You'll learn how Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud compare, how the same service appears under different names, and how cloud pricing actually works. By the end you'll explain a cloud bill, identify what drives it up, and compare total cost of ownership against running your own hardware.
Overview
Syllabus
- Unit 1: Choosing a Cloud Provider
- Matching Cloud Providers to Their Origins
- Sorting Cloud Organizing Structures by Provider
- Recommending a Provider With Confidence
- Unit 2: Cloud Service Translation
- Grouping Equivalent Cloud Services
- Choosing Portable Cloud Design Choices
- Weighing Lock In Before Going Multicloud
- Unit 3: Understanding Cloud Pricing
- Naming Cloud Billing Units
- Matching Cloud Pricing Models to Workloads
- Walking Finance Through a Cloud Estimate
- Unit 4: Understanding Cloud Costs
- Spotting Cloud Waste In Your Bill
- Tracing the Mystery Bill Spike
- Explaining a Bill Spike to Marketing
- Unit 5: Comparing Cloud Ownership Costs
- Defining Total Cost of Ownership
- Sorting Three Year Cost Drivers
- Recommending Across a Fair Cost Horizon
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