AWS Cloud Practitioner Services

APIs

Application Programming Interfaces, allowing applications to communicate and exchange data with AWS services programmatically.

Benefits of migrating to the AWS Cloud

Cost efficiency, flexibility, scalability, reliability, security, and faster innovation.

AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF)

A structured guideline assisting organizations to plan and implement cloud migration effectively.

AWS Compliance

Ensuring AWS infrastructure meets industry and regulatory standards for security and reliability.

AWS global infrastructure

Worldwide network composed of Regions (geographic areas) and Availability Zones (isolated data centers).

AWS Knowledge Center

Central repository of FAQs and solutions for AWS users.

AWS Partner Network (APN)

Global community of partners providing AWS-related products, services, and expertise.

AWS Prescriptive Guidance

Recommended methodologies and best practices to effectively plan and execute AWS projects.

AWS Pricing Calculator

Tool to estimate monthly AWS costs based on expected usage.

AWS Professional Services

Expert consultants provided by AWS to help enterprises achieve specific cloud goals.

AWS re:Post

Community-driven Q&A platform for AWS users to collaborate and resolve issues.

AWS SDKs

Software Development Kits simplifying the integration of AWS services with applications.

AWS Security Blog

Official blog providing updates, best practices, and insights into AWS security.

AWS shared responsibility model

Clarifies responsibilities for AWS (security of cloud infrastructure) versus customers (security in the cloud).

AWS Trusted Advisor

Provides recommendations to optimize AWS infrastructure cost, performance, security, fault tolerance, and service limits.

AWS Well-Architected Tool

Helps users evaluate workloads against AWS architectural best practices.

AWS Application Discovery Service

Automatically identifies on-premises servers and applications for migration.

AWS Application Migration Service

Automates the migration of applications to AWS with minimal downtime.

AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS)

Migrates databases quickly and securely to AWS.

Migration Evaluator

Helps estimate costs and resources required for migrating workloads to AWS.

AWS Migration Hub

Central tracking point for application migration projects.

AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT)

Automates database schema conversion for migrations between different databases.

AWS Snow Family

Physical devices for secure, large-scale data transport to AWS.

Amazon API Gateway

Fully-managed service for creating, publishing, and managing secure APIs.

Amazon CloudFront

Content Delivery Network (CDN) for securely delivering content globally at low latency through multiple edge locations

AWS Direct Connect

Establishes dedicated, private network connections between AWS and user networks.

AWS Global Accelerator

Improves global performance by routing traffic via AWS's global network.

AWS PrivateLink

Provides secure, private connectivity between VPCs and supported AWS services.

Amazon Route 53

Scalable DNS and domain name registration service. Also helps manage global application traffic through a variety of routing types.

AWS Transit Gateway

Central hub simplifying network architecture between multiple VPCs and on-premises networks.

Amazon VPC

Virtual Private Cloud, logically isolated cloud resources.

AWS VPN

Secure, encrypted connection between user networks and AWS infrastructure.

AWS Site-to-Site VPN

Securely connects on-premises data centers to AWS using VPN tunnels.

AWS Client VPN

Managed service for secure remote user access to AWS resources.

AWS Artifact

Portal providing on-demand access to AWS compliance reports.

AWS Audit Manager

Helps automate collection of evidence to simplify audit compliance.

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

Issues and manages SSL/TLS certificates for AWS services in transit or at rest.

AWS CloudHSM

Hardware security module for generating and using encryption keys securely in the cloud.

Amazon Cognito

User authentication and management service for mobile and web apps.

Amazon Detective

Analyzes security data to simplify threat detection and investigation.

AWS Directory Service

Managed Microsoft Active Directory in AWS.

AWS Firewall Manager

Centrally manages AWS firewall rules across multiple AWS accounts.

Amazon GuardDuty

Intelligent threat detection service using machine learning.

AWS IAM

Controls access to AWS resources through policies, roles, and users.

AWS IAM Identity Center

Provides centralized identity and access management for multiple AWS accounts.

Amazon Inspector

Automated security assessment service to identify vulnerabilities in applications.

AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)

Managed service for creating and controlling encryption keys.

Amazon Macie

Machine learning-powered service to discover and protect sensitive data in AWS.

AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM)

Enables sharing AWS resources between multiple AWS accounts.

