AWS Cost Optimization and Environment Monitoring Curriculum Overview

This curriculum focuses on leveraging AWS native tools—specifically AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Health Dashboard, and the AWS Health API—to maintain a lean, high-performing, and cost-efficient cloud environment. Students will learn to transition from reactive troubleshooting to proactive optimization.

Prerequisites

Before starting this module, students should have a foundational understanding of:

• AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials: Basic knowledge of cloud computing and the AWS global infrastructure.
• AWS Billing Fundamentals: Understanding of the AWS Billing Dashboard and Cost Explorer.
• Support Plans: Knowledge of the differences between Developer, Business, and Enterprise support tiers (as Trusted Advisor features vary by plan).

Module Breakdown

Learning Objectives per Module

MOD-01: AWS Trusted Advisor Deep Dive

• Identify the five pillars of Trusted Advisor: Cost Optimization, Performance, Security, Fault Tolerance, and Service Limits.
• Utilize the console to locate "Idle Resources" (e.g., unassociated Elastic IPs or underutilized EC2 instances).
• Distinguish between checks available in the Free Tier vs. Business/Enterprise Support plans.

MOD-02 & MOD-03: AWS Health Ecosystem

• AWS Health Dashboard: Monitor service-wide events and account-specific notifications that may impact cost or availability.
• AWS Health API: Understand how to programmatically ingest health data into 3rd party tools for automated remediation.

Visual Anchors

Trusted Advisor Categories

AWS Health Data Flow