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Practical workflows for operators: find recoverable spend, approve safe remediation, and ship verified savings receipts.
11
operator guides
3
primary roles
1
savings system
Use Finn AI actionable remediation plan
Convert AI plan steps into approval-safe draft actions.
Roles: Admin, FinOps, Security
Expected: Draft action requests mapped to real open findings.
Monitor AI usage and cost anomalies
Track AI spend, model concentration, and token spikes.
Roles: Admin, FinOps
Expected: Model-level telemetry and anomaly signals are visible.
Connect a cloud provider and scope
Create a trusted inventory source so recoverable spend appears quickly.
Roles: Admin
Expected: Resources and findings populate for connected scopes.
Approve and verify a savings action
Move from detected waste to an approved, safe fix.
Roles: Admin, FinOps, Security
Expected: Action transitions, audit logs and receipt checkpoints are created.
Review commitment optimizer recommendations
Spot RI and Savings Plan candidates from real workload patterns.
Roles: Admin, FinOps
Expected: Purchase candidates align with sustained usage signals.
Find and retire zombie resources
Eliminate idle, orphaned, and abandoned billable resources.
Roles: Admin, FinOps, Security
Expected: Waste findings shrink and cleanup stays auditable.
Use GreenOps as secondary cleanup context
Estimate emissions and prioritize greener infrastructure choices.
Roles: Admin, FinOps
Expected: Carbon estimates inform rightsizing and scheduling decisions.
Configure customer-controlled VM scheduling
Define off-hours savings policies for selected VMs.
Roles: Admin, FinOps
Expected: Policy stores selected resources and schedule settings.
Apply governance remediation safely
Improve allocation quality so savings ownership and chargeback stay accurate.
Roles: Admin, FinOps, Security
Expected: Missing-tag counts decrease and remediation is audited.
Configure anomaly and region alerting
Catch cost spikes and unauthorized regions early.
Roles: Admin, Security, FinOps
Expected: Critical events route to configured channels.
Generate evidence bundle for audit cycle
Produce buyer-ready proof packs for savings and control reviews.
Roles: Admin, Auditor
Expected: Evidence includes receipt context, history, findings and policy snapshots.
Find recoverable spend before the next invoice lands.
Connect one AWS, Azure or GCP scope, approve the safest savings actions, and give finance a receipt when the savings verify.