AWS Technical Essentials (NH)

As organizations increasingly migrate to the cloud, professionals need the skills to navigate and manage this complex environment. The AWS Technical Essentials course provides a foundational understanding of essential AWS services and equips you to make informed decisions about IT solutions based on business requirements.

In just one day, this instructor-led training introduces you to core AWS concepts, services, and terminology. You’ll explore tools like Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)—and gain hands-on experience with real-world use cases. This technical essentials course also provides a launching point for further AWS training, helping you choose among several AWS compute services that align with your goals.

Course Objectives

• Recognize terminology and concepts as they relate to the AWS platform and navigate the AWS Management Console.
• Understand the foundational services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS).
• Understand the security measures AWS provides and key concepts of AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Understand AWS database services, including Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
• Understand AWS management tools, including Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Trusted Advisor.

AWS Technical Essentials Agenda

1 – AWS Introduction and History

• Overview of Amazon Web Services and its evolution
• AWS Global Infrastructure
• Demo: AWS Management Console

2 – AWS Storage

• Overview of AWS storage services
• Introduction to Amazon EBS
• Create and manage Amazon S3 buckets and objects

3 – Compute, Network, and Storage Services

• Introduction to Amazon EC2, VPC, S3, and EBS
• Demo: Amazon S3
• Hands-on Lab: Build your own VPC and launch a web server

4 – AWS Security and IAM

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) concepts
• Demo: Setting up IAM roles and policies

5 – Compute Services & Networking

• Overview of compute and networking options
• Describe Amazon VPC and EC2
• Launch an EC2 instance
• Use Amazon EBS with EC2

6 – Managed Services & Databases

• Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB and RDS
• Understand use cases and architecture
• Launch a database instance with RDS

7 – Databases (RDS, DynamoDB)

• SQL vs NoSQL in AWS
• Data storage considerations
• Hands-on Lab: Build a database server and connect to it

8 – AWS Elasticity and Management Tools

• Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
• Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch
• Introduction to AWS Trusted Advisor
• Hands-on Lab: Scale and load balance your architecture

9 – Deployment and Management

• Understand AWS CloudFormation
• Use CloudWatch for metrics and alarms
• Revisit IAM for user and service-level access