Ultimate AWS FinOps Cloud Cost Management Masterclass 2024!

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Justin Andre - AWS Professional | Azure Expert | FinOps Guru

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1 - Introduction

1 - Why this course is Important The Problem The Solution.mp4

06:38

2 - Course Navigation Summary.mp4

04:27

2 - Cloud Pricing

3 - Intro Cloud Pricing.mp4

01:37

4 - Cloud Pricing Concepts.mp4

06:08

5 - Pricing in Cloud VS Pricing in On Premise Data Center.mp4

05:08

6 - AWS Free Tier.mp4

04:41

3 - Cloud Pricing Research Estimation

7 - Intro Pricing Research Estimation.mp4

00:58

8 - Pricing Research in General.mp4

02:24

9 - Pricing Research AWS EC2 Pricing.mp4

04:08

10 - Pricing Research AWS S3 Pricing.mp4

03:38

11 - Challenge AWS Pricing Research.mp4

00:48

12 - Challenge Solution AWS Pricing Research.mp4

04:10

13 - AWS Pricing Calculator Cost Estimation Basics Use Cases.mp4

02:22

14 - AWS Pricing Calculator Demonstration.mp4

08:51

15 - Challenge AWS Pricing Calculator Estimation.mp4

00:55

16 - Challenge Solution AWS Pricing Calculator Estimation.mp4

03:39

4 - Savings Plans Reservations Reserved Instances

17 - Intro AWS Savings Plans AWS Reservations AWS Reserved Instances.mp4

00:51

18 - Savings Plans Reservations Overview.mp4

05:23

19 - Savings Plans Overview.mp4

03:29

20 - Savings Plans Demo.mp4

10:55

21 - Challenge Savings Plans Pricing Comparison.mp4

00:57

22 - Challenge Answers Savings Plans Pricing Comparison.mp4

05:01

23 - Budgets for Savings Plans.mp4

03:14

24 - EC2 Reserved Instances.mp4

04:08

25 - Reservations for RDS ElastiCache OpenSearch Redshift DynamoDB.mp4

02:36

26 - Savings Plans VS Reserved Instances Comparison bringing it all together.mp4

03:20

27 - Best Practices for Savings Plans Reservations.mp4

06:18

5 - Organization Culture Change Requirements FinOps CCOE Operating Model etc

28 - 6 Pillars of Successful Cloud Cost Management.mp4

04:07

29 - Governance Principle.mp4

02:16

30 - Cloud Operating Model.mp4

06:34

31 - Cloud Center of Excellence CCOE.mp4

04:32

32 - FinOps.mp4

04:21

6 - Accountability with Showback Chargeback Shared Costs Billing Conductor

33 - Accountability Principle.mp4

01:59

34 - Showback.mp4

06:02

35 - Chargeback.mp4

04:44

36 - Shared Costs.mp4

06:00

37 - AWS Billing Conductor.mp4

11:02

7 - Foundation for Cost Allocation Accounts Organizations Control Tower

38 - Intro AWS Cost Management Foundation.mp4

01:07

39 - Cost Allocation Principle.mp4

04:30

40 - AWS Accounts Overview Use.mp4

03:30

41 - AWS Accounts Cost Management Considerations.mp4

02:43

42 - AWS Accounts Ideas Criteria for Account Separation.mp4

05:03

43 - AWS Organizations.mp4

02:42

44 - Service Control Policies SCPs to manage cloud costs.mp4

02:35

45 - AWS Control Tower to Automate AWS Account Creation.mp4

03:10

8 - Attribution for Cost Allocation Tagging Cost Categories

46 - Tags Basics Uses Examples Recommendations.mp4

06:32

47 - Tags Cost Allocation Tags Enabling Tags for AWS Cost Management with Demo.mp4

04:56

48 - Tags Enforcement with Organizations SCPs Tag Policies IAM CloudFormation.mp4

