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Rola Dali
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Did You Know? AWS Budgets

Ever forgotten to delete a resource you were experimenting with on AWS and got an unpleasant bill at the end of the month?

Reduce the chances of that happening by setting up a budget on all your accounts. You can receive notifications when your reach certain thresholds as Well!

Setting a budget:

To create a cost budget:

  1. Sign in to the AWS Management console.
  2. Open the AWS Cost Management console.
  3. In the navigation pane, choose "Budgets".
  4. At the top of the page, choose "Create budget".
  5. Fill in the form and Save changes!
  6. Sleep better knowing your money is safe from mistakes!

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Now you have notifications that alert you if your spending threshold is reached!

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Now You Know!

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