AWS Technical Essentials

AWS TECHNICAL ESSENTIALS | CLASSROOM TRAINING COURSE

COURSE DESCRIPTION

AWS Technical Essentials introduces you to essential AWS services and common solutions. The course covers the fundamental AWS concepts related to compute, database, storage, networking, monitoring, and security. You will start working in AWS through hands-on course experiences. The course covers the concepts necessary to increase your understanding of AWS services, so that you can make informed decisions about solutions that meet business requirements. Throughout the course, you will gain information on how to build, compare, and apply highly available, fault tolerant, scalable, and cost effective cloud solutions. This course can also help individuals prepare for the?AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials exam

ACTIVITIES

This course includes

• Presentations
• Hands-on labs
• Demonstrations
• Videos
• Knowledge checks

COURSE OBJECTIVES

In this AWS Technical Essentials course, you will learn to:

• Describe terminology and concepts related to AWS services
• Navigate the AWS Management Console
• Articulate key concepts of AWS security measures and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Distinguish among several AWS compute services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
• Understand AWS database and storage offerings, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
• Explore AWS networking services
• Access and configure Amazon CloudWatch monitoring features

INTENDED AUDIENCE

This AWS Technical Essentials course is intended for:

• Individuals responsible for articulating the technical benefits of AWS services to customers
• Individuals interested in learning how to get started with AWS
• SysOps administrators | Solutions architects | Developers

PREREQUISITES

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• IT experience
• Basic knowledge of common datacenter architectures and components (servers, networking, databases, applications, and so on)
• No prior cloud computing or AWS experience required

COURSE OUTLINE

MODULE 1: INTRODUCTION TO AMAZON WEB SERVICES

• Introduction to AWS Cloud
• Security in the AWS Cloud
• Hosting the employee directory application in AWS
• Hands-On Lab: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

MODULE 2: AWS COMPUTE

• Compute as a service in AWS
• Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
• Amazon EC2 instance lifecycle
• AWS container services
• What is serverless?
• Introduction to AWS Lambda
• Choose the right compute service
• Hands-On Lab: Launch the Employee Directory Application on Amazon EC2

MODULE 3: AWS NETWORKING

• Networking in AWS
• Introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
• Amazon VPC routing
• Amazon VPC security
• Hands-On Lab: Create a VPC and Relaunch the Corporate Directory Application in Amazon EC2

MODULE 4: AWS STORAGE

• AWS storage types
• Amazon EC2 instance storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• Object storage with Amazon S3
• Choose the right storage service
• Hands-On Lab: Create an Amazon S3 Bucket

MODULE 5: DATABASES

• Explore databases in AWS
• Amazon Relational Database Service
• Purpose-built databases
• Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
• Choose the right AWS database service
• Hands-On Lab: Implement and manage Amazon DynamoDB

MODULE 6: MONITORING, OPTIMIZATION, AND SERVERLESS

• Monitoring
• Optimization
• Alternate serverless employee directory application architecture
• Hands-On Lab: Configure High Availability for Your Application

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About Cloud Wizard Consulting

Cloud Wizard Consulting is a leader in AWS?Training and Certification courses?delivery, helping individuals and organisations in building the critical AWS skills that they need to run their businesses. Established in 2015,?Cloud Wizard?has enabled over 20,000 people up-skill on the AWS Cloud Platform. For the last 7+ years, we have worked with Small, Medium and Large Enterprises, enabling team across different business units.

We provide access to subject matter experts, delivering authorised AWS Training through Virtual Instructor-led delivery format. We set the stage for the success of our customers, by reducing the Cloud skill gaps. Companies who train their employees, through structured programs, see impacts in onboarding and employee retention, leading to higher job satisfaction.

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