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Connect AWS in 5 minutes

Create the read-only role with CloudFormation or the console, then paste the role ARN.

5 min read
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Connect Azure and Google Cloud

Service principal and service account setup with the minimum permissions.

7 min read
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Route alerts to Slack and PagerDuty

Send the right alert to the right channel — and page only when it matters.

4 min read
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Your first cost workflow

Stop idle instances after hours, safely, with dry runs and a spend cap.

6 min read
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Teams, roles and resource groups

Give each team or client exactly the access they need.

5 min read
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Getting the most from Copilot

Questions that get great answers, and how AI usage is billed.

3 min read

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Why grounded AI beats generic advice

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