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Are you in a technical role and want to learn the fundamentals of AWS? Do you aspire to have a job or career as a cloud developer, architect, or in an operations role? If so, AWS Cloud Technical Essentials is an ideal way to start. This course was designed for those at the beginning of their cloud-learning journey - no prior knowledge of cloud computing or AWS products and services required!
Throughout the course, students will build highly available, scalable, and cost effective application step-by-step. Upon course completion, you will be able to make an informed decision about when and how to apply core AWS services for compute, storage, and database to different use cases. You’ll also learn about cloud security with a review of AWS' shared responsibility model and an introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM). And, you’ll know how AWS services can be used to monitor and optimize infrastructure in the cloud.

AWS Cloud Technical Essentials is a fundamental-level course and will build your competence, confidence, and credibility with practical cloud skills that help you innovate and advance your professional future. Enroll in AWS Cloud Technical Essentials and start learning the technical fundamentals of AWS today!

Note: This course was designed for learners with a technical background. If you are new to the cloud or come from a business background, we recommend completing AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (https://www.coursera.org/learn/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials) before enrolling in this course.

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Approx. 17 hours to complete

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What you will learn

Describe terminology and concepts related to AWS services
Articulate key concepts of AWS security measures and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
You will learn to distinguish among several AWS compute services, including Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, and Amazon ECS.
Understand AWS database and storage offerings, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon S3.

Skills you will gain

AWS Identity and Access Management
Networking on AWS
AWS Management Console
Cloud Computing
aws security

Flexible deadlines

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Shareable Certificate

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100% online

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Beginner Level

If you do not have a technical background, we recommend you complete AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials before enrolling in the course.

Approx. 17 hours to complete

English

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Morgan Willis
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Senior Cloud Technologist

AWS Training & Certification

562,165 Learners

19 Courses

Seph Robinson

Cloud Technologist

AWS Training and Certification

335,453 Learners

16 Courses

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Amazon Web Services

Since 2006, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over 90 fully featured services for compute, storage, networking, database, analytics, application services, deployment, management, developer, mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, security, hybrid and enterprise applications, from 44 Availability Zones across 16 geographic regions. AWS services are trusted by millions of active customers around the world — including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies — to power their infrastructure, make them more agile, and lower costs.

Coursera and AWS have been partners since 2017 providing learners and enterprises globally, the skills they need to succeed. Coursera builds on AWS servers to scale with student demand with confidence around capacity and elasticity and in partnership with AWS. In 2019, Coursera achieved Advanced Tier Partner status and further extended the partnership with AWS Educate, AWS EdStart and AWS Academy collaborations. Coursera's been able to make cloud skills more accessible with 8 AWS courses on the Coursera platform featuring top subject matter experts and the portfolio continues to grow. To learn more about AWS, visit https://aws.amazon.com.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

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Week1

Week 1

6 hours to complete

Introducing Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Welcome to AWS Cloud Technical Essentials Week 1! In this week, you will learn the definition of cloud computing and how to describe the cloud value proposition. You will learn how to differentiate between workloads that run on-premises versus in the cloud, and how to create an AWS account. You will also get an overview of Amazon Web Services, including how to differentiate between AWS Regions and Availability Zones, and the different ways that you can interact with AWS. Finally, you will learn best practices for using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).

6 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 117 min), 14 readings, 1 quiz

14 videos

Welcome to AWS Cloud Technical Essentials3mMeet the Instructors2mCourse Feedback1mIntroduction to Week 16mAWS Global Infrastructure5mInteracting with AWS5mIntroduction to Exercise 11mSecurity and the AWS Shared Responsibility Model5mProtect the AWS Root User3mIntroduction to AWS Identity and Access Management8mRole Based Access in AWS8mIntroduction to Exercise 21mHosting the Employee Directory Application on AWS5mAWS Instructor Hours - September 202157m

14 readings

Welcome to the Course10mPre-Course Survey10mReading 1.2: What is AWS?10mReading 1.3: AWS Global Infrastructure10mReading 1.4: Interacting with AWS10mExercise 1: Create an AWS Account20mReading 1.5: Security and the AWS Shared Responsibility Model10mReading 1.6: Protect the AWS Root User10mReadings 1.7: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management10mReading 1.8: Role Based Access in AWS10mExercise 2: Following IAM Best Practices20mHosting the Employee Directory Application on AWS5mMid-Course Survey10mAWS Instructor Hours - September 202110m

1 practice exercise

Week 1 Quiz30m

Week2

Week 2

4 hours to complete

AWS Compute and Networking

Welcome to Week 2, where you will learn how AWS compute services differ from other AWS services. The content for this week covers the basic components of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) architecture, and how to differentiate between a container and a virtual machine. You will also learn about the features and advantages of using serverless technologies, basic networking concepts, and the features of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).

