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If you’re new to the cloud whether you’re in a technical or non-technical role such as finance legal, sales, marketing, this AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials course offered by Coursera in partnership with Amazon Web Services will provide you with an understanding of fundamental AWS Cloud concepts to help you gain confidence to contribute to your organization’s cloud initiatives

Overview

This AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials course offered by Coursera in partnership with Amazon Web Services is also the starting point to prepare for your AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification whenever it’s convenient for you.

After you complete the course, you’ll understand the benefits of the AWS Cloud and the basics of its global infrastructure. You’ll be able to describe and provide an example of the core AWS services, including compute, network, databases, and storage. For the finance-minded, you’ll be able to articulate the financial benefits of the AWS Cloud, define core billing and pricing models, and learn how to use pricing tools to make cost-effective choices for AWS services.

What you'll learn

Understand the working definition of the AWS Cloud
Differentiate between on-premises, hybrid-cloud, and all-in cloud
Describe the basic global infrastructure of the AWS Cloud
Explain the benefits of the AWS Cloud

Programme Structure

Course structure:

What is Cloud Computing?

Amazon EC2 Instance Types

Amazon EC2 Pricing

Scaling Amazon EC2

Directing Traffic with Elastic Load Balancing

Messaging and Queueing

Additional Compute Services

Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 14 days
- 10 hrs/week

Start dates & application deadlines

You can apply for and start this programme anytime.

Language

English

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Mountain View, United States

Disciplines

Web Technologies & Cloud Computing View 404 other Short Courses in Web Technologies & Cloud Computing in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Other requirements

General requirements

Beginner level

General IT and Business Knowledge
This course is aimed at beginners and learners who want to understand the fundamentals of cloud computing and develop foundational knowledge of AWS services, infrastructure, and pricing models.

Tuition Fees

Additional Details

Course is free for the first 7 days. After 7 days, the course can be accessed with the Coursera Plus Subscription

Funding

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