AWS Technical Essentials Course Overview

Module/Lab Time Estimate
Welcome: Course Introduction, Objectives and Module Layout 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM
Module 1: AWS Introduction and History, AWS Global Infrastructure 9:05 AM - 9:35 AM
Instructor-Led Demo 1 — AWS Management Console 9:35 AM - 9:45
Module 2: (Part 1: Compute and Network services) — EC2, VPC 9:45 AM - 10:15 AM
Break 15 Minutes
Lab 1: Build your VPC and Launch a Web Server 10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Module 2: (Part 2: Storage services) — S3, EBS 11:15 AM - 11:50 AM
Instructor-Led Demo 2 — S3 11:50 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Module 3: AWS Security, Identity and Access Management (IAM) 1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
Instructor-Led Demo 3 — IAM 1:30 PM - 1:40 PM
Module 4: Databases (RDS, DynamoDB) 1:40 PM - 2:25 PM
Break 15 Minutes
Lab 2: Build your Database Server and Connect to it 2:40 PM - 3:25 PM
Module 5: Auto Scaling, Load Balancing, CloudWatch, Trusted Advisor 3:25 PM - 3:55 PM
Lab 3: Scale and Load Balance your Architecture 3:55 PM - 4:40 PM
Module 6: Course Wrap-Up 4:40 PM - 5:00 PM

Resources

The following resource links will provide more information and help reinforce topics covered during the Technical Essentials course:

Module 1: AWS Introduction and History, AWS Global Infrastructure

Module 2: (Compute and Network services)EC2, VPC

Module 3: AWS Security, IAM

Module 4: Databases (RDS, DynamoDB)

Module 5: Auto Scaling, Load Balancing, CloudWatch, Trusted Advisor

Module 6: Course Wrap-Up