This course is for individuals who seek an understanding of how to manage, optimise, and predict costs as you run workloads on AWS.
You learn how to implement architectural best practices, explore cost optimisation strategies, and design patterns to help you architect cost-efficient solutions on AWS.
This course includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demonstrations.
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What you’ll learn
This course is designed to teach participants how to:
Explain the cost of core AWS services
Determine and estimate 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 optimise your AWS spend
Apply strategies to monitor service costs and usage
Implement governance standards, including resource tagging, account structure, provisioning, permissions, and access
AWS at Lumify Work
Lumify Work is an official AWS Training Partner for Australia, New Zealand, and the Philippines. Through our Authorised AWS Instructors, we can provide you with a learning path that’s relevant to you and your organisation, so you can get more out of the cloud. We offer virtual and face-to-face classroom-based training to help you build your cloud skills and enable you to achieve industry-recognised AWS Certification.
Stay ahead of the technology curve
Don’t let your tech outpace the skills of your people
Train Anywhere
From our state-of-the-art classrooms to telepresence to your offices, our instructor-led training caters to your needs.
Track Record
We have a 30-year history of driving innovative, award-winning learning solutions.
More Courses, More Often
When you train with Lumify Work you get more courses, more often, in more locations, and from more vendors.
Quality Instructors and Content
Expert instructors with real world experience and the latest vendor-approved in-depth course content.
Partner-Preferred Supplier
Chosen and awarded by the world's leading vendors as preferred training partner.
Ahead of the Technology Curve
No matter your chosen technologies or platforms, we can help you stay one step ahead.
Train Anywhere
From our state-of-the-art classrooms to telepresence to your offices, our instructor-led training caters to your needs.
Track Record
We have a 30-year history of driving innovative, award-winning learning solutions.
More Courses, More Often
When you train with Lumify Work you get more courses, more often, in more locations, and from more vendors.
Quality Instructors and Content
Expert instructors with real world experience and the latest vendor-approved in-depth course content.
Partner-Preferred Supplier
Chosen and awarded by the world's leading vendors as preferred training partner.
Ahead of the Technology Curve
No matter your chosen technologies or platforms, we can help you stay one step ahead.
Train Anywhere
From our state-of-the-art classrooms to telepresence to your offices, our instructor-led training caters to your needs.
Track Record
We have a 30-year history of driving innovative, award-winning learning solutions.
More Courses, More Often
When you train with Lumify Work you get more courses, more often, in more locations, and from more vendors.
Who is the course for?
This course is intended for:
Solutions architects
Developers
Cost-optimisation leads
System administrators
We can also deliver and customise this training course for larger groups – saving your organisation time, money and resources. For more information, please contact us on 1800 U LEARN (1800 853 276)
Course subjects
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 optimisation: 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 optimisation: 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 Optimiser
Demonstration: Spot Instance Advisor
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimisation: 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 optimisation: Reduce Data Transfer Costs Using Amazon CloudFront and Endpoints
Please note: This is an emerging technology course. Course outline is subject to change as needed.
Prerequisites
It is recommended that attendees have previously completed the Architecting on AWS course.
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