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AWS Technical Essentials
Upgrade your cloud computing skills to effectively use AWS products, services and solutions.
- Practice in 14 Hands-On Labs — nothing to install
- 9 Interactive Lessons and 43 topics mapped to the official exam objectives
- 70 Practice Test Questions
Beginner Self-paced · 1 year access 4.6/5 (157 Reviews)
14 Hands-On LiveLabs
Practice real IT tasks in guided environments.
- Real environments
- Auto-graded
- No installation
9Interactive Lessons
43Topics
14LiveLab
70Practice Test Questions
8Videos
133Flashcards
133Glossary of terms
01 / Skills you'll get
What you will be able to do
AWS Technical Essentials is a comprehensive online training course that equips you with the fundamental knowledge and skills for working with AWS cloud and related services. In this AWS cloud essentials course, you’ll learn about navigating the Management Console and interacting with AWS services using SDKs and IDE tools. Explore storage options (Amazon EBS and Amazon Glacier) and managed services (Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon RDS for database management). By the end of this AWS Technical Essentials training, you'll be skilled to build, compare, scale and create cost-effective cloud solutions.
- Understanding of AWS concepts, services, and architecture
- Navigate the AWS Management Console
- Interact with AWS services using SDKs and IDE tools
- Ability to create and manage AWS storage with Amazon EBS and Amazon Glacier
- Manage services like Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon RDS
- Manage user and role access with IAM
- Execute & manage AWS CloudFormation
- Knowledge of AWS simple Notification Service (SNS) and Simple Queue Service (SQS)
Course Highlights
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9 Structured Lessons Comprehensive coverage of core course objectives
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14 Hands-On LiveLabs Interactive guided scenarios with instant evaluation
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70 Practice Questions Assessment tests with detailed answer rationales
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1 Year Full Access Self-paced learning accessible anytime on all devices
02 / Lessons & labs
See exactly what you will learn and practice
Lessons
9 Interactive Lessons · 43 topics01 Introduction 4 topics +
- What this course covers?
- What you need for this course?
- Who this course is for?
- Conventions
02 An Introduction to Amazon Web Services 5 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- A background of AWS and its needs
- The AWS Management Console
- AWS security measures
- AWS interaction through the SDK and IDE tools
- Summary
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
03 Working with AWS Storage Services 5 topics · 3 LiveLab +
- AWS storage options
- Working with Amazon EBS
- Working with AWS
- AWS Glacier
- Summary
3 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
04 Computing and Networking Services 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
- Best practices
- Tools
- Computing and networking tools and libraries
- Summary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
05 Managed Services and the Databases 6 topics +
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Amazon RDS
- Database tools and libraries
- DynamoDB local
- The RDS command-line tool
- Summary
06 Deployment and Management 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- AWS CloudFormation
- Alarms with Amazon CloudWatch
- Identity and Access Management
- Application deployment using AWS Elastic Beanstalk
- Summary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
07 Working with the AWS Simple Notification Service – SNS 5 topics · 1 LiveLab +
- Identifying Amazon SNS
- The service models of Amazon SNS
- Accessing SNS using the Management Console
- The sample code and libraries of SNS
- Summary
1 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
08 Working with AWS SQS 4 topics · 4 LiveLab +
- AWS SQS
- The baseline concept and object models of SQS
- Code and libraries of the AWS SQS service
- Summary
4 LiveLab in this lesson — see the labs panel →
09 Building an Application Using AWS 4 topics +
- An overview of an application
- Tool selection
- Creating an application
- Summary
Hands-On Labs Our edge
14 LiveLabs- Creating a Custom AWS VPC
- Creating a Subnet within a VPC
- Creating an AMI from an EC2 Launched Instance
- Enabling CloudTrail
- Attaching Amazon EBS to an Instance
- Creating an Amazon S3 Bucket
- Creating a S3 Glacier Storage Using Lifecycle Rules
- Using Amazon EC2
- Creating a CloudWatch Alarm
- Creating an Amazon SNS Topic
- Enabling Long Polling in Amazon SQS from the AWS Management Console
- Publishing a Message
- Creating an SQS Queue
- Creating an IAM Role
Labs run in your browser — nothing to install.
03 / FAQs
Questions before you start
Do I need prior knowledge of AWS to take up this course?+
No, this is a beginner-friendly course and you can gradually build on your AWS cloud skills. However, some fundamental knowledge of multi-tier architects, general networks and cloud computing will speed up your learning.
What technology will I learn in the AWS Technical Essentials course?+
You’ll learn about the cloud technologies related to AWS web services including Management Console, Command Line Interface, SDKs, EC2, S3, RDS, NoSQL database, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, IAM, SNS and SQS.
Why should I invest in this course?+
An AWS Essentials Certification is definitely worth your time and investment. You'll be more equipped to provide cost-effective AWS technology solutions for varying business needs. It will boost your industry-relevant tech skills and give you a competitive edge in the job market.
AWS Technical Essentials vs AWS Cloud practitioner: What is the difference?+
They are both introductory-level courses focusing on the fundamentals of AWS. While AWS Technical Essentials is in-depth and offers more technical briefing, AWS Cloud Practitioner is more aligned with the certification exam outline. The ideal choice would depend on your learning goals and career objectives.
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