AWS Technical Essentials

Overview

Delivery method

Virtual classroom

Duration

1 day

Audience

Information Technology Specialists

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.

Learning Objectives:

• 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

Target Audience:

• 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

Prerequisite(s):

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

• IT experience

• Basic knowledge of common data center architectures and components (servers, networking, databases, applications, and so on)

• No prior cloud computing or AWS experience required

Notes:

The Digital Enterprise Skilling (DES) program provides Shared Services Canada (SSC) employees with the knowledge and skills required to accelerate digital adoption, improve IT services delivery, and adapt to the workforce’s needs of the future. If you have not registered as an SSC Digital Enterprise Skilling (DES) participant yet, sign up here: DES Learner Portal - Portail des apprenants CNE - Power Apps

Legacy course code: AWS-TE-SSC