AWS Cost Management Tools

This lesson looks at the various tools in AWS that can be used to explore your cloud expenses and obtain detailed information about what causes them. We'll also look at how to identify costs use AWS to make a forecast based on the previous usage.

You'll learn how to visualize those numbers, in case you need to present and explain them. We will look at cost management best practices and how you can implement them in your own environments! This lesson is full of demonstrations from the AWS environment to ensure that you are able to use the services covered in the lectures.

Learning Objectives

• Use the billing dashboard to monitor costs
• Learn about AWS credits
• Learn how to use the Cost Explorer to perform cost analysis
• Understand how to produce cost and usage reports
• Learn how creating a budget in AWS can help you manage your costs

Intended Audience

This lesson is intended for anyone who wants to learn about the tools available in AWS to manage cloud running costs.

Prerequisites

To get the most out of this lesson you should already have a basic understanding of the AWS platform and its main services.

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