AWSome Day Online Conference
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2024
EVENT ENDED. ONLINE RECORDING NOW AVAILABLE.

The cloud made clear

Join us for a free virtual half-day AWS Cloud training event delivered by our skilled in-house instructor and guest speakers.

We're bringing the cloud down to Earth

Essential training to begin your cloud journey

AWS proficiency is only a half-day course away

Learn the powerful cloud computing advantages of cost savings, speed, agility, and scale and how to accelerate innovation using internet of things (IoT), machine learning, and more.

No prior AWS or cloud knowledge is needed—zero, none. This is an introductory-level event that will give you the foundation you need to understand and use all things cloud and AWS so that you can build and expand your business or career to heights you only dreamed of before.

Watch, learn, and chat with our team that will be live and on the feed to answer or clarify questions you have along the way.

Come ready to learn!

Your AWSome Trainer

Michalynn J. Koziol

AWS Technical Trainer
Michalynn Koziol is a technical instructor on the AWS Training and Certification team. Over her many years as an instructor she has made a career empowering a vast amount of new and experienced cloud professionals through training, skills transfer, consulting, and public speaking. At Amazon Web services, Michalynn teaches workshops and provides instructor led training on a variety of services. Her Specialty is Cloud Operations, Systems Architecture, and Data Analytics in the Amazon Cloud.

Clear the fog, understand the cloud

This LEVEL 100 event will introduce you to the fundamentals of cloud computing and give you resources to kick-start your journey into building on AWS.

After the event, attendees will also be able to access additional on-demand demos and 600+ free AWS courses to help further your journey on the cloud.

Agenda

Welcome (2 min)

As we kickoff AWSome Day, we’ll start with the basics: what is the cloud, the advantages of cloud computing, cloud deployment models, and AWS global infrastructure.

Session 1: Introduction to AWS (80 min)

Introduction to AWS Services: Compute & Storage

In this section, we’ll introduce Compute by comparing the differences between physical and virtual servers and highlight Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2). We will then transition to a short discussion on Storage and the many scalable, durable, and cost-effective Storage options available through AWS. 

Introduction to AWS Services: Databases & Networking

Next, we’ll showcase the power of purpose-built databases available through AWS. There’s an option available to fit every organizational need. As we close this section, we will center on Networking, including Amazon Virtual Public Cloud and Elastic Load Balancing. 

Introduction to AWS Services: Security

Security is AWS’ top priority. Grounded in the Shared Responsibility Model, AWS’ services are designed for security with a highly automated, accredited, and available posture.

Session 2: AWS Console Demo (15 min)

In this demo, you’ll get a general overview of the AWS console.

10 minute break

Session 3: Innovation with AWS (35 min)

In this session, we will discuss innovation opportunities through topics like Machine Learning, IoT, Edge Computing and more.

Course Summary

As we close this AWSome Day session, you’ll leave with resources that will kick-start your learning journey and prepare you to start building on AWS.

Session 4 - AWS Partner Case Study (25 mins)

Join us for an inspiring session on the success story of an AWS Partner and customer as they discuss how they built scalable AWS infrastructure and modernized their application architecture.

AWS Partners are strategic experts and experienced builders that help address your specific business needs. As someone who is just beginning their AWS journey, your business can count on an AWS Partner for groundbreaking, relevant, and reliable solutions to help it grow.

Rackspace helps businesses tap the power of the Amazon Web Services Cloud from a trusted partner with a track record of managing business-critical applications.

Session 5 - Public Sector: Modernize citizen services and student success with AWS (40 mins)

The AWS Cloud helps public sector organizations and institutions not only become more agile, efficient, and secure but also unlocks new use cases for disaster recovery, analytics, and more.

In this session, join us to learn about the benefits of cloud for public sector organizations and institutions, use cases, and cloud essential services to modernize citizen services and enhance student success.

Testimonials from previous AWSome Days

"I wish I could rate 10 instead of 5 stars—very exceptional, helpful, professional AWSome Day. I would love to be invited to all AWSome Day and AWS events. Thank you AWSome Day team."

"Fantastic training. From the [AWS] Trainer to the information, the layout was the best I've been to thus far. Thank you! The resources are incredible and available for easy use. I wouldn't change a thing. Well done!"

"The presenter was just excellent. Articulate, smart, great command of material."

Book your virtual seat; we're heading for the cloud.

No prior cloud knowledge is needed for this training event.

FAQs

AWS proficiency is only a half-day course away.

Session levels designed for you

All AWSome Day sessions are 100 level. Looking for higher level content? Click here to view more events.

Introductory
LEVEL 100

Sessions are focused on providing an overview of AWS services and features, with the assumption that attendees are new to the topic.

 
 
 
 
 
Intermediate
LEVEL 200

Sessions are focused on providing best practices, details of service features and demos with the assumption that attendees have introductory knowledge of the topics.

 
 
 
Advanced
LEVEL 300

Sessions dive deeper into the selected topic. Presenters assume that the audience has some familiarity with the topic, but may or may not have direct experience implementing a similar solution.

 
 
 
Expert
LEVEL 400

Sessions are for attendees who are deeply familiar with the topic, have implemented a solution on their own already, and are comfortable with how the technology works across multiple services, architectures, and implementations.