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Learn the fundamentals of FinOps and how to apply FinOps best practices to Google Cloud deployments.

What you will learn

Learn the fundamentals of FinOps and also get to know how FinOps is handled with Google Cloud deployments.

Forecasting, reports, monitoring, bill analysis will be covered.

Demos will cover services such as GKE, Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Operations, Billing and more will be covered in detail.

FinOps best Practices with Google Cloud

How to implement Cloud Cost Optimization techniques

What are the Google Cloud Epics

Walk thru a Case Study for Google Cloud FinOps

Description

Google Cloud FinOps Fundamentals

Learn the fundamentals of FinOps and how to apply FinOps best practices to Google Cloud deployments.

The course will walk you thru the fundamentals of FinOps, provide insight into how FinOps operations are handled and what services can provide insight into Cloud spending.

Lets get started learning about Google Cloud FinOps

Course Overview

Forecasting, reports, monitoring, bill analysis will be covered.


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Demos will cover services such as GKE, Compute Engine, BigQuery, Cloud Operations, Billing and more will be covered in detail.

Each section has whiteboard discussions, demos, review summary and review questions.

There is also a case study where we present a scenario in cloud spending and walk thru how to solve the challenges.

What’s Included?

  • 3 hours on-demand video with demos/whiteboards
  • 2 downloadable resources

    Who is This Course For?

  • Cloud Spend Budget Owner
  • FinOps practitioner, such as a FinOps Analyst, Director of Cloud Optimization, Manager of Cloud Operations or Cloud Cost Optimization Data Analyst
  • Principal Systems Engineer, Cloud Architect, Service Delivery Manager, Engineering Manager or Director of Platform Engineering, Senior Enterprise Architect (EA) or EA Leader
  • Finance and Procurement team member, including Technology Procurement Manager, Global Technology Procurement, Manager Cloud Cost Optimization, Financial Planning and Analyst Manager, and Financial Business Advisor
  • IT Program and Portfolio Management Leader

What You’ll Learn

  • Understand why FinOps is a cultural practice and the operating model is the most efficient way for teams to manage their cloud costs.
  • How to understand and control your Google Cloud spending but also use the data collected from billing to export to BigQuery
  • Identify the proper tools in Google Cloud to Manage Costs
  • How to export billing to BigQuery and then view in Cloud DataLab.
  • Understand how to determine the proper compute discount model.
  • Determine what services are increasing your cloud spend and also how to reduce those costs.
  • How to setup notifications and budgets to notify your team of potential issues.

Requirements

  • Participants should have cloud accounts to run and collect data on cloud spending.
English
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Content

Why Get Google Cloud Enabled?

Introduction
Course Introduction and Content Download
Course PreRequirements

Google Cloud FinOps Fundamentals

Section Overview
Why a FinOps Practice is Important
FinOps Culture
FinOps Principles
FinOps Teams
FinOps Lifecycle and Phases
FinOps Triangle
FinOps Best Practices
Aligning Teams
Putting it all together.
Section Review
Review Questions

Google Cloud Tools/Services for FinOps Management

Section Overview
FinOps Tools and Services
Google Cloud FinOps Epics
Google Cloud Services Cost Optimization
Google Cloud Resource Management
Google Cloud Infrastructure
Google Cloud Hierarchy
Whiteboard – Organizing Your Resources
Demo – Billing
Demo – Invoices and Billing
Demo – Pricing
Labels
Demo Tag/Label Management
Pricing Calculator
Demo – Pricing Calculator
Whiteboard – Putting it all together
Section Review
Review Questions

Managing Service Costs on GCP

Section Overview
Options for Managing Cost on Google
Whiteboard – Case Study
Forecasting
Compute Services Discount Models
Demo – Active Assist
Demo – Instance Discounts
Storage Services Cost Management
Demo – Finding Storage Waste
Demo – Understanding Kubernetes Costs
Cost Optimization Challenges with DevOps Environments
BigQuery Pricing Model
Account Billing Management
Demo – Bill Export and BigQuery
Visualizing Your Data
Demo – Data Studio
Cloud Management – Cloud Operations
Demo – Dashboards
Demo – Budgets
Demo – Budget Notifications
Demo – Quotas
Understanding Cloud Language
Whiteboard – Considerations and Summary
Section Review
Review Questions
Additional Resouces
Course Closeout and Thank you