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AWS Technical Essentials


In this introductory course, you will learn about AWS products, services, and common solutions. You will learn the fundamentals of identifying AWS services so that you can make informed decisions about IT solutions based on your business requirements.

AWS Technical Essentials

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

AWS Technical Essentials introduces you to essential AWS services and common solutions. The course covers the fundamental AWS concepts related to compute, database, storage, networking, monitoring, and security. You will start working in AWS through hands-on course experiences. The course covers the concepts necessary to increase your understanding of AWS services, so that you can make informed decisions about solutions that meet business requirements. Throughout the course, you will gain information on how to build, compare, and apply highly available, fault tolerant, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Describe terminology and concepts related to AWS services
  • Navigate the AWS Management Console
  • Articulate key concepts of AWS security measures and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Distinguish among several AWS compute services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
  • Understand AWS database and storage offerings, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
  • Explore AWS networking services
  • Access and configure Amazon CloudWatch monitoring features

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Individuals responsible for articulating the technical benefits of AWS services to customers
  • Individuals interested in learning how to get started with AWS
  • SysOps administrators
  • Solutions architects
  • Developers

Activities

This course includes:

  • presentations
  • hands-on labs
  • demonstrations
  • videos
  • knowledge checks

This course provides activities that allow you to test new skills and apply knowledge through hands-on exercises.

Course duration / Price

  • 1 day / € 775.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction to Amazon Web Services

  • Introduction to AWS Cloud
  • Security in the AWS Cloud
  • Hosting the employee directory application in AWS
  • Hands-On Lab: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Modul 2: AWS Compute

  • Compute as a service in AWS
  • Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
  • Amazon EC2 instance lifecycle
  • AWS container services
  • What is serverless?
  • Introduction to AWS Lambda
  • Choose the right compute service
  • Hands-On Lab: Launch the Employee Directory Application on Amazon EC2

Modul 3: AWS Networking

  • Networking in AWS
  • Introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
  • Amazon VPC routing
  • Amazon VPC security
  • Hands-On Lab: Create a VPC and Relaunch the Corporate Directory Application in Amazon EC2

Modul 4: AWS Storage

  • AWS storage types
  • Amazon EC2 instance storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
  • Object storage with Amazon S3
  • Choose the right storage service
  • Hands-On Lab: Create an Amazon S3 Bucket

Modul 5: Databases

  • Explore databases in AWS
  • Amazon Relational Database Service
  • Purpose-built databases
  • Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
  • Choose the right AWS database service
  • Hands-On Lab: Implement and manage Amazon DynamoDB

Module 6: Monitoring, Optimization, and Serverless

  • Monitoring
  • Optimization
  • Alternate serverless employee directory application architecture
  • Hands-On Lab: Configure High Availability for Your Application

Module 7: Course Summary

 

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

Upcoming training dates for: AWS Technical Essentials


DatumKursPreis pro TN
13.01.2025 AWS Technical Essentials (garantierter Termin)
Online in - Virtual Classroom
775,00 EUR zzgl. MwSt.Buchen
10.02.2025 AWS Technical Essentials
Online in - Virtual Classroom
775,00 EUR zzgl. MwSt.Buchen
14.04.2025 AWS Technical Essentials
Esplanade 6 (5. Etage) in 20354 Hamburg
775,00 EUR zzgl. MwSt.Buchen
12.05.2025 AWS Technical Essentials
Online in - Virtual Classroom
775,00 EUR zzgl. MwSt.Buchen
14.07.2025 AWS Technical Essentials
Online in - Virtual Classroom
775,00 EUR zzgl. MwSt.Buchen
11.08.2025 AWS Technical Essentials
Online in - Virtual Classroom
775,00 EUR zzgl. MwSt.Buchen
13.10.2025 AWS Technical Essentials
Waldstraße 94 in 63128 Frankfurt/Dietzenbach
775,00 EUR zzgl. MwSt.Buchen
08.12.2025 AWS Technical Essentials
Online in - Virtual Classroom
775,00 EUR zzgl. MwSt.Buchen