Cloud Computing   

This course is intended for IT professionals who would like to better understand AWS Cloud concepts and core AWS services.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 10 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Virtual Labs included with the course
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and available online.

• Study guide
• Virtual labs
• Practice exams

This course is the first step in training for the industry-leading Amazon AWS product. It serves as a thorough introduction to the services and solutions possible with AWS. It is also the first certification in paths available for IT professionals looking to codify their knowledge and skills in AWS.

Anyone looking for exposure to AWS or the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner should take this course. This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam. This course offers enrollment with a voucher. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.

1. Course Overview and AWS Introduction
   1. Introduction to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Course and Exam Objectives
   2. Introducing AWS and the Cloud
   3. AWS Well-Architected Framework
   4. The AWS Global Architecture (Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations)
   5. AWS Pricing, Billing, Support Plans and Dashboards
   6. Accessing AWS Resources
2. AWS Compute
   1. Amazon EC2
   2. EC2 Scaling and Load Balancing
   3. Amazon ECS, EKS, and Fargate
   4. AWS Lambda
   5. Elastic BeanStalk
3. AWS Databases
   1. Database Overview and RDS
   2. Amazon Elasticache
   3. DynamoDB
   4. DocumentDB
   5. Amazon Redshift
   6. Amazon Neptune
4. AWS Storage
   1. Instance and EBS Storage
   2. EFS, FSx for Windows and FSx for Lustre
   3. Simple Storage Service (S3)
   4. AWS Storage Gateway
5. AWS Networking
   1. VPC Overview and Subnets
   2. VPC Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
   3. VPC Security Groups and ACLs
   4. VPNs and Direct Connect
   5. CloudFront, Global Accelerator and Route53
   6. API Gateway
6. AWS Messaging, Migration, and Translation
   1. SQS
   2. SNS and SES
   3. Snowcone, Snowball, Snowmobile
   4. AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service
   5. AWS Translate and Transcribe
7. Security
   1. Security Overview, IAM Users and Groups
   2. Permissions and Policies
   3. IAM Roles, Identity Federation and Cognito
   4. KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Organizations and Compliance
   5. AWS WAF, Shield, Inspector, Macie, and GuardDuty
8. Monitoring and Maintenance
1. CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Events
2. CloudTrail and Trusted Advisor

What you will learn

• Define what the AWS Cloud is and the basic global infrastructure
• Describe basic AWS Cloud architectural principles
• Describe the AWS Cloud value proposition
• Describe key services on the AWS platform and their common use cases (for example, compute and analytics)
• Describe basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model
• Define the billing, account management, and pricing models
• Identify sources of documentation or technical assistance (for example, whitepapers or support tickets)
• Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud

How you will benefit

• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam
• Complete the course in 3 months or less
• Improve your job opportunities and earning potential by increasing your AWS Cloud skills and knowledge

Raymond Lacoste

Raymond Lacoste is a highly recognized instructor and IT professional who holds the Cisco Sirius Instructor Award. He has authored Cisco Press publications on the Cisco ENARSI and Cisco TSHOOT exams.

Raymond's areas of expertise include Cisco Enterprise networking, Cisco Routing and Switching, Cisco Datacenter Networking, ITIL, and Amazon AWS. He also holds certifications in Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP Enterprise, ITIL Foundations, ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Intermediate, Amazon AWS System Operations, Amazon AWS Architect, Amazon AWS Developer, and CISSP.

In addition to his certifications and experience, Raymond's engaging instruction style makes even the most obscenely complicated or obtuse concepts relatable and understandable. Outside of class, he enjoys dominating both on the golf course and the basketball court.

This course is intended for IT professionals who would like to better understand AWS Cloud concepts, core AWS services, and those looking to gain more knowledge into AWS's developing capabilities.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Virtual Labs included with the course
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and available online.

• Study guide
• Virtual labs
• Practice exams

This comprehensive course is the first step in training for the industry-leading Amazon AWS product. It serves as a thorough introduction to the services and solutions possible with AWS. It is also the first certification in paths available for IT professionals looking to codify their knowledge and skills in AWS.

You will learn how to use the AWS SDK to develop secure and scalable cloud applications. You will also explore how to interact with AWS using code and discuss key concepts, best practices, and troubleshooting tips.

This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Foundational and AWS Certified Developer – Associate exams. This course offers enrollment with vouchers. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.

