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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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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

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100% online

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Beginner Level

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Approx. 24 hours to complete

English

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Instructors

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Morgan Willis
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Senior Cloud Technologist

AWS Training & Certification

562,937 Learners

19 Courses

Seph Robinson

Cloud Technologist

AWS Training and Certification

336,017 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

5 hours to complete

Week 1: AWS Overview and Security

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).

5 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 61 min), 13 readings, 1 quiz

14 videos

Welcome to AWS Cloud Technical Essentials2mMeet the Instructors2mCourse Feedback1mIntroduction to Week 14mAWS Global Infrastructure6mInteracting with AWS5mIntroduction to Exercise 11mSecurity and the AWS Shared Responsibility Model 4mProtect the AWS Root User 3mIntroduction to AWS Identity and Access Management 7mRole Based Access in AWS5mIntroduction to Exercise 21mDemo AWS IAM8mHosting the Employee Directory Application on AWS5m

13 readings

Welcome to the Course5mPre-Course Survey1mReading 1.2: What is AWS?20mReading 1.3: AWS Global Infrastructure30mReading 1.4: Interacting with AWS10mExercise 1: Create an AWS Account10mReading 1.5: Security and the AWS Shared Responsibility Model20mReading 1.6: Protect the AWS Root User20mReading 1.7: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management10mReading 1.8: Role Based Access in AWS20mExercise 2: Following IAM Best Practices30mHosting the Employee Directory Application on AWS2mMid-Course Survey2m

1 practice exercise

Week 1 Quiz30m

Week2

Week 2

6 hours to complete

Week 2: Compute & 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).

6 hours to complete

18 videos (Total 85 min), 10 readings, 1 quiz

18 videos

Introduction to Week 22mCompute as a Service on AWS 2mIntroduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud 4mAmazon EC2 Instance Lifecycle4mIntroduction to Exercise 32mDemonstration: Launching the Employee Directory Application7mContainer Services on AWS3mIntroduction to Serverless3mServerless with AWS Fargate2mIntroduction to AWS Lambda7mChoose the Right Compute Service7mNetworking on AWS2mIntroduction to Amazon VPC8mAmazon VPC Routing6mSecure Your Network with Amazon VPC Security4mHybrid Connectivity with AWS3mIntroduction to Exercise 41mDemo Re-launching Employee Directory App9m

10 readings

Reading 2.1: Compute as a Service on AWS10mReading 2.2: Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud30mReading 2.25: Amazon EC2 Instance Lifecycle40mExercise 3: Launch and Corporate Directory Application on Amazon EC230mReading 2.3: Container Services on AWS10mReading 2.4: Serverless and AWS Lambda10mReading 2.5: Networking on AWS30mReading 2.6: Introduction to Amazon VPC20mReading 2.7: Amazon VPC Routing and Security30mExercise 4: Creating a VPC and relaunching the Corporate Directory Application on Amazon EC230m

1 practice exercise

Week 2 Quiz45m

Week3

Week 3

6 hours to complete

Week 3: Storage & Databases on AWS

6 hours to complete

13 videos (Total 62 min), 10 readings, 1 quiz

13 videos

Introduction to Week 31mStorage Types on AWS2mAmazon EC2 Instance Storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store4mObject Storage with Amazon S39mChoose the Right Storage Service6mIntroduction to Exercise 52mDemo Creating an Amazon S3 Bucket9mExplore Databases on AWS2mAmazon Relational Database Service4mPurpose Built Databases on AWS4mIntroduction to Amazon DynamoDB4mIntroduction to Exercise 61mDemo Creating an Amazon DynamoDB Table10m

10 readings

Reading 3.1: Storage Types on AWS20mReading 3.2: Amazon EC2 Instance Storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store30mReading 3.3: Object Storage with Amazon S310mReading 3.4: Choose the Right Storage Service25mExercise 5: Create an Amazon S3 Bucket30mReading 3.5: Explore Databases on AWS10mReading 3.6: Amazon Relational Database Service40mReading 3.8: Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB15mReading 3.9: Choose the Right AWS Database Service20mExercise 6: Amazon DynamoDB30m

1 practice exercise

Week 3 Quiz30m

Week4

Week 4

6 hours to complete

Week 4: Monitoring & Optimization

6 hours to complete

9 videos (Total 63 min), 7 readings, 3 quizzes

9 videos

Introduction to Week 452sMonitoring on AWS3mIntroduction to Amazon CloudWatch5mOptimizing Solutions on AWS3mRoute Traffic with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing7mAmazon EC2 Auto Scaling9mIntroduction to Exercise 71mDemo Making Employee Directory Application24mRedesigning the Employee Directory7m

7 readings

Reading 4.1: Monitoring on AWS30mReading 4.2: Introduction to Amazon CloudWatch30mReading 4.3: Optimizing Solutions on AWS25mReading 4.4: Route Traffic with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing30mReading 4.5: Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling40mExercise 7: Configure High Availability for your Application30mPost-Course Survey2m

3 practice exercises

Week 4 Quiz45mSelf-Graded Activity: Capstone Project30mEnd of Course Assessment45m

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TOP REVIEWS FROM AWS CLOUD TECHNICAL ESSENTIALS

by SDMay 15, 2022

Great course to start exploring the AWS cloud world. However, the assignments /exercises should be updated with latest steps from the AWS Management Console.

by RWSep 1, 2022

Learned so much about assembling a cloud infrastructure, my only suggestion is to update the instructions for the labs so it matches the changes in the AWS Console

by WSMay 19, 2021

I like the instructors. They put things in a way that is a lot more entertaining then other teachers and in a way in which I am learning something. Do they teach anything else?

by SBApr 18, 2021

The course was perfectly designed with a use - case scenario understanding for beginners to easily understand the concepts, the guided hands-on really added to the course learning experience.

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