Managing AWS Cloud Spend Training Overview
This AWS Cloud for Finance Professionals training course teaches attendees how to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to adopt the cloud in a fiscally responsible manner by managing, optimizing, and planning cloud spend. Attendees learn how to influence their organization’s builders to be more accountable and cost-conscious. Finally, attendees learn how to use AWS to innovate in their finance organization.
Accelebrate is an AWS Training Partner (ATP) and this hands-on official AWS Classroom Training course is taught by an accredited Amazon Authorized Instructor (AAI).
Location and Pricing
Accelebrate offers instructor-led enterprise training for groups of 3 or more online or at your site. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for private corporate training on-site or online, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Define cloud business value
- Estimate costs associated with current and future cloud workloads
- Use tools to report, monitor, allocate, optimize, and plan AWS spend
- Optimize cloud spending and usage through pricing models
- Establish best practices with Cloud Financial Management (CFM) and Cloud Financial Operations (Cloud FinOps)
- Implement financial governance and controls
- Drive finance organization innovation
Prerequisites
It is recommended that students complete AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials and AWS Cloud Essentials for Business Leaders classroom training.
Outline
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Introduction
- Cloud spending decisions
- AWS pricing
- Cost drivers
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- AWS Cloud Value Framework
- Cloud value metrics
- Cloud Financial Management
- Cloud Financial Management outcomes
Planning and Forecasting
- Estimate cloud workload costs
- Build and refine a cost estimate
- Budget and forecast cloud costs
- Improve cloud financial predictability
Measurement and Accountability
- KPIs and unit metrics
- Cost visibility and monitoring
- Tools for cost visibility, tools for cost monitoring
- Cost allocation and accountability
- Cost allocation building blocks
Cost Optimization
- Usage optimizations
- Commitment-based purchase options
- Cost optimization
Cloud Financial Operations
- Organizational change for CFM
- Organization models for CFM
- Organizational models
- Establish a cost-aware organizational culture
- Governance, control, and agility
- AWS governance and control building blocks
- Automated-based governance using AWS services
Financial Transformation and Innovation
- Keys to financial innovation
- Financial transformation
- Solutions for financial innovation
Conclusion
- Module resources
- Next steps
Training Materials
All AWS training students receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
A modern web browser and an Internet connection that allows connections by SSH or Remote Desktop (RDP) into AWS virtual machines.