1. Course Overview and AWS Introduction
   1. Introduction to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Course and Exam Objectives
   2. Introducing AWS and the Cloud
   3. AWS Well-Architected Framework
   4. The AWS Global Architecture (Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations)
   5. AWS Pricing, Billing, Support Plans, and Dashboards
   6. Accessing AWS Resources
2. AWS Compute
   1. Amazon EC2
   2. EC2 Scaling and Load Balancing
   3. Amazon ECS, EKS, and Fargate
   4. AWS Lambda
   5. Elastic BeanStalk
3. AWS Databases
   1. Database Overview and RDS
   2. Amazon Elasticache
   3. DynamoDB
   4. DocumentDB
   5. Amazon Redshift
   6. Amazon Neptune
4. AWS Storage
   1. Instance and EBS Storage
   2. EFS, FSx for Windows and FSx for Lustre
   3. Simple Storage Service (S3)
   4. AWS Storage Gateway
5. AWS Networking
   1. VPC Overview and Subnets
   2. VPC Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
   3. VPC Security Groups and ACLs
   4. VPNs and Direct Connect
   5. CloudFront, Global Accelerator and Route53
   6. API Gateway
6. AWS Messaging, Migration, and Translation
   1. SQS
   2. SNS and SES
   3. Snowcone, Snowball, Snowmobile
   4. AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service
   5. AWS Translate and Transcribe
7. Security
   1. Security Overview, IAM Users and Groups
   2. Permissions and Policies
   3. IAM Roles, Identity Federation, and Cognito
   4. KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Organizations and Compliance
   5. AWS WAF, Shield, Inspector, Macie, and GuardDuty
8. Monitoring and Maintenance
1. CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Events
2. CloudTrail and Trusted Advisor
9. Course Overview and the AWS Global Infrastructure
   1. Introduction to AWS Developer Associate Course and Exam Objectives
   2. Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
10. AWS Security
    1. IAM Users, Groups, Permissions
    2. Access Keys and IAM Roles
    3. Identity Federation and Cognito
    4. KMS, HSM, and Secrets Manager
11. Networking and Compute
    1. VPC Overview and VPC Subnets
    2. VPC Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
    3. VPC Security Groups and ACLs
    4. CloudFront and Global Accelerator
    5. EC2 Overview and Launching a Server
    6. EC2 Storage
    7. EC2 Auto Scaling
    8. EC2 Elastic Loadbalancing
    9. Elastic Container Service Overview
12. Databases
    1. Database Overview and RDS
    2. RDS Multi-AZ and Read Replicas
    3. Amazon Aurora
    4. Elasticache
    5. DynamoDB Overview, Table Creation, Modes, and Encryption
    6. DynamoDB Access Controls, Scans, Queries, Indexes
    7. DynamoDB DAX, Global Tables, Streams, and Additional Considerations
    8. DocumentDB
13. Simple Storage Service (S3)
    1. S3 Overview, Bucket Creation, Object Upload, Storage Classes, and Lifecycle Policies
    2. S3 Object Paths, Data Consistency, and Limits
    3. S3 Encryption, Permissions, and Pre-signed URLs
    4. S3 Versioning, MFA Delete, and Object Lock
    5. S3 CORs, Server Access Logging, Event Notifications, Replication
    6. S3 Static Website Hosting
14. Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions
    1. Lambda Overview and Examples
    2. Lambda Features, Limits, and Permissions
    3. Step Functions
    4. API Gateway
15. Messaging
    1. SQS
    2. SNS
    3. SES
16. Elastic Beanstalk and Kinesis
    1. Elastic Beanstalk Overview
    2. Elastic Beanstalk Versions and Deployment Options
    3. Kinesis
17. Developer Tools
    1. Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment Overview
    2. Code Commit, Artifact, Build, Deploy, and Pipeline
    3. CloudFormation and Sam
    4. SDKs, CLIs, and Simple Workflow Service
18. Monitoring
    1. CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Events
    2. CloudTrail and X-Ray

What you will learn

• Define what the AWS Cloud is and the basic global infrastructure and basic AWS Cloud architectural principles
• Describe the AWS Cloud value proposition
• Describe key services on the AWS platform and their common use cases Describe basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model
• Define the billing, account management, and pricing models
• Identify sources of documentation or technical assistance (for example, whitepapers or support tickets)
• Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
• Set up the AWS SDK and developer credentials for Java, C#/.NET, Python, and JavaScript
• Interact with AWS services and develop solutions by using the AWS SDK
• Use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for service authentication
• Use Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon DynamoDB as datastores
• Integrate applications and data by using AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), and AWS Step Functions
• Use Web Identity Framework and Amazon Cognito for user authentication
• Use Amazon ElastiCache to improve application scalability
• Use containers in the development process
• Leverage the CI/CD pipeline to deploy applications on AWS

How you will benefit

• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam
• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS Certified AWS Developer Associate: Associate Exam
• Gain valuable career skills that you can apply immediately
• Increase your earning potential
• Complete your program in 6 months or less
• Certificate of completion from the school or organization that you registered through (upon successfully passing the final exam)

Raymond Lacoste

Raymond Lacoste is a highly recognized instructor and IT professional who holds the Cisco Sirius Instructor Award. He has authored Cisco Press publications on the Cisco ENARSI and Cisco TSHOOT exams.

Raymond's areas of expertise include Cisco Enterprise networking, Cisco Routing, and Switching, Cisco Datacenter Networking, ITIL, and Amazon AWS. He also holds certifications in Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP Enterprise, ITIL Foundations, ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Intermediate, Amazon AWS System Operations, Amazon AWS Architect, Amazon AWS Developer, and CISSP.

In addition to his certifications and experience, Raymond's engaging instruction style makes even the most obscenely complicated or obtuse concepts relatable and understandable. Outside of class, he enjoys dominating both on the golf course and the basketball court.

This course is intended for IT professionals who would like to better understand AWS Cloud concepts, core AWS services, Solutions Architects and Solution Design Engineers.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Virtual Labs included with the course
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and available online.

• Study guide
• Virtual labs
• Practice exams

This course is the first step in training for the industry-leading Amazon AWS product. It serves as a thorough introduction to the services and solutions possible with AWS. It is also the first certification in paths available for IT professionals looking to codify their knowledge and skills in AWS.

You will be taught the fundamental skills to architect your IT solutions on AWS. AWS Architect Associate is a course for system engineers and system developers. It will cover optimizing the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how they fit into cloud-based solutions.

This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Foundational and the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exams. This course offers enrollment with vouchers. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.

