AWS APN Training Partner

AWS Cloud Financial Management for Builders

AWS APN Training Partner

This course is for individuals who seek an understanding of how to manage, optimize, and predict costs as you run workloads on AWS. You learn how to implement architectural best practices, explore cost optimization strategies, and design patterns to help you architect cost-efficient solutions on AWS.

Course Contents

  • Module 0: Couse Overview
  • Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Financial Management
  • Module 2: Resource Tagging
  • Module 3: Pricing and Cost
  • Module 4: AWS Billing, Reporting, and Monitoring
  • Module 5: Architecting for Cost: Compute
  • Module 6: Architecting for Cost: Networking 
  • Module 7: Architecting for Cost: Storage
  • Module 8: Architecting for Cost: Databases
  • Module 9: Cost Governance
  • Module 10: Course Summary

You have access to the labs for another 14 days after the course. This way you can repeat exercises or deepen them individually.

Target Group

  • Solutions architects
  • Developers
  • Cost-optimization leads
  • System administrators
  • Cloud-savvy technical learners who need to understand building and operating cost-efficient architectures

Knowledge Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

Please note our overview AWS Trainings!

Module 0: Couse Overview
Course introduction
Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Financial
Management
Introduction to Cloud Financial
Management
Four pillars of Cloud Financial
Management
Module 2: Resource Tagging
Tagging resources
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Control
Resource Consumption Using Tagging and
AWS Config
Module 3: Pricing and Cost
Fundamentals of pricing
AWS Free Tier
Volume discounts
Savings plans and Reserved Instances
Demonstration: AWS Pricing Calculator
Module 4: AWS Billing, Reporting, and
Monitoring
Understanding AWS invoices
Reporting and planning
AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Budgets
Demonstration: AWS Billing Console
Demonstration: AWS Cost Explorer
Demonstration: Trusted Advisor
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Deploy
Ephemeral Environments Using Amazon
EC2 Auto Scaling
Module 5: Architecting for Cost: Compute
Evolution of compute efficiency
Amazon EC2 right-sizing
Purchasing options
Architect for Amazon EC2 Spot Instance
Impact of software licensing
Demonstration: Compute Optimizer
Demonstration: Spot Instance Advisor
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Right
Size Amazon EC2 Instances Using Amazon
CloudWatch Metrics
Module 6: Architecting for Cost: Networking
Data transfer costs
Understand data costs for different
services
How to triage network costs
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce
Data Transfer Costs Using Amazon
CloudFront and Endpoints
Module 7: Architecting for Cost: Storage
Amazon EBS cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon S3 cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon EFS cost, pricing, and best
practices
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce
Storage Costs Using Amazon S3 Lifecycle
Management
Module 8: Architecting for Cost: Databases
Amazon RDS cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon Aurora cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon DynamoDB cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon ElastiCache cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon Redshift cost, pricing, and best
practices
Module 9: Cost Governance
Setting up AWS Organizations
AWS Systems Manager
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce
Compute Costs Using AWS Instance
Scheduler
Module 10: Course Summary
Course review

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Hybrid training

Hybrid training means that online participants can additionally attend a classroom course. The dynamics of a real seminar are maintained, and the online participants are able to benefit from that. Online participants of a hybrid course use a collaboration platform, such as WebEx Training Center or Saba Meeting. To do this, a PC with browser and Internet access is required, as well as a headset and ideally a Web cam. In the seminar room, we use specially developed and customized audio- and video-technologies. This makes sure that the communication between all persons involved works in a convenient and fault-free way.

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.

This course is for individuals who seek an understanding of how to manage, optimize, and predict costs as you run workloads on AWS. You learn how to implement architectural best practices, explore cost optimization strategies, and design patterns to help you architect cost-efficient solutions on AWS.

Course Contents

  • Module 0: Couse Overview
  • Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Financial Management
  • Module 2: Resource Tagging
  • Module 3: Pricing and Cost
  • Module 4: AWS Billing, Reporting, and Monitoring
  • Module 5: Architecting for Cost: Compute
  • Module 6: Architecting for Cost: Networking 
  • Module 7: Architecting for Cost: Storage
  • Module 8: Architecting for Cost: Databases
  • Module 9: Cost Governance
  • Module 10: Course Summary

You have access to the labs for another 14 days after the course. This way you can repeat exercises or deepen them individually.

Target Group

  • Solutions architects
  • Developers
  • Cost-optimization leads
  • System administrators
  • Cloud-savvy technical learners who need to understand building and operating cost-efficient architectures

Knowledge Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

Please note our overview AWS Trainings!

Module 0: Couse Overview
Course introduction
Module 1: Introduction to Cloud Financial
Management
Introduction to Cloud Financial
Management
Four pillars of Cloud Financial
Management
Module 2: Resource Tagging
Tagging resources
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Control
Resource Consumption Using Tagging and
AWS Config
Module 3: Pricing and Cost
Fundamentals of pricing
AWS Free Tier
Volume discounts
Savings plans and Reserved Instances
Demonstration: AWS Pricing Calculator
Module 4: AWS Billing, Reporting, and
Monitoring
Understanding AWS invoices
Reporting and planning
AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Budgets
Demonstration: AWS Billing Console
Demonstration: AWS Cost Explorer
Demonstration: Trusted Advisor
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Deploy
Ephemeral Environments Using Amazon
EC2 Auto Scaling
Module 5: Architecting for Cost: Compute
Evolution of compute efficiency
Amazon EC2 right-sizing
Purchasing options
Architect for Amazon EC2 Spot Instance
Impact of software licensing
Demonstration: Compute Optimizer
Demonstration: Spot Instance Advisor
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Right
Size Amazon EC2 Instances Using Amazon
CloudWatch Metrics
Module 6: Architecting for Cost: Networking
Data transfer costs
Understand data costs for different
services
How to triage network costs
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce
Data Transfer Costs Using Amazon
CloudFront and Endpoints
Module 7: Architecting for Cost: Storage
Amazon EBS cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon S3 cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon EFS cost, pricing, and best
practices
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce
Storage Costs Using Amazon S3 Lifecycle
Management
Module 8: Architecting for Cost: Databases
Amazon RDS cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon Aurora cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon DynamoDB cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon ElastiCache cost, pricing, and best
practices
Amazon Redshift cost, pricing, and best
practices
Module 9: Cost Governance
Setting up AWS Organizations
AWS Systems Manager
Hands-On Lab: Cost optimization: Reduce
Compute Costs Using AWS Instance
Scheduler
Module 10: Course Summary
Course review

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Hybrid training

Hybrid training means that online participants can additionally attend a classroom course. The dynamics of a real seminar are maintained, and the online participants are able to benefit from that. Online participants of a hybrid course use a collaboration platform, such as WebEx Training Center or Saba Meeting. To do this, a PC with browser and Internet access is required, as well as a headset and ideally a Web cam. In the seminar room, we use specially developed and customized audio- and video-technologies. This makes sure that the communication between all persons involved works in a convenient and fault-free way.

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses

PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.