03:14

49 - Service Control Policies for Tag Usage Enforcement Demonstration.mp4

08:08

50 - Tags Viewing with Cost Explorer.mp4

04:46

51 - Tags Modifying with Resource Groups Tag Editor with Demo.mp4

04:30

52 - Tags Alerting with Amazon EventBridge AWS Config with Demo.mp4

11:46

53 - AWS Cost Categories.mp4

02:44

54 - Creating AWS Cost Categories Viewing with Cost Explorer Demonstration.mp4

04:25

9 - Billing Console Cloudwatch Billing Alarms

55 - AWS Billing Console Demonstration.mp4

02:43

56 - AWS Billing Alarms using Cloudwatch Basics Use Cases.mp4

02:06

57 - AWS Billing Alarms using Cloudwatch Demonstration.mp4

03:33

10 - Visibility Analytics w Cost Explorer CUR Anomaly Detect Quicksight Athena

58 - Visibility Principle.mp4

03:48

59 - AWS Cost Explorer Features Use Cases Best Practices.mp4

03:08

60 - AWS Cost Explorer Demonstration.mp4

13:40

61 - AWS Cost Anomaly Detection Features Benefits Uses.mp4

04:45

62 - AWS Cost Anomaly Detection Setup Configuration Viewing Demonstration.mp4

05:10

63 - AWS Cost Usage Reports Overview Usage.mp4

04:37

64 - AWS Cost Usage Reports Demonstration.mp4

03:17

65 - AWS Cost Usage Reports Data Columns Fields Properties.mp4

04:09

66 - AWS Cost Usage Reports Amazon Athena Amazon Quicksight Amazon Redshift.mp4

02:32

11 - Visibility Cloud Intelligence Dashboards using Amazon Quicksight

67 - Cloud Intelligence Dashboards Overview.mp4

04:08

68 - CUDOS CID KPI Dashboards Setup Demonstration.mp4

07:03

12 - Cloud Optimization Strategies

69 - Cost Optimization Pillars.mp4

02:48

70 - Design with Cost in Mind.mp4

02:44

71 - Standards Decision Trees Playbooks.mp4

05:29

72 - PaaS VS IaaS Platform as a Service VS Infrastructure as a Service.mp4

09:13

73 - Serverless AWS Lambda rather than EC2 for Compute.mp4

02:58

74 - Autoscaling.mp4

09:29

75 - EC2 Spot Instances.mp4

04:14

76 - AWS Trusted Advisor.mp4

02:42

13 - Budgeting with AWS Budgets

77 - Intro AWS Budgets.mp4

00:35

78 - AWS Budgets Features Importance Fundamentals.mp4

05:23

79 - AWS Budgets Examples Use Cases.mp4

02:04

80 - AWS Budgets Creating Monthly Forecast Budget Demonstration.mp4

03:21

81 - AWS Budgets Creating S3 Actuals Budget Demonstration.mp4

02:21

82 - AWS Budgets Creating Budget Reports Demonstration.mp4

01:03

14 - Other Supporting Services Features for Cost Management Enablement

83 - AWS Service Catalog to govern cloud costs.mp4

03:03

84 - IAM Identity Access Management to Control Cloud Costs.mp4

02:43

85 - Quotas for Cloud Cost Management Cloud Financial Management.mp4

02:01

15 - AWS Cost Management Resources

86 - Intro Cost Management Resources.mp4

00:52

87 - Cost Optimization Pillar of Well Architected Framework.mp4

03:31

88 - AWS Cost Blogs Cost Management Cloud Financial Management Optimization.mp4

01:40

89 - AWS News.mp4

00:55

90 - AWS Events Content.mp4

01:03

Description

Best Practice real-world cloud computing financial management optimizations to save costs in AWS Cloud with FinOps!!

What You'll Learn?

Master real-world techniques from a Cloud FinOps expert with AWS Professional & Azure Expert certifications who’s saved $10M+ in cloud spend
Upskill & start a career in the flourishing field of FinOps & Cloud Cost Management & Optimization
Learn over 25 AWS Tools used for cost management & optimization
Analyze & explain complex AWS service billing models, usage charges, invoices, meters
Implement FinOps principles & cloud operating models that lead to cultural change & sustainable cloud savings
Master the AWS discount models: Savings Plans, Reservations, Reserved Instance
Create visibility into distributed cloud spending with advanced data analytics, dashboards & reporting
Understand & operate the AWS tooling for Estimating, Visualizing, Analyzing, Exporting, Budgeting, Monitoring, Alerting and more
Explain the key differences between on premise & cloud operating models that lead to waste
Understand, Forecast, Estimate & Budget your AWS cloud OpEx spending
Identify key risks of cloud overspending so we can fix the root causes, not just the symptoms
Apply Cost allocation strategies to create accountability for cloud spend with Showback & Chargeback
Understand why 94% of companies routinely waste money in the cloud & how to stop it
Modernize old procurement, purchasing and financial management processes built for legacy CapEx models
Master Tagging, Accounts, Organizations, Resources & Hierarchies
Principles taught in this course will contribute to your ability pass AWS Exams for certification like CLF-C02, SOA-C02, SAA-C03, DVA-C02
…and much, much more

Who is this for?

Anyone who uses the AWS (Amazon Web Services) Cloud (hands-on or hands-off)

Developers, Engineers, Architects, Data Pros, Executives, CIOs, CFOs, Financial Managers & Analysts - anyone who wants a broad understanding of cloud cost models, management, optimization and saving.