1. Course Overview and AWS Introduction
   1. Introduction to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Course and Exam Objectives
   2. Introducing AWS and the Cloud
   3. AWS Well-Architected Framework
   4. The AWS Global Architecture (Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations)
   5. AWS Pricing, Billing, Support Plans and Dashboards
   6. Accessing AWS Resources
2. AWS Compute
   1. Amazon EC2
   2. EC2 Scaling and Load Balancing
   3. Amazon ECS, EKS, and Fargate
   4. AWS Lambda
   5. Elastic BeanStalk
3. AWS Databases
   1. Database Overview and RDS
   2. Amazon Elasticache
   3. DynamoDB
   4. DocumentDB
   5. Amazon Redshift
   6. Amazon Neptune
4. AWS Storage
   1. Instance and EBS Storage
   2. EFS, FSx for Windows and FSx for Lustre
   3. Simple Storage Service (S3)
   4. AWS Storage Gateway
5. AWS Networking
   1. VPC Overview and Subnets
   2. VPC Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
   3. VPC Security Groups and ACLs
   4. VPNs and Direct Connect
   5. CloudFront, Global Accelerator and Route53
   6. API Gateway
6. AWS Messaging, Migration, and Translation
   1. SQS
   2. SNS and SES
   3. Snowcone, Snowball, Snowmobile
   4. AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service
   5. AWS Translate and Transcribe
7. Security
   1. Security Overview, IAM Users and Groups
   2. Permissions and Policies
   3. IAM Roles, Identity Federation and Cognito
   4. KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Organizations and Compliance
   5. AWS WAF, Shield, Inspector, Macie, and GuardDuty
8. Monitoring and Maintenance
1. CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Events
2. CloudTrail and Trusted Advisor
9. Course Overview and the AWS Global Infrastructure
   1. Introduction to AWS Architect Associate Course and Exam Objectives
   2. Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
10. Compute
    1. EC2: Overview, Architecture, and Pricing
    2. EC2: Launching and Accessing a Linux and Windows Server
    3. EC2: AMIs and Instance Types
    4. EC2: Instance Store, EBS, EFS, FSx
    5. EC2: IP addressing, Network Interfaces, Security Groups and Placement Groups
    6. EC2: Auto Scaling
    7. EC2: Load Balancers
    8. ECS: Overview
    9. Serverless: Lambda
    10. Serverless: API Gateway
11. Databases
    1. Databases: Overview
    2. RDS: Overview, Instances, Storage, Encryption and Backups
    3. RDS: Multi-AZ, and Read Replicas
    4. RDS: Amazon Aurora
    5. Elasticache: Overview
    6. DynamoDB: Overview
    7. Redshift: Overview
12. Networking
    1. VPC: Overview, and VPC Subnets
    2. VPC: Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
    3. VPC: Security Groups and ACLs
    4. VPC: VPNs, Direct Connect, Peering, Transit Gateways, and Endpoints
    5. CloudFront and Global Accelerator
    6. Route53
13. Storage and Migration
    1. Storage: Overview and Review
    2. Storage: S3 Introduction, Storage Classes, Lifecyle Policies, and Static Websites
    3. Storage: S3 Security, Integrity, and Replication
    4. Storage: Storage Gateway and AWS Backup
    5. Migration: Snowcone, Snowball and Snowmobile
    6. Migration: AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service
14. Application Integration and Customer Engagement
    1. SQS, SNS, SES, Amazon MQ
15. Security
    1. IAM: Users, Groups, Policies
    2. IAM: Temporary Credentials, Roles, Password Policies
    3. KMS and HSM
    4. Amazon Inspector, Macie, GuardDuty
    5. AWS Certificate Manager. Secrets Manager, WAF, Shield
16. Monitoring and Management
1. Amazon CloudWatch
2. AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config
3. AWS Organizations and AWS Resource Groups
4. AWS Billing and Cost Management

What you will learn

• Define what the AWS Cloud is and the basic global infrastructure
• Describe basic AWS Cloud architectural principles
• Describe the AWS Cloud value proposition
• Describe key services on the AWS platform and their common use cases (for example, compute and analytics)
• Describe basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model
• Define the billing, account management, and pricing models
• Identify sources of documentation or technical assistance (for example, whitepapers or support tickets)
• Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS CloudMake architectural decisions based on AWS architectural principles and best practices
• Leverage AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available
• Leverage AWS Managed Services to enable greater flexibility and resiliency in an infrastructure
• Make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient to increase performance and reduce costs
• Use the Well-Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions

How you will benefit

• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam
• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS Solutions Architect: Associate Exam
• Gain valuable career skills that you can apply immediately
• Increase your earning potential
• Complete your program in 6 months or less

Raymond Lacoste

Raymond Lacoste is a highly recognized instructor and IT professional who holds the Cisco Sirius Instructor Award. He has authored Cisco Press publications on the Cisco ENARSI and Cisco TSHOOT exams.

Raymond's areas of expertise include Cisco Enterprise networking, Cisco Routing, and Switching, Cisco Datacenter Networking, ITIL, and Amazon AWS. He also holds certifications in Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP Enterprise, ITIL Foundations, ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Intermediate, Amazon AWS System Operations, Amazon AWS Architect, Amazon AWS Developer, and CISSP.

In addition to his certifications and experience, Raymond's engaging instruction style makes even the most obscenely complicated or obtuse concepts relatable and understandable. Outside of class, he enjoys dominating both on the golf course and the basketball court.

This course is intended for system administrators and software developers and other IT professionals who would like to better understand AWS Cloud concepts and core AWS services.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Virtual Labs included with the course
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and available online.

• Study guide
• Virtual labs
• Practice exams

This course is the first step in training for the industry-leading Amazon AWS product. It serves as a thorough introduction to the services and solutions possible with AWS. It is also the first certification in paths available for IT professionals looking to codify their knowledge and skills in AWS.

Students will then be taught how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. AWS System Operations is a course for system administrators and developer operations personnel and will cover the specific AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment, as well as common techniques used throughout the industry for configuring and deploying systems.

This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Foundational and AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exams. This course offers enrollment with vouchers. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.

1. Course Overview and AWS Introduction
   1. Introduction to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Course and Exam Objectives
   2. Introducing AWS and the Cloud
   3. AWS Well-Architected Framework
   4. The AWS Global Architecture (Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations)
   5. AWS Pricing, Billing, Support Plans, and Dashboards
   6. Accessing AWS Resources
2. AWS Compute
   1. Amazon EC2
   2. EC2 Scaling and Load Balancing
   3. Amazon ECS, EKS, and Fargate
   4. AWS Lambda
   5. Elastic BeanStalk
3. AWS Databases
   1. Database Overview and RDS
   2. Amazon Elasticache
   3. DynamoDB
   4. DocumentDB
   5. Amazon Redshift
   6. Amazon Neptune
4. AWS Storage
   1. Instance and EBS Storage
   2. EFS, FSx for Windows and FSx for Lustre
   3. Simple Storage Service (S3)
   4. AWS Storage Gateway
5. AWS Networking
   1. VPC Overview and Subnets
   2. VPC Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
   3. VPC Security Groups and ACLs
   4. VPNs and Direct Connect
   5. CloudFront, Global Accelerator and Route53
   6. API Gateway
6. AWS Messaging, Migration, and Translation
   1. SQS
   2. SNS and SES
   3. Snowcone, Snowball, Snowmobile
   4. AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service
   5. AWS Translate and Transcribe
7. Security
   1. Security Overview, IAM Users and Groups
   2. Permissions and Policies
   3. IAM Roles, Identity Federation, and Cognito
   4. KMS, Secrets Manager, AWS Organizations and Compliance
   5. AWS WAF, Shield, Inspector, Macie, and GuardDuty
8. Monitoring and Maintenance
1. CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Events
2. CloudTrail and Trusted Advisor
9. Course Overview and AWS Introduction
   1. Introduction to AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Course and Exam Objectives
   2. Introducing AWS and the Cloud
   3. The AWS Global Architecture (Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations)
   4. AWS Pricing, Billing, Support Plans, and Dashboards
   5. Accessing AWS Resources
10. AWS Networking
    1. VPC Overview and VPC Subnets
    2. VPC Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
    3. VPC Security Groups, ACLs, and Flow Logs
    4. VPC VPNs, Direct Connect, Peering, Transit Gateways, and Endpoints
    5. CloudFront, Global Accelerator and Route53
11. AWS Compute
    1. EC2 Overview, Architecture, and Pricing
    2. EC2 Launching and Accessing a Linux and Windows Server
    3. EC2 AMIs, Instance Types, Features
    4. EC2 Instance Store, EBS, EFS, FSx, and S3 Storage
    5. EC2 IP addressing, Network Interfaces, Security Groups, and Placement Groups
    6. EC2 Auto Scaling
    7. EC2 Load Balancers
    8. ECS Overview
    9. Lambda Overview and Examples
    10. API Gateway
12. AWS Databases
    1. Database Overview
    2. RDS Overview, Instances, Storage, Encryption, and Backups
    3. RDS Multi-AZ, and Read Replicas
    4. RDS Amazon Aurora
    5. Elasticache Overview
    6. DynamoDB Overview
    7. Redshift Overview
13. AWS Storage
    1. Storage Overview and Review
    2. S3 Introduction, Storage Classes, and Lifecycle Policies
    3. S3 Security and Integrity
    4. S3 Replication, Event Notifications, Inventory, and Limits
    5. S3 Static Website Hosting
    6. Storage Gateway and AWS Backup
14. AWS Migration and Messaging
    1. Snowcone, Snowball, Snowmobile
    2. AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service
    3. SQS, SNS, and SES
15. AWS Security
    1. Security Overview, IAM Users and Groups
    2. Permissions and Policies
    3. IAM Roles, Identity Federation, and Cognito
    4. KMS, Secrets Manager, Certificates Manager, and Compliance
    5. AWS WAF, Shield, Inspector, Macie, and GuardDuty
16. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Management
1. CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Events
2. AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, and Trusted Advisor
3. CloudFormation and Service Catalog
4. AWS Organizations and Control Towe
5. AWS Systems Manager, Resource Groups, and Service/Personal Health Dashboards
6. AWS Pricing, Billing, and Cost Management

