The ease of use and scalability of AWS makes it incredibly easy to build out new infrastructure and experiment with new services, but also causes difficulties in managing spend. This white paper focuses on AWS cost optimization best practices essential for a successful cloud migration. Learn guidelines on areas Amazon suggests (matched supply and demand, cost-effective resources, expenditure awareness, optimizing over time), how to utilize automation, what policy changes and team wide cultural shifts you need to consider, and how to use your monitoring solution to make managing spend less complex. Optimizing spend is something that happens over time, however following the suggestions in this white paper will help you ensure cost tracking and good controls are in place so spend doesn’t get out of control.