How teams actually use it
Explain why teams keep several copies of a system, how the providers organise resources into accounts, projects and subscriptions, who is allowed to create what, and why sprawl happens.
4 lessons. 1 quiz.
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Dev, staging and prod: why there are copies
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to explain what dev, staging and production environments are for, and why the non-production copies are often a large share of the bill.
Accounts, projects and subscriptions
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to explain how AWS, Google Cloud and Azure group resources, and how those groups and tags decide who a cost belongs to.
Who is allowed to create what
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to explain how cloud permissions work in plain terms, and why they matter for cost as well as security.
Why sprawl happens
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to name the everyday causes of cloud sprawl and spot the signs of it on a bill.
Module quiz.
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