Course: AWS Cloud 2020 Practitioner

To prepare for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam, you need to outline the basic concepts of cloud computing and recognize what exactly comprises Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this course, you'll explore the core concepts that define the AWS Cloud and cloud computing.

You'll examine cloud computing offerings and models and investigate the benefits and features of Amazon Web Services. In addition, you'll outline AWS's value proposition, including aspects of agility, elasticity, cost, flexibility, and security.

This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.

To make the most of AWS cloud products, services, and models, users can take advantage of various propriety tools to manage their costs. In this course, you'll examine the fundamentals of AWS cloud economics. You'll classify AWS and other cloud providers and investigate the various pricing models on offer from AWS.

Next, you'll learn how to use some AWS pricing tools, namely the TCO calculator and monthly cost calendar. This course is a collection of courses that prepare learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.

There are several architectural design principles that you must become familiar with to achieve certification as an AWS Cloud Practitioner. In this course, you'll explore the core aspects of AWS architectural design principles and work with some associated tools.

You'll begin by recognizing what's meant by virtualization in AWS and how a hypervisor is used. You'll then investigate the AWS Shared Responsibility Model's principles, examining the responsibilities of both the AWS provider and the customer. You'll then explore best practices for managing the first root account and making identity and access decisions.

Moving on, you'll work with Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), and both AWS networking and connectivity design principles. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.

There are many advantages to working with the robust and multifaceted AWS, one of which is ensuring security and compliance - an often tricky task, but one that AWS cloud practitioners must complete faultlessly.

In this course, you'll pinpoint the benefits of AWS cloud security and the vital role that AWS plays in organizational certification and attestation. You'll investigate the specific services that help meet the criteria set by the ever-evolving laws, regulations, and privacy standards. Additionally, you'll explore programs used for compliance alignments and frameworks.

This course will demystify AWS Artifact, the CSA Consensus Assessments Initiative Questionnaire, and the AWS Compliance Solutions Guide, among other items.

This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.

"To achieve certification as an AWS Cloud Practitioner, you need to be able to secure access to AWS services and resources. In this course, you'll explore what comprises the vital AWS security pillar of access management, focusing on Identity and Access Management (IAM).

To start, you'll explore the use of IAM password and managed policies, roles, and groups and users. Next, because it is best practice to use only mediated access to services, you'll examine the use of bastion hosts and AppStream 2.0. You'll also investigate how to manage CLI access.

Additionally, because many organizations opt to leverage their existing directory as an identity provider, you'll investigate the managed services, AWS Single Sign-On (SSO) and Cognito.

This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.

• To truly demonstrate that you are an AWS practitioner, you must

• be familiar with the core security support services that Amazon
• offers. As you design your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), you'll
• begin with subnet design and firewall configuration. This course
• will give you exposure to Network Access Control Lists (NACLs),
• Security Groups, and Web Application Firewalls (WAF) as TCP/IP
• layer 3 - 7 firewall solutions. You will further examine
• anti-denial-of-service mechanisms with AWS Shield Standard and
• Advanced. Other vital security services you'll explore will include
• Amazon Inspector, GuardDuty, and Key Management Service (KMS). This
• course is one of a collection of courses that prepares learners for
• the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.

Deploying to the cloud and managing cloud operations are core duties of the AWS Cloud Practitioner role. To do this, you first need to know the AWS tools for the job and how to set them up. In this course, you'll explore the fundamental set-up procedures for cloud deployment and operations through AWS.

You'll start by learning the basics of deploying Linux and Windows instances. You'll then illustrate the purposes of and configuration techniques for the following Amazon services: Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Elastic Block Storage (EBS), S3, JSON, AWS CloudFront, and AWS CloudFormation.

This course is part of a courseware collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.

To be a successful AWS Cloud Practitioner, one must first have a fundamental understanding of the features and purposes of the four core services of Amazon Web Services.

Learners taking this course should already have a decent knowledge of the AWS compute and networking services. This course builds on this awareness by exploring the critical storage and database services offered in AWS. You'll study in some detail the components, features, benefits, and purposes of these services.

In addition, you'll investigate the security of Elastic Block Store (EBS) storage and S3 buckets. You'll also examine the use cases of the AWS database service and AWS networking and content distribution services. This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.

Cloud practitioners at the end of their preparation for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 exam, should have most of the knowledge they need under their belts. However, you may be lacking some awareness of the vital technology support services available through AWS. In this final course of the journey to AWS Cloud Practitioner, you'll tie off your existing knowledge with an exploration of the variety of these services, examining how they improve the cloud experience and contribute to optimization, governance, and continual improvement.

The objectives covered in this course include getting a grasp on billing and cost management, document and support, and support plans. You'll also walk through the use of specific services, namely Trusted Advisor, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, and AWS Organizations.

This course is one of a collection that prepares learners for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner 2020 certification.