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What is Amazon Web Services (AWS)? Learn the basics about this robust set of services.

What can AWS do for you? Should your business transition to AWS? What are the costs and benefits? Find out in this episode.

How to set up your free AWS account, and everything you need to know before you begin.

What are the different type of AWS certifications offered and which one is best for you?

Learn what you need to know before you begin your journey on the AWS certification path.

Is it really worth it to get AWS certified? Find out in this episode.

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate complete overview: everything you need to know about the CSA-A.

What's new on the updated version of the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) exam? Tom discusses the additional tools and technologies you'll need to know.

This episode covers a brief overview of the AWS CSA-A (SAA-C03) domains and objectives and how to use the exam objective document to your advantage while studying for the exam.

These are the four main components that make up AWS. Find out what exactly each of these is in the AWS environment.

This episode covers the various domains and objectives covered on the CSA-A exam.

Be sure to use the system to your advantage as you work towards studying and passing your CSA-A exam.

There are many ways to take notes while you're watching these training videos, the important thing is to find what works for you.

An alert brain on test day requires you to take care of your physical body first. Check out these exam day tips.

The final step is to take the exam. Here are a few good exam tips to help you pass with confidence.

Have you heard the term "cloud" and wondered just what it means in relation to computers and applications? If so, this episode will give you the low down on cloud computing and what it's all about.

What does the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud have to offer? In this episode, you'll learn about the key services offered by AWS and how Amazon makes these services available all over the world.

Where do I start? It's the most common question when first getting into Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this episode, you'll begin by creating a free AWS account that you can use to explore and learn all about this amazing cloud service.

Learning a new interface can be challenging. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has much to offer, which can make the console hard to understand at first; however, in this episode, you'll gain an understanding for the console and its components so that you can navigate the interface with ease.

The Simple Storage Service (S3) gives you storage in the cloud at any scale and with varying costs. This episode introduces the creation of S3 buckets (containers for your storage in the cloud).

What if you could run a server in the cloud and fully manage it the way you want? You can do exactly that with Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) instances and this episode shows you how.

You've probably used dozens or hundreds of databases in your life - even if you didn't know you were. It's a place to put your data. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has a rich database solution that you'll explore in this episode.

In addition to storage, compute, and database services, Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers scalability and monitoring. In this episode, you'll learn about the services that offer this in the cloud.

When you start using Amazon Web Services (AWS), you'll begin with a single account. Eventually, you'll need many more accounts as you grow. Identity and Access Management (IAM) services give you what you need to manage these accounts and you'll discover the basic concepts in this episode.

You want to spend as little as possible to get the services you need. In this episode, you'll explore cost options within Amazon Web Services (AWS) and how you can keep those costs down.

In this course, you've started down the path to learning about Amazon Web Services (AWS); however, you may need more help and information as you go. AWS documentation is just what the doctor ordered and this episode will show you how to use it.

At this point, you're probably wondering what certification might look like in relation to Amazon Web Services (AWS). AWS certifications are hot right now and you'll understand the various certifications available, and their differences, in this episode.

What exactly is cloud computing? In this episode, you will learn the answer to this important question and discover some examples of cloud computing service providers.

Why move to the cloud? This episode provides an overview of the benefits of cloud computing. You can save money, time, and headaches when moving to the cloud.

You may be wondering how you can use the cloud. Do you have to move everything to the cloud or just some solutions? What do the buzzwords like IaaS, Paas, and SaaS mean? You will find out in this episode.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has been around for more than a decade. To understand where we are, it is often helpful to see from where we've come. This episode takes you on a historic tour of AWS.

Throughout this course, you will hear about compute services, storage services, database services, and networking services. The Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform provides all of these and this platform is explored in this episode.

In this first part of two episodes, you will begin exploring the Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings. By browsing through the services list in the AWS console, we can explore everything AWS has to offer.

This episode continues the Amazon Web Services (AWS) offerings tour finishing up where we left off in the last episode. By the end of this episode, you will have a birds-eye view of the AWS services.

This episode continues the AWS offerings tour and looks at the most recent additions within the AWS system.

Have you wondered how you can secure the solutions you run in Amazon Web Services (AWS)? This is a valid concern and you will begin to learn the answer to this important question in this episode.

Where is Amazon Web Services (AWS)? The answer is: everywhere. AWS is deployed in various regions around the globe with data centers in these regions. Additionally, many regions have multiple Availability Zones (AZs). This episode explains the terminology of regions and AZs.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers many storage functions. Many cloud services offer storage alone, but AWS offers advanced storage services and many compute services as well. This episode introduces the array of storage services offered.

S3 is the primary file or object storage service in Amazon Web Services (AWS). What can you do with S3? This episode explains the basic concepts of S3 storage and management.

Like any technology, S3 has unique terminology associated with it. If you hope to understand and implement S3 well, you must understand this terminology and this episode will provide you with definitions of key S3 terms.

Can you do more than simply store files in S3 buckets? You definitely can and this episode explores some of the more advanced features of S3.

Would you like to see S3 in action? This episode demonstrates the process of creating S3 buckets and then using those buckets for object (file) storage.

Each S3 bucket has a collection of properties associated with it. These properties are explored in this episode.

After you have objects (files) in an S3 bucket, you have to manage these objects. Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides several management functions for the objects in S3 buckets and they are explored in this episode.

