Build Cloud-Ready Skills Across Your Teams with AWS Cloud Essentials
AWS Cloud Essentials is a foundational training that gives teams a clear, working understanding of Amazon Web Services: what the cloud is, how core compute, storage, networking, and database services fit together, and how AWS is secured, priced, and supported. It matters now because organizations increasingly expect every team, not only engineers, to make cloud-aware decisions, and a shared, accurate foundation prevents costly missteps as workloads move to AWS.
As organizations adopt AWS and ask more teams to plan, buy, and build on the cloud, this program helps your teams gain a confident, common foundation in core AWS services and concepts. Empower your people with expert-led on-site, off-site, and virtual sessions delivered by Edstellar, a premier corporate training provider serving organizations worldwide. Built around your goals, the program turns AWS Cloud Essentials skills into lasting capabilities that lift performance across technology, operations, and project teams.
The payoff is practical and measurable: teams that understand AWS pricing and core services scope projects more accurately, avoid over-provisioning, and collaborate faster with engineering. Trained in-house, your organization onboards new cloud initiatives quicker, leans less on outside consultants, and builds the foundation that feeds advanced AWS roles such as architects, developers, and operations engineers.

- Explain core cloud concepts and the AWS global infrastructure, Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations, in plain business terms.
- Identify the right AWS compute, storage, database, and networking service for a given workload.
- Describe how AWS secures the cloud and apply the shared responsibility model to everyday decisions.
- Read and reason about AWS pricing, billing, and support options to control and forecast cloud spend.
- Use core monitoring and analytics services to understand the health and cost of AWS workloads.
- Speak a shared AWS vocabulary that lets business, operations, and engineering teams collaborate with confidence.
- Core concepts
- What cloud computing is and the value proposition of AWS
- Cloud deployment models: cloud, hybrid, and on-premises
- The AWS shared responsibility model
- Navigating the AWS Management Console and core service categories
- Core concepts
- Amazon EC2 instances, families, and use cases
- Scaling with Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing
- Container and serverless options: ECS, EKS, and AWS Lambda
- Choosing the right compute service for a workload
- Core concepts
- AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations
- Designing for high availability and fault tolerance
- Content delivery and DNS with Amazon CloudFront and Route 53
- Reliability concepts behind resilient AWS workloads
- Core concepts
- Amazon VPC, subnets, and route tables
- Security groups and network access control lists
- Connectivity options: VPN, Direct Connect, and peering
- Public and private networking fundamentals
- Core concepts
- Object, block, and file storage: Amazon S3, EBS, and EFS
- Relational databases with Amazon RDS and Aurora
- Non-relational data with Amazon DynamoDB
- Backup, durability, and lifecycle management
- Core concepts
- Identity and access management with AWS IAM
- Encryption at rest and in transit with AWS KMS
- Protecting workloads with security groups, WAF, and Shield
- Compliance, governance, and security best practices
- Core concepts
- Monitoring workloads with Amazon CloudWatch
- Auditing activity with AWS CloudTrail
- Configuration tracking with AWS Config
- Reading metrics, logs, and alarms to act on issues
- Core concepts
- AWS pricing models and the core pricing principles
- Estimating and managing cost with the Pricing Calculator and Cost Explorer
- Billing, consolidated billing, and budgets
- AWS Support plans and the AWS Well-Architected resources
- Core concepts
- Cloud adoption frameworks and migration strategies
- Common migration approaches and tools
- Innovating with analytics, machine learning, and IoT on AWS
- Building a roadmap from foundation to advanced AWS skills
- IT Administrators
- Cloud Engineers
- System Engineers
- DevOps Engineers
- Network Engineers
- Infrastructure
- Data Center Technicians
- Support Managers
- Technical Leads
- Solution Architects
- Cloud Operations Teams
- Technical Project Leads
No prior AWS or cloud experience is required. Participants should be comfortable using a computer and the internet and have a general awareness of IT concepts such as servers, storage, and networking. The program is customized to your team's current cloud maturity, so mixed-experience groups, from business roles to technical staff, can all build a confident AWS foundation together.
64 hours of group training (includes VILT/In-person On-site)
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160 hours of group training (includes VILT/In-person On-site)
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400 hours of group training (includes VILT/In-person On-site)
Designed for large corporations
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Unlimited duration
Designed for large corporations
Experienced Trainers
Our trainers are drawn from a vetted global network and bring years of industry expertise, keeping every session practical and impactful.
Proven Quality
With a strong global track record, Edstellar is known for quality and engaging delivery.
Industry-Relevant Curriculum
Our programs are built by experts to match the demands of today's industry.
Fully Customizable
Every program can be tailored to your organization's goals.
Comprehensive Support
We provide pre- and post-session support for a complete learning experience.
Global Multi-Location & Multilingual Training Delivery
We deliver in multiple languages to support diverse global teams.
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