Cloud Wizard - AWS Technical Essentials - 1 Day ILT

Cloud Wizard Consulting is an AWS Advanced Training Partner and Select Tier Consulting Partner with a team of fully AWS-certified authorized instructors. We have trained more than 5,000 professionals across industries, achieving a 100% certification pass rate among course graduates. When you choose Cloud Wizard, you get expert-led instruction backed by real-world consulting experience - not just a standard slide deck.

AWS Technical Essentials is a 1-day instructor-led course that gives technical professionals the foundational knowledge to confidently work with AWS services. Through hands-on labs and guided demonstrations, participants leave with practical skills they can apply immediately to cloud projects.

Use Case Example: A mid-size retail company preparing to migrate its e-commerce platform to AWS enrolls its infrastructure team in this course. By the end of the day, team members can independently navigate the AWS Management Console, configure secure networking with VPCs, provision compute resources, and set up monitoring - accelerating the migration timeline.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Navigate the AWS Management Console and configure services independently
• Apply AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies to secure cloud resources
• Select appropriate compute options among Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EKS
• Configure storage solutions using Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS for different workload requirements
• Deploy and manage databases with Amazon RDS and Amazon DynamoDB
• Design network architectures using Amazon VPC, subnets, and routing tables
• Set up Amazon CloudWatch monitoring and configure high-availability architectures

1. IAM Lab - Configure users, groups, and policies to enforce least-privilege access
2. VPC Lab - Build a virtual private cloud and launch an EC2 application within it
3. Database Lab - Connect a web application to Amazon S3 and DynamoDB
4. High Availability Lab - Configure load balancing and auto scaling for fault tolerance

• Module 1: Introduction to Amazon Web Services (cloud computing concepts, AWS services overview, security, IAM)
• Module 2: AWS Compute (EC2 lifecycle, container services, serverless with Lambda)
• Module 3: AWS Networking (VPC, Direct Connect, routing, security groups)
• Module 4: AWS Storage (instance storage, EBS, S3 object storage)
• Module 5: Databases (RDS, DynamoDB, purpose-built databases)
• Module 6: Monitoring, Load Balancing and Scaