Mark: You may have just started using Google Cloud Platform, or already have multiple projects up and running. At a small scale, it's easier to get a sense of what you're spending, but as your organization grows, you'll have more to keep track of. You'll need to make sure you're set up correctly with a centralized billing account, proper resource hierarchy, and the right permissions for your users to help you manage and optimize your GCP costs.
We've put together this quest for anyone in an organization whose role involves managing Google Cloud Platform costs, such as monitoring billing, or setting up cost control measures. If you're new to Cloud cost management, you'll want to pay close attention to the setup process to ensure your long term success. In this quest, you'll learn about core GCP billing concepts, the billing section of the GCP console, what we mean by resources and how to organize them, sample resource hierarchies to help you think through how you might set up your own and how to manage billing permissions.
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