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Hands-on with AWS for IT Professionals (edX)

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Hands-on with AWS for IT Professionals (edX)

Get hands-on with AWS and build a solution that addresses a common data, operations, and architecture scenario. This course gets hands-on by teaching how to create a new AWS Account, create an Administrative User, and explore the AWS Free Tier. Students can then follow demonstration and explainer videos containing on how AWS Services can combine to create solutions that can be useful in real-life scenarios.

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The scenarios are grouped into three major categories: Data, Operations, and Architecture. In the data scenario, the instructors will show how a Machine Learning solution automatically redacts PII (Personal Identifiable Information) when data gets retrieved from an Amazon S3 bucket. In the Operations scenario, the instructors will show how to configure billing alerts. In the Architecture scenario, the instructors will demonstrate the usage of Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Network) to fix a network topology needing a private subnet for sensitive workloads while embracing Multiple Availability Zones for higher resiliency.
This course is part of the Starting your Career with AWS Cloud XSeries.

What you'll learn

  • Describe how Cloud expertise can help building solutions in real life scenarios
  • Learn about AWS Account Creation, AWS Free-Tier with hands-on demonstrations.
  • Describe next steps in regards to learning more about the AWS Cloud.
  • Identify common patterns and demands for data analysis, solutions architecture and operational scenarios.

Syllabus

Week 1:
Introduction – Hands-On
Video: Course 3 Intro
What you need for hands-on
Video: Creating an AWS Account
Video: Creating an Administrative User
Video: The AWS Free Tier
AWS Account Creation and Free Tier
Video: Week Wrap-up

Week 2:
Scoping the Roles and Hands-on Activities
Video: Week 2 Introduction
Video: Grouping Roles by Affinity
Video: A Data Scenario
Video: Hands-on Activity for Data
Video: An Operations Scenario
Video: Hands-on Activity for Operations
Video: An Architecture Scenario
Video: Hands-on Activity for Architecture
Next Steps:
Video: Where to go next?
How can AWS Certifications help
Video: Course and series wrap-up

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