Course Introduction

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

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Module overview
Topics Activities
• AWS Documentation scavenger hunt
• Course objectives and overview

• AWS certification exam information

• AWS Documentation

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Module objectives
After completing this module, you should be able to:
• Recognize the purpose of the AWS Academy Cloud Foundations
course
• Recognize the course structure
• Recognize the AWS certification process
• Navigate the AWS Documentation website

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Section 1: Course objectives and
overview
Course Introduction

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Course prerequisites
• General Required Knowledge

• IT technical knowledge

• IT business knowledge

• Preferred Knowledge

• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts

• Working knowledge of distributed systems

• Familiarity with general networking concepts

• Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures

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Course objectives
After completing this course, you should be able to:
• Define the AWS Cloud.
• Explain the AWS pricing philosophy.
• Identify the global infrastructure components of AWS.
• Describe security and compliance measures of the AWS Cloud including AWS Identity and
Access Management (IAM).
• Create an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).
• Demonstrate when to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Lambda and AWS Elastic
Beanstalk.
• Differentiate between Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS and Amazon S3 Glacier.
• Demonstrate when to use AWS Database services including Amazon Relational Database
Service (RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Aurora.
• Explain AWS Cloud architectural principles.
• Explore key concepts related to Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, and Auto
Scaling.
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Course outline
• Module 1: Cloud Concepts Overview • Module 6: Compute
• Module 2: Cloud Economics and • Module 7: Storage
Billing
• Module 8: Databases
• Module 3: AWS Global Infrastructure
• Module 9: Cloud Architecture
Overview
• Module 10: Automatic Scaling and
• Module 4: AWS Cloud Security
Monitoring
• Module 5: Networking and Content
Delivery

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Module 1: Cloud Concepts Overview
Module sections:
• Introduction to cloud computing
• Advantages of cloud computing
• Introduction to Amazon Web Services (AWS)
• Moving to the AWS Cloud – The AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
(AWS CAF)

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Module 2: Cloud Economics and Billing
Module sections:
• Fundamentals of pricing
• Total Cost of Ownership
• AWS Organizations
• AWS Billing and Cost Management
• Technical support

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Module 3: AWS Global Infrastructure Overview
Module sections:
• AWS Global Infrastructure
• AWS services and service category overview

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Module 4: AWS Cloud Security
Module sections:
• AWS shared responsibility model
• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• Securing a new AWS account
• Securing accounts
• Securing data on AWS
• Working to ensure compliance

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Module 5: Networking and Content Delivery
Module sections:
• Networking basics
• Amazon VPC
• VPC networking
• VPC security
• Amazon Route 53
• Amazon CloudFront

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Module 6: Compute
Module sections:
• Compute services overview
• Amazon EC2
• Amazon EC2 cost optimization
• Container services
• Introduction to AWS Lambda
• Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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Module 7: Storage
Module sections:
• Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
• Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
• Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
• Amazon Simple Storage Service Glacier

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Module 8: Databases
Module sections:
• Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon Aurora

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Module 9: Cloud Architecture
Module sections:
• AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Reliability and availability
• AWS Trusted Advisor

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Module 10: Automatic Scaling and Monitoring
Module sections:
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Amazon CloudWatch
• Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

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Section 2: AWS certification exam
information
Course Introduction

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AWS certification exams

This course helps

prepare you for
the AWS Cloud
Practitioner
certification exam
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AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam
• Details about the exam—including how to register for it—are at
https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/

• Download and carefully read the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Exam Guide at
https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/Docs - Cloud
Practitioner/AWS_Certified_Cloud_Practitioner-Exam_Guide_EN_v1.6.pdf
• Download the sample exam questions at https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-
certification/Docs - Cloud Practitioner/AWS Certified Cloud Practioner_Sample
Questions_v1.1_FINAL.PDF

• See the recommended path to attain the certification at

https://aws.amazon.com/training/path-cloudpractitioner/

• AWS Academy Cloud Foundations covers much of the same material found in the Cloud
Practitioner Essentials course, but in greater depth.
• There is additional free digital training available at https://www.aws.training/.

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Section 3: AWS Documentation
Course Introduction

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AWS Documentation
• Find user guides, developer guides, API references, tutorials, and more at
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/

• Whitepapers are also available at https://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/, including these

which are recommended reading for the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam:
• Overview of Amazon Web Services: https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-
overview.pdf
• Architecting for the Cloud: AWS Best Practices:
https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/AWS_Cloud_Best_Practices.pdf
• How AWS Pricing Works:
https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws_pricing_overview.pdf
• The Total Cost of (Non) Ownership of Web Applications in the Cloud:
https://media.amazonwebservices.com/AWS_TCO_Web_Applications.pdf

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