This course provides an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical roles. It provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. This course helps you to prepare for the  AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.     

After completing this course, you should be able to: 

  • Explain the AWS pricing philosophy.
  • Identify the global infrastructure components of AWS.
  • Describe security and compliance measures of the AWS Cloud including AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
  • Create an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).
  • Demonstrate when to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Lambda and AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
  • Differentiate between Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS and Amazon S3 Glacier.
  • Demonstrate when to use AWS Database services including Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Aurora.
  • Explain AWS Cloud architectural principles.
  • Explore key concepts related to Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling.