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Cloud Hosting First 30 Days Checklist
Tick off the key steps for choosing, securing, launching and cost-controlling a new cloud hosting setup.
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Before you buy
Account and security
Cost control
Reliability
Launch
Use this checklist to keep a new cloud hosting setup on track during its first month. It is grouped into planning, account security, cost control, reliability and launch, because most expensive or risky mistakes come from skipping one of those areas.
Work through the groups in order. The planning items save money by making your estimate realistic. The security items protect the account that controls your bill. The cost-control items catch runaway spending early. The reliability items make sure a backup exists before you need one. Tick items as you finish them and keep notes on what you decided.
This list is a general starting point, not a compliance program. If you handle payment card data, health information or other regulated data, add the requirements that apply to you and consider professional help.
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