IT, Software & Web Development

This resource builds on the basic services by advancing into things like instrumentation, scalability, content delivery, and serverless computing. Various database technologies, and more use cases will also be discussed. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Understand and employ Amazon CloudWatch
• Understand and employ AWS Auto Scaling strategies
• Understand and employ Amazon CloudFront
• Explain the innerworkings of AWS Lamda
• Create and Invoke AWS Lamda Functions
• Explain the uses of Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS)
• Understand and employ Amazon DynamoDB
• Understand and employ Amazon Glacier
• Understand and employ Amazon Redshift
• Deploy eCommerce Strategies

This title discusses how to achieve reliable infrastructure and applications in AWS, which requires consideration of capacity, and application and database resilience. This resource is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and employ tools for Application Resiliency
• Describe and deploy menthods for Database Resiliency
• Understand Capacity Planning
• Monitor for Availability
• Devise Multi-Region Architectures

Any exam will require knowledge of the core AWS services. For the certified cloud practitioner exam, the basics of the core services will be covered, without getting too deep into technical details. Networking with Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon EC2, block storage with Amazon EBS, and object storage with Amazon S3 will be reviewed as part of this resource. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Network with Amazon VPC
• Employ Routing and Firewall strategies
• Use DNS, VPN, and Direct Connect controls
• Understand and employ proper network security
• Understand and employ Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
• Launch and EC2 Instance
• Understand and employ Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
• Understand and employ Elastic Load Balancing
• Understand and employ Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

This resource reviews the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certificaiton exam along with the content itself, the experience of taking the exam, and some resources for further study and preparation. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services (AWS) at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Understand the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam requirements
• Gather and access exam preparation resources
• Gather tips for taking the exam
• Gather documentation and study material

This title discusses compute performance and how the decision to use any particular instance type, or to leverage containers, can help improve the performance of applications. This resource is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand Compute Options
• Employ Instance-Based Applications
• Improve performance with Containers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources provide a solid foundational understanding of the AWS infrastructure-as-a-service products. The content covers concepts necessary to understand cloud computing platforms, working with virtual machines, storage in the cloud, security, high availability, and more.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and use Amaazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
• Employ Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
• Launch a Linux Instance
• Understand and employ Key Pairs
• Utilize the Instance Metadata Service
• Employ bootstrapping with Userdata
• Launch a Windows Instance
• Stop and Terminate an Instance
• Understand Billing Options
• Emply Highly-Available Web Applications
• Understand and Employ AWS Lamda and Hello World in AWS Lamda
• Use Image Processing with AWS Lamda

In this resource, ways to predict costs for future applications, and review the costs of existing applications will be reviewed. The AWS calculators, tools for analyzing our monthly bill, and review AWS support plans are covered.. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Understand and Employ AWS Cost Calculators
• Understand and Employ Cost Management Tools
• Understand and Employ AWS Trusted Advisor
• Understand and Employ AWS Support

Cost savings is perhaps one of the primary drivers of AWS adoption, but in order to realize those cost savings, we need to be fully aware of not just the dollar amounts we pay, but the things we pay for–those options and fine details that actually contribute to costs. This resource reviews the cost models and highlight often overlooked cost contributors for various services. This title is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and Employ Design Principles
• Understand and Employ Right Sizing
• Understand the Costs of Amazon S3
• Understand the Costs of Amazon VPC
• Utilize Amazon EC2 Pricing Models to Optimize Costs
• Analyze Cost Savings with Temporary Environments
• Create and set Billing Alarms

This resource covers how AWS offers a number of database solutions for both relational and non-relational data. Throughout, the content will cover how the nature of DynamoDB and how data models affect performance, as well as how to improve performance for write- or read-heavy applications. This title is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and employ DynamoDB Performance
• Understand and employ DynamoDB Primary Keys
• Understand and employ DynamoDB Secondary Indexes
• Improve Read-Heavy Applications
• Improve Write-Heavy Applications

Detective controls are another key ingredient to a secure environment. With AWS, we have an easy ability to monitor every aspect of the infrastructure and create an environment in which nothing goes unnoticed or unrecorded. This resource reviews features, options, and practices as they relate to monitoring infrastructure and applications. This title is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and employ Design Principles
• Effectively monitor infrastructure
• Capture logs
• Analyze logs

This resource offers an introduction to cloud computing, along with a review of business needs, and a discussion of how Amazon Web Services helps address those needs. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of Cloud Computing
• Understand and evaluate various business needs and cloud solutions available to meet them
• Understand and accurately convey the overall AWS Cloud value proposition

This title addresses high availability, how to calculate services availability, and how to plan for applications to be truly highly available. This resource is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand how to calculate availability
• Determine plans for failure
• Understand how to design for availability

This resource discusses how securing accounts and credentials, and ensuring proper access to resources is a vital first step in securing infrastructure, applications, and data. This content reviews identity and access management and discuss options that can be leveraged to create a more secure environment. This title is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and Employ Design Principles
• Secure Identities and Credentials
• Secure Acess to Resources
• Utilize Temporary Credentials
• Understand Roles for EC2
• Understand and determine Cross-Account Access
• Understand and create Federated Users
• Utilize IAM Best Practices

AWS offers a number of fully managed and powerful services such as kinesis, lambda, elastic container service, API gateway, and more. This resources looks at how event-driven and serverless infrastructures can improve the performance of applications. This title is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand Event-Driven Architectures
• Understand Severless Architectures

Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources provide a solid foundational understanding of the AWS infrastructure-as-a-service products. The content covers concepts necessary to understand cloud computing platforms, working with virtual machines, storage in the cloud, security, high availability, and more.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
• Create a VPC
• Add Subnets
• Understand Routinga and Route to the Internet
• Understand Public, Private, and Hybrid Subnets
• Understand Network Access Control Lists (NACL)
• Understand Security Groups
• Create and apply an NACL
• Create a Security Group
• Understand VPC Peering and Related Scenarios
• Peer Two VPCs
• Understand and Employ VPN Access
• Understand AWS Direct Connect

Because the network underlies infrastructure, performance of the network underlies performance of infrastructure and applications. This resource covers a number of principles and service details that can help you design performant networks in AWS. This resource is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and employ strategies to maximize networking performance
• Understand and employ strategies to maximize NAT Gateway Performance

For applications leveraging networking in AWS, the architecture begins with the network. This resource covers how network topology contributes to a more resilient infrastructure. This resource is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand Fault Isolation
• Understand and employ Resilient Configuration 
• Employ VPN Resiliency methods
• Apply Direct Connect Resiliency

Keep in mind that while cost savings is indeed a major driver in AWS adoption, the number one driver is the increased agility and flexibility organizations can benefit from compared to traditional IT. But in order to truly realize those benefits, we need to approach our implementation of AWS services in a particular way. This resource discusses some specific experiences and how they embody the premise and practices of operational excellence. This title is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and Employ Design Principles
• Understand and Employ Infrastructure as Code

Amazon Web Services is a very extensive collection of features and services for any use case you can imagine. This resource offers a few more key services regarding automation and security. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Explain the importance of automation
• Understand and employ AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• Understand and employ AWS CloudFormation
• Understand and employ AWS WAF
• Understand and employ AWS Shield

Too often we hear of companies having sensitive or private data exposed, and no one wants to be responsible for a such an event. So securing data, with both access controls, as well as encryption in transit and at rest is of paramount importance. This resource reviews services and practices which can help do just that.
This title is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and Employ Design Principles
• Understand Resource Policies
• Understand Amazon S3 Object Ownership
• Define Publicly Accessible Data
• Authorize Acess to Private Content
• Encrypt Data at Rest and Transit
• Encrypt Database Connections

This resource looks at principles and techniques that can guide us to securing infrastructure most effectively. This title is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand and Employ Design Principles
• Route as Security
• Understand and Employ Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)
• Understand and Employ Security Groups
• Secure the Operating System

This resource reviews the shared responsibility model, identity and access management, and key services and concepts in managing AWS accounts and credentials. Assurance programs like PCI and HIPAA, and a use case to help clarify which services solve which aspects of security, are provided. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Explain the Shared Responsibility Model
• Explain Identity and Access Management constructs
• Manage users, groups, and roles
• Understand AWS Organizations structure
• Understand and employ AWS Assurance Programs
• Identify and explain Key Services for Auditing and Compliance
• Employ strategies around PCI DSS Regulated Workload
• Employ strategies around vulnerability and penetration testing

When planning an application in the cloud, it’s more important to be aware of the details in how your choices will affect your bill. In this resource, the pricing structures of various services for computing, databases, and storage will be explained. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Explain and calculate Compute Pricing
• Explain and calculate Database Pricing
• Explain and calculate Storage Pricing

This resource will discuss a number of key, useful resources and materials that require studying in order to pass the exam. In this lesson, we will review preparation resources, the exam guide, registering for and taking the exam, test-taking strategy and more. This resource is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand the AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) exam requirements
• Gather and access exam preparation resources
• Gather tips for taking the exam
• Gather documentation and study material

Amazon Web Services (AWS) resources provide a solid foundational understanding of the AWS infrastructure-as-a-service products. The content covers concepts necessary to understand cloud computing platforms, working with virtual machines, storage in the cloud, security, high availability, and more.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand Available AWS Storage Optionse
• Understand Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
• Create Buckets and Objects
• Understand and Employ Bucket Secuity with Resource Policies
• Create a Bucket Policy for Public Read
• Understand Amazon Glacier
• Add Lifecycle Rules
• Understand Instance Store Volumes
• Understand Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS), Volume Types and Performance
• Create an EBS Volume
• Create an EBS Volume on Linux and on Windows
• Understand Amazon EBS Snapshots
• Create a Snapshot
• Employ Video Transcoding and Archival

This title discusses a number of different storage options in AWS and how they each offer abilities to improve performance depending on the type of storage. The content reviews the performance characteristics and options for block and object storage. This resource is one of several aimed at Amazon Web Services (AWS) architecture principles and best practices, and technical details pertaining to the implementation of services in accordance with the Well Architected Framework as published by AWS.

After completing this resource, you will be able to:

• Understand the various Storage Options available
• Understand and monitor Block Store Performance
• Understand and monitor Amazon S3 Performance
• Search for Data in Amazon S3
• Understand and employ AWS Assurance Programs
• Improve the End User Experience

This resource offers a look at the fundamentals of the AWS global infrastructure as well as the guidelines that help teams make good architectural decisions. This title is one of several that offer an in-depth understanding of Amazon Web Services at a high level, introduces cloud computing concepts, and key AWS services, and prepares learners for the exam according to the certification exam guide published by Amazon Web Services.

After completing this resource, learners will be able to:

• Understand AWS Global Infrastructure
• Effectively use the AWS Management Console