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Updated November 19th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

S3 Bucket Replication for Cost and Usage

A Key configuration of your AWS Cloud Estate for FinOps Center Operation is the s3 Bucket Replication for the Cost and Usage Report and the new Data Exports.  Bucket Replication is utilized to ensure the accessibility of the Cost and Usage Report (CUR) for the account where FinOps Center is installed - CloudOps . To set up Bucket Replication, severa...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Prerequisites

The Amazon Q for QuickSight FinOps Center Framework brings the power of Amazon Q to your FinOps Users.  To be able to be installed, Customers need to have one of the FinOps Center versions installed and have Amazon Q enabled for the Account.  All FinOps Center underlying compute (including Amazon Q in QuickSight) is the responsibility of Customers. ...

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Updated November 21st, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Cloud Estate

When preparing for your FinOps Center installation, it's important to consider the design aspects concerning both your Cloud Estate and the AWS Account of your FinOps Center installation.   Aligned with the Multi-Account Strategy, FinOps Center is designed to facilitate the management of your AWS Cloud Estate via the Delegated Admin Account. A Deleg...

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Updated November 19th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Cost and Usage Report Creation

FinOps Center leverages the Cost and Usage Report that is created in the Management Account. In later steps we will setup replication of the CUR via S3 Bucket Replication.  To set up Cost and Usage Reports for FinOps Center, follow these steps: Sign in to the Billing and Cost Management console here . Navigate to Cost & Usage Reports in the left...

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Updated December 17th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

AMI Configuration and Stack Launch

Navigate to the AWS Marketplace and Search for FinOps Center (FinOps-in-a-Box or Enterprise Versions) ATTENTION: FinOps Center will be deployed from CloudFormation via S3. The below instruction will create an EC2 deployment via and AMI. Upon creation, the EC2 instance will create the bucket with the CloudFormation Scripts and JSON to be used in lunc...

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Updated November 19th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

FinOps Center's Installation Components

FinOps Center's Installation requires configuration of your AWS Cloud Estate within the Management Account and the Delegated Admin Account where the application will be installed.  Tasks in Management Account Create Cost and Usage Report Create S3 Bucket for Cost and Usage Report Create IAM Role for S3 Bucket Replication S3 Management setup of Bucke...

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Updated October 24th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Privacy Statement

Privacy Policy for Cloud Scal3 Inc. Last Updated: October 24, 2024 At Cloud Scal3 Inc. (“we,” “us,” or “our”), we value your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard the information you provide when visiting our website, [www.cloudscal3.com](http://www.cloudscal3.com)...

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Updated January 13th, 2025 by Chris Zeller

Release 25.1.0

Key Feature Updates Support for Amazon Q in QuickSight FinOps Center Framework Support for Data Exports for Cost and Usage Removal of CUDOS Framework for Product/Portfolio/Department/BU Roles...

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Updated November 19th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

S3 Bucket, SSL Certificate, CloudFront, and Route 53 for FinOps Center Front End Application

FinOps Center's Front End Application is deployed and served through S3. To prepare for the installation, an S3 bucket needs to be created, an SSL Certificated needs to be provisioned, a CloudFront Distributions needs to be setups, and lastly the CloudFront Distribution needs to be configured in your DNS to redirect your specific Domain Name of your...

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Updated November 19th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Add User

The Admin Configuration Screen is accessible to the Admin User that is created during the installation of FinOps Center. Additional Admin Users can be created like any other role Admin users are responsible for adding users with their roles. Those Roles can be updated. Each users requires an unique email address. (+email are Supported)      ...

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Updated November 19th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Spending and Budget Rollup

    Spending Rollup     Budgets    ...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Planning Considerations

When preparing for your FinOps Center installation, it's important to consider the design aspects concerning both your Cloud Estate and the specific location of the FinOps Center installation.   Aligned with the Multi-Account Strategy, FinOps Center is designed to facilitate the management of your AWS Cloud Estate via the Delegated Admin Account. An...

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Updated October 2nd, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Release 24.9.0

Release 24.9.0 has many changes to the initial product offering.  Key Feature Enhancements Vendor Management Profile: Capability to create Pricebooks for Spending  Resource Claiming to Workloads Product Owners can now claim resources and align their spending to specific workloads.  Aggregating of Claimed Spending to Spending by Account Allocations  ...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Chris Zeller

How to Maximize Your Helpjuice Experience

Welcome to Helpjuice! This article will guide you through the features available to enhance your knowledge base management. Use the interactive elements to learn how to optimize your experience. Click Preview to see this article in your knowledge base.     Article Inserts Before exploring the features, ensure you are familiar with our platform's bas...

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Updated November 21st, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Introduction

The CCoE is the most important Role within FinOps Center. They are likely a manager or finance person within your IT CFO Organization.    Daily / Weekly Activities Scope View Admin View of Spending & WorkloadEstimates across the Organization Configure Alignment of Users to Budgets Scope Onboard AWS Accounts with Allocation Remap Allocation Confi...

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Updated November 1st, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Cloud scal3 inc Glossary

This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary. Glossary This is a auto-generated Article of all your definitions within the glossary. All...

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Updated November 19th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

AWS Account w/ Delegated Admin

The New Account Onboarding Process for FinOps Center is facilitated by access to the Account Management API in the Management Account. Within an AWS Cloud Estate, one account can be configured to be Delegated Admin and is the account FinOps Center is installed.  Steps to Create Delegated Admin if not created Creation of New Account - Customers are a...

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Updated October 24th, 2024 by Chris Zeller

Cookie Policy

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