Download the Datasheet: Fundamentals of FinOps in Microsoft Azure Workshop

Learn to manage and optimize Microsoft Azure costs using FinOps.

OVERVIEW

If your company is like most, you are focused on optimizing spending without impacting outcomes. Daymark Solutions has created a workshop with expert-led discussions, hands-on labs, and collaborative exercises to teach advanced cost management and optimization strategies. You will learn how to right-size and manage orphaned resources, leverage Azure Hybrid Benefit, and optimize with Reserved Instances and Azure Savings Plans. By the end of the workshop, participants will have developed a hypothetical FinOps strategy focused on continuous improvement practices and cloud financial governance.

HIGHLIGHTS

Master FinOps in Azure: Understand financial operations and cost management in Microsoft Azure.

Optimize Cloud Resources: Learn to rightsize and manage orphaned resources.

• Maximize Savings: Use Azure Hybrid Benefit, Reserved Instances, and Savings Plans to reduce costs.
• Develop a FinOps Strategy: Create a hypothetical FinOps strategy tailored to real-world business goals.
• Ensure Continuous Governance: Apply best practices for ongoing cost control and optimization.

AGENDA

Daymark consultants will provide an overview of FinOps fundamentals and Azure cost management, focusing on resource analysis, orphaned resources and rightsizing.

Session 1: Introduction to FinOps and Azure Resource Analysis

• Daymark consultants will discuss:
• Introduction to FinOps.
• Overview of Azure cost management tools.
• Techniques for analyzing resource utilization and rightsizing.
• Identifying underutilized resources.
• Cloud cost challenges.
• Analyze and rightsize resources using Azure Monitor and Azure Advisor.
• Rightsizing a sample environment.

Session 2: Advanced Optimization Strategies

We’ll guide participants in advanced optimization strategies for their environments. This includes:

• Leverage Azure Hybrid Benefit, Reserved Instances, and Savings Plans.
• Manage orphaned resources.
• Create a FinOps strategy and roadmap.
• Continuous improvement in FinOps.
• Cost savings through Azure Hybrid Benefit.
• Develop a FinOps strategy for a sample company.
• Set up Azure Cost Management alerts.