Description
This course provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts, AWS core services, security, architecture, pricing, and support.
Core Skills covered:
- Identify the global infrastructure components of AWS.
- Describe security and compliance measures of the AWS Cloud including AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
- Create an AWS Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC).
- Demonstrate when to use Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), AWS Lambda and AWS Elastic Beanstalk.
- Differentiate between Amazon S3, Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS and Amazon S3 Glacier.
- Demonstrate when to use AWS Database services including Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon Redshift, and Amazon Aurora.
- Explain AWS Cloud architectural principles.
- Explore key concepts related to Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Amazon CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling.
To build on the theory concepts, the course provides you with a real environment to do the hands-on practical labs.
This course is intended for people who seek an overall understanding of cloud computing concepts, independent of specific technical roles.
This course is at a beginner level.
The course is offered in partnership with Amazon Academy Training and Certification
For organisations that wish to pay the student fees for this course and are unable to pay by credit card via the website, please contact the Short Course team via email on shortcourses@tafesa.edu.au to organise a Third Party Payment invoice.
Class Times
Accepting enrolments up until 30th of June 2025
Online self-paced paced study up to 6 months
Please Note - This course commences from 20th of January 2025. You will receive further information from your lecturer after this date
Student Visa (500)
Current VISA holders eligible
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