Detailed Course Outline
Module 1 - Cloud FinOps Overview
- Challenges in cloud
- What is Cloud FinOps
- Why does FinOps Matter
- Building blocks of FinOps
- Capabilities framework
- Cultural principles
- Building a Cloud FinOps team
- Measuring success
- The road ahead
Module 2 - Cost Management on Google Cloud
- Understanding Google Cloud Costs
- Cost Management Tools
- Resource Management
Activities:
- Quiz 1
- Lab - Understanding and Analyzing your Costs with Google Cloud
- Quiz 2
- Lab 2 - Visualizing Billing Data with Looker Studio
- Optional Lab - Looker Data Explorer
Module 3 - Cost Optimization on Google Cloud
- Understanding Value vs. Cost
- Lifecycle of Cost Optimization
- Achieving Cost Optimization on Google Cloud
Activities:
- Quiz 3
- Lab - Fundamentals of Cloud Logging
- Quiz 4 - Knowledge Reinforcement
Module 4 - Cost Optimization Best Practices for BigQuery
- Primer on BigQuery
- Optimizing Querying
- Optimizing Storage
Activities: Demo - Optimizing your Google Cloud Spend with BigQuery and Looker Lab: Analyzing Billing Data with BigQuery