AWS Management Console: Beginner's Guide to Services

Course details

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers more than 200 management services. It can be overwhelming for new users to navigate. In this course, certified AWS re/Start instructor Uduak Sonuyi gives you a tour of the Management Console, including how to find services available only in specific regions, services available for managing and securing your AWS account, and resources available in the Management Console for training and certification. Uduak begins with a tour of the AWS Management Console, then shows you AWS Availability Zones (AZ), Regions, points of presence, and global infrastructure. She walks you through ways to manage and secure your AWS account and introduces you to EC2, one of the foundational services provided by AWS. Uduak explains how to create your free AWS training account and explores paths to AWS certification. She finishes up with useful tips on AWS support, blogs, and documentation, as well as resources to continue your learning journey.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Introduction to the AWS Management Console

1. What Is AWS

02 - The key features of AWS
03 - Understanding AWS Availability Zones (AZ)
04 - Understanding AWS Regions
05 - Understanding AWS Points of Presence
06 - AWS Global Infrastructure features

2. Managing and Securing Your AWS Account

07 - Secure your AWS account with AWS IAM
08 - IAM users in the AWS Management Console
09 - Set up user groups
10 - Exploring AWS CloudTrail
11 - CloudTrail in the Console
12 - Billing and Cost Management - Billing dashboard
13 - AWS bills
14 - AWS Budgets
15 - AWS Cost Explorer
16 - AWS Cost and Usage Reports
17 - Total cost of ownership (TCO) and Pricing Calculator
18 - Best practices with AWS Trusted Advisor
19 - Amazon CloudWatch
20 - CloudWatch Console

3. Introduction to EC2

21 - Before you launch your EC2
22 - Launch your first EC2
23 - View stats for your EC2
24 - AWS shared responsibility model

4. AWS Training and Certification

25 - Create your free AWS training account
26 - Exploring AWS Certification paths

5. AWS Support, Blogs, and Documentation

27 - Access AWS support and support plans
28 - AWS forums, blogs, documentation, and Resource Center

Conclusion

29 - Learning more about AWS services