AWS File Storage Services Getting Started
Course description Amazon Web Services (AWS) Storage provides the services you need to build the storage solution that’s right for your organization. File storage services are one of the three primary types of storage in the AWS Storage portfolio. You will discover the file storage service options that are available to meet your organization’s requirements. AWS file storage services include the Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS) and Amazon FSx file systems. Amazon FSx includes the Amazon FSx for Windows File Server, Amazon FSx for Lustre, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and Amazon FSx for OpenZFS file systems. You can select from these service offerings, apply them to your organization’s needs, and determine the best storage solution. Before choosing an AWS storage solution, we recommend you first assess which storage characteristics are appropriate for your applications and business. After familiarizing yourself with AWS Storage, you can compare your requirements to the available AWS storage services and select the solution that meets your needs. In this course, you will learn about Amazon EFS and all four Amazon FSx file system services at an introductory level. You will learn about the architecture, use cases, and features of each of the services. • Course level: Fundamental • Duration: 1 hour 55 minutes Activities This course includes: Online materials, demonstrations, and knowledge check questions. Course objectives In this course, you will learn to: • Discuss available AWS file system storage services • Discuss the Amazon EFS service • Differentiate the Amazon FSx file systems from Amazon EFS • Discuss FSx for Windows File Server • Discuss FSx for Lustre • Discuss FSx for ONTAP • Discuss FSx for OpenZFS Intended audience This course is intended for: • Storage architects • Business managers • Data engineers • IT managers • Storage developers Prerequisites We recommend that attendees of this course have: • Completed the course – AWS Storage Services – Portfolio Introduction • Recommend AWS Cloud Practitioner Course outline Section 1: Overview • Lesson 1: How to Use This Course • Lesson 2: Course Overview Section 2: Introduction to File Storage Services • Lesson 3: File Storage Overview • Lesson 4: AWS File Storage Services Introduction Section 3: Amazon Elastic File System • Lesson 5: Introduction to Amazon EFS • Lesson 6: Amazon EFS Features • Lesson 7: Amazon EFS Architecture and Use Cases • Lesson 8: Demonstration • Lesson 9: Knowledge Check Section 4: Amazon FSx for Windows File Server • Lesson 10: Introduction to Amazon FSx for Windows File Server • Lesson 11: Amazon FSx for Windows File Server Features • Lesson 12: Amazon FSx for Windows File Server Architecture and Use Cases • Lesson 13: Demonstration • Lesson 14: Knowledge Check Section 5: Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP • Lesson 15: Introduction to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP • Lesson 16: Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Features • Lesson 17: Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP Architecture and Use Cases • Lesson 18: Demonstration • Lesson 19: Knowledge Check Section 6: Amazon FSx for OpenZFS • Lesson 20: Introduction to Amazon FSx for OpenZFS • Lesson 21: Amazon FSx for OpenZFS Features • Lesson 22: Amazon FSx for OpenZFS Architecture and Use Cases • Lesson 23: Demonstration • Lesson 24: Knowledge Check Section 7: Amazon FSx for Lustre • Lesson 25: Introduction to Amazon FSx for Lustre • Lesson 26: Amazon FSx for Lustre Features • Lesson 27: Amazon FSx for Lustre Architecture and Use Cases • Lesson 28: Demonstration • Lesson 29: Knowledge Check Section 8: Additional Resources and Feedback • Lesson 30: Additional Resources • Lesson 31: Contact Us
Building a Generative AI-Ready Organization
