AWS Technical Essentials - Build Real World Projects

Develop your AWS skills with our hands-on training program featuring labs, exercises and a real-world project assignment

What you'll learn
Gain real world hands-on experience on AWS by building and deploying applications in the cloud
Understand the fundamentals technologies of AWS - IAM, S3, EC2, RDS, DynamoDB, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch and more
Learn best practices and security recommendations when designing cloud solutions
Complete a real-world IT Project which you can discuss at job interviews

Requirements
No previous AWS Knowledge required as you learn from the ground up and building on your newly acquired skills
Laptop or Workstation with Windows, Linux or MacOS to perform the demo lessons
An email address and credit/debit card for the AWS account(s)
The course stays mostly within the free tier to avoid costs

Description
Welcome to the AWS Technical Essentials Course - The Ultimate Hands-On Training Course!This hands-on technical course will teach you about core AWS services and products. You will also gain hands-on experience through our step-by-step video demonstrations on how to build common cloud solutions. With this fundamentals course, you can make informed decisions about IT solutions based on your business requirements and learn how to build highly available, fault-tolerant, scalable and cost-effective cloud solutions.Whether you are a business looking to migrate your applications to the cloud or an IT professional wanting to learn more about the AWS platform, this course is a foundational starting point. You can then take further certification courses to specialize in different job roles and build cloud solutions for your organization and clients.Course ObjectivesThis AWS course will help you learn and understand the following:AWS platform terminology and cloud conceptsThe AWS Global Infrastructure and Use casesBasic AWS cloud architectural principlesCloud security concepts and AWS securityAWS storage conceptsAWS networking conceptsAWS compute services with block storageAWS Database concepts and managed database servicesDeployment and Management optionsUpdates to the Course:March 2025Section 6 - Databases on AWSSection 7 - Management and GovernanceCourse StructureThe course comprises core theoretical concepts and several hands-on demonstrations to help you build your practical experience on the AWS platform. By the end of the course, you will gain confidence in architecting, designing and implementing solutions on AWS to support a wide range of applications.Project AssignmentThe course also includes a Project Assignment, where we look at a typical real-world scenario and learn how to fulfil a business requirement. The Project Assignment section will walk you through architecting a solution for the given scenario and demonstrate complete end-to-end implementation. At the end of the project section, you will be requested to carry out the project in your own AWS Free Tier account and submit your assignment to your instructor. Your instructor will then check your assignment and grade your work. Note: Completion of the assignment is mandatory if you would like to receive a Certificate of Completion at the end of the course.Intended AudienceIndividuals responsible for articulating the business benefits of AWS servicesIT Professionals new to AWSSysops administrators and developers who are interested in using AWS servicesCourse OutlineSection 1 – Introduction to Cloud Computing, AWS Services and History of AWSSection 2 – AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) and other security conceptsSection 3 – Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)Section 4 – AWS Networking ServicesSection 5 – AWS Elastic Compute Cloud and EBS, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling and Serverless Compute optionsSection 6 - AWS RDS and DynamoDB NoSQL DatabasesSection 7 - AWS Management Tools - CloudWatch and Trusted AdvisorSection 8 - Project Assignment - Design and Implement a cloud solution on AWS for a typical business use case

Who this course is for:
IT Professionals new to Cloud Computing and the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform, 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