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AWS Cloud Financial Management for Builders

4.6 out of 5 rating

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Duration

3 Days

18 CPD hours

About this course

This course is intended for:
Solutions architects
Developers
Cost-optimization leads
System administrators

Overview

In this course, you will learn to:
Explain the cost of core AWS services
Determine and predict costs associated with current and future cloud workloads
Use strategies and best practices to reduce AWS costs
Use AWS tools to manage, monitor, alert, and optimize your AWS spend
Apply strategies to monitor service costs and usage
Implement governance standards, including resource tagging, account structure, provisioning,permissions, and access

Description

This course is for individuals who seek an understanding of how to manage, optimize, and predict costs as you run workloads on AWS. You learn how to implement architectural best practices, explore cost optimization strategies, and design patterns to help you architect cost-efficient solutions on AWS.

Module 0: Couse Overview
  • Course introduction
Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Financial Management
  • Introduction to Cloud Financial Management
  • Four pillars of Cloud Financial Management
Module 2: Resource Tagging
  • Tagging resources
    Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Control Resource Consumption Using Tagging and AWS Config
Module 3: Pricing and Cost
  • Fundamentals of pricing
    AWS Free Tier
    Volume discounts
    Savings plans and Reserved Instances
    Demonstration: AWS Pricing Calculator
Module 4: AWS Billing, Reporting, and Monitoring
  • Understanding AWS invoices
    Reporting and planning
    AWS Cost Explorer
    AWS Budgets
    Demonstration: AWS Billing Console
    Demonstration: AWS Cost Explorer
    Demonstration: Trusted Advisor
    Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Deploy Ephemeral Environments Using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Module 5: Architecting for Cost: Compute
  • Evolution of compute efficiency
    Amazon EC2 right-sizing
    Purchasing options
    Architect for Amazon EC2 Spot Instance
    Impact of software licensing
    Demonstration: Compute Optimizer
    Demonstration: Spot Instance Advisor
    Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Right Size Amazon EC2 Instances Using Amazon CloudWatch Metrics
Module 6: Architecting for Cost: Networking
  • Data transfer costs
    Understand data costs for different services
    How to triage network costs
    Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce Data Transfer Costs Using Amazon CloudFront and Endpoints
Module 7: Architecting for Cost: Storage
  • Amazon EBS cost, pricing, and best practices
    Amazon S3 cost, pricing, and best practices
    Amazon EFS cost, pricing, and best practices
    Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce Storage Costs Using Amazon S3 Lifecycle Management
Module 8: Architecting for Cost: Databases
  • Amazon RDS cost, pricing, and best practices
    Amazon Aurora cost, pricing, and best practices
    Amazon DynamoDB cost, pricing, and best practices
    Amazon ElastiCache cost, pricing, and best practices
    Amazon Redshift cost, pricing, and best practices
Module 9: Cost Governance
  • Setting up AWS Organizations
    AWS Systems Manager
    Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce Compute Costs Using AWS Instance Scheduler
Module 10: Course Summary
  • Course review
Additional course details:

Nexus Humans AWS Cloud Financial Management for Builders training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward.

This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts.

Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success.

While we feel this is the best course for the AWS Cloud Financial Management for Builders course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you.

Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Training Insurance Included!

When you organise training, we understand that there is a risk that some people may fall ill, become unavailable. To mitigate the risk we include training insurance for each delegate enrolled on our public schedule, they are welcome to sit on the same Public class within 6 months at no charge, if the case arises.

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