What you will learn

• Define what the AWS Cloud is and the basic global infrastructure
• Describe basic AWS Cloud architectural principles, key services, and common use cases and the AWS Cloud value proposition
• Describe basic security and compliance aspects of the AWS platform and the shared security model
• Define the billing, account management, and pricing models
• Identify sources of documentation or technical assistance
• Describe basic/core characteristics of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
• Use standard AWS infrastructure features such as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling from the command line
• Use AWS CloudFormation and other automation technologies to produce stacks of AWS resources that can be deployed in an automated, repeatable fashion
• Build functioning virtual private networks with Amazon VPC from the ground up using the AWS Management Console
• Deploy Amazon EC2 instances using command line calls and troubleshoot the most common problems with instances
• Monitor the health of Amazon EC2 instances and other AWS services
• Manage user identity, AWS permissions, and security in the cloud
• Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, tagging, and Trusted Advisor
• Select and implement the best strategy for creating reusable Amazon EC2 instances
• Configure a set of Amazon EC2 instances that launch behind a load balancer, with the system scaling up and down in response to demand
• Edit and troubleshoot a basic AWS CloudFormation stack definition

How you will benefit

• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam
• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS SysOps Administrator: Associate Exam
• Gain valuable career skills that you can apply immediately
• Increase your earning potential
• Complete your program in 6 months or less
• Certificate of completion from the school or organization that you registered through (upon successfully passing the final exam)

Raymond Lacoste

Raymond Lacoste is a highly recognized instructor and IT professional who holds the Cisco Sirius Instructor Award. He has authored Cisco Press publications on the Cisco ENARSI and Cisco TSHOOT exams.

Raymond's areas of expertise include Cisco Enterprise networking, Cisco Routing, and Switching, Cisco Datacenter Networking, ITIL, and Amazon AWS. He also holds certifications in Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP Enterprise, ITIL Foundations, ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Intermediate, Amazon AWS System Operations, Amazon AWS Architect, Amazon AWS Developer, and CISSP.

In addition to his certifications and experience, Raymond's engaging instruction style makes even the most obscenely complicated or obtuse concepts relatable and understandable. Outside of class, he enjoys dominating both on the golf course and the basketball court.

The AWS Developer course is designed for intermediate-level software developers and those looking to learn more about AWS's developing capabilities.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Virtual Labs included with the course
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and available online.

• Study guide
• Virtual labs
• Practice exams

In this online training course, you will learn how to use the AWS SDK to develop secure and scalable cloud applications. You will also explore how to interact with AWS using code and discuss key concepts, best practices, and troubleshooting tips

This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam. This course offers enrollment with a voucher. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.

1. Introduction to Developing in Azure
   1. Getting Started with AWS
   2. Exploring IAM
2. EC2
   1. EC2 Basics
   2. EC2 Instance Storage Section
3. Load Balancing, Auto Scaling Groups, and EBSVolumes
   1. High Availability and Scalability
   2. Load Balancing
   3. Auto Scaling Groups
4. RDS, Aurora, and Elasticache
   1. Relational Database Service
   2. Aurora
   3. Elasticache
5. DNS and VPCs
   1. Route 53
   2. VPC primer
6. Tier 3 Architecture
   1. Tier 3 Architecture
7. Amazon Simple Storage Service
   1. Amazon S3
   2. Cross Origin Resource Sharing
8. AWS Development
   1. Developing on AWS
   2. Development with Simple Storage Service
9. CloudFront, Beanstalk, and Docker development
   1. CloudFront
   2. Elastic Beanstalk
   3. AWS ECS Essentials
10. AWS CICD
    1. Introduction to AWS CICD
    2. AWS CodeBuild
    3. AWS CodeDeploy
    4. Other AWS CICD Services
11. Managing Your Infrastructure as Code
    1. CloudFormation
    2. CloudFormation Functions
12. AWS Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Audit
    1. CloudWatch
    2. AWS X-ray
    3. AWS CloudTrail
13. AWS Integration and Messaging
    1. Amazon Simple Queue Service
    2. Amazon Simple Notification Service
    3. Kinesis
14. AWS Lambda and DynamoDB
    1. Introduction to AWS Lambda
    2. Even More Lambda
    3. DynamoDB Basics
    4. Working with DynamoDB
15. API Gateway
    1. API Gateway Basics
    2. API Tuning
16. Working with the Serverless Application Model (SAM)
    1. Serverless Application Model
    2. AWS Cloud Development Kit
    3. Amazon Cognito
    4. Other Serverless Features
17. Additional Security
    1. Advanced Identity Management
    2. AWS Security and Encryption
18. Additional AWS Services
    1. Other AWS Services

What you will learn

• Set up the AWS SDK and developer credentials for Java, C#/.NET, Python, and JavaScript
• Interact with AWS services and develop solutions by using the AWS SDK
• Use AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for service authentication
• Use Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon DynamoDB as datastores
• Integrate applications and data by using AWS Lambda, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), and AWS Step Functions
• Use Web Identity Framework and Amazon Cognito for user authentication
• Use Amazon ElastiCache to improve application scalability
• Use containers in the development process
• Leverage the CI/CD pipeline to deploy applications on AWS

How you will benefit

• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS Certified AWS Developer Associate: Associate Exam
• Gain valuable career skills that you can apply immediately
• Increase your earning potential
• Complete your program in 3 months or less
• Certificate of completion from the school or organization that you registered through (upon successfully passing the final exam)

Raymond Lacoste

Raymond Lacoste is a highly recognized instructor and IT professional who holds the Cisco Sirius Instructor Award. He has authored Cisco Press publications on the Cisco ENARSI and Cisco TSHOOT exams.

Raymond's areas of expertise include Cisco Enterprise networking, Cisco Routing, and Switching, Cisco Datacenter Networking, ITIL, and Amazon AWS. He also holds certifications in Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP Enterprise, ITIL Foundations, ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Intermediate, Amazon AWS System Operations, Amazon AWS Architect, Amazon AWS Developer, and CISSP.

