AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

Program Code: 3027

Overview
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What you'll learn
Outline
Prerequisites
Who should attend
Certification

Overview

The Amazon Web Services (AWS) authorized Cloud Practitioner Essentials course is intended for individuals who seek an overall understanding of the AWS cloud, independent of specific technical roles. This AWS course provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS services, security, architecture, pricing, and support. The course helps you master the fundamentals of AWS cloud regardless of your role and also helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

Live Classroom
Duration: 1 day

Live Virtual Classroom
Duration: 1 day

What You'll learn

Summarize the working definition of AWS
Describe the basic global infrastructure of the AWS cloud
Explain the six main benefits of the AWS cloud
Describe the AWS well-architected framework
Describe and provide an example of the core AWS including compute, network, database, and storage services
Identify an appropriate amount solution using AWS cloud services for various use cases
Explain the AWS Shared Responsibility Model
Describe the core security services within the AWS cloud
Articulate the financial benefits of the AWS Cloud for your 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
Differentiate between on-premises, hybrid cloud, and all-in cloud models
Describe the basics of AWS cloud migration

Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Amazon Web Services

Summarize the benefits of AWS
Describe differences between on-demand delivery and cloud deployments
Summarize the pay-as-you-go pricing model

Module 2: Compute in the cloud

Describe the benefits of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) at a basic level
Identify the different amazon EC2 instance types
Differentiate between the various billing options for Amazon EC2
Describe the benefits of Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
Summarize the benefits of Elastic Load Balancing
Examples of Elastic Load Balancing applications
Summarize the differences between Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
Summarize additional AWS compute options

Module 3: Global Infrastructure and Reliability

Summarize the benefits of the AWS global infrastructure
Describe the basic concept of availability zones
Describe the benefits of Amazon CloudFront and Edge locations
Compare different methods for provisioning AWS services

Module 4: Networking

Describe the basic concepts of networking
Describe the difference between public and private networking resources
Explain a virtual private gateway using a real-life scenario
Explain a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using a real-life scenario
Describe the benefit of AWS Direct Connect
Describe the benefit of hybrid deployments
Describe the layers of security used in an IT strategy
Describe which services are used to interact with the AWS global network

Module 5: Storages and Databases

Summarize the basic concept of storage and databases
Describe the benefits of Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
Describe the benefits of Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
Describe the benefits of the Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
Summarize various storage solutions
Describe the benefits of Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
Describe the benefits of Amazon DynamoDB
Summarize various database services

Module 6: Security

Explain the benefits of the shared responsibility model
Describe multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Differentiate between the AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) security levels
Describe security policies at a basic level
Explain the benefits of AWS organization
Summarize the benefits of compliance with AWS
Explain primary AWS security services at a basic level

Module 7: Monitoring and Analytics

Summarize approaches to monitoring your AWS environment
Describe the benefits of Amazon CloudWatch
Describe the benefits of AWS CloudTrail
Describe the benefits of AWS Trusted Advisor

Module 8: Pricing and Support

Understand AWS pricing and support models
Describe the AWS Free Tier
Describe the key benefits of AWS organizations and consolidated billing
Explain the benefits of AWS Cost Explorer
Explain the primary benefits of the AWS Pricing Calculator
Distinguish between the various AWS Support Plans
Describe the benefits of the AWS Marketplace

Module 9: Migration and Innovation

Understand migration and innovation in the AWS Cloud
Summarize the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)
Summarize six key factors of a cloud migration strategy
Describe the benefits of various AWS data migration solutions, such as AWS Snowcone, AWS Snowball, and AWS Snowmobile
Summarize the broad scope of innovative solutions that AWS offers

Module 10: The Cloud Journey

Summarize the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Explain the six benefits of cloud computing

Module 11: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Basics

Determine resources for preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Basics
Describe the benefits of becoming AWS Certified

Course Final Assessment

Solve questions similar to those found within the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam

Prerequisites

To attend this course, participants need to have:

General IT business knowledge
General IT technical knowledge

Who Should Attend

This course is intended for –

Sales professionals
Legal professionals
Marketing professionals
Business analysts
Project managers
IT-related professionals

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Certification

This course helps participants prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner examination. This credential would help an organization identify and develop talent with critical knowledge of implementing cloud initiatives. The certification validates an individual’s cloud fluency and foundational AWS knowledge.

The AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam comprises 65 questions – either multiple-choice or multiple-response. Participants get 90 minutes to take the exam. The exam is available in English, French, German, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish.