Cost optimization pillar
The cost optimization pillar focuses on avoiding unnecessary costs. The following recommendations can help you meet the cost optimization design principles and architectural best practices for AWS Managed Microsoft AD.
Key focus areas
Understanding spending over time and controlling fund allocation
Selecting resources of the right type and quantity
Scaling to meet business needs without overspending
Implement cloud financial management
Forecast AWS Managed Microsoft AD costs by using AWS Cost Explorer.
Plan and set expectations around AWS Managed Microsoft AD costs by using AWS Budgets.
Keep up to date with new service releases that can be used to optimize AWS Managed Microsoft AD costs.
Consider combining billing for AWS Managed Microsoft AD through a unified tagging strategy.
Adopt a consumption cost model
Evaluate your AWS Managed Microsoft AD edition. Choose the edition that meets your needs for the lowest price.
Pay only for what you use
Automate AWS Managed Microsoft AD scaling based on utilization metrics to reduce the number of domain controllers when utilization is low. For more information, see How to automate AWS Managed Microsoft AD scaling based on utilization metrics
on the AWS Blog. Set the retention period for Amazon CloudWatch log groups that store AWS Managed Microsoft AD logs.
