Summary

In this chapter, we learned about the Cost Optimizer for WorkSpaces and Instance Scheduler AWS Solutions that you can use to quickly reduce costs for the WorkSpace and EC2 services on AWS. We learned how to deploy these solutions using AWS CloudFormation and their parameter considerations to meet your use case. These AWS Solutions can be quickly deployed by your FinOps teams out-of-the-box to realize cost savings across your numerous AWS accounts.

Know that you don’t have to build a FinOps practice from scratch. You can certainly build upon solutions, whether those solutions are from AWS, AWS partners, or open sourced. Leverage these solutions to accelerate your FinOps practice without feeling the burden of having to build everything yourself.

This book presented the foundations for you to do that, starting with the right AWS account structure. Then, you learned about the various tools you can use to identify your cost and usage, monitor your spending, proactively...