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Master cloud cost management and become a Certified FinOps Practitioner!Key Features● Comprehensive FinOps guide with case studies, exercises, and best practices.● Detailed coverage of certification topics with practice exam questions.● Expert insights into automation, cost optimization, and collaboration for FinOps.Book DescriptionFinOps, or Cloud Financial Operations, is the discipline of bringing financial accountability to the variable spend model of the cloud. It aligns with engineering, finance, and business teams to ensure that organizations extract the maximum value from every dollar invested in the cloud.Ultimate Certified FinOps Practitioner Exam Guide is the definitive resource for mastering FinOps, and preparing for the Certified FinOps Practitioner exam. The book takes you on a complete journey-starting with the core principles and framework, then guiding you through the lifecycle phases of Inform, Optimize, and Operate. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, and GCP, explore leading cost management platforms such as CloudHealth and Apptio Cloudability, and apply automation with Terraform, Ansible, and Python. Each chapter blends clear explanations with practical exercises, certification-style Q and A, and real-world case studies.By the end of this guide, you will confidently analyze and allocate costs, implement optimization strategies, automate governance at scale, and ace the FinOps certification exam. Hence, whether you are a cloud engineer, financial analyst, IT manager, or business leader, this book equips you with the skills to control spending, drive efficiency, and accelerate your career in the rapidly growing FinOps discipline.What you will learn● Understand and apply core FinOps principles to manage cloud costs effectively.● Analyze and allocate cloud expenses with tagging and reporting tools and methods.● Optimize spending through rightsizing, reserved instances, and spot usage.● Automate cost governance using scripts and Infrastructure as Code tools.● Prepare with confidence for the Certified FinOps Practitioner exam.Table of Contents1. The Rise of FinOps2. Core FinOps Principles and Framework3. Inform Phase: Cloud Visibility and Allocation4. Optimize Phase: Cost Allocation Techniques5. Operate Phase: Visibility and Allocation6. Mastering Cloud Cost Management with FinOps Tools7. Introduction to Automation in FinOps8. Certification Preparation and Practice Questions9. Real-World Case Study and Best Practices IndexAbout the AuthorsRaphael Gab-Momoh is a seasoned Cloud and FinOps Engineer with over a decade of experience in cloud architecture, cost optimization, and financial operations. A recognized leader in the tech community, he holds the prestigious Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award and is a FinOps Certified Professional, Practitioner, and Focus Analyst.His expertise spans major cloud platforms - AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Nutanix - and he is proficient in automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, and Jenkins, as well as programming languages including Python, Bash, and SQL.Raphael holds a Bachelor’s in Information Systems from Middlesex University and a Diploma in Electronic Engineering from Swinburne University of Technology. He is currently pursuing a Master’s in Financial Engineering at WorldQuant University, blending technical depth with financial acumen.
