Hello and welcome to this course, which will explain how to monitor for underutilized and idle resources within AWS to reduce your overall spend. 

Before we begin, I’d like to introduce myself - my name is Alana Layton and I’m 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 those that are looking to more easily detect AWS resources that are idle or underutilized, specifically compute and storage resources. You may be looking for ways to reduce your bill and better govern your infrastructure.   

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

• The AWS services that can help you monitor for underutilized resources, such as AWS Compute Optimizer, AWS Cost Explorer, and Trusted Advisor 
• You will also understand the benefits, use cases, and advantages of each of these services 

To get the most out of this course you should have a good understanding of the fundamental services in AWS, such as EC2, Lambda, S3, EBS, and CloudWatch. For more information on these services, check out the following courses titled: 

Compute Fundamentals for AWS, Storage Fundamentals for AWS, An Overview of Amazon CloudWatch.

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