AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials Notes

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1. Compute in Cloud
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Compute on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/products/compute/

AWS Compute Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/compute/

AWS Compute Services
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/compute-services.html

Hands-On Tutorials: Compute
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/hands-on/?awsf.getting-started-category=category%23compute&awsf.getting-started-content-type=content-type%23hands-on&getting-started-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortOrder&getting-started-all.sort-order=asc&awsf.getting-started-level=*all

Category Deep Dive: Serverless
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/deep-dive-serverless/

AWS Customer Stories: Serverless
https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/?customer-references-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.publishedDate&customer-references-cards.sort-order=desc&awsf.customer-references-location=*all&awsf.customer-references-segment=*all&awsf.customer-references-product=product%23vpc%7Cproduct%23api-gateway%7Cproduct%23cloudfront%7Cproduct%23route53%7Cproduct%23directconnect%7Cproduct%23elb&awsf.customer-references-category=category%23serverless&awsf.customer-references-industry=*all&awsf.customer-references-use-case=*all&awsf.customer-references-tech-category=*all


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2. Global infrastructure and reliability
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Global Infrastructure
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/

Interactive map of the AWS Global Infrastructure
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/

Regions and Availability Zones
https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/regions_az/

AWS Networking and Content Delivery Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/

Tools to Build on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/tools/

AWS Customer Stories: Content Delivery
https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/?customer-references-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.publishedDate&customer-references-cards.sort-order=desc&awsf.customer-references-location=*all&awsf.customer-references-segment=*all&awsf.customer-references-product=product%23vpc%7Cproduct%23api-gateway%7Cproduct%23cloudfront%7Cproduct%23route53%7Cproduct%23directconnect%7Cproduct%23elb&awsf.customer-references-category=category%23content-delivery&awsf.customer-references-industry=*all&awsf.customer-references-use-case=*all&awsf.customer-references-tech-category=*all


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3. Networking
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Networking and Content Delivery on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/products/networking/

AWS Networking & Content Delivery Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/networking-and-content-delivery/

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
https://aws.amazon.com/vpc/?vpc-blogs.sort-by=item.additionalFields.createdDate&vpc-blogs.sort-order=desc

What is Amazon VPC?
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/what-is-amazon-vpc.html

How Amazon VPC works
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/how-it-works.html


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4. Storage and Database
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Cloud Storage on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/products/storage/

AWS Storage Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/

Hands-On Tutorials: Storage
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/hands-on/?awsf.getting-started-category=category%23storage&awsf.getting-started-content-type=content-type%23hands-on&getting-started-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortOrder&getting-started-all.sort-order=asc&awsf.getting-started-level=*all

AWS Customer Stories: Storage
https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/?customer-references-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.publishedDate&customer-references-cards.sort-order=desc&awsf.customer-references-location=*all&awsf.customer-references-segment=*all&awsf.customer-references-product=product%23vpc%7Cproduct%23api-gateway%7Cproduct%23cloudfront%7Cproduct%23route53%7Cproduct%23directconnect%7Cproduct%23elb&awsf.customer-references-category=category%23storage&awsf.customer-references-industry=*all&awsf.customer-references-use-case=*all&awsf.customer-references-tech-category=*all

AWS Database Migration Service
https://aws.amazon.com/dms/

Databases on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/products/databases/

Category Deep Dive: Databases
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/deep-dive-databases/

AWS Database Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/

AWS Customer Stories: Databases
https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/?customer-references-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.publishedDate&customer-references-cards.sort-order=desc&awsf.customer-references-location=*all&awsf.customer-references-segment=*all&awsf.customer-references-product=product%23vpc%7Cproduct%23api-gateway%7Cproduct%23cloudfront%7Cproduct%23route53%7Cproduct%23directconnect%7Cproduct%23elb&awsf.customer-references-category=category%23databases&awsf.customer-references-industry=*all&awsf.customer-references-use-case=*all&awsf.customer-references-tech-category=*all


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5. Security
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Security, Identity, and Compliance on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/products/security/

Whitepaper: Introduction to AWS Security
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/introduction-aws-security/welcome.html

Whitepaper: Amazon Web Services - Overview of Security Processes
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview-security-processes/aws-overview-security-processes.pdf

AWS Security Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/security/

AWS Compliance
https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/

AWS Customer Stories: Security, Identity, and Compliance
https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/?customer-references-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.publishedDate&customer-references-cards.sort-order=desc&awsf.customer-references-location=*all&awsf.customer-references-segment=*all&awsf.customer-references-product=product%23vpc%7Cproduct%23api-gateway%7Cproduct%23cloudfront%7Cproduct%23route53%7Cproduct%23directconnect%7Cproduct%23elb&awsf.customer-references-category=category%23security-identity-compliance&awsf.customer-references-industry=*all&awsf.customer-references-use-case=*all&awsf.customer-references-tech-category=*all


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6. Monitoring and Analytics
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Management and Governance on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/products/management-and-governance/

Monitoring and Observability
https://aws.amazon.com/products/management-and-governance/use-cases/monitoring-and-observability/?whats-new-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.postDateTime&whats-new-cards.sort-order=desc&blog-posts-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.createdDate&blog-posts-cards.sort-order=desc

Configuration, Compliance, and Auditing
https://aws.amazon.com/products/management-and-governance/use-cases/configuration-compliance-and-auditing/?whats-new-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.postDateTime&whats-new-cards.sort-order=desc&blog-posts-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.createdDate&blog-posts-cards.sort-order=desc

AWS Management & Governance Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/mt/

Whitepaper: AWS Governance at Scale
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-governance-at-scale/aws-governance-at-scale.html


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7. Pricing and Support
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AWS Pricing
https://aws.amazon.com/pricing/

AWS Free Tier
https://aws.amazon.com/free/?all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Types=*all&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Categories=*all

AWS Cost Management
https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/

Whitepaper: How AWS Pricing Works
https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws_pricing_overview.pdf

Whitepaper: Introduction to AWS Economics
https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/introduction-to-aws-cloud-economics-final.pdf

AWS Support
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/

AWS Knowledge Center
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/


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8. Migration and Innovation
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Migration & Transfer on AWS
https://aws.amazon.com/products/migration-and-transfer/

A Process for Mass Migrations to the Cloud
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/214-2/

6 Strategies for Migrating Applications to the Cloud
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/6-strategies-for-migrating-applications-to-the-cloud/

AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
https://aws.amazon.com/professional-services/CAF/

AWS Fundamentals: Core Concepts
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/fundamentals-core-concepts/

AWS Cloud Enterprise Strategy Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/

Modernizing with AWS Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/modernizing-with-aws/

AWS Customer Stories: Data Center Migration
https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/case-studies/?customer-references-cards.sort-by=item.additionalFields.publishedDate&customer-references-cards.sort-order=desc&awsf.customer-references-location=*all&awsf.customer-references-segment=*all&awsf.customer-references-product=product%23vpc%7Cproduct%23api-gateway%7Cproduct%23cloudfront%7Cproduct%23route53%7Cproduct%23directconnect%7Cproduct%23elb&awsf.customer-references-category=category%23datacenter-migration&awsf.customer-references-industry=*all&awsf.customer-references-use-case=*all&awsf.customer-references-tech-category=*all

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9. The Cloud Journey
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AWS Well-Architected
https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/?wa-lens-whitepapers.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortDate&wa-lens-whitepapers.sort-order=desc

Whitepaper: AWS Well-Architected Framework
https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/architecture/AWS_Well-Architected_Framework.pdf

AWS Architecture Center
https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/

Six Advantages of Cloud Computing
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-overview/six-advantages-of-cloud-computing.html

AWS Architecture Blog
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/architecture/


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10. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Basics
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Overview of Amazon Web Services
https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-overview.pdf

How AWS Pricing Works
http://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws_pricing_overview.pdf

Compare AWS Support Plans
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/plans/