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4 Hands-on labs

GCP Cost Optimization Deep Dive

By Broadus Palmer

Cost optimize your environment within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

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6.6 hours

35 Lessons
4 Hands-On Labs
7 Course Quizzes

About the course

In this course, you will learn how you can cost optimize your environment within the Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

In this course, we will learn to organize and structure billing and costs within GCP. I’ll cover cost optimization within the following services:

Compute Engine
Cloud Storage
BigQuery
Google Network

If you have some experience using Google Cloud services and you want to learn different ways to cost optimized your environment, this is the course for you!

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Chapter 1 2 Lessons Introduction 2:02

Course Introduction
1:00

Who Is This Course For?
1:02
Chapter 2 5 Lessons Introduction to Cost Optimization 26:25

What Is Cost Optimization?
2:11

Cost Optimization Best Practices
2:04

Understanding Quotas
3:56

The Google Cloud Pricing Calculator
3:14

Introduction to Cost Optimization
15:00 Quiz
Chapter 3 5 Lessons Organizing and Structuring Your Billing and Costs 1:22:28

Understanding the Google Cloud Hierarchy
2:51

Understanding Billing Accounts
2:20

Billing Account Admin and Billing Account User
2:17

Planning and Estimating with Pricing Calculator
1:00:00 Hands-On Lab

Organizing and Structuring your Billing and Cost
15:00 Quiz
Chapter 4 5 Lessons Cost Visibility, Reports, and Alerts 27:12

Cost Visibility with Billing Reports
4:01

Setting Your Budget
2:55

Creating a Billing Alert with Pub/Sub
3:34

Exporting Billing Data to BigQuery
1:42

Cost Visibility, Reports and Alerts
15:00 Quiz
Chapter 5 9 Lessons Cost Optimization with Compute Engine 1:22:23

An Overview of Cost Optimization with Compute Engine
0:45

Compute Engine Instance Snapshots
5:27

Using Preemptible VM Instances
3:50

GCE Rightsizing Recommendations
3:49

Idle VM Recommendations
5:14

Understanding Committed and Sustained Use Discounts
2:30

Challenge Lab: Creating a Multi-Region cost optimized solution with Compute Engine
30:00 Hands-On Lab

Recap of Cost Optimization with Compute Engine
0:48

Cost Optimization with Compute Engine
30:00 Quiz
Chapter 6 6 Lessons Cost Optimization with Cloud Storage 1:19:54

Cloud Storage Classes Deep Dive
6:12

Retention with Bucket Locking and Lifecycle Actions
6:29

Object Versioning for Cost Optimization
4:51

Long-Term Storage
2:22

Creating a cost optimized solution using Retention Policies and Retention Policy Locks
30:00 Hands-On Lab

Cost Optimization with Cloud Storage
30:00 Quiz
Chapter 7 4 Lessons Cost Optimization with BigQuery 52:04

BigQuery Pricing
2:52

Scheduled Transfers with BigQuery Data Transfer Service
4:12

Batch Loading Data from Cloud Storage to Big Query
30:00 Hands-On Lab

Cost Optimization with BigQuery
15:00 Quiz
Chapter 8 4 Lessons Cost Optimize Your Network 41:28

Cloud Platform SKU
2:54

Auditing with Network Topology
5:18

Understanding Network Service Tiers
3:16

Cost Optimize your Network
30:00 Quiz
Chapter 9 2 Lessons Conclusion 2:29

Course Summary
0:44

Conclusion and What’s Next
1:45

What are Hands-on Labs

What's the difference between theoretical knowledge and real skills? Practical real-world experience. That's where Hands-on Labs come in! Hands-on Labs are guided, interactive experiences that help you learn and practice real-world scenarios in real cloud environments. Hands-on Labs are seamlessly integrated in courses, so you can learn by doing.

GCP Cost Optimization Deep Dive

About the course

Lab Highlights

Course Introduction

Who Is This Course For?

What Is Cost Optimization?

Cost Optimization Best Practices

Understanding Quotas

The Google Cloud Pricing Calculator

Introduction to Cost Optimization

Understanding the Google Cloud Hierarchy

Understanding Billing Accounts

Billing Account Admin and Billing Account User

Planning and Estimating with Pricing Calculator

Organizing and Structuring your Billing and Cost

Cost Visibility with Billing Reports

Setting Your Budget

Creating a Billing Alert with Pub/Sub

Exporting Billing Data to BigQuery

Cost Visibility, Reports and Alerts

An Overview of Cost Optimization with Compute Engine

Compute Engine Instance Snapshots

Using Preemptible VM Instances

GCE Rightsizing Recommendations

Idle VM Recommendations

Understanding Committed and Sustained Use Discounts

Challenge Lab: Creating a Multi-Region cost optimized solution with Compute Engine

Recap of Cost Optimization with Compute Engine

Cost Optimization with Compute Engine

Cloud Storage Classes Deep Dive

Retention with Bucket Locking and Lifecycle Actions

Object Versioning for Cost Optimization

Long-Term Storage

Creating a cost optimized solution using Retention Policies and Retention Policy Locks

Cost Optimization with Cloud Storage

BigQuery Pricing

Scheduled Transfers with BigQuery Data Transfer Service

Batch Loading Data from Cloud Storage to Big Query

Cost Optimization with BigQuery

Cloud Platform SKU

Auditing with Network Topology

Understanding Network Service Tiers

Cost Optimize your Network

Course Summary

Conclusion and What’s Next

What are Hands-on Labs

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