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Basic Cost Optimization in Azure

by Joseph Lowery

This course will teach you how to monitor and analyze your Azure expenses, accurately predict future costs, implement cost-saving strategies, and proactively manage your budget with alerts.

What you'll learn

Are you concerned about escalating Azure costs and need to optimize your cloud spending without sacrificing performance? In this course, Basic Cost Optimization in Azure, you'll learn to proactively manage and control your Azure expenses. First, you'll explore Azure Cost Management, gaining insights into your current spending patterns and identifying areas for potential savings. Next, you'll investigate the Azure Pricing Calculator, a valuable tool for forecasting future costs and making informed decisions about resource provisioning. Then, you'll discover powerful cost-saving measures like reserved instances and the Azure Hybrid Benefit, learning how to leverage them effectively. Finally, you'll learn how to set up budget alerts to proactively monitor your spending and receive timely notifications when costs approach or exceed your defined limits. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of Azure cost management needed to optimize your cloud budget and ensure cost efficiency in your Azure environment.

About the author

Oddly enough, theater - or more exactly, performance art. After coming to NY to pursue a career as a theater director, I started doing solo work to better understand acting. At the time, I belonged to a group that had received an NEA grant and I used my money to buy a personal computer that I then performed with, on stage. That led me down the rabbit hole of technology and before I knew it, I was writing books on web design - which was quickly followed by building on-line courses as a part-time,... more

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