What You Need to Know?

Understand the basics of IT

Understand the basics of Cloud Computing

Desire to save & make money in the cloud

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Description
2024 LaunchÂ ! This is a comprehensive & detailed video series that goes broader & deeper than other courses on this topic. Pound for pound, the most thorough coverage of AWS Cloud Cost & Financial considerations.

Your instructor is a FinOps expert with real-world cloud optimization results who is a certified cloud architect at the Professional level in AWS Solution Architecture and Expert level in Azure Solution Architecture.

Learn why:
Companies waste $90 Billion+ yearly in public cloud spend
94% of Enterprises are Significantly overspending on public cloud
#1 Cloud Challenge for 82% of organizations: Managing Cloud Spend
â€¦and how to fix it!

Actual Recent Reviews from my similarly-themed Azure FinOps Masterclass:
"You are truly one of the better instructors on the platform. We need more content from you."
"Very organized, clear and great delivery of information"
"THE best online course I've taken. Packed with high quality lessons. Can't recommend this enough."
"as good as others say it is"
"Great presentation style and concise course materials. Highly recommended."

Course Benefits
Level up your career & get a higher paying job with FinOps
Become the cost-saving hero at your organization
Save your company 30-40% on your AWS cloud bill
Learn enterprise-grade best practices from an expert in the field

Course Differentiators
Enterprise-grade practices & principles taught by an expert with proven results
Real-world examples & demonstrations of just about every AWS cost mgmt related service & tool (~25)
Helps you Understand & Fix the root of the problem that leads to waste
Sustainable strategies to prevent waste from the start
Quantity of Cost-Saving Optimizations
Production & Editing Quality
Breadth of Quality topic coverage
Format, Content, Production & Instruction are based on research-backed Instructional Learning best practices to help you learn effectively

Nearly all of the cloud cost management principles taught apply to other cloud providers such as Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). However the tooling, resources, and many of the techniques are specific to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Save money in AWS. Save money in the cloud!

Instructor
Iâ€™m currently a Principal Cloud Architect. Iâ€™ve been working in IT for over 25 years and working in cloud computing for nearly the past 10 years. Iâ€™ve held technical and leadership roles focused on development, operations, engineering, and architecture. And I hold professional & expert level certifications in AWS and Azure clouds.

Iâ€™ve led corporate FinOps practices, created world-class cloud cost reporting dashboards in Power BI, trained teams on cloud financial management best practices, and led company-wide cloud savings and optimization initiatives for AWS and Azure clouds, saving over $20M in spend.

Course Statistics
95 Videos
7+ Hours of Lectures
25 Demos
100+ Quiz Questions
50 Exam Questions
1 Purpose (Save [& ultimately make] Money)

Who Course is For
Anyone using AWS who works in IT, Engineering, Finance, Procurement, Product Ownership, executives or leadership will benefit from this expert guidance.
Technology â€“ CIO, Cloud Managers, Architects, Engineers, Developers, Data Pros
Finance â€“ CFO, Finance Managers, Cloud Financial Analysts
Anyone requesting or deploying resources in the cloud
Anyone wanting to save money in the cloud or master AWS Cost Management

This course also comes with:
Lifetime access to all future updates
A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section
Udemy Certificate of Completion for Download
30-day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee

Principles taught in this course will contribute to your ability pass AWS Exams for certification like CLF-C02, SOA-C02, SAA-C03, DVA-C02
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate
AWS Certified Developer Associate

Prerequisites
The Prerequisites for this course are a working understanding of IT concepts and fundamental understanding of Azure & Cloud computing concepts.

What are you waiting for! Enroll now & letâ€™s get started!
Who this course is for:
Anyone who uses the AWS (Amazon Web Services) Cloud (hands-on or hands-off)
Developers, Engineers, Architects, Data Pros, Executives, CIOs, CFOs, Financial Managers & Analysts - anyone who wants a broad understanding of cloud cost models, management, optimization and saving.

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I’m currently a Principal Cloud Architect. I’ve been working in IT for over 25 years and working in cloud computing for almost the past 10 years. I’ve held technical and leadership roles focused on development, operations, engineering, and architecture. And I hold professional & expert level certifications in AWS and Azure clouds, respectively.Professionally, one of my specialties over the last 6 years or so has been leading cloud financial management.-Cloud cost expert who has saved over $20M in cloud.-Creating world-class cloud cost Power BI reporting & dashboards.-Training teams on cloud financial management / FinOps best practices-Led company-wide cloud savings and optimization initiatives in AWS, Azure & OCI clouds for $10B+ company.

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