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    AWS Well-Architected provides a framework to help cloud architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient architectures.

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    This guided path approach helps you build and evolve your AWS Cloud environment based on a consolidated set of definitions, scenarios, guidance, and automations.

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    Explore this helpful resource outlining every AWS service at-hand to help you pick the right service for your architecture.

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    Efficient satellite imagery supply with AWS Serverless at BASF Digital Farming GmbH

    BASF Digital Farming’s mission is to support farmers worldwide with cutting-edge digital agronomic decision advice by using its main crop optimization platform, xarvio FIELD MANAGER. This blog post describes the serverless architecture developed by BASF Digital Farming for efficiently downloading and supplying satellite imagery from various providers to support its xarvio platform.

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    Let’s Architect! Serverless developer experience in AWS

    Are you a developer approaching serverless for the first time, or even an experienced one looking for a better way to accelerate your feedback loop from code to production? There are plenty of developer goodies available on AWS to streamline your code creation and achieve a faster flow in your development lifecycle. In this collection of resources, we share a few examples with you.

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    How an insurance company implements disaster recovery of 3-tier applications

    In this blog post, we explore how one of our customers, a US-based insurance company, uses cloud-native services to implement the disaster recovery of 3-tier applications. he requirement was to create a disaster recovery strategy that implements a Pilot Light or Warm/Standby scenario.

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    Hear insights from AWS and industry-thought leaders, grow your skills, and get inspired. Watch re:Invent 2024 video on demand.

    Architectural best practices throughout the lifecycle

    Learn how to integrate architectural best practices at every stage of your workload’s lifecycle using the AWS Well-Architected Framework. (54:42)

    Building core capabilities: The secret to innovation at scale

    Unlock the potential of your business by learning how to build core capabilities. Discover how these platforms can empower your teams to innovate with speed. (43:57)

    How not to sabotage your transformation

    In this session, explore mental models based on real-world experiences designed to help organizations assess their competitiveness. (37:11)

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  • Decision Guide

    Choosing an AWS cryptography service

    Help determine which AWS cryptography service is the best fit for your organization.

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    Security, Identity, & Compliance

    January 2025
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    AWS OCA 6-Point Framework: Envision…

    Deep dive into the Envision the Future phase of the AWS OCA 6-Point Framework. This phase involves creating strategies and plans to communicate, train, and engage employees in the cloud adoption initiative.

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    Tags: Management & Governance | Migration | Modernization

    January 31, 2025
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    Create access controls in Amazon EKS with…

    Use Amazon Bedrock agents to execute action groups that can connect with Amazon EKS clusters to add access control entries, or get information about existing entries.

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    Tags: Containers | DevOps | Machine Learning | Serverless

    January 30, 2025
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    Generative AI Application Builder on…

    Accelerates development and streamlines experimentation by helping you ingest your business-specific data and documents, evaluate and compare the performance of large language models (LLMs), rapidly build extensible applications, and deploy those applications with an enterprise-grade architecture.
    January 2025
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    AWS OCA 6-Point Framework: Align…

    Deep dive into the Align Leaders phase of the AWS Organizational Change Acceleration (OCA) 6-Point Framework. In this phase, you mobilize leaders around desired cloud outcomes, organizational impacts, and stakeholder readiness.

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    Tags: Management & Governance | Migration | Modernization

    January 29, 2025
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    Account Assessment for AWS Organizations

    This solution allows customers to better understand AWS Organizations dependencies by finding trusted access enabled AWS services, delegated admin accounts, and identity-based and resource-based policies.

    November 2024
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    Managing EC2 Instance Expiration on AWS

    This Guidance shows how to terminate Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances based on expiration values defined in their tags.
    January 2025
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    Set up DNS resolution for hybrid networks in…

    How to enable bidirectional DNS resolution between on-premises networks and AWS environments by using Route 53 Resolver endpoints. Covers both basic setup for cost-effective, small to medium deployments, and enhanced setup for larger, more complex environments by using Route 53 Profiles.

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    Tags: Hybrid cloud | Infrastructure | Networking & Remote Access

    January 29, 2025
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    Cost Optimizer for Amazon WorkSpaces

    Deploy a solution that automatically converts Amazon WorkSpaces to the most cost-effective billing model based on a user's individual usage.
    November 2024
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    Apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework…

    Use the design pillars, best practices, and considerations of the AWS Well-Architected Framework in your Timestream for InfluxDB based solution.

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    Tags: Databases

    January 28, 2025
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    Investing in chaos engineering

    Move from grassroots efforts and initial project goals and ROI to an approach that elevates chaos engineering to the level of cybersecurity.

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    Tags: Cloud foundations | Modernization

    January 28, 2025
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    Enhanced Document Understanding on AWS

    Deploy an event-driven AWS Solution that automates document ingestion, analysis, detection, and redaction.

    January 2025
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    Automate CodeGuru reviews for AWS CDK…

    Streamline the development, deployment, and continuous improvement of serverless applications using the AWS CDK, CodeGuru, and GitHub Actions.

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    Tags: DevOps | Serverless

    January 27, 2025
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    Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS

    Deploy the Landing Zone Accelerator on AWS solution to quickly deploy a secure, resilient, scalable, and fully automated cloud foundation.
    January 2025
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    Dynamic Image Transformation for…

    Transform, optimize, and deliver images in real time at a fraction of the cost.

    January 2025
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  • Analytics & big data
    Build secure, reliable, cost-effective data-processing architectures.
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    Learn how to develop, deploy, run, and scale your applications.
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    Learn the most secure, reliable, and scalable way to run containers.
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    Learn how to continuously optimize your costs.
  • Databases
    Choose the right database for your use case and access patterns.
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    Build architectures that help you respond to the changing needs of your workforce.
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    Learn to connect devices and collect, store, and analyze device data.
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    Build effective and efficient machine learning (ML) architectures.
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    Learn to more rapidly and reliably build and deliver products using AWS.
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    Learn best practices for building and running Microsoft applications.
  • Migration
    Learn how to move existing applications to AWS.
  • Networking and content delivery
    Learn to connect devices and collect, store, and analyze device data.
  • Security, identity, & compliance
    Learn how to meet your security and compliance goals using AWS infrastructure and services.
  • Serverless
    Learn to build and run applications and backend services without servers.
  • Storage
    Design reliable, scalable, and secure data storage architectures.

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