AWS First Steps
A beginner-friendly guide to over 200 AWS services
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ComputeAWS compute services from virtual servers to serverless, including EC2, Lambda, and Fargate13 servicesStorageAWS data storage services from object storage to archival, including S3, EBS, EFS, and Glacier8 servicesDatabaseAWS database services from relational to NoSQL, including RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, and ElastiCache11 servicesNetworking and Content DeliveryAWS networking services from virtual networks to CDN, including VPC, CloudFront, Route 53, and ELB16 servicesSecurity, Identity, and ComplianceAWS security services from authentication to threat detection, including IAM, KMS, WAF, and GuardDuty26 servicesManagement and GovernanceAWS operations management services from monitoring to configuration management, including CloudWatch, Systems Manager, and Config24 servicesAnalyticsAWS data analytics services from data lakes to BI, including Athena, Redshift, Glue, and OpenSearch15 servicesApplication IntegrationAWS integration services from messaging to API management, including EventBridge, SQS, SNS, and API Gateway8 servicesMachine LearningAWS machine learning services from model building to inference, including SageMaker, Bedrock, and Rekognition18 servicesDeveloper ToolsAWS development support services from CI/CD to code management, including CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and Cloud915 servicesContainersAWS container services from orchestration to registries, including ECS, EKS, Fargate, and ECR6 servicesMigration and TransferAWS cloud migration support services from servers to databases, including DMS, Migration Hub, and Transfer Family9 services
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Internet of Things (IoT)7 servicesBlockchain1 servicesQuantum Technologies1 servicesRobotics0 servicesSatellite1 servicesMedia Services5 servicesEnd User Computing1 servicesBusiness Applications1 servicesGame Development1 servicesFront-End Web and Mobile4 servicesCloud Financial Management6 servicesCustomer Engagement3 servicesSupply Chain0 services
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