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IT 423: Computing as a Service

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IT 423: Computing as a Service

Lessons

14+ Lessons | 246+ Exercises | 219+ Quizzes | 200+ Flashcards | 100+ Glossary of terms

TestPrep

50+ Pre Assessment Questions | 2+ Full Length Tests | 50+ Post Assessment Questions | 100+ Practice Test Questions

Hands-On Labs

24+ LiveLab | 22+ Video tutorials | 38+ Minutes

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Lessons 1: Introduction

  • What Does This Course Cover?
  • Exam Objectives
  • Objective Map

Lessons 2: The Cloud

  • What Is Cloud Computing?
  • Server Virtualization: The Basics
  • Cloud Platform Models
  • Scalability and Elasticity
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 3: Understanding Your AWS Account

  • The Free Tier
  • Product Pricing
  • Service Limits
  • Billing and Cost Management
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 4: Getting Support on AWS

  • Support Plans
  • Documentation and Online Help
  • Trusted Advisor
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 5: Understanding the AWS Environment

  • AWS Global Infrastructure: AWS Regions
  • AWS Global Infrastructure: Availability Zones
  • AWS Global Infrastructure: Edge Locations
  • AWS Global Infrastructure: Extending the Cloud
  • The AWS Shared Responsibility Model
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 6: Securing Your AWS Resources

  • AWS Identity and Access Management
  • Encryption
  • Regulatory Compliance (AWS Artifact)
  • Other AWS Security and Compliance Tools
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 7: Working with Your AWS Resources

  • The AWS Management Console
  • The AWS Command-Line Interface
  • Software Development Kits
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudTrail
  • Cost Explorer
  • AWS Config
  • AWS Control Tower
  • AWS License Manager
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 8: The Core Compute Services

  • Deploying Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Servers
  • Simplified Deployments Through Managed Services
  • Deploying Container and Serverless Workloads
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 9: The Core Storage Services

  • Simple Storage Service
  • S3 Glacier
  • AWS Storage Gateway
  • AWS Snow Family
  • Other Storage-Related Services
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 10: The Core Database Services

  • Database Models
  • Amazon Relational Database Service
  • DynamoDB
  • Amazon Redshift
  • Analytics
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 11: The Core Networking Services

  • Virtual Private Cloud
  • Route 53
  • CloudFront
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 12: Automating Your AWS Workloads

  • Automation
  • CloudFormation
  • AWS Developer Tools
  • EC2 Auto Scaling
  • Configuration Management
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Lessons 13: Common Use-Case Scenarios

  • The Well-Architected Framework
  • A Highly Available Web Application Using Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing
  • Static Website Hosting Using S3
  • Machine Learning
  • Summary
  • Exam Essentials

Appendix A: Additional Services

  • Activate for Startups
  • Amazon EventBridge
  • AppStream 2.0
  • Athena
  • AWS Amplify
  • AWS AppSync
  • AWS Batch
  • AWS CloudShell
  • AWS Device Farm
  • AWS Step Functions
  • Backup
  • Cognito
  • Connect
  • Database Migration Service
  • Elastic File System
  • Elastic MapReduce
  • Glue
  • Inspector
  • IoT Core
  • IoT Greengrass
  • IQ
  • Kinesis
  • Macie
  • Managed Services (AMS)
  • Neptune
  • Simple Queue Service
  • WorkDocs
  • WorkSpaces
  • X-Ray

Hands-on LAB Activities

Introduction

  • Sandbox - AWS

Understanding Your AWS Account

  • Using the AWS Pricing Calculator

Getting Support on AWS

  • Exploring the Trusted Advisor Security

Securing Your AWS Resources

  • Enabling and Disabling GuardDuty

Working with Your AWS Resources

  • Creating a CloudWatch Alarm
  • Creating a CloudWatch Dashboard
  • Creating a Trail Using CloudTrail

The Core Compute Services

  • Launching an EC2 Instance
  • Creating an Encrypted EBS Volume
  • Configuring an AWS Elastic Beanstalk Application
  • Creating the AWS Lambda Function and Invoking It

The Core Storage Services

  • Creating an S3 Bucket and Enabling Versioning On It

The Core Database Services

  • Creating a DynamoDB Table and Adding an Item to It

The Core Networking Services

  • Creating a VPC Peering
  • Creating a VPN Connection
  • Creating a Network ACL and Adding an Inbound Rule to It
  • Creating a Virtual Private Gateway
  • Creating a VPC and Subnets
  • Creating a Security Group
  • Creating CloudFront

Automating Your AWS Workloads

  • Creating a CloudFormation Template

Common Use-Case Scenarios

  • Creating an EC2 Auto Scaling Group
  • Creating an Application Load Balancer
  • Creating a Hosted Zone Using Amazon Route 53