Course Introduction
Cloud Economics
AWS Management
Terminology
AWS Cost Management Tools
AWS Cost Management: Tagging
The course is part of this learning path
In this section of the Cloud Practitioner learning path, we introduce you to the various Billing, Pricing, and Support services currently available in AWS that are relevant to the CLF-C01 exam.
Learning Objectives
- Describe the different pricing models for AWS resources
- Identify the various account structures used for AWS billing and pricing
- Understand where to find and how to use AWS cost management tools
Prerequisites
This course is designed for anyone who is new to cloud computing, so no prior experience with AWS is necessary. While it may be helpful to have a basic understanding of AWS and its services, as well as some exposure to AWS Cloud design, implementation, and operations, this is not required as all of the concepts we will introduce in this course will be explained and reinforced from the ground up.
Hello, and welcome to this course on Billing, Pricing, and Support in AWS, where we’re here to help you on your journey to prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification.
Before we get started, I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Danny Jessee, and I am one of the trainers here at Cloud Academy, specializing in AWS – Amazon Web Services – and AWS certifications. In this course, the AWS team will be presenting a series of lectures that introduce some Billing, Pricing, and Support resources currently available in AWS that may be covered on the exam. Feel free to contact me with any questions using the details shown on the screen, or you can always get in touch with us here at Cloud Academy by sending an email to support@cloudacademy.com, where one of our Cloud experts will reply to your question.
This course has been specifically curated to help you pass the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam and is ideal for anyone who is looking to learn more about the various Billing, Pricing, and Support resources in AWS in preparation for the exam. Passing the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam is a great first step for anyone looking to grow within their current career, or transition to a new career entirely.
The objective of this course is to provide a high-level introduction to important Billing, Pricing, and Support resources in AWS, including:
- AWS Cost Management tools such as Cost Explorer and AWS Cost and Usage Reports;
- The role of tags in cost allocation; and
- AWS customer support resources and support plans.
These objectives are covered by Domain 4 in the official AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam blueprint: Billing and Pricing, which accounts for 16% of the exam content. The other courses in this learning path will cover the remaining exam content and will ensure that you are fully prepared to sit this exam.
This course is designed for anyone who is new to cloud computing, so no prior experience with AWS is necessary. While it may be helpful to have a basic understanding of AWS and its services, as well as some exposure to AWS Cloud design, implementation, and operations, this is not required as all of the concepts we will introduce in this course will be explained and reinforced from the ground up.
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Oliver Gehrmann is a FinOps Consultant and CEO of kreuzwerker Frankfurt, a German consulting firm with a strong focus on AWS, software engineering, and cloud financial management. He's worked in IT for over 10 years, facilitating the migration from physical servers in data centers to modern cloud infrastructures.
He and his team have experienced first-hand that costs in the cloud are becoming more and more of a challenge when about 2.5 years ago more and more customers approached them with this topic. Costs ran out of control and could not be addressed to business values.
Since that time, we have worked extensively on the topic of cloud financial management and have already been able to save our customers many millions of dollars. He now shares this knowledge in order to help others.