In addition to his certifications and experience, Raymond's engaging instruction style makes even the most obscenely complicated or obtuse concepts relatable and understandable. Outside of class, he enjoys dominating both on the golf course and the basketball court.

The AWS Architect Associate course is designed for solutions architects and solution design engineers who want to learn fundamental skills to architect their IT solutions on AWS and more.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Virtual Labs included with the course
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and available online.

• Study guide
• Virtual labs
• Practice exams

In this online training course, you will be taught the fundamental skills to architect your IT solutions on AWS. AWS Architect Associate is a course for system engineers and system developers that will cover how to optimize the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how they fit into cloud-based solutions.

This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam. This course offers enrollment with a voucher. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.

1. Course Overview
1. Introduction to AWS Architect Associate Course and Exam Objectives
2. The Well Architected Framework and the AWS Global Architecture
1. AWS Well Architected Framework
2. AWS Global Architecture
3. Building a Server-based Architecture in AWS
1. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): Overview and Subnets
2. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): Internet Connectivity, Routing, NAT, Network Firewall
3. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): Security Groups and ACLs
4. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC): VPNs, Direct Connect, Peering, Transit Gateways, and Endpoints
5. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): Overview, Architecture and Pricing
6. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): Launching and Accessing a Linux and Windows Server
7. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): AMIs and Instance Types
8. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): Storage: IS, EBS, EFS, FSx, S3
9. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): IP addressing, Network Interfaces, Security Groups and Placement Groups
10. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): Auto Scaling
11. Application AutoScaling
12. Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2): Elastic Load Balancers
13. Elastic Container Service and Elastic Kubernetes Service
14. Relational Database Service (RDS): Overview, Pricing, Instances, Storage, Encryption, and Backups
15. Relational Database Service (RDS): Multi-AZ, Read Replicas, RDS Proxy
16. Relational Database Service (RDS): Amazon Aurora
17. Amazon Elasticache
4. Architecting with Amazon S3 Storage
1. Simple Storage Service (S3): Storage Review, S3 Overview, and Architecture
2. Simple Storage Service (S3): Storage Classes, Lifecyle Policies and Performance
3. Simple Storage Service (S3): Permissions, Encryption, Versioning, MFA Delete, and Object Lock
4. Simple Storage Service (S3): Static Website Hosting
5. Simple Storage Service (S3): Additional Services and Tools
5. Improving Access and Reliability to your AWS Services
1. Amazon CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator
2. Amazon Route 53
6. Building a Server-based Architecture in AWS
1. Introducing the Serverless Architecture
2. Lambda and API Gateway
3. AWS Step Functions
4. Amazon DynamoDB
5. DocumentDB, Redshift, Lake Formation, and Neptune
6. Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS, Amazon SES, Amazon Pinpoint, and Amazon MQ
7. Migrating, Transferring, and Syncing Data with Amazon S3
1. AWS Storage Gateway and AWS Backup
2. AWS Snowcone, Snowball and Snowmobile
3. AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service, and AWS Batch
8. Authentication and Security in AWS
1. Identity and Access Management: Users, Groups, and Roles
2. Identity and Access Management: Permissions and Policies
3. Identity Providers and Cognito
4. AWS Certificate Manager, Secrets Manager, WAF, Shield
5. AWS Key Management Service and AWS CloudHSM
6. Amazon Inspector, Macie, and Guard Duty
9. Managing and Monitoring in AWS
1. AWS Systems Manager
2. Amazon CloudWatch: Metrics, Logs, Alarms, Dashboards
3. AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config
4. Amazon EventBridge
5. AWS Organizations, Control Tower, and Resource Groups
6. AWS Billing, Cost Management, and Trusted Advisor
10. Additional Services You Need to Know
1. Amazon Translate, Transcribe, Textract, Comprehend, and Rekognition
2. Amazon Athena, QuickSight, Glue, and AppFlow
3. Amazon Kinesis and Amazon Elastic Beanstalk
11. How to Approach Exam Questions and Course Wrap-Up!
1. Practice Questions
2. Course Wrap-Up!

What you will learn

• Make architectural decisions based on AWS architectural principles and best practices
• Leverage AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available
• Leverage AWS Managed Services to enable greater flexibility and resiliency in an infrastructure
• Make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient to increase performance and reduce costs
• Use the Well-Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions

How you will benefit

• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS Solutions Architect: Associate Exam
• Gain valuable career skills that you can apply immediately
• Increase your earning potential
• Complete your program in 3 months or less
• Certificate of completion from the school or organization that you registered through (upon successfully passing the final exam)

Raymond Lacoste

Raymond Lacoste is a highly recognized instructor and IT professional who holds the Cisco Sirius Instructor Award. He has authored Cisco Press publications on the Cisco ENARSI and Cisco TSHOOT exams.

Raymond's areas of expertise include Cisco Enterprise networking, Cisco Routing, and Switching, Cisco Datacenter Networking, ITIL, and Amazon AWS. He also holds certifications in Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP Enterprise, ITIL Foundations, ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Intermediate, Amazon AWS System Operations, Amazon AWS Architect, Amazon AWS Developer, and CISSP.

In addition to his certifications and experience, Raymond's engaging instruction style makes even the most obscenely complicated or obtuse concepts relatable and understandable. Outside of class, he enjoys dominating both on the golf course and the basketball court.

