The Michigan Daily is billed for AWS services with its shortcode. Kathy handles the specifics of this, but the important thing to note is we need to monitor costs to make sure nothing is unexpected or getting out of control.
Part of this effort comes from a set of billing alarms which will notify us if costs exceed what we expect. Currently, that is:
Alarm |
Amount |
Contact |
$3.00 per day Alarm if exceeds 80% |
The MOEs should also check monthly and daily spend on a regular basis using the AWS cost explorer.