Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the value proposition of the AWS Cloud and its global infrastructure.
• Describe the core services in the compute, storage, networking, and database categories (e.g., EC2, S3, VPC, RDS).
• Explain the AWS Shared Responsibility Model for security and compliance.
• Understand basic security services like AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Identify the billing, pricing, and cost management models of AWS.
• Describe the various technical assistance channels and documentation resources.
• Identify and define the core characteristics of cloud-native architecture.
• Prepare for and successfully pass the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification exam.

• IT professionals in non-technical or sales roles.
• Business Analysts, Project Managers, and Product Owners.
• Executives and Stakeholders involved in cloud adoption decisions.
• Anyone seeking to pursue a career in AWS cloud technologies.
• Individuals preparing for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.

• Discussions focused on applying AWS architectural best practices (Well-Architected Framework).
• Case studies illustrating cost optimization strategies and billing models.
• Individual exercises mapping customer requirements to appropriate AWS services.
• Practice exams and review sessions for the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification.

Unit 1: Cloud Concepts and AWS Global Infrastructure

• Defining the benefits of the AWS Cloud (elasticity, agility, cost savings).
• Understanding the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF).
• The AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars.
• The importance of cloud deployment and service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS).

• The concept of AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations.
• The role of a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) in networking.
• The concept of fault tolerance and high availability in AWS.
• AWS services that span the global infrastructure (e.g., IAM, Route 53).

Unit 2: Core AWS Services

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): instances, pricing, and use cases.
• Serverless computing with AWS Lambda.
• Container services: Amazon ECS, EKS, and Fargate.
• Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).

• Object storage with Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) and storage classes.
• Block storage with Elastic Block Store (EBS) and file storage with EFS.
• Relational databases with Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
• NoSQL and managed databases like Amazon DynamoDB.

Unit 3: Security, Compliance, and Networking

• The AWS Shared Responsibility Model in detail.
• Identity and Access Management (IAM): users, groups, roles, and policies.
• Security groups and Network Access Control Lists (NACLs).
• Introduction to AWS compliance programs and services (e.g., AWS Artifact).

• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) fundamentals: subnets, Internet Gateways.
• Connecting to your VPC: VPN and Direct Connect.
• Domain Name Service (DNS) with Route 53.
• Content Delivery Network (CDN) with Amazon CloudFront.

Unit 4: Billing, Pricing, and Support

• Understanding the AWS pricing models (pay-as-you-go, reserved instances, Savings Plans).
• Key factors that influence costs (compute time, data transfer, storage volume).
• Cost management tools (AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer).
• Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) calculator.

• Monitoring services: Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail.
• The different AWS support plans and their features.
• AWS Marketplace and professional services.
• Review and preparation for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam.