Evaluating and Controlling Cloud Costs: Executive Briefing
This course will teach you how to evaluate and control your cloud costs to keep them predictable and manageable.
What you'll learn
The cloud is a wonderful place that offers unlimited scalability and can present unpredictable costs. In this course, Evaluating and Controlling Cloud Costs, you’ll learn to evaluate and control your cloud costs to keep them predictable and manageable. First, you’ll explore the types of costs in the cloud. Next, you’ll discover how to evaluate cloud resource usage and costs. Finally, you’ll learn how to control and manage cloud costs. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of cloud resource usage and costs needed to evaluate and manage cloud costs.
Table of contents
- Introduction 1m
- The Importance of Managing Cloud Costs 3m
- The Things That Cost Money in the Cloud 6m
- Evaluate Costs by Measuring Usage 1m
- Control Costs by Making Them Visible 4m
- Use the Right Resource Tiers to Control Costs 3m
- Create Policies and Budgets to Control Costs 2m
- Clean up to Control Costs 2m
- Use Discounts to Control Costs 2m
- Continuous Cost Control 2m
About the author
Barry is an independent software architect and developer with a passion for the cloud. He is also a Pluralsight author and a podcast host. He has worked for lots of companies throughout the last decades and is keen to share his knowledge with the community. He has a broad and deep knowledge of the Microsoft stack with a special interest on web technology and the cloud. He currently teaches people about the benefits of the cloud. You can reach Barry on Twitter @AzureBarry and through his website... more