Section 4.3 - AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Study Guide
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Published: 2022-02-27 20:18:02

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**<u>4.3 Identify resources available for billing support</u>**

**Identify ways to get billing support and information**

- _Cost Explorer, AWS Cost and Usage Report, Amazon QuickSight, third-party partners, and AWS Marketplace tools_
     - [Cost Explorer](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-cost-explorer/) - AWS service for reports/visualizations analyzing cost and usage data
     - [AWS Cost and Usage Report](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cur/latest/userguide/what-is-cur.html)
          - Comprehensive set of cost and usage data
          - Deliver report files to your Amazon S3 bucket
          - Update the report up to three times a day
          - Create, retrieve, and delete your reports using the AWS CUR API Reference
     - [Amazon QuickSight](https://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/)
          - AWS BI tool, can ingest data from the Cost and Usage report
          - [Ingest the Cost and Usage Report into Amazon QuickSight](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/quicksight-cost-usage-report/)
     - Third-party partners (not sure what to put here)
     - AWS Marketplace tools
          - [Paying for products](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/marketplace/latest/buyerguide/buyer-paying-for-products.html)
          - Billed at end of month for resources used
- [_Open a billing support case_](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/billing-get-answers.html#billing-support)
     - Must be root user or have IAM permission to open case
     - Go to Support Center, create case, choose "Account and billing support"
- _The role of the Concierge for AWS Enterprise Support Plan customers_
     - 24/7 technical support 
     - Account experts who specialize in working with enterprise accounts
     - Quickly and efficiently assist with billing and account inquiries
     - Help implement billing and account best practices

**Identify where to find pricing information on AWS services**
- [AWS Simple Monthly Calculator](https://calculator.aws/#/)
- AWS Services product pages - each page outlines pricing for the service
- [AWS Pricing API](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/price-changes.html) - returns JSON or CSV with pricing information in bulk or for specific services

**Recognize that alarms/alerts exist**

- [Creating a billing alarm](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/monitor_estimated_charges_with_cloudwatch.html) - sends an alert when charges exceed an amount that you specify
- [AWS Cost Anomaly Detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cost-management/latest/userguide/manage-ad.html) - uses machine learning to analyze costs on the account
- [AWS CloudWatch anomaly detection](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/monitoring/CloudWatch_Anomaly_Detection.html) - uses machine learning to analyze performance and behavior of architecture components

**Identify how tags are used in cost allocation**

- [Using Cost Allocation Tags](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/cost-alloc-tags.html)
- AWS uses cost allocation tags to organize resource costs on cost allocation report
- AWS generated tags - defined, created, and applied by AWS
- User-defined tags - defined, created, and applied by users
- AWS and user tags must be activated and applied separately
- Resources tagged with an application name can be used to track costs for the whole application

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