Publisher's Synopsis
This guide introduces core cloud computing paradigms, the Global Infrastructure of AWS encompassing regions, Availability Zones, and content delivery mechanisms via CloudFront and Edge Locations. It examines cloud deployment, the AWS Well-Architected Framework for resilient, scalable solutions, and secure access via IAM. Essential compute (EC2, Lambda), storage (S3, EBS), databases (RDS, DynamoDB), networking (VPC), security, event-driven architectures (SQS, SNS), monitoring (CloudWatch), infrastructure automation (CloudFormation), cost management, advanced identity (Cognito), and other AWS offerings for exam preparation are also covered. It also covers event-driven architectures with SQS and SNS, monitoring with CloudWatch, automation via CloudFormation, cost management, advanced identity with Cognito, and key AWS services aligned with exam goals.