Conclusion and Keeping Current

Congratulations, we made it! Let’s take a moment to reflect on what we've covered through this course.

• We began by outlining how we should think about cost—not as a flat number but as a complex combination of value and utility.

• We then covered the concept of total cost of ownership and some common cost components that we should include in an overall cost/value picture.

• At a high level, we introduced the AWS Cost Optimization Pillar of the AWS Well-Architected Framework and dove right into various parts of that pillar.

• We reviewed some ways to rightsize our landscape through provisioning and having the AWS platform provide recommendations for us.

• We then covered Elasticity—our ability to scale up, ...