AWS Ramp-Up Guide: Cloud Essentials

Learn the basics of AWS Cloud—including the AWS Global Infrastructure; compute, storage, database, networking, security, and monitoring—at a
foundational level. From this base level of knowledge, expand into other role-based or domain-based areas of expertise. This guide can also help prepare
you for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification exam. If you're interested specifically in digital courses and labs to help you develop these skills,
explore the Cloud Essentials Learning Plan at explore.skillbuilder.aws. To provide suggestions on Ramp-Up Guides, please contact
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Step 1: Learn the fundamentals of the AWS Cloud

Learning Resource Duration Type
What is Cloud Computing? 10 minutes Webpage »
What is AWS? 5 minutes Video »
Types of Cloud Computing 10 minutes Webpage »
Cloud Computing with AWS 10 minutes Webpage »
AWS Fundamentals Overview 10 minutes Webpage »
AWS Fundamentals Core Concepts 1 hour Webpage »
Overview of AWS 6 hours Whitepaper >>
AWS Global Infrastructure 20 minutes Webpage »
AWS Glossary 30 minutes Webpage »
Job Roles in the Cloud 30 minutes Digital Training »

Step 2: Dive deeper into AWS Cloud fundamentals, including AWS pricing and support, and core AWS service
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials 6+ hours Digital Training »
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (Classroom) 1 day Classroom Training »
AWS Cloud Security 10 minutes Webpage »
Shared Responsibility Model 10 minutes Webpage »
AWS Pricing 10 minutes Webpage »
How AWS Pricing Works 3.5 hours Whitepaper »
Compare AWS Support Plans 15 minutes Webpage »
Getting Started with Cloud Acquisition 80 minutes Digital Training »
AWS Well-Architected 1.5 hours Digital Training »

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AWS Foundations: Getting Started with the AWS Cloud Essentials 1 hour Digital Training »
AWS Foundations: Securing Your AWS Cloud 50 minutes Digital Training »
AWS Compute Services Overview 5 minutes Digital Training »
Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) 10 minutes Infographic »
Getting Started with Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) 2.5 hours Digital Training »
AWS Databases – the right tool, for the right job 10 minutes Infographic »
Amazon RDS Service Introduction 5 minutes Digital Training »
Introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 10 minutes Digital Training »
Introduction to Identity and Access Management (IAM) 10 minutes Digital Training »
Introduction to Organizations 10 minutes Digital Training »
Introduction to AWS Auto Scaling 10 minutes Digital Training »
Introduction to Amazon Elastic Load Balancer - Application 15 minutes Digital Training »
Introduction to Containers 15 minutes Digital Training »
Web Application Hosting in the AWS Cloud 45 minutes Whitepaper »

Step 3: Get experience with self-paced labs

Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) 25 minutes Self-paced Lab »
Introduction to Amazon EC2 1 hour Self-paced Lab »
Introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 55 minutes Self-paced Lab »
Introduction to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) 1 hour 30 minutes Self-paced Lab »
Introduction to Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) 45 minutes Self-paced Lab »
Introduction to Amazon CloudFront 55 minutes Self-paced Lab »
Host a Static Website 30 minutes Lab »
Store and Retrieve a File 10 minutes Lab »
Walkthrough of the Well-Architected Tool 30 minutes Lab »

Step 4: Get certified: Prepare for and take the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification exam
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam guide 1 hour Exam Guide »
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner sample questions Sample questions »
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner exam 1.5 hours Exam »

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Explore additional resources

Learning Library 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Whitepapers & Guides 15 minutes Explore »
AWS User Group 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Events and Webinars 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Podcast 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Blog 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Documentation 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Knowledge Center 15 minutes Explore »
AWS FAQs 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Hands-On Tutorials 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Solutions Library 15 minutes Explore »
AWS YouTube Channel 15 minutes Explore »
AWS Ramp-Up Guide Feedback 5 minutes Provide Feedback »

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