AWS Cost Management: Cost Allocation

Costs in cloud environments can get complicated quickly. Therefore it is essential to provide transparency and responsibility to everyone in a business. In this lesson, you'll learn about cost allocation in AWS, including best practices and how to apply common strategies.

Learning Objectives

• Understand the benefits of a cost allocation strategy and cost visualization
• Learn how the maturity of a company impacts the type of cost allocation strategy it uses
• Learn about various cost indicators in AWS
• Understand how understanding your costs can help you forecast future costs

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for anyone who wants to learn how to manage their AWS cloud costs effectively.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson, you should have a basic understanding of AWS, as well as finance and cloud terminology.