The AWS SysOps Administrator course is intended for system administrators and software developers who wish to learn related best practices and tools on the AWS platform for configuring and deploying systems.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox is preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Virtual Labs included with the course
• Microsoft Word Online
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and available online.

• Study guide
• Virtual labs
• Practice exams

In this online training course, you will be taught how to create automatable and repeatable deployments of networks and systems on the AWS platform. AWS SysOps Administrator is a course for system administrators and developer operations personnel. It will cover the specific AWS features and tools related to configuration and deployment and common techniques used throughout the industry for configuring and deploying systems.

This course can be used to prepare for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam. This course offers enrollment with a voucher. The voucher is prepaid access to sit for the certifying exam upon eligibility.

1. Course Overview and AWS Introduction
   1. Introduction to AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Course and Exam Objectives
   2. Introducing AWS and the Cloud
   3. The AWS Global Architecture (Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations)
   4. AWS Pricing, Billing, Support Plans and Dashboards
   5. Accessing AWS Resources
2. AWS Networking
   1. VPC Overview and VPC Subnets
   2. VPC Internet Connectivity, Routing, and NAT
   3. VPC Security Groups, ACLs, and Flow Logs
   4. VPC VPNs, Direct Connect, Peering, Transit Gateways, and Endpoints
   5. CloudFront, Global Accelerator and Route53
3. AWS Compute
   1. EC2 Overview, Architecture, and Pricing
   2. EC2 Launching and Accessing a Linux and Windows Server
   3. EC2 AMIs, Instance Types, Features
   4. EC2 Instance Store, EBS, EFS, FSx, and S3 Storage
   5. EC2 IP addressing, Network Interfaces, Security Groups and Placement Groups
   6. EC2 Auto Scaling
   7. EC2 Load Balancers
   8. ECS Overview
   9. Lambda Overview and Examples
   10. API Gateway
4. AWS Databases
   1. Database Overview
   2. RDS Overview, Instances, Storage, Encryption and Backups
   3. RDS Multi-AZ, and Read Replicas
   4. RDS Amazon Aurora
   5. Elasticache Overview
   6. DynamoDB Overview
   7. Redshift Overview
5. AWS Storage
   1. Storage Overview and Review
   2. S3 Introduction, Storage Classes, and Lifecyle Policies
   3. S3 Security, and Integrity
   4. S3 Replication, Event Notifications, Inventory, and Limits
   5. S3 Static Website Hosting
   6. Storage Gateway and AWS Backup
6. AWS Migration and Messaging
   1. Snowcone, Snowball, Snowmobile
   2. AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer, AWS Database Migration Service
   3. SQS, SNS, and SES
7. AWS Security
   1. Security Overview, IAM Users and Groups
   2. Permissions and Policies
   3. IAM Roles, Identity Federation and Cognito
   4. KMS, Secrets Manager, Certificates Manager, and Compliance
   5. AWS WAF, Shield, Inspector, Macie, and GuardDuty
8. Monitoring, Maintenance, and Management
1. CloudWatch, CloudWatch Logs, and CloudWatch Events
2. AWS CloudTrail, AWS Config, and Trusted Advisor
3. CloudFormation and Service Catalog
4. AWS Organizations, and Control Towe
5. AWS Systems Manager, Resource Groups, and Service/Personal Health Dashboards
6. AWS Pricing, Billing, and Cost Management

What you will learn

• Use standard AWS infrastructure features such as Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Elastic Load Balancing, and Auto Scaling from the command line
• Use AWS CloudFormation and other automation technologies to produce stacks of AWS resources that can be deployed in an automated, repeatable fashion
• Build functioning virtual private networks with Amazon VPC from the ground up using the AWS Management Console
• Deploy Amazon EC2 instances using command line calls and troubleshoot the most common problems with instances
• Monitor the health of Amazon EC2 instances and other AWS services
• Manage user identity, AWS permissions, and security in the cloud
• Manage resource consumption in an AWS account using tools such as Amazon CloudWatch, tagging, and Trusted Advisor
• Select and implement the best strategy for creating reusable Amazon EC2 instances
• Configure a set of Amazon EC2 instances that launch behind a load balancer, with the system scaling up and down in response to demand
• Edit and troubleshoot a basic AWS CloudFormation stack definition

How you will benefit

• You will be prepared to sit for the AWS SysOps Administrator: Associate Exam
• Gain valuable career skills that you can apply immediately
• Increase your earning potential
• Complete your program in 3 months or less

Raymond Lacoste

Raymond Lacoste is a highly recognized instructor and IT professional who holds the Cisco Sirius Instructor Award. He has authored Cisco Press publications on the Cisco ENARSI and Cisco TSHOOT exams.

Raymond's areas of expertise include Cisco Enterprise networking, Cisco Routing and Switching, Cisco Datacenter Networking, ITIL, and Amazon AWS. He also holds certifications in Cisco CCSI, Cisco CCNP Routing and Switching, Cisco CCNP Enterprise, ITIL Foundations, ITIL Practitioner, ITIL Intermediate, Amazon AWS System Operations, Amazon AWS Architect, Amazon AWS Developer, and CISSP.

In addition to his certifications and experience, Raymond's engaging instruction style makes even the most obscenely complicated or obtuse concepts relatable and understandable. Outside of class, he enjoys dominating both on the golf course and the basketball court.

Learn everything you need to truly understand the cloud—including how it works, what drives it, why it's so popular, and how to make the cloud work for you.

