Complete Azure FinOps Masterclass - Ultimate Cost Savings! (Udemy.com)
Best Practice real-world cloud computing cost optimization strategies to save in the Microsoft Azure cloud with FinOps!!
Created by: Justin Andre
Last updated July 2025
What you will learn
- Learn 100’s of strategic & tactical cost optimizations across Microsoft Azure services such as Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Databases & more
- Master real-world techniques from a Cloud FinOps expert with Azure Expert & AWS Professional certifications who’s saved $10M+ in cloud spend
- Become a cost-saving hero at your company by capitalizing on $100B+ worldwide cloud waste savings opportunity
- Build a roadmap to save your company 30% or more on your Azure cloud bill
- Upskill & start a career in the flourishing field of FinOps & Cloud Cost Management & Optimization
- Analyze & explain complex Azure service billing models, usage charges, invoices, meters
- Implement FinOps principles & cloud operating models that lead to cultural change & sustainable cloud savings
- Master the Azure commitment & discount models, Reservations, Savings Plans, Hybrid Benefits, Dev/Test Pricing, etc.
How it compares
Against the other 1,182 rated Udemy courses in IT & Software on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 45% of them
- Reviews872#423 of 1,183 by number of reviews
- Length7.1 hourslonger than 59% of them
- Last updatedJuly 2025more recently than 53% of them
Course Description
This is a comprehensive & detailed video series that goes broader & deeper than other courses on this topic. Pound for pound, the most thorough coverage of Azure Cost Optimization considerations.
Your instructor is a FinOps expert with real-world cloud optimization results who is a certified cloud architect at the expert level in Azure Solution Architecture and professional level in AWS Solution Architecture.
Learn why:
Companies waste $90 Billion+ yearly in public cloud spend
94% of Enterprises are Significantly overspending on public cloud
#1 Cloud Challenge for 82% of organizations: Managing Cloud Spend
…and how to fix it!
Actual Recent Reviews from Udemy:
"You are truly one of the better instructors on the platform. We need more content from you."
"Very organized, clear and great delivery of information"
"THE best online course I've taken. Packed with high quality lessons. Can't recommend this enough."
"as good as others say it is"
"Great presentation style and concise course materials. Highly recommended."
Course Benefits
Level up your career & get a higher paying job with FinOps
Become the cost-saving hero at your organization
Save your company 30-40% on your Azure cloud bill
Learn enterprise-grade best practices from an expert in the field
Gain 100+ optimization ideas for your cloud toolbelt
Course Differentiators
Enterprise-grade practices & principles taught by an expert with proven results
Helps you understand & Fix the root of the problem that leads to waste
Sustainable strategies to prevent waste from the start
Quantity of Cost-Saving Optimizations
Production & Editing Quality
Breadth of Quality topic coverage
Nearly all of the cloud cost management principles taught apply to other cloud providers such as Amazon Web Services AWS, Google Cloud Platform GCP, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI. However the tooling, resources, and many of the techniques are specific to the Microsoft Azure cloud. Save money in Azure. Save money in the cloud!
Instructor
I’m currently a Principal Cloud Architect. I’ve been working in IT for over 25 years and working in cloud computing for almost the past 10 years. I’ve held technical and leadership roles focused on development, operations, engineering, and architecture. And I hold professional & expert level certifications in AWS and Azure clouds.
I’ve led FinOps practices, created world-class cloud cost reporting dashboards in Power BI, trained teams on cloud financial management best practices, and led company-wide cloud savings and optimization initiatives for AWS and Azure clouds, saving over 10M dollars in spend.
Course Statistics
78 Videos
7+ Hours of Lectures
100+ Quiz Questions
75 Exam Questions
100+ Optimizations
1 Purpose (Save [& ultimately make] Money)
Who Course is For
Anyone using Azure who works in IT, engineering, finance, procurement, product ownership, executives or leadership will benefit from this expert guidance.
