Amazon Web Services: Beginner Level Employee Training

AWS Technical Essentials

Gain fundamental knowledge about core AWS products and services enabling you to develop smart solutions that are right for your business or organization. 

Level: Beginner

Duration: 1 day

Industry: Information Technology

About this course


Technical Essentials is the introductory Amazon Web Services (AWS) course and is a virtual, comprehensive, learning solution that familiarizes you with the AWS platform. The course aims to deliver fundamental knowledge about core AWS products and services enabling you to develop smart solutions that are right for your business or organization. After completion, you will become familiar with the AWS infrastructure and be able to build and integrate reliable, cost-effective cloud computing solutions on your own. If you’re planning to migrate your business applications to the cloud or you’re an IT professional looking to upgrade your skillset, this course is your starting point. From here, you can follow up with advanced certification courses that would prepare you for specific in-demand job roles in cloud computing. 

For more information check out this blog from P2L, as well as this page from AWS website.

Who can benefit?


This course is specifically designed for you if:

  • You’re an individual who is keen on developing AWS skills for professional development.
  • You’re an IT professional who wants to learn about cloud computing solutions and AWS.
  • You’re a developer, Solutions Architect and/or SysOps administrator who wants to learn and proficiently use AWS services for business or future projects.

This is what you'll learn

  • Be well-versed with technical AWS terms and cloud concepts used across the platform.
  • Have a Fundamental understanding of the Identity and Access Management (IAM) feature as well as other security measures.
  • Have a Fundamental understanding of AWS Foundational services: including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS).        

     Course Outline

   The course covers the following topics in detail:

    • AWS: Introduction and a brief history
    • AWS Foundational Services: S3, EC2, EBS, VPC
    • AWS Security, Identity, and Access Management: IAM
    • AWS Databases: RDS, DynamoDB
    • AWS Management Tools: Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing, Trusted Advisor
  • Have Fundamental understanding of AWS Database services: including Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
  • Have Fundamental understanding of AWS Management services: including AWS Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Trusted Advisor tool.
  • Know how to navigate the AWS Management Console

Start training and begin working towards one of the following certifications today.

Foundational
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

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