AWS Secrets Manager

Securely stores, rotates, and retrieves secrets like passwords and API keys.

AWS Security Hub

Provides comprehensive security alerts and compliance checks across AWS accounts.

AWS Shield

Managed DDoS protection service safeguarding AWS resources.

AWS WAF

Web application firewall protecting against web-based threats.

AWS Fargate

Serverless compute engine for containers eliminating server management.

AWS Lambda

Serverless computing service running code without provisioning or managing servers.

AWS Backup

Centrally automates and manages backups across AWS services.

Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)

Durable block-level storage volumes attached to EC2 instances.

Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)

Scalable managed file storage system for EC2 instances.

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery

Minimizes downtime by rapidly recovering applications after outages.

Amazon FSx

Fully managed, optimized file systems for Windows, Lustre, OpenZFS, NetApp ONTAP.

Amazon S3

Scalable, durable, and highly available object storage service.

Amazon S3 Glacier

Low-cost archival storage designed for long-term data retention.

AWS Storage Gateway

Hybrid cloud service seamlessly integrating on-premises storage with AWS.

Amazon Aurora

High-performance, fully managed relational database compatible with MySQL and PostgreSQL.

Amazon DocumentDB

Managed NoSQL document database compatible with MongoDB.

Amazon DynamoDB

Fully managed NoSQL key-value and document database offering low latency and automatic scaling

Amazon ElastiCache

Fully managed in-memory cache service supporting Redis and Memcached which improves performance by reducing database load and speeding up data retrieval.

Amazon Neptune

Fully managed graph database service.

Amazon RDS

Managed relational database service supporting engines like Aurora, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and SQL Server.

AWS CLI

Unified command-line tool to interact with AWS services.

AWS CodeBuild

Managed continuous integration service compiling source code and running tests.

AWS CodePipeline

Fully managed continuous delivery service automating software release processes.

AWS X-Ray

Debugging and monitoring service providing insights into application performance and errors.

Amazon AppStream 2.0

Fully managed application streaming service delivering desktop applications securely to any device.

Amazon WorkSpaces

Fully managed Desktop-as-a-Service (DaaS) providing virtual desktops in the cloud.

Amazon WorkSpaces Secure Browser

Managed browser service enabling secure access to internal websites and applications.

AWS Amplify

Framework and services simplifying building full-stack mobile and web apps.

AWS AppSync

Managed service enabling developers to build real-time applications with GraphQL APIs.

AWS IoT Core

Managed cloud service securely connecting IoT devices with AWS services.

Amazon Comprehend

Natural language processing (NLP) service analyzing text for insights.

Amazon Kendra

Intelligent enterprise search service leveraging machine learning to find relevant content.

Amazon Lex

Service for building conversational interfaces (chatbots) using voice and text.

Amazon Polly

Converts text into lifelike speech using advanced text-to-speech technology.

Amazon Q

Enterprise-focused, generative AI-powered assistant for internal knowledge queries.

Amazon Rekognition

Service using machine learning for image and video analysis and recognition.

Amazon SageMaker AI

Fully managed platform for building, training, and deploying machine learning models.

Amazon Textract

Automatically extracts text, handwriting, and data from scanned documents.

Amazon Transcribe

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) converting speech into text.

Amazon Translate

Service providing fast, high-quality language translation.

AWS Auto Scaling

Automatically adjusts computing capacity to maintain performance at optimal cost.

AWS CloudFormation

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) service automating setup and management of AWS resources.

AWS CloudTrail

Enables governance, compliance, and operational auditing by tracking user activity and API usage.

Amazon CloudWatch

Monitoring service providing data and actionable insights for AWS applications and resources.

AWS Compute Optimizer

Service recommending optimal AWS resource configurations to improve performance and reduce costs.

AWS Config

Tracks AWS resource configurations and changes for compliance auditing and security analysis.

AWS Control Tower

Simplifies multi-account AWS environment setup with best practices and governance.

AWS Health Dashboard

Provides real-time health status and notifications for AWS services.

AWS License Manager

Manages software licenses across AWS and on-premises environments.

AWS Management Console

Web interface for managing and accessing AWS services.

AWS Organizations

Manages multiple AWS accounts centrally with policy-based controls.