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Understanding Azure Cost Drivers
The first phase of FinOps requires a foundation of cost management in your chosen cloud. This course will teach you the basics of key cost drivers and levers in Azure, which can help you surface business insights and make better spending decisions.
What you'll learn
Successfully pursuing business-driven strategies in your FinOps practice requires a solid foundation in thoughtful and nimble tactical execution. In this course, Understanding Azure Cost Drivers, you’ll learn to understand the key factors that influence Azure cost and articulate those cost drivers in a way that enables business stakeholders to make informed decisions. First, you’ll explore the essentials of Azure pricing and cost drivers through a FinOps lens. Next, you’ll examine the business impact of cost decisions, including how to avoid overspending. Finally, you’ll explore key features of Azure’s cost management and billing dashboard to connect technical spend with business outcomes. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of cloud cost management needed to begin applying Azure-specific tactics within your FinOps practice.
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About the author
Howdy fellow student of life! Thanks for your interest in learning more about what makes me tick. Throughout my tech career, I found that I had the most fun and the greatest satisfaction when I was helping others learn about and embrace software and related technologies. So, when I was honored to be offered a staff position as a training architect -- I realized a dream to combine my passion for technology and my passion for teaching others. I hope that the material I provide plays some small part in helping you pursue your passions, too. A leader of people, a shepherd of data -- and a follower of both -- I have more than 30 years in the tech industry, much of it focused on Microsoft stack services and databases, for both on-prem and cloud implementations. I cut my cloud teeth while reducing a patent to practice; we implemented a card game paradigm in a WCF service on Azure. It was late in 2012, when interacting with Azure involved a lot of co-mentoring with erstwhile Microsoft folks. I've had my head in the cloud(s) ever since!
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