This document outlines an AWS Cost Management workshop. The workshop includes introductions and three parts: 1) Using AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Budgets to identify cost drivers and set budgets. 2) Building a cost management solution with Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight. 3) Best practices for cost management including tagging, visibility tools, and automated cost controls.

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AWS Cost Management Workshop
Shankar Ramachandran, Solutions Architect
Pubali Sen, Solutions Architect
Androski Spicer, Solutions Architect
Erin Carlson, Product Marketing Manager
Eugene Khvostov, Product Manager

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AWS Cost Management Workshop
• Welcome
• Part 1: Introduction to AWS Cost Explorer & AWS Budgets
• Part 2: Building a Cost Management solution using Amazon Athena and
Amazon QuickSight
• Part 3: Best practices for AWS Cost Management
• Q&A

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AWS Cost Explorer
Identify your underlying cost drivers
Group and filter your data

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AWS Cost Explorer | High-Level Overview
1. Data granularity
2. Report Management
3. Chart type
4. Adjust Time range
5. Filtering
6. Grouping
7. Download CSV
8. Advanced Options
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AWS Budgets
• Create cost and usage budgets that alert you when you exceed (or are
forecasted to exceed) your budgeted amount
• Track your budget status from the Budgets Dashboard

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Other AWS Cost Management Solutions
• Using Amazon Redshift
• Using Amazon Elasticsearch Service
• Using Amazon QuickSight
• Using Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight

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Using Amazon QuickSight and Athena

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AWS Cost Management Best Practices
• Tracking using Tags
– Mandate tagging using AWS Config Rules
• Visibility into Costs
– Dashboard. Use AWS Cost Explorer or Amazon QuickSight
• Automate Cost Controls
– Use Lambda & Budgets to automate cost controls

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