & Access Management) to Control Cloud Costs

Lecture 85 Quotas for Cloud Cost Management & Cloud Financial Management

Section 15: AWS Cost Management Resources

Lecture 86 Intro - Cost Management Resources

Lecture 87 Cost Optimization Pillar of Well Architected Framework

Lecture 88 AWS Cost Blogs - Cost Management & Cloud Financial Management & Optimization

Lecture 89 AWS News

Lecture 90 AWS Events Content

Anyone who uses the AWS (Amazon Web Services) Cloud (hands-on or hands-off),Developers, Engineers, Architects, Data Pros, Executives, CIOs, CFOs, Financial Managers & Analysts - anyone who wants a broad understanding of cloud cost models, management, optimization and saving.