re:Invent 2023 - Simplify your chargeback reporting with AWS Billing Conductor - COP 211

AWS Billing Conductor helps you model your internal billing structure across your AWS accounts, customize your pricing configurations, and define cost visibility that aligns with your reporting needs. In this builders’ session, learn how you can use the service to simplify your chargeback and showback workflows using AWS Cost Explorer and AWS Cost and Usage Reports and provide decentralized billing visibility for your account owners.

TIME STAMPS:
00:00 Intro and Agenda
01:45 Overview of AWS Billing Conductor (ABC)
06:49 Consolidated Billing with & without ABC
09:32 ABC configuration process & data output
14:44 DEMO - Data Views available in Management Account
17:01 DEMO - AWS Billing Conductor Dashboard
18:26 DEMO - Introduction to Billing Groups
19:56 DEMO - Creating a Billing Group
21:53 DEMO - Pricing Plans & Pricing Rules
24:28 DEMO - Overview of Pricing Rule Scopes
27:17 DEMO - Adding Pricing Rules to a Pricing Plan
29:00 DEMO - Bills Page view within a Billing Group
31:33 DEMO - Applying a Pricing Rule to an existing Billing Group
32:43 DEMO - Cost Explorer view within a Billing Group
33:44 DEMO - Custom Line Item creation: Enterprise Support & Management Fees
39:08 DEMO - Margin Summary Report
40:13 DEMO - Margin Details Report
41:19 DEMO - Free Tier Deactivation & the margin report
45:05 DEMO - Demo summary & Custom Line Items in the bill
48:02 Pricing overview
50:05 Further resources & final thoughts

[borjamartinez]

Wow! That´s a very instructive video, I didn´t know this service, I find ir very useful for certain cases ans to separate shared cost. Thanks!

[robbybaggio]

Nice tool that can be useful. It is missing a few features that I think can increase the value add significantly

[Gaffed_Up]

This is so informative! Do you have any resources to help with distributing shared costs?

[galrose]

Wow! Now please make AWS not steal money from people with unexpected charges on Free Tier accounts!