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AWS Technical Essentials
Course 1226
1 DAY COURSE

Course Outline

This AWS Technical Essentials course introduces you to Amazon Web Services (AWS) products, services, and common solutions. It provides you with the fundamentals to become more proficient in identifying AWS services so that you can make informed decisions about IT solutions based on your business requirements and get started working on AWS.

AWS Technical Essentials Benefits

  • In this AWS Technical Essentials course, you will learn how to:

    • Terminology and concepts related to the AWS platform. 
    • How to navigate the AWS Management Console. 
    • Key concepts of AWS security measures and AWS IAM (Identity and Access Management). 
    • Distinguish between essential AWS services, including: 
      • Foundational services: Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud), Amazon VPC. (Virtual Private Cloud), Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service), and Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store). 
      • Database services: Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service). 
      • Management services: including AWS Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, ELB (Elastic Load Balancing), and AWS Trusted Advisor. 

AWS Technical Essentials Training Outline

Module 1: AWS Introduction and History

  • AWS Global Infrastructure

Demonstration: AWS Management Console

Module 2: Compute, Network, and Storage Services

  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)
  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)
  • Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
  • Demonstration: Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)

Hands-on lab: Build your VPC and launch a web server

Module 3: AWS Security, AWS Identity, and Access Management (IAM)

  • AWS Identity and Access Management

Demonstration: AWS Identity and Access Management

Module 4: Databases (RDS, DynamoDB)

  • SQL and NoSQL databases
  • Data storage considerations

Hands-on lab: Build your database server and connect to it

Module 5: AWS Elasticity and Management Tools

  • Auto scaling
  • Load balancing
  • Cloud Watch
  • Trusted Advisor

Hands-on lab: Scale and load balance your architecture

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Note about the Certification Exam

When you register for the course, you will be prompted to choose Y/N to take the exam. Please select yes, as all HHS CISO employees are required to attempt the exam if one is offered for the course. Please be advised, if your course if funded by DIR, the Certification Organization has agreed to provide DIR the pass/fail status of your exam. DIR will only share this information in an aggregated report to state leadership that reflects total exam pass or fails. No individual names of any students will be included in any reports.

DIR requires that you submit the request for your exam voucher within one month of the last day of your course. DIR requires that you take your exam within six months of the last day of your course.

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