Mastering GreenOps: A Business Guide to Sustainable Cloud (Online - Feb)

Course Dates

10th February 2026 - 09:00 to 17.00 (UK Time)

Course Overview

This training course provides a comprehensive introduction to GreenOps - the practice of optimising cloud usage to reduce and manage carbon emissions and climate impact.

Participants will learn about the importance and impact of GreenOps as well as practical strategies to align GreenOps with ITAM, FinOps, and wider business goals, giving the best chances of success within your business.

The course covers key concepts such as cloud carbon measurement, right-sizing, GreenOps governance, and sustainable cloud purchasing, empowering attendees to make informed decisions that drive business value while reducing environmental impact.

Course Format

This online course is run over a full day, and includes group discussions and interactive exercises. Our instructors have trained professionals all around the world for several years and will share their knowledge and experiences.

Please come prepared to share your ideas, challenges, and ask questions! We will take regular breaks through the day, so there is plenty of time to catch up with email and calls.

Course contents

While the specifics of the day can be tailored to what is most relevant for attendees on the day, the syllabus includes:

• What is GreenOps? - Understanding the fundamentals
• The business case for GreenOps – Cost savings & carbon reduction
• Cloud energy consumption & carbon metrics – How to track and measure impact
• Optimising cloud for sustainability – Right-sizing, scheduling, and storage
• FinOps & GreenOps alignment – Balancing cost, performance, and sustainability
• Synyega GreenOps Framework - Getting started in implementing GreenOps
• Involved personas - Who you need and how to get them onside
• Cloud provider sustainability tools & data – AWS, Azure, and GCP insights
• Building GreenOps governance – Policies, KPIs, and accountability

Course OutcomesBy the end of this course, participants will:

• Understand how to measure and reduce their organization’s cloud carbon footprint
• Be equipped with practical strategies to optimize cloud spend & sustainability
• Gain insight into cloud provider sustainability tools & best practices
• Learn how to integrate GreenOps into FinOps and ITAM processes
• Have the confidence to advise leadership on sustainable cloud strategies

Who Should attend?

• Leadership: Executives and managers seeking to align cloud strategy with sustainability goals
• Cloud Architects & Engineers: Lean how, and why, to incorporate GreenOps into your design and build lifecycles
• Sustainability Teams: Professionals looking to better incorporate Cloud GreenOps into existing programs and frameworks
• FinOps Practitioners: Optimising cloud workloads for carbon can have a postive impact on cost management and business value principles - combining the two is a recipe for success

Course Prerequisites

This course is open to, and useful for, anyone working with cloud workloads and environments.

About your instructors

Stephen Old, Synyega

Throughout his career Stephen has worked in large enterprises, responsible for transformation and migration strategy, modelling, design, and implementation.

He has extensive experience of delivering FinOps through cultural change, driving out tens millions of dollars of savings from the cloud over his career. Stephen is a regular speaker and evangelist on Cloud FinOps and GreenOps, and is a highly active contributor at the FinOps Foundation.

Stephen is one of the only people in the world who is a FinOps Certified Professional, Engineer, and Practitioner as well as FinOps Certified Training Instructor.

Rich Gibbons, Synyega

Throughout his 20+ year career, Rich has trained 100s of organisations of all types & sizes across 3 continents in-person - and 6 virtually. He has extensive experience of Microsoft licensing, ITAM, SaaS, and FinOps practices.

Rich is a regular speaker and evangelist on Microsoft licensing, ITAM, and FinOps and is also an active contributor to FinOps Foundation working groups and whitepapers. Rich is well-known and respected for his knowledge, training skills, and thought leadership around Microsoft, ITAM, and FinOps.

Richis one of the other people in the world who is a FinOps Certified Professional, Engineer, and Practitioner as well as FinOps Certified Training Instructor.

Why choose Synyega for your training needs

We ensure our training courses are as current as possible, meaning they are constantly revised and updated to give you the best information possible. Our experts empower our clients to discover, optimise & manage their cloud and software investments through our multi award-winning services