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$1,800USD
Duration 2 days
Course Code GCP-TFFO
Available Formats Classroom

Overview

Course Description

Dive deep into the technical underpinnings of FinOps and gain the expertise to optimize your cloud spending and drive business value. This comprehensive course is designed for cloud architects, engineers, and technical professionals seeking to master the tools, technologies, and strategies that empower effective cloud financial management.

Skills Gained

  • Understand the core principles of FinOps and how it bridges the gap between technology and finance in the cloud.
  • Explore proven techniques to identify cost inefficiencies, optimize resource utilization, and achieve significant savings.
  • Utilize advanced monitoring tools and data-driven insights to track spending patterns, forecast costs, and make informed decisions.
  • Implement effective cost allocation models to accurately attribute cloud expenses to specific teams or projects.
  • Leverage IaC to automate cost management processes, enforce spending policies, and ensure consistent financial governance.
  • Use industry-leading FinOps platforms and tools to gain comprehensive visibility into your cloud spending and optimize resource usage.
  • Apply your knowledge to real-world scenarios through hands-on exercises and case studies.
  • Foster a culture of cost awareness and accountability within your organization.

Who Can Benefit

  • Customers

Prerequisites

Knowledge of Google Cloud infrastructure as discussed in Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure

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Course Details

Course Details

Foundations of FinOps on Google Cloud

  • Financial governance challenges
  • Google Cloud FinOps framework
  • Cloud FinOps operating model
  • Google FinOps journey

Exploring and Understanding Billing Data

  • Google Cloud Billing accounts
  • Cloud Billing dashboard
  • Billing account access
  • Billing export to BigQuery
  • Connecting Looker Studio to Billing data
  • Lab: Exploring the Billing Dashboard
  • Lab: Visualizing your Costs with Looker Studio

Resource Labeling and Tagging

  • Utilize labels on resources.
  • Define and bind tags to projects and resources.
  • Access label and tag information in billing data.
  • Lab: Tagging Resources
  • Lab: Examining Labels and Tags in BigQuery Billing Data

Budgets and Alerting

  • Budgets and alerts
  • Budget roles and permissions
  • Automating budget creation
  • Demo: Using gcloud and Terraform to create budgets and alerts

BigQuery Cost Management and Optimization

  • Query costs
  • Storage costs
  • Allocating costs of BigQuery
  • Other BigQuery cost concerns
  • Lab: Examining BigQuery Costs Across the Project, Folder, and Organization

Compute and GKE Cost Management and Optimization

  • Computing waste and cost management
  • Compute Engine cost management
  • Understanding network costs
  • Google Kubernetes Engine cost management
  • Lab: Reviewing and Understanding Compute Billing
  • Lab: Reviewing and Understanding Kubernetes Costs

Cloud Storage and Database Costs

  • Cloud Storage
  • SQL on Google Cloud
  • NoSQL on Google Cloud
  • Lab: Working with Cloud Storage Cost Management
  • Lab: Reviewing and Understanding Database Billing

Machine Learning and Vertex AI Cost Management

  • Machine learning model training and hosting
  • Monitoring Vertex AI costs
  • Generative AI costs
  • Lab: Reviewing Vertex AI Costs in Billing Data

Automating Billing Activities

  • Automating resource management
  • Cloud asset inventory service
  • Programmatic actions on budget alerts
  • Google FinOps Hub
  • Lab: Automate Tagging upon Resource Creation Using Asset API, Pub/Sub and Cloud Run Functions
  • Lab: Programming Budget Alert Actions Using Pub/Sub and Cloud Run Functions

Building a FinOps Practice

  • FinOps Team
  • Goals, Milestones, and Metrics
  • Processes and Workflows
  • Measuring Success
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Lab: FinOps Challenge Lab

Schedule

Upcoming Course Dates

There are currently no scheduled dates for this course. If you are interested in this course, contact us with the form below.

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FAQ

Does the course schedule include a Lunchbreak?

Classes typically include a 1-hour lunch break around midday. However, the exact break times and duration can vary depending on the specific class. Your instructor will provide detailed information at the start of the course.

What languages are used to deliver training?

Most courses are conducted in English, unless otherwise specified. Some courses will have the word "FRENCH" marked in red beside the scheduled date(s) indicating the language of instruction.

What does GTR stand for?

GTR stands for Guaranteed to Run; if you see a course with this status, it means this event is confirmed to run. View our GTR page to see our full list of Guaranteed to Run courses.

Does Ascendient Learning deliver group training?

Yes, we provide training for groups, individuals and private on sites. View our group training page for more information.

What does vendor-authorized training mean?

As a vendor-authorized training partner, we offer a curriculum that our partners have vetted. We use the same course materials and facilitate the same labs as our vendor-delivered training. These courses are considered the gold standard and, as such, are priced accordingly.

Is the training too basic, or will you go deep into technology?

It depends on your requirements, your role in your company, and your depth of knowledge. The good news about many of our learning paths, you can start from the fundamentals to highly specialized training.

How up-to-date are your courses and support materials?

We continuously work with our vendors to evaluate and refresh course material to reflect the latest training courses and best practices.

Are your instructors seasoned trainers who have deep knowledge of the training topic?

Ascendient Learning instructors have an average of 27 years of practical IT experience and have also served as consultants for an average of 15 years. To stay current, instructors spend at least 25 percent of their time learning new, emerging technologies and courses.

Do you provide hands-on training and exercises in an actual lab environment?

Lab access is dependent on the vendor and the type of training you sign up for. However, many of our top vendors will provide lab access to students to test and practice. The course description will specify lab access.

Will you customize the training for our company’s specific needs and goals?

We will work with you to identify training needs and areas of growth.  We offer a variety of training methods, such as private group training, on-site of your choice, and virtually. We provide courses and certifications that are aligned with your business goals.

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Getting started on a certification pathway depends on your goals and the vendor you choose to get certified in. Many vendors offer entry-level IT certification to advanced IT certification that can boost your career. To get access to certification vouchers and discounts, please contact info@ascendientlearning.com.

Will I get access to content after I complete a course?

You will get access to the PDF of course books and guides, but access to the recording and slides will depend on the vendor and type of training you receive.

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