AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials Online Course Offered by Amazon Web Services

AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials is a free online course offered by Amazon Web Services conducted by the Edx. Jumpstart your journey within the AWS Cloud! Whether you are new to the cloud or familiar with cloud technologies this course will introduce you to cloud concepts and core AWS services, security and architecture to advance your cloud knowledge and solve business challenges.

About this course

Welcome to AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials.
If you’re new to the cloud, whether you’re in a technical or non-technical role such as finance, legal, sales, marketing, this course will provide you with an understand of fundamental AWS Cloud concepts to help you gain confidence to contribute to your organization’s cloud initiatives.
This course is also the starting point to prepare for your AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification whenever it’s convenient for you.
After you complete the course, you’ll understand the benefits of the AWS Cloud and the basics of its global infrastructure.
You’ll be able to describe and provide an example of the core AWS services, including compute, network, databases, and storage.

What you'll learn

Define the cloud and how it works
Differentiate between cloud computing and deployment models
Explain the benefits of the AWS Cloud
Describe the basic global infrastructure of the cloud
Compare the different methods of interacting with AWS
Describe and differentiate between AWS service domains
Identify an appropriate solution using AWS Cloud services with various use cases
Describe the Well-Architected Framework
Explain the Shared Responsibility model
Describe security services with the AWS Cloud
Understand how an AWS Cloud migration strategy can help you meet your business objectives
Articulate the financial benefits of the AWS Cloud for an organization’s cost management
Define the billing, account management, and pricing models
Understand how to use pricing tools to make cost-effective choices for AWS services
Understand how to prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam