Transform your cloud operations from reactive to proactive with automated cost optimization and governance mastery. This course empowers ML and AI professionals to take control of escalating cloud expenses while ensuring bulletproof compliance across complex infrastructure environments.
This Short Course was created to help Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence professionals accomplish systematic cloud cost control and automated governance enforcement.
By completing this course, you'll be able to identify hidden cost drains through advanced usage analytics, evaluate whether your current governance policies actually work, and build intelligent automation that prevents violations before they happen - skills you can apply immediately to slash your cloud bills and strengthen compliance posture.
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Analyze cloud usage and billing reports to identify under-utilized resources
• Evaluate the effectiveness of tagging and policy enforcement for resource governance
• Create automation scripts to enforce cost, security, and compliance policies
This course is unique because it combines real-world enterprise scenarios with hands-on automation development, teaching you to build the same cost optimization and governance systems used by leading tech companies.
To be successful in this course, you should have a background in cloud infrastructure management, basic scripting knowledge, and familiarity with Infrastructure as Code principles.
Learners will master systematic cloud cost analysis techniques by examining real AWS billing data to uncover hidden inefficiencies and develop data-driven optimization strategies.
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3个视频2篇阅读材料2个作业
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3个视频•总计13分钟
The Hidden Cost Crisis: Cloud Bills Spiral Out of Control•3分钟
Cloud Usage Analytics: Essential Concepts and Metrics•6分钟
Step-by-Step AWS Billing Analysis: From Dashboard to Insights•4分钟
2篇阅读材料•总计20分钟
AWS Billing Dashboard Deep Dive: Interpreting Usage Data for Optimization•10分钟
Advanced Usage Analytics: Identifying Rightsizing and Termination Opportunities•10分钟
Learners will systematically assess governance frameworks by analyzing tagging compliance reports, measuring policy enforcement effectiveness, and identifying gaps that compromise cost control and security compliance.
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3个视频1篇阅读材料2个作业
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3个视频•总计17分钟
When Governance Fails: The Hidden Cost of Policy Gaps•5分钟
Governance Metrics That Matter: Measuring Policy Success•8分钟
Learners will develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform and Sentinel to automate policy enforcement, transforming reactive governance into proactive prevention systems that maintain compliance without manual intervention.
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3个视频1篇阅读材料3个作业
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3个视频•总计14分钟
From Reactive to Proactive: The Automation Transformation•3分钟
Infrastructure as Code Governance: Terraform and Sentinel Fundamentals•9分钟
Building Governance Automation: Terraform and Sentinel Implementation•2分钟
1篇阅读材料•总计10分钟
Policy-as-Code Implementation: Building Automated Governance Systems•10分钟
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