4 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 67 min), 10 readings, 2 quizzes

14 videos

Introduction to Week 22mCompute as a Service on AWS2mIntroduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud5mAmazon EC2 Instance Lifecycle5mIntroduction to Exercise 32mContainer Services on AWS3mWhat is Serverless?4mIntroduction to AWS Lambda7mChoose the Right Compute Service9mNetworking on AWS2mIntroduction to Amazon VPC9mAmazon VPC Routing7mSecure Your Network with Amazon VPC Security4mIntroduction to Exercise 41m

10 readings

Reading 2.1: Compute as a Service on AWS10mReading 2.2: Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud10mReading 2.25: Amazon EC2 Instance Lifecycle15mExercise 3: Launch the Employee Directory Application on Amazon EC220mReading 2.3: Container Services on AWS10mReading 2.4: Serverless and AWS Lambda10mReading 2.5: Networking on AWS10mReading 2.6: Introduction to Amazon VPC10mReading 2.7: Amazon VPC Routing and Security15mExercise 4: Creating a VPC and Relaunching the Employee Directory Application on Amazon EC220m

2 practice exercises

Self Reflection30mWeek 2 Quiz30m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

AWS Storage and Databases

4 hours to complete

11 videos (Total 51 min), 10 readings, 1 quiz

11 videos

Introduction to Week 31mStorage Types on AWS2mAmazon EC2 Instance Storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store4mObject Storage with Amazon S39mChoose the Right Storage Service7mIntroduction to Exercise 53mExplore Databases on AWS3mAmazon Relational Database Service5mPurpose Built Databases on AWS5mIntroduction to Amazon DynamoDB6mIntroduction to Exercise 61m

10 readings

Reading 3.1: Storage Types on AWS10mReading 3.2: Amazon EC2 Instance Storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store15mReading 3.3: Object Storage with Amazon S315mReading 3.4: Choose the Right Storage Service10mExercise 5: Create an Amazon S3 Bucket20mReading 3.5: Explore Databases on AWS10mReading 3.6: Amazon Relational Database Service10mReading 3.8: Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB10mReading 3.9: Choose the Right AWS Database Service10mExercise 6: Amazon DynamoDB20m

1 practice exercise

Week 3 Quiz30m

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Monitoring and Optimizing Solutions on AWS

4 hours to complete

8 videos (Total 48 min), 7 readings, 3 quizzes

8 videos

Introduction to Week 41mMonitoring on AWS4mIntroduction to Amazon CloudWatch10mOptimizing Solutions on AWS3mRoute Traffic with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing7mAmazon EC2 Auto Scaling11mIntroduction to Exercise 71mRedesigning the Employee Directory Application9m

7 readings

Reading 4.1: Monitoring on AWS10mReading 4.2: Introduction to Amazon CloudWatch10mReading 4.3: Optimizing Solutions on AWS10mReading 4.4: Route Traffic with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing10mReading 4.5: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling10mExercise 7: Configure High Availability for your Application20mPost-Course Survey10m

2 practice exercises

Week 4 Quiz20mEnd of Course Assessment25m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM AWS CLOUD TECHNICAL ESSENTIALS

by KMNov 5, 2021

Some sections of the labs need to be updated. In future we would also like how to build out the application instead of just being provided the code.

by HRMay 7, 2021

Achieved a great knowledge on the foundation level about AWS. Amazing Guidance by the Alana Layton and Morgan Willis. Especially the Quiz game shows were quite interesting :)

by RTDec 10, 2022

The course was expertly created with use-case scenarios to help beginners understand the concepts, and the guided hands-on learning activities truly enhanced the learning experience.

by KPMay 9, 2021

This is very good course for a beginner. This course gives good motivation to kick off to a good start into AWS learning and good foundational knowledge to be comfortable with further studies on AWS

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