What if you want to store data for a very long time and you do not need to access that data immediately when it is needed? Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a less expensive storage solution for this kind of data. It is called Glacier and it is introduced in this episode.

Now that you understand Glacier as a concept, it's time to explore the process of creating Glacier storage. This storage is called a vault with archives. This episode demonstrates their creation and use.

What do you do if your antiquated system requires backing up to a physical tape? AWS now has the solution with Tape Gateway, which is seen by these systems as a physical tape, yet cleverly backs up to a server.

AWS has really upped their game with added S3 features. Learn about intelligent tiering, S3 object lock, and batch operations in this episode.

While S3 and Glacier can be used to store files, what do you do when you need storage for a virtual machine (an instance) in Amazon Web Services (AWS)? The answer is found in the AWS Elastic Block Store (EBS) service. This episode introduces the concepts of EBS.

After understanding the EBS concepts, you can begin creating and using EBS volumes. This demonstration will show you how.

Do you need to store data in your Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud that can be accessed by multiple AWS virtual machines (instances)? If so, you need something like a Storage Area Network (SAN) in the cloud. The Elastic File System (EFS) provides this service and this episode introduces the EFS service and features.

Now that you know what the Elastic File System (EFS) offers, you can begin working with it in Amazon Web Services (AWS). This episode demonstrates the creation of an EFS share.

How can you ensure secure connections between your VPCs, services, and applications in AWS? Check out PrivateLink to find out.

Short on time, but need to quickly launch a robust, fully-managed file system? Try Amazon’s FSx, which can be configured to work with Windows File Server or Lustre, the high-performing file system from AWS.

See what it looks like to actually set up an Amazon FSx file system in this episode.

Have you considered how you might integrate storage at your location with Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage? This episode introduces the AWS features that allow you to integrate storage in this way.

It's one thing to create storage solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS). It's another thing to ensure their security. In this episode, you will explore the storage security features of AWS, including the console and CLI.

In the final episode of this chapter, you will explore the important topic of performance related to storage. It's not enough to have the storage space you require. You must also be able to access at the speed you desire. The key is in selecting the proper volume type (for EBS) or storage class (for S3) and this episode gives you the information required to make this decision.

An organization can run its own cloud solutions internally and this is called a private cloud. AWS provides the same concept in their cloud and they call it the Virtual Private Cloud (VPC). This episode introduces the VPC concept.

With an understanding of the AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), you can begin creating them. This episode shows you how to create and use a VPC.

You can configure some DHCP options for the devices that participate in your VPC. This episode shows you how to configure these options.

With default configurations, AWS instances use private IP addresses that are not routable on the Internet. What do you do if you need a public address that works directly on the Internet without a NAT device? This episode answers the question by introducing Elastic IP addresses.

Virtual servers need virtual network interfaces. In AWS these interfaces are called Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs). This episode introduces the concept and use of ENIs.

What if you want services to access other services indirectly? You can use endpoints. Unlike the traditional use of the term in networking, AWS uses the term endpoint to refer to something different. This episode explains how AWS uses the term.

When you have more than one VPC, you may want them connected to one another so instances in one can talk to instances in another and vice versa. This episode explains how this is done with VPC peering.

After gaining an understanding of the VPC peering concept, you can explore the process of creating a VPC peer. This episode provides an overview of the VPC peer creation process.

If you have worked around networking for just a little while, you've probably heard of groups or security groups. AWS offers security groups, but they are different from the traditional concept and this episode explains how.

When you want devices with a private IP address to communicate across the Internet, you will need a Network Address Translation device or server. This episode introduces the concept of NAT in AWS.

Do you want to connect your local network to AWS in a seemingly permanent way that is also secure? If so, you need to understand VPGs and CGWs, the topic of this episode.

AWS has added a few helpful configuration options to VPNs, including split-tunnels, Direct Connect, and adding certificates for authentication into VPNs.

Cloud computing is all the buzz today, but what is the service in AWS that allows for this? The answer is EC2 and this episode introduces the concepts around the EC2 service.

When you launch an EC2 instance, you must consider more than just the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to use. You must also determine the instance type or class to use so that you can achieve optimum performance. For this reason, it is important to understand the contents of this episode.

Pricing for EC2 instances varies greatly within AWS. The most impacting factors in EC2 pricing are instance types/classes in use and the pricing category chosen as discussed in this episode.

Elastic Block Store is your "hard drive" in the cloud. This episode introduces the use of an EBS volume in AWS.

Learn to use this service that recommends resources to reduce costs and improve solution performance.

Want to know how to create a Linux-based EC2 instance in AWS? This is the episode for you. You'll see the process from start-to-finish.

After implementing the Linux instance, you'll need to know a bit about configuring. This episode takes you through some important instance configuration tasks.

How about a Windows instance running in AWS? This episode provides a demonstration of the processes used to instantiate a Windows instance in AWS.

You may have heard the phrase "shared instance," but what does it mean? You'll understand after watching this episode. Grasp the concept and the way its implemented in AWS here.

In addition to shares instances, AWS offered dedicated hosts and dedicated instances. In this episode and the next, dedicated hosts and instances are explored.

Dedicated instances are the final "special" kind of AWS EC2 instance. This episode explains their operation.

After launching and configuring a few EC2 instances from AMIs, you're probably beginning to wonder about the details of these instance images. In this episode, you will explore the details of AMIs and how they can be created as well.