AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials

Equip your organization with the foundational knowledge to confidently articulate, deploy and manage AWS cloud services in just one day. This intensive, hands-on AWS Cloud Practitioner workshop is designed for IT professionals, developers, managers and business leaders seeking to:

• Understand Core AWS Services: Gain a clear grasp of compute, storage, database and networking fundamentals.
• Drive Business Value: Learn to position AWS solutions in terms of scalability, cost optimization and security.
• Leverage Management & Security Tools: Explore AWS management consoles, identity and access controls, monitoring and compliance tools.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to map real-world business needs to AWS offerings, propose storage and database solutions, optimize compute and networking, use AWS management services, and establish a secure, governance-ready cloud environment 

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Reach customers with AWS.
• Implement AWS storage and database services.
• Optimize compute and network services.
• Use AWS management tools.
• Secure an AWS deployment.

The AWS Cloud Practitioner course is designed for technology enthusiasts who are working in IT (as an administrator, software developer, or manager), or any other interested individual who would like to learn about the core cloud services provided by AWS, such as:

• Information Technology practitioners and leaders who are new to AWS and who will be supporting or implementing AWS in their organizations.
• Business and technology leaders responsible for articulating the technical and business benefits of using AWS.
• Administrators and developers who are evaluating the use of AWS services.

You should have the following prerequisite skills before taking this class:

• Be able to navigate Windows.
• Be able to use a web browser.
• Experience logging on to, navigating, and searching a website.
• Basic end-user skills with personal productivity software such as Microsoft® Office or Google Apps™.
• Familiarity with networking concepts such as server, database, storage, IP subnet, load balancing, authentication, authorization.
• Some experience as an IT practitioner, manager, or leader may be helpful.

Course-specific Technical Requirements

Hardware:

For this course, you will need one computer for each student and one for the instructor. Each computer will need the following minimum hardware configurations:

• 1 GHz or faster 32-bit (x86) or 64-bit (x64) processor
• 1 gigabyte (GB) RAM (32-bit) or 2 GB RAM (64-bit)
• 16 GB available hard disk space (32-bit) or 20 GB (64-bit)
• CD-ROM drive (if installing any software from a CD-ROM)
• Keyboard and mouse (or other pointing device)
• 1,024 x 768 resolution monitor recommended
• Network cards and cabling for local network access
• Internet access (contact your local network administrator)
• Printer (optional) or an installed printer driver
• Projection system to display the instructor's computer screen

Software:

• Microsoft® Windows® 8.1 or later.
• Microsoft® Word 2013 or later or another word processing program.
• If necessary, software for viewing the course slides (instructor machine only).
• Any web browser.