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Optimizing Your Google Cloud Costs
  • Level Professional
  • Duration 7 hours
  • Course by Google Cloud
  • Offered by

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Optimizing Your Google Cloud Costs is the second course in a two-part series on Google Cloud billing and cost management essentials. This course is most suitable for those in a Finance and/or IT related role responsible for optimizing their organization’s cloud infrastructure. You'll learn several ways to control and optimize your Google Cloud costs, including setting up budgets and alerts, managing quota limits, and taking advantage of committed use discounts. In the hands-on labs, you’ll practice using various tools to control and optimize your Google Cloud costs or to influence your technology teams to apply the cost optimization best practices.

Modules

Introduction: Optimizing Your Google Cloud Costs

    • 1 Videos
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1 Videos

  • Introduction: Optimizing Your Google Cloud Costs

Set Up Cost Controls

    • 4 Videos
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4 Videos

  • Setting up budgets and alerts for cost management
  • Setting up cost controls with quota
  • Analyzing your committed use discounts
  • Setting up advanced cost controls

Controlling Your Costs

    • 1 Assignment
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1 Assignment

  • Knowledge Check: Controlling Your Costs

Lab walk-through

    • 2 Videos
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2 Videos

  • Getting Started with Google Cloud and Qwiklabs
  • Lab walk-through - set 1

Setting up cost control with quota

    • 1 ExternalTool
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1 External Tool

  • Setting up Cost Control with Quota

Monitor a virtual machine instance with Cloud Monitoring

    • 1 ExternalTool
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1 External Tool

  • Cloud Monitoring: Qwik Start

Deploy Cloud Functions using the Cloud Platform command line

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1 External Tool

  • Cloud Functions: Qwik Start - Command Line

Lab walk-through

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1 Videos

  • Lab walk-through - set 2

Use Cloud Functions to identify and clean up unused IP addresses

    • 1 ExternalTool
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1 External Tool

  • Clean Up Unused IP Addresses

Use Cloud Functions to identify and clean up unused and orphaned persistent disks

    • 1 ExternalTool
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1 External Tool

  • Clean up Unused and Orphaned Persistent Disks

Optimize cost with Google Cloud Storage

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1 External Tool

  • Optimizing cost with Google Cloud Storage

Auto Summary

"Optimizing Your Google Cloud Costs" is a professional-level course designed for individuals in finance or IT roles who are responsible for managing and optimizing their organization's cloud infrastructure expenses. Offered by Coursera, this course is the second in a two-part series focusing on essential Google Cloud billing and cost management strategies. Participants will gain practical knowledge on various methods to control and reduce Google Cloud costs, such as setting up budgets and alerts, managing quota limits, and leveraging committed use discounts. The course includes hands-on labs that enable learners to apply these cost optimization techniques directly, providing valuable experience in using the tools and practices covered. The course spans 420 minutes and is available through Coursera's Starter and Professional subscription plans. Ideal for finance and IT professionals aiming to enhance their cost management skills, this course equips learners with the expertise needed to effectively influence technology teams and implement cost-saving measures within their organizations.

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