Course description Building a Generative AI-Ready Organization is the last course in a three-part series of Generative AI Essentials for Business and Technical Decision Makers. If you have not done so already, we recommend you start with the first course in the series, Introduction to Generative AI: Art of the Possible. By the end of the course, you should be able to describe the key considerations for building a generative AI-ready organization. You will be equipped with the tools and the knowledge to upskill employees and to infuse generative AI thinking in your workplace. • Course level: Beginner • Duration: 1 hour Activities This course includes interactive elements and text instruction. Course objectives In this course, you will learn how to: • Describe key concepts and strategies that you need to know to integrate generative AI into your organization • Describe how to build a generative AI-ready organization • Describe how to frame discussions with your employees and overcome the challenges you might face • Describe the importance of governance and organizational structure in implementing generative AI successfully Intended audience This course is intended for: • Business decision-makers Prerequisites This course is the last course in the Generative AI Essentials for Business and Technical Decision Makers series. We recommend you complete the first two courses in the series before taking this course. • Introduction to Generative AI: Art of the Possible • Planning a Generative AI Project   Course outline Section 1: How to Use this Course Section 2: Introduction • Generative AI Organization Overview Section 3: Preparing Your Organization • Start with Your Leaders • Prepare Your Employees Section 4: Organizing for Success • Cloud Operating Model • Team Success • Establishing a Governance Model Section 5: Taking Action Now • Infusing Generative AI Thinking • Upskilling Employees in the Use of Generative AI Section 6: Wrap-up • Conclusion
AWS Migration Evaluator Getting Started
Course description Migration Evaluator quickly delivers optimized cost-modeling scenarios for your workloads on Amazon Web Services (AWS). It simplifies on-premises analysis of compute, local storage, memory, and Microsoft licenses. Migration Evaluator algorithmically helps you determine the best-fit, lowest-cost placement for each workload. Learn the value of Migration Evaluator and how we can assist you in building your business case for the AWS Cloud. – Course level: Fundamental – Duration: 45 minutes Activities This course includes presentations, demonstrations, videos, and assessments. Course objectives In this course, you will learn to: – Identify savings when migrating to AWS using Migration Evaluator – Understand the architecture, use cases, methodologies and deliverables – Navigate and use the Migration Evaluator console to explore collected data Intended audience This course is intended for: – Customers, Partners and Amazonians in development and specialist teams with an interest in migrations Prerequisites We recommend that attendees of this course have: – None  Course outline Module 1: Introduction to Migration Evaluator – How Migration Evaluator works. – Which problems Migration Evaluator solves – What are the benefits of Migration Evaluator – Migration Evaluator pricing information Module 2: Architecture and Use Cases – How to define the technical concepts of Migration Evaluator – How to identify typical use cases for Migration Evaluator – How to specify the requirements to implement Migration Evaluator in a real-world scenario Module 3: How to Use the Migration Evaluator Console – How to navigate the Migration Evaluator console – What is the Migration Evaluator Business Case – How to explore collected data Module 1 description Overview of the Migration Evaluator assessment, it’s benefits and the problems it solves. Module 2 description Overview of the architecture and most common Migration Evaluator use cases. Module 3 description Overview of the Migration Evaluator Console, data collection and exploration of collected data. Additional resources about Migration Evaluator.
