This course is the first step in training for the industry-leading Amazon AWS product. It serves as a thorough introduction to the services and solutions possible with AWS. It is also the first certification in paths available for IT professionals looking to codify their knowledge and skills in AWS.
Anyone looking for exposure to AWS or the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner should take this course. This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. This course offers enrollment with a voucher. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.
Instructor(s):Raymond Lacoste
Raymond Lacoste is a highly recognized instructor and IT professional who holds the Cisco Sirius Instructor Award. He has authored Cisco Press publications on the Cisco ENARSI and Cisco TSHOOT exams.
Raymond's areas of expertise include Cisco Enterprise networking, Cisco Routing and Switching, Cisco Datacenter Networking, ITIL, and Amazon AWS. He also holds certifications in Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP Enterprise, ITIL Foundations, ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Intermediate, Amazon AWS System Operations, Amazon AWS Architect, Amazon AWS Developer, and CISSP.
In addition to his certifications and experience, Raymond's engaging instruction style makes even the most obscenely complicated or obtuse concepts relatable and understandable. Outside of class, he enjoys dominating both on the golf course and the basketball court.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
- This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements:
- PC: Windows 10 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
- Virtual Labs included with the course
- Microsoft Word Online
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
Other:
- Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and available online.
- Study guide
- Virtual labs
- Practice exams
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Lesson 1
- Course Overview and AWS Introduction
- Introduction to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Course and Exam Objectives
- Introducing AWS and the Cloud
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- The AWS Global Architecture (Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations)
- AWS Pricing, Billing, Support Plans and Dashboards
- Accessing AWS Resources
- AWS Compute
- Amazon EC2
- EC2 Scaling and Load Balancing
- Amazon ECS, EKS, and Fargate
- AWS Lambda
- Elastic BeanStalk
- AWS Databases
- Database Overview and RDS
- Amazon Elasticache
- DynamoDB
- DocumentDB
- Amazon Redshift
- Amazon Neptune
- AWS Storage
- Instance and EBS Storage
- EFS, FSx for Windows and FSx for Lustre
- Simple Storage Service (S3)
- AWS Storage Gateway
- AWS Networking
- VPC Overview and Subnets
- VPC Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
- VPC Security Groups and ACLs
- VPNs and Direct Connect
- CloudFront, Global Accelerator and Route53
- API Gateway
- AWS Messaging, Migration, and Translation
- SQS
- SNS and SES
- Snowcone, Snowball, Snowmobile
- AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service
- AWS Translate and Transcribe
- Security
- Security Overview, IAM Users and Groups
- Permissions and Policies
- IAM Roles, Identity Federation and Cognito
- KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Organizations and Compliance
- AWS WAF, Shield, Inspector, Macie, and GuardDuty
- Monitoring and Maintenance
- CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Events
- CloudTrail and Trusted Advisor
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