Complete Azure FinOps Masterclass – Ultimate Cost Savings!

Best Practice real-world cloud computing cost optimization strategies to save in the Microsoft Azure cloud with FinOps!!

Created by: Justin Andre - AWS Professional | Azure Expert | FinOps Guru
Principal Cloud Architect & Cloud Cost Expert!

What Will I Learn?

• Learn 100’s of strategic & tactical cost optimizations across Microsoft Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Databases & more
• Master real-world techniques from a Cloud FinOps expert with Azure Expert & AWS Professional certifications who’s saved $10M+ in cloud spend
• Become a cost-saving hero at your company by capitalizing on $100B+ worldwide cloud waste savings opportunity
• Build a roadmap to save your company 30% or more on your Azure cloud bill
• Upskill & start a career in the flourishing field of FinOps & Cloud Cost Management & Optimization
• Analyze & explain complex Azure service billing models, usage charges, invoices, meters
• Implement FinOps principles & cloud operating models that lead to cultural change & sustainable cloud savings
• Master the Azure commitment & discount models, Reservations, Savings Plans, Hybrid Benefits, Dev/Test Pricing, etc.
• Create visibility into distributed cloud spending with advanced data analytics, dashboards & reporting
• Understand & operate the Azure tooling for Estimating, Visualizing, Analyzing, Exporting, Budgeting, Monitoring, Alerting and more
• Explain the key differences between on premise & cloud operating models that lead to waste
• Understand, Forecast, Estimate & Budget your Microsoft Azure cloud OpEx spending
• Identify key risks of cloud overspending so we can fix the root causes, not just the symptoms
• Weave Cloud Architecture and Cloud Management best practices into Cloud Economic strategies
• Apply Cost allocation strategies to create accountability for cloud spend with Showback & Chargeback
• Leverage the variable, on demand, pay for use cost model of the cloud to prevent waste
• Understand important concepts such as chargeback, showback, cost allocation, meters, spot, autoscaling, serverless, PaaS, Elasticity, Resizing....
• ...Overprovisioning, Orphan, Right-Sizing, Tiering, Anomaly Detection, Autoscaling, Spot, Instance Scheduling, Storage Lifecycles & more!
• Understand why 94% of companies routinely waste money in the cloud & how to stop it
• Modernize old procurement, purchasing and financial management processes built for legacy CapEx models
• Understand Platform as a Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as a Service models (IaaS) relationship to cloud costs
• Architect, Govern & Operate your cloud environment with cost-effective cloud-native PaaS services
• Master Tagging, Subscriptions, Management Groups & Resource Groups hierarchies & organization
• Cut cloud spending without affecting resiliency, availability, performance of apps
• Principles taught in this course will contribute to your ability pass Microsoft Exams for certification like AZ-900, AZ-104, AZ-305, DP-900
• …and much, much more

Requirements

• Fundamental understanding of IT
• Fundamental understanding of Cloud Computing
• Desire to save & make money in the cloud

Target audience

• Anyone who uses the Microsoft Azure Cloud (hands-on or hands-off)
• Executives, CIOs, CFOs, Developers, Engineers, Architects, Financial Managers & Analysts - anyone who wants a broad understanding of cloud cost models, management, optimization and saving.