/categories/best-practices/ Recent content in Best Practices on Adam Divall Hugo en Sat, 28 Oct 2023 19:25:42 +0100 /article/best-practices/tagging-strategies/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 19:25:42 +0100 /article/best-practices/tagging-strategies/ <h2 id="what-are-tags--why-do-we-need-them">What are tags &amp; why do we need them?</h2> <p>Amazon Web Services (AWS) allows you to assign metadata to many of your AWS resources in the form of tags. Each tag is a simple label consisting of a key and an optional value to store information about the resource or data retained on that resource. Implementing a consistent tagging strategy can make it easier to filter and search for resources, monitor cost and usage, as well as manage your AWS environment.</p>