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This spotlight on AWS Billing equips you with the skills and troubleshooting tips to get the most out of your AWS service.
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The AWS re:Post Knowledge Center is your one-stop-shop for authoritative, up-to-date guidance on using AWS services. This month, we're shining the spotlight on AWS Billing, the suite of tools and features that helps you understand, manage, and optimize your AWS spending.

AWS Billing simplifies the process of tracking costs, managing accounts, controlling access, and optimizing resource usage across your AWS environment. Whether you're new to AWS Billing or an experienced user, the Knowledge Center articles below will equip you with the skills and troubleshooting tips to get the most out of this powerful service.

Optimizing Costs Across AWS Services

Managing cloud spending is one of the most critical responsibilities for AWS customers, directly impacting the efficiency and sustainability of their workloads. Learn strategies for reducing waste:

Optimize EBS volumes

Understand how to identify and clean up unused or underutilized EBS volumes to prevent unnecessary charges from accumulating on your bill.

Optimize CloudWatch logs for high-volume data

Discover techniques for controlling CloudWatch Logs costs, including adjusting retention policies, filtering log data, and using cost-effective storage options across regions.

Optimize CloudWatch custom metrics

Find out how to audit and streamline your CloudWatch custom metrics to reduce costs while maintaining the monitoring coverage your applications need.

Optimize data transfers across AWS services

Get a comprehensive look at strategies for tracking and reducing data transfer costs across multiple AWS services, helping you identify savings opportunities at scale.

Optimize NAT Gateway and VPC routing

Explore ways to reduce NAT gateway data processing costs by optimizing traffic routing within your Amazon VPC architecture.

Optimize AWS Config costs

Learn best practices for reducing AWS Config costs by fine-tuning recording settings and managing configuration rules without sacrificing visibility into your resources.

Optimize CloudTrail costs and maintain compliance

Discover how to balance CloudTrail logging needs with cost efficiency by selecting the right event types, using S3 lifecycle policies, and maintaining audit compliance.

Migrate between Amazon S3 storage without disrupting applications

Explore strategies for transitioning objects between S3 storage classes to reduce storage costs while keeping your applications running without interruption.

Managing Accounts and Support Plans

A well-organized AWS account structure ensures operational consistency and access to the right level of support across your organization. Learn how to troubleshoot account issues:

Manage AWS organization accounts

Get guidance on common account management challenges within AWS Organizations, including troubleshooting access issues and maintaining a healthy multi-account structure.

Enable Enterprise Support for organization members

Find out how to enable Enterprise Support for member accounts within your AWS organization so all accounts benefit from premium support coverage.

Add an account to Enterprise Support

Learn the steps to add new or existing AWS accounts to your Enterprise Support plan so your entire organization benefits from consolidated support coverage.

Resolving Access and Licensing Issues

Misconfigured permissions and licensing errors can block critical workflows and lead to unexpected billing charges. Learn how to fix access and licensing issues:

Resolve access denied errors in the AWS Billing console

Troubleshoot common IAM permission issues that block access to the AWS Billing console and learn how to configure the right policies to restore access.

Troubleshoot EC2 RHEL licensing issues

Learn how to identify and resolve licensing issues with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) instances on Amazon EC2 to avoid unexpected charges and ensure compliance.

Change instance type when using SLES licensing

Discover the steps to update or change your SUSE Linux Enterprise Server licensing when modifying your EC2 instance type, keeping your billing accurate and your workloads running smoothly.

Manage inactive Quick Sight users

Learn how to identify and remove inactive QuickSight users to avoid paying for unused licenses and keep your user roster up to date.

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