Hello and welcome to this course which will explain how AWS Budgets can help you manage AWS spend and improve financial planning. 

My name is Alana Layton, and I am an AWS Content Creator here at Cloud Academy. Feel free to connect with me to ask any questions using the details shown on the screen, alternatively you can always get in touch with us here at Cloud Academy by sending an e-mail to support@cloudacademy.com where one of our Cloud experts will reply to your question.

This course has been created for financial operations professionals that have an interest in controlling AWS costs, and engineering team members that want more visibility into the cost of their environments. 

By the end of this course, you will have a greater understanding of AWS Budgets, including: 

• What the tool is and the benefit it provides
• How to set up a Budget and configure Budgets actions 
• How to send a Budget report 
• And lastly, how to configure and use AWS Cost Anomaly Detection

To get the most out of this course, you should have an understanding of the AWS Billing console and AWS Cost Explorer. Additionally, I may briefly talk about establishing permissions through IAM and AWS Organizations and use examples that reference Amazon EC2. For more information, you can see our existing content here.

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