Building Data Lakes on AWS

Attendee Todo List

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Class Overview

In this course, you will learn how to build an operational data lake that supports analysis of both structured and unstructured data. You will learn the components and functionality of the services involved in creating a data lake. You will use AWS Lake Formation to build a data lake, AWS Glue to build a data catalog, and Amazon Athena to analyze data. The course lectures and labs further your learning with the exploration of several common data lake architectures.

Course Objectives

In this course, you will learn how to:

• Apply data lake methodologies in planning and designing a data lake
• Articulate the components and services required for building an AWS data lake
• Describe how to secure a data lake with appropriate permissions
• Describe how data is ingested, stored, and transformed in a data lake
• Describe how to analyze and visualize data within a data lake