Getting Started with AWS

Learn the fundamentals and start building on Amazon Web Services
  • Get to know the AWS Cloud

  • Start your journey with AWS

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud that includes infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) offerings. AWS services offer scalable solutions for compute, storage, databases, analytics, and more.

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    Learn best practices to set up your account and environment

    We walk you through setting up your AWS account and development environment, which enables you to interact with your AWS account and resources.
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    What is AWS?

    Get to know the AWS Management Console

    Learn how to use the AWS Management Console, a web application that provides access to the information you need to manage your AWS resources.
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    How to sign in to the AWS Management Console

    Learn to control your AWS costs

    We show you how to control your costs while using the AWS Free Tier and how to use AWS Budgets to set up a cost budget to monitor your usage costs.
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    How to Manage your AWS Costs

  • Decision guides

  • Decision guides

    AWS decision guides provide an overview of our services with guidance to help you choose the services that fit your use case. Decision guides are now available for a range of service categories including machine learning, analytics, containers, storage, networking services, and more. 

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    Choosing AWS security, compliance, and identity services

    We help you select the AWS security, identity, and compliance services and tools that are the best fit for your needs and your organization.
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    Move fast, stay secure: Strategies for the future of security

    Choosing a modern application strategy

    We help you evaluate and choose which modern application development approach is the best fit for your and your organization.
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    Key criteria when choosing an modern app development approach on AWS

    Choosing an AWS IoT service

    Learn how to evaluate our range of IoT tools and services and how to determine which are the best fit for your organizational requirements.
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    How to choose the right AWS IoT service

  • Cloud basics

  • Learn the essentials

    Get familiar with the core concepts that drive AWS services and how to best take advantage of them.

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    Cloud Essentials
    Gaining familiarity with core concepts of cloud computing helps give you confidence as you begin your journey.
    Security Essentials
    Apply these practices as one part of your ongoing due diligence around cloud security.
    Billing and Cost Optimizations Essentials
    When using the cloud, it is important to understand the billing model, and how you can optimize your costs.
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    Networking Essentials
    Familiarize yourself with the essentials for addressing, connectivity, routing, and network security in the cloud.
  • What's new

  • Use AI to accelerate your development

    Amazon CodeWhisperer is trained on billions of lines of code and can generate code suggestions ranging from snippets to full functions in real time based on your comments and existing code.

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Continue your journey with AWS

Take the next steps by learning more about AWS, deploying your first application, and joining the AWS community.
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Launch your first application

Pick a topic for a step-by-step tutorial to get you up and running in less than 30 minutes.
Launch a Web Application
Learn how to choose your infrastructure and launch a web application.
Deploy a Container
Select the right container service and deploy a container-based application.
Run a Serverless "Hello, World!"
Run your code on AWS Lambda without provisioning servers.
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Resource Centers

Find all the right tools, documentation, and resources to get the most out of AWS.
AWS Developer Center
Developer Center
The AWS Developer Center provides developmental tools, learning resources, and documentation to take your development skills on AWS to the next level.
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Architecture Center
The AWS Architecture Center provides reference architecture diagrams, vetted architecture solutions, Well-Architected best practices, patterns, icons, and more.
Architecture Center
IT Pro Center
The AWS IT Pro Center provides learning resources, documentation, and hands-on tutorials to help you and your organization adopt AWS IT Solutions in the cloud.

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