What is the cloud? If you have trouble answering this question, you are not alone. In this course, you will explore how the cloud works, what drives its incredible growth, and how you can use cloud services. You will start by looking at the building blocks of the cloud, where it started, and how it transitioned. You will gain a clear understanding of IaaS (infrastructure), SaaS (software), and PaaS (platforms), and examine why each may be attractive to some businesses, but not to others. You will learn about the different kinds of clouds (public, private, and hybrid).

You will also look inside the engine rooms of the cloud: data centers. You will examine the concept of big data and how the cloud infrastructure enables data to zip across the globe at lightning speed. You will look at how Facebook and Twitter contribute to the cloud, and how apps go from idea to app store. You will gain an understanding of how mobile devices and major mobile ecosystems continue to shape the cloud. Whatever your technical background, by the end of this course, you will be thoroughly cloud-savvy.

Requirements:

Hardware Requirements:

• This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.

Software Requirements:

• PC: Windows 8 or later.
• Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
• Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.

Other:

• Email capabilities and access to a personal email account.

Instructional Material Requirements:

The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.

Learn everything you need to truly understand the cloud—including how it works, what drives it, why it's so popular, and how to make the cloud work for you.

What the Cloud Is

Confused about the cloud? You're in the right place! This first lesson will clear up some confusion and start with the basics. It will explain the building blocks of the cloud, and that will lead you to a durable definition of the cloud that you'll use as a foundation for the rest of the course. The lesson will also discuss what the cloud means to you, its impact on your life, and why it'll be helpful for you to understand how it works.

How the Cloud Started and What It Solves

So how did the cloud get started? In this lesson, you'll learn the history of the cloud and how it was a natural evolution of networked computers and Internet connectivity. The lesson will also discuss why the cloud is so important, and then you'll look at the business challenges and opportunities that the cloud addresses. By the end of the lesson, you'll have a solid understanding of how this technology got to where it is now and how business computing operated before the cloud.

Different Kinds of Clouds: Public, Private, Hybrid

Ever wonder why some people believe the cloud is simple, while others believe that it's complex? In this lesson, you'll learn why they're both right—and you'll learn how to think about the cloud from two perspectives. The lesson will also discuss the different types of clouds: public, private, and hybrid. You'll get a glimpse inside the big business technology world and find out why the cloud can be such a compelling move for large organizations.

How the Cloud Grows

What's the difference between the cloud and a collection of computers? A bunch—and much of that comes down to virtualization. In this lesson, you'll learn what virtualization is and why it's so fundamental in how the cloud operates. The lesson will also discuss scale and how it relates to virtualization. Finally, you'll see how endpoints make all the connections work.

Cloud Services

As you'll recall, "services" is one of the five building blocks in the definition of the cloud. In this lesson, you'll look at those services. Specifically, you'll look at three categories of cloud services: infrastructure (or Infrastructure as a Service, or IaaS), platforms (or Platform as a Service, or PaaS), and software (or Software as a Service, or SaaS). The lesson will discuss how these three categories compare and individuals and business can take advantage of them.

Data Centers: Where the Cloud Computes

All the computing power of the cloud needs to live somewhere, and it's not in the atmosphere. In this lesson, you'll learn all about data centers—how they operate, what they look like, where they're located, and what makes them tick. You'll also learn what makes one data center more efficient than another, and you'll get perspective on what it costs to make them operate. It's a fascinating tour, with a lot to learn and even more to explore!

Understanding Data, Including Big Data

Your experience in the cloud includes the storing and transmission of data, either across the hall or across the world. In this lesson, you'll understand how to think about data in terms of its importance in the cloud and learn why companies often leave worrying about data to someone else. The lesson will discuss how all the data in the cloud moves across continents, across the ocean, and over airwaves. Finally, you'll look at a clear definition of big data and see some examples of where big data may be headed.

Understanding Cloud Providers

Making sense of how cloud providers offer their services is an important step in truly understanding the cloud. In this lesson, you'll see how a well-established cloud provider organizes and presents its offerings. You'll go through each group of the cloud provider's offered services and map them to what you've already learned about the cloud and the categories you're familiar with.

Cloud Providers and Big Platforms

In this lesson, you'll learn where websites fit into the cloud and what other elements, offerings, or activities are driving the adoption and popularity of the cloud and its varied services. The lesson will also cover what it means to be a big provider, and you'll examine the largest platforms—and largest overall service providers—that are in the cloud today.

Getting Into the Cloud

Learn about what goes into creating a cloud app, and how the three (plus one) ecosystems dominate the world of cloud applications. In this lesson, you also learn about the different types of devices, how they are categorized, and how they align to the types of cloud apps that are available. You'll also learn about ecosystems, and why they define how cloud apps are created, distributed, and sold.

The Cloud and #You

In this lesson, you'll look at how social network sites like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter work in the cloud and how users and organizations can create apps that connect with their huge base of users. You'll learn how social media sites let software developers interact with their sites, create apps and games that operate within and outside their sites, and why they do this. Also, you'll learn about social media tools on Facebook and in Twitter, including why the hashtag was created (#), how it's used, and how to use these sites yourself.

Conclusions, Connections, and the Future of the Cloud

This lesson ties together everything you've learned in this course. You'll learn how you can view the cloud from two primary perspectives—consumer and business—and about the primary benefits (and drivers) that have propelled cloud adoption from participants of both perspectives. The lesson will also discuss where these two perspectives share a common, clear force that continues to be the biggest benefit of the cloud. Finally, you'll look into the future of what the cloud may hold and what that future might mean.