Introduction to the Cloud for Clinicians
Course description This course introduces the cloud and describes what it means for your healthcare practice and to you as a clinician. The cloud can reduce the burden of technology on clinicians. They can then focus on delivering care, identifying healthcare needs, managing health at scale, and responding quickly to change. Providers can accelerate innovation, unlock siloed data, and develop personalized care strategies—all while operating securely in a highly regulated industry. • Course level: Fundamental • Duration: 45 minutes Activities This course includes the following: videos and links to external resources. Course objectives In this course, you will learn to do the following: • Understand the general value of the cloud for clinicians. • Understand how the cloud can reduce administrative overhead. • Understand how the cloud maintains business continuity. • Understand how the cloud protects confidential information. • Understand how the cloud can help clinicians meet stringent regulatory and compliance standards. • Understand how cloud technologies can help drive innovation in healthcare. Intended audience This course is intended for the following people: • Individuals in the Healthcare and Life Sciences (HCLS) industry Prerequisites There are no prerequisites for this course. Course outline Section 1: Introduction • How to Use This Course • Course Overview • Solution Introduction Section 2: Course • Overview of Cloud Benefits • The Cloud in Clinical Practice • Data Security, Privacy, and Ownership • Regulation and Compliance • Maintaining Business Continuity • Innovating in the Cloud Section 3: Summary • Conclusion • Contact Us
Succeeding in the Cloud- Rethinking your Levers
Transformation isn’t about doing existing things better; it’s foremost about doing different things and doing them differently. This course highlights why transformation is different from any other project and challenges leaders to rethink their levers for change. Course level: Fundamental Duration: 45 minutes Activities This course includes eLearning-based instruction delivered in an informational video. Course objectives In this course, you will learn to: – Identify why the cloud can be a catalyst for organizational transformation. – Describe how the cloud can help leaders transform their organizations by moving toward autonomous teams coupled with the removal of siloed ways of working. – Explain the importance of aligning business and IT operating models into a common set of business outcomes. Intended audience This course is intended for: – AWS customers, partners, and internal resources Course outline – Introduction – The Cloud’s Impact on Business and IT – Operating Models – Transformation: Rethinking Your Levers – Structure to Feedback Cycles – Reducing Friction – Mechanisms – Autonomy – Wrap
AWS Free Tier: Introduction to Managing Services
By the end of this course, you will be able to manage your AWS Free Tier services when approaching usage limits and develop the ability to select your transition path out of AWS Free Tier. You will also be able to make informed decisions when choosing to either terminate a service or continue using a service and transition to a paid tier. For foundational knowledge about AWS Free Tier, register for the AWS Free Tier: Introduction to Offerings and AWS Free Tier: Introduction to Monitoring Services courses. For more information about cloud economic principles, register for the Introduction to AWS Billing and Cost Management course. • Course level: Fundamental • Duration: 10 minutes Activities This course includes demonstrations, videos, and reading text. Course objectives In this course, you will learn to: • Manage your AWS Free Tier services when approaching usage limits. • Select a transition path out of AWS Free Tier. Intended audience This course is intended for: • Business Cloud Professionals who are cost-conscious and are early in their AWS journey. Prerequisites N/A Course outline Introduction to Managing Your AWS Free Tier Services • How to manage your AWS Free Tier services • Verify your AWS Services Free Tier eligibility • View active AWS resources • Terminate active AWS resources • Transition from free to paid services • AWS pricing models • AWS Pricing Calculator • Cost Explorer • Thank You and Feedback
AWS Free Tier: Introduction to Monitoring Services
This course introduces tools to monitor your AWS Free Tier services to stay within your usage limits. By the end of this course, you will be able to monitor your AWS Free Tier services when approaching usage limits. You will also be able to explain how these cloud financial management tools can assist you with monitoring your AWS Free Tier services. For foundational knowledge about AWS Free Tier, register for the AWS Free Tier: Introduction to Offerings and AWS Free Tier: Introduction to Managing Services courses. For more information about cloud economic principles, register for Introduction to AWS Billing and Cost Management. • Course level: Fundamental • Duration: 10 minutes Activities This course includes demonstrations, videos, and reading text. Course objectives In this course, you will learn to: • Explain how two cloud financial management tools can assist you with monitoring your Free Tier services. Intended audience • This course is intended for: Business Cloud Professionals who are cost-conscious and are early in their AWS journey. Prerequisites N/A Course outline AWS Free Tier: Introduction to Monitoring Services • Why monitor your AWS Free Tier services? • Use AWS Billing console to track and confirm usage • Use AWS Budgets to manage costs • Summary • Resources • Thank You and Feedback
Getting Started with Cloud Acquisition (Arabic)
Course description: In this course, you will learn how to buy AWS Cloud effectively, from the very start of the procurement effort. The course includes an in-depth review of cloud acquisition best practices, the benefits of working with the AWS Partner Network (APN), and how to overcome common challenges. The course aims to upskill you with the key acquisition knowledge you need to speak to all stakeholders in your organization and help maximize the benefits of cloud adoption. • Course level: Fundamental • Duration: 80 minutes Activities: This course includes videos, exercises, and a final assessment. Course objectives: In this course, you will learn to: • Build cloud technology considerations into acquisition strategies • Identify how cloud acquisition affects all elements of your organization, such as security, legal, and finance • Describe different buying approaches and when to use them, such as frameworks, existing contracts, and dynamic purchasing systems • Recognize the value proposition of cloud service providers (CSPs) and their partners • Identify how and when to bring in partners, and when it makes more sense to buy directly from a CSP • Identify the key stakeholders in your organizations and how to effectively engage them on cloud acquisition considerations that might affect them • Recognize common acquisition questions and how to answer them • Work with the APN Intended audience: This course is intended for: • C-suite • Buyers and procurement specialists, such as category managers and leads, heads of procurement and acquisition, and supply chain managers • Finance and commercial professionals • HR and training professionals • Security professionals • Risk and compliance professionals • Internal audit professionals • Legal and contracts professionals • Program and project managers Prerequisites: We recommend that attendees of this course have: • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Foundational certification  Course outline: Introduction and Cloud Acquisition Fundamentals • Introduction Cloud Acquisition Fundamentals: • Cloud Adoption Parts • Cloud Acquisition Fundamentals: Summary Procurement Foundations: • Rethinking Procurement • Educating Internal Stakeholders on Buying Cloud • Separate Infrastructure from Services/Labor • Procurement Foundations: Summary Key Aspects of Procurement: • Key Aspects of Procurement • Pricing • Security • Data Sovereignty and Data Residency • Sustainability • Governance and Operationalization • Terms and Conditions • Key Aspects of Procurement: Summary Working with Partners: • Working with the AWS Partner Network • Working with Partners: Summary Making It Real: • Procurement Vehicle Global Examples • Answering Common Procurement Questions • Talking About Migrations • Making it Real: Summary Course Summary: • Knowledge Assessment • Additional Resources
Getting Started with Cloud Acquisition
In this course, you will learn how to buy AWS Cloud effectively, from the very start of the procurement effort. The course includes an in-depth review of cloud acquisition best practices, the benefits of working with the AWS Partner Network (APN), and how to overcome common challenges. The course aims to upskill you with the key acquisition knowledge you need to speak to all stakeholders in your organization and help maximize the benefits of cloud adoption. • Course Level: Fundamental • Duration: 1 Hour 20 Minutes Activities: This course includes videos, exercises, and a final assessment. Course objectives: In this course, you will learn to: • Build cloud technology considerations into acquisition strategies • Identify how cloud acquisition affects all elements of your organization, such as security, legal, and finance • Describe different buying approaches and when to use them, such as frameworks, existing contracts, and dynamic purchasing systems • Recognize the value proposition of cloud service providers (CSPs) and their partners • Identify how and when to bring in partners, and when it makes more sense to buy directly from a CSP • Identify the key stakeholders in your organizations and how to effectively engage them on cloud acquisition considerations that might affect them • Recognize common acquisition questions and how to answer them • Work with the APN Intended audience: This course is intended for: • C-suite • Buyers and procurement specialists, such as category managers and leads, heads of procurement and acquisition, and supply chain managers • Finance and commercial professionals • HR and training professionals • Security professionals • Risk and compliance professionals • Internal audit professionals • Legal and contracts professionals • Program and project managers Prerequisites: We recommend that attendees of this course have: • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner – Foundational certification Course outline: Introduction and Cloud Acquisition Fundamentals • Introduction Cloud Acquisition Fundamentals • Cloud Adoption Parts • Cloud Acquisition Fundamentals: Summary Procurement Foundations • Rethinking Procurement • Educating Internal Stakeholders on Buying Cloud • Separate Infrastructure from Services/Labor • Procurement Foundations: Summary Key Aspects of Procurement • Key Aspects of Procurement • Pricing • Security • Data Sovereignty and Data Residency • Sustainability • Governance and Operationalization • Terms and Conditions • Key Aspects of Procurement: Summary Working with Partners • Working with the AWS Partner Network • Working with Partners: Summary Making It Real • Procurement Vehicle Global Examples • Answering Common Procurement Questions • Talking About Migrations • Making it Real: Summary Course Summary • Knowledge Assessment • Additional Resources
Cloud Audit Academy – Cloud Agnostic
In this course, you will learn how to audit cloud security. This fundamental course dives into cloud-specific audit considerations and best practices, and is aligned to common security and compliance domains. It also includes a checklist to prepare you for auditing security in the cloud. Course objectives: This course is designed to teach you how to: – Audit security in the cloud by applying cloud specific verification techniques. – Identify the difference between auditing in the cloud and on-premises. Intended audience: This course is intended for: – Auditors, risk and compliance specialists with basic understanding of security and network concepts. Prerequisites: We recommend that attendees of this course have: – An understanding of basic security and network concepts. [Enroll now] (www.aws.training)   Course outline: Module 1: Introduction to the Cloud – Overview – Cloud Models – Shared Responsibility – Benefit and Risks – Cloud Focus – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 2: Cloud Services and Scoping – Overview – Service Mapping – Cloud Focus – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 3: Governance, Risk, and Personnel – Overview – Cloud Focus Governance – Cloud Focus Risk – Cloud Focus Personnel – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 4: Access Management – Overview – Cloud Focus – CSC Responsibilities – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 5: Data Security – Overview – Cloud Focus – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 6: Network – Overview and Cloud Focus – CSC Responsibilities – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 7: User Device Management – Overview and Cloud Focus – Boundaries – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 8: Configuration Management – Overview – Cloud Focus – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 9: Vulnerability Management – Overview – Scanning Tools – Cloud Focus – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 10: Logging and Monitoring – Overview – Intrusion Detection and Prevention – Cloud Focus – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 11: Incident Response – Overview – Cloud Focus – Audit Considerations – Recap Module 12: Business Continuity Planning – Overview and Cloud Focus – Disaster Discovery – Audit Considerations – Recap
Media Glossary
This is a foundations level digital glossary of essential terms and concepts fundamental to video compression, processing and delivery. It can be used as a standalone resource or a companion resource for other Media Services training.
AWS Cloud Essentials for Business Leaders
In this course, you will learn the fundamental concepts of cloud computing and how a cloud strategy can help companies meet business objectives. It explores the advantages and possibilities of cloud computing. It also introduces addresses concepts such as security and compliance to help facilitate better discussions with line of business (LOB) professionals, information technology (IT) LoB, IT leaders, and executives. • Course level: Fundamental • Duration: 2 Hours Activities This course includes presentations, case studies, and knowledge checks. Course objectives In this course, you will learn to: • Explain the role of information technology (IT) in an organization for business transformation • Explain the customer value proposition for using the cloud across industries • Define key characteristics of cloud computing • Explain the cloud business model • Identify key security practices of cloud computing • Frame the cloud business value using the Cloud Value Framework Intended audience This course is intended for: • Line of Business (LoB) owners, IT leaders, and executives Prerequisites We recommend that attendees of this course have: • No prior IT experience or cloud experience is required.   Course outline Module 1: Course Introduction Module 2: Role of IT for Business Transformation • Role of IT in an organization for business transformation • Brief history of IT • Legacy approach to IT • What drives customers to move from traditional infrastructure to the cloud Module 3: Customer Value Proposition • The customer value proposition • Identify who is using cloud computing • Industry trends • Customer examples Module 4: Introduction to Cloud Computing • Define cloud computing • Key characteristics of cloud technology • The cloud business model • Key security practices within the cloud Module 5: Cloud Value Framework • Introduction to the Cloud Value Framework • Cost Savings • Staff Productivity • Operational Resilience • Business Agility