Technology – CIO, Cloud Managers, Architects, Engineers, Developers, Data
Finance – CFO, Finance Managers, Cloud Financial Analysts
Anyone requesting or deploying resources in the cloud
Anyone wanting to save money in the cloud or master Azure Cost Management
This course also comes with:
Lifetime access to all future updates
A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section
Udemy Certificate of Completion for Download
30-day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee
Principles taught in this course will contribute to your ability pass Microsoft Exams for certification like AZ-900, AZ-104, AZ-305, DP-900
Prerequisites
The Prerequisites for this course are a working understanding of IT concepts and fundamental understanding of Azure & Cloud computing concepts.
What are you waiting for! Enroll now & let’s get started!
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
872 Reviews
Justin Andre
I’m currently a Principal Cloud Architect. I’ve been working in IT for over 25 years and working in cloud computing for almost the past 10 years. I’ve held technical and leadership roles focused on development, operations, engineering, and architecture. And I hold professional & expert level certifications in AWS and Azure clouds, respectively.
Professionally, one of my specialties over the last 6 years or so has been leading cloud financial management.
-Cloud cost expert who has saved over $20M in cloud.
-Creating world-class cloud cost Power BI reporting & dashboards.
-Training teams on cloud financial management / FinOps best practices
-Led company-wide cloud savings and optimization initiatives in AWS, Azure & OCI clouds for $10B+ company.
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Reviews
By Karl Hayberg on 2/17/2026
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By Amit Kulkarni on 1/28/2026
I came to this course after going through your FINOps course for AWS. I have more knowledge and experience on AWS than Azure where I'am a newbie. But I now feel equally confident on the cost pillar for Azure as I'am on AWS. As an Architect would love to see more of such differentiator courses on the cloud rather than the 100s of dev and architecture cloud certification-oriented courses out there
By Adeel Aziz on 12/10/2025
This course delivers excellent content with a clear and well-paced presentation. The whiteboard sessions were particularly helpful in breaking down complex concepts visually. I also appreciated the quizzes, not only as a way to validate my learning but for their amusing multiple-choice options sprinkled into many of the questions, which made the experience enjoyable.
By Saber on 10/23/2025
I absolutely loved this FinOps course! The teacher was exceptional, making complex concepts easy to follow and engaging. Their deep knowledge shone through, and the well-organized notes covered all important aspects thoroughly. Every topic was addressed comprehensively, leaving no gaps. I highly recommend this course!
By Harpreet Kaur on 6/8/2025
Great course! Well organized and besides explaining cost saving tips, also helps clarify some key architectural concepts, especially around storage and databases. The only issue is that it's unclear at the end on how to get the certificate of completion. Even after achieving 75/75 correct questions, it doesn't say that you have completed the course. It doesn't tell you what you are missing.
By Trevor Ruse on 10/2/2024
This course was great and well put together. All explanations were detailed with pseudo examples for possible real-life situations. Going into this course, I didn't know much about Cloud Compute and the general implications of cost relating to Azure. Now I feel more confident knowing best practices and the tools that you can use to analyze and optimize your cloud spending
By Tarik El Kadi on 2/15/2024
I really enjoyed this Azure FinOps course. It is logically structured and offered me tons of value although I do not work in Finance, but rather in IT. Nonetheless the course exposed me to knowlede I am sure I will be able to integrate in my day-to-day business life. Operating cost conscious in a cloud environment is a valuable and gladly welcomed skill. Thank you for this course, Justin!
By Stratis Livitsanos on 10/14/2023
Really very good Course. Good work Justin Congrats !!! Focused on the essence of Cloud cost optimization matters with very good structure. Τhe trainer is contagious with comprehensive speech, which is exactly what is needed. Quiz questions after each section made the Course even more interesting. What I would suggest to improve - not major - is to reduce the time in some sections like the Databases where the instructor needs to write and the video grows without really needing to... I think
By Venkatesan Viswanathan on 8/16/2023
Cloud cost optimization has become the #1 challenge for digital enterprises. This excellent course from Andre covers how to address this comprehensively on Azure across the cloud life cycle. Felt that a few more levers for automation of the processes can be included which can accelerate the adoption.
By David Hababou on 8/14/2023
Very good instruction. Focused on painful and important issues and covered the domain. Very good integration between cost and other aspects of solution architecture. Quiz questions are important, so in my eyes it wood be better if the different options to chose from reflected real niuances and not obvious wrong answers :).
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Overall Score : 90 / 100







