AWS Services Overview for IT Professionals
What you'll learn
- Recall and describe the different job roles in IT infrastructure, including their responsibilities and tasks.
- Explain how compute, networking, and storage relate to different IT job roles.
- Compare the different features of the main compute offerings on AWS.
- Evaluate the different AWS storage options and select the appropriate storage for different use cases.
- Assess and compare AWS monitoring services, such as Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail.
Requirements
- Software: A computer with internet access.
- Mindset and Prerequisites: A commitment to self-paced learning, with the flexibility to complete modules on your own schedule. Open-mindedness and curiosity for learning AWS concepts. Basic knowledge of Amazon Web Services is helpful but not required. This course will start with foundational concepts.
- Materials: All course materials, including readings, videos, and resources, will be provided within the course platform. No textbooks are required. Any supplementary readings or materials will be available for free.
Description
This foundational course will strengthen your understanding of AWS Services. The instructors will teach basic topics regarding computing, networking, storage, database, monitoring, security, serverless, containers, databases, and cost optimization. We will map AWS Services and features to different technical roles in cloud computing. For example, the instructors will provide an overview of Amazon S3 from the perspective of a Solutions Architect, a Security Analyst and a Data Scientist, highlighting and explaining the top features that these roles will use.
The first week covers the foundations of the AWS Cloud infrastructure. You'll learn about various compute, networking, and storage offerings on AWS. You'll also review each offering through the lenses of different IT professions.
The second week, you'll learn about the various storage options on AWS, and how to select the best storage options based on various use cases. You'll also explore the key differences between relational and nonrelational (NoSQL) databases, in addition to assessing the encryption, performance, and monitoring capabilities of file systems.
The final week, you'll explore monitoring, cost optimization, and security offerings on AWS. First, you'll learn about monitoring services that collect, access, and analyze your cloud operations. Then, you'll compare cost-management tools and determine the lowest-cost service or method so you can optimize your environment for cost. Finally, at the end of this week, you'll dive into cloud security by learning about the AWS shared responsibility model.
You'll also learn how to compare the various AWS security services, and identify the services that you could use to enhance cloud security.
Who this course is for:
- IT Professionals looking to understand AWS Services
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In 2006, Amazon Web Services (AWS) began offering IT infrastructure services to businesses in the form of web services -- now commonly known as cloud computing. Today, Amazon Web Services provides a highly reliable, scalable, low-cost infrastructure platform in the cloud that powers hundreds of thousands of businesses in 190 countries around the world.
AWS offers Training and Certification programs to help you develop skills to design, deploy, and operate your infrastructure and applications on the AWS Cloud. We deliver training classes across the globe. We also offer training, bootcamps, and labs at many AWS events.