Take Control of Cloud Costs on Microsoft Azure
Change the way you work to get full value from the cloud.
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Many organization struggle to keep cloud costs in check:
- Traditional IT budgeting and procurement processes don't work for public cloud services.
- The self-service nature of the cloud means that often the people provisioning cloud resources aren't accountable for the cost of those resources.
- Without centralized control or oversight, organizations can quickly end up with massive Azure bills that exceed their IT salary cost.
Follow Info-Tech’s methodology to improve your organization’s cloud cost management capabilities:
- Drive cost accountability back to lines of business and engineering teams.
- Reduce cloud costs.
- Reduce friction with executives over cloud spend.
- Improve collaboration and trust between IT and the business.
- Increase business value delivered by the cloud.
- Improve ability to budget and forecast spend.
- Improve ability of product owners and business leaders to make informed decisions around trade-offs between speed, quality, and cost when operating in the cloud.
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Onsite Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn’t enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our Project Workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a road map in place to complete your project successfully.
Book NowModule 1: Build a Cost Accountability Framework
The Purpose
Establish clear lines of accountability and document roles & responsibilities to effectively manage cloud costs.
Key Benefits Achieved
Understanding of key areas to focus on to improve cloud cost management capabilities.
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| 1.1 | Assess current state |
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| 1.2 | Determine cloud cost model |
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| 1.3 | Define roles & responsibilities |
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Module 2: Establish Visibility
The Purpose
Establish visibility into cloud costs and drivers of those costs.
Key Benefits Achieved
Better understanding of what is driving costs and how to keep them in check.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 2.1 | Develop architectural patterns |
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| 2.2 | Define dashboards and reports |
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| 2.3 | Define account structure |
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| 2.4 | Document tagging requirements |
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Module 3: Define Processes & Procedures
The Purpose
- Develop processes, procedures, and policies to control cloud costs.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Improved capability of reducing costs.
- Documented processes & procedures for continuous improvement.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 3.1 | Establish governance for tagging |
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| 3.2 | Establish governance for costs |
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| 3.3 | Define right-sizing process |
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| 3.4 | Define purchasing process |
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| 3.5 | Define notification and alerts |
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Module 4: Build an Implementation Plan
The Purpose
Document next steps to implement & improve cloud cost management program.
Key Benefits Achieved
Concrete roadmap to stand up and/or improve the cloud cost management program.
| Activities: | Outputs: | |
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| 4.1 | Document process interaction changes |
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| 4.2 | Define cloud cost program KPIs |
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| 4.3 | Build implementation roadmap |
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| 4.4 | Build communication plan |
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