Getting Started with FinOps on Google Cloud - Practitioner (GC-GSFGC-P)

This course is a hands-on learning experience designed to provide an actionable set of steps to help your organizations implement a Cloud Financial Operations (FinOps) strategy to maximize your cloud investment with Google Cloud.

This course is suitable for Finance and/or IT related roles responsible for optimizing organization's cloud cost.

Products

• Compute Engine
• BigQuery
• Looker Studio
• Looker

Completion of the “Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure” course or equivalent experience with Google Cloud.

• Describe Cloud FinOps
• Apply FinOps Cultural Principles
• Explain the Cloud FinOps Framework
• Manage and implement Cloud cost processes
• Monitor spend and build Cloud cost reports
• Create Forecasts in Google Cloud

Customers.

Cloud FinOps Overview

• Challenges in cloud
• What is Cloud FinOps
• Why does FinOps Matter
• Building blocks of FinOps
• Capabilities framework
• Cultural principles
• Building a Cloud FinOps team
• Measuring success
• The road ahead

Cost Management on Google Cloud

• Understanding Google Cloud Costs
• Cost Management Tools
• Resource Management

Cost Optimization on Google Cloud

• Understanding Value vs. Cost
• Lifecycle of Cost Optimization
• Achieving Cost Optimization on Google Cloud

Cost Optimization Best Practices for BigQuery

• Primer on BigQuery
• Optimizing Querying
• Optimizing Storage