Summary
This lesson will explain how AWS Budgets can help you manage AWS spend and improve financial planning.
Learning Objectives
- 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
Intended Audience
This lesson has been created for financial operations professionals interested in controlling AWS costs and for engineering team members who want more visibility into the cost of their environments.
Prerequisites
To get the most out of this lesson, you should have an understanding of the AWS Billing console and AWS Cost Explorer. Additionally, I briefly discuss establishing permissions through IAM and AWS Organizations and use examples referencing Amazon EC2.
Alana Layton is an experienced technical trainer, technical content developer, and cloud engineer living out of Seattle, Washington. Her career has included teaching about AWS all over the world, creating AWS content that is fun, and working in consulting. She currently holds six AWS certifications. Outside of Cloud Academy, you can find her testing her knowledge in bar trivia, reading, or training for a marathon.