AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

This course is for individuals who seek an overall understanding of the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud, independent of specific technical roles. You will learn about AWS Cloud concepts, AWS services, security, architecture, pricing, and support to build your AWS Cloud knowledge. This course also helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.

Audience

This course is intended for:

• Sales
• Legal
• Marketing
• Business analysts
• Project managers
• AWS Academy students
• Other IT-related professionals
  
  

Goals

In this course, you will learn how to:

• Summarize the working definition of AWS
• Differentiate between on-premises, hybrid-cloud, and all-in cloud
• Describe the basic global infrastructure of the AWS Cloud
• Explain the six benefits of the AWS Cloud
• Describe and provide an example of the core AWS services, including compute, network, databases, and storage
• Identify an appropriate solution using AWS Cloud services with various use cases
• Describe the AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Explain the shared responsibility model
• Describe the core security services within the AWS Cloud
• Describe the basics of AWS Cloud migration
• Articulate the financial benefits of the AWS Cloud for an organization’s cost management
• Define the core billing, account management, and pricing models
• Explain how to use pricing tools to make cost-effective choices for AWS services
  
  

Course outline

This course covers the following concepts:

• Introduction to the AWS Cloud
• Getting Started in the Cloud
• Building in the Cloud
• Security
• Pricing Models and Cloud Application Support
• Architecture
  
  

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

• General IT technical knowledge
• General IT business knowledge
  
  

Study materials

Amazon Web Services authorized e-book included. This course includes presentations, class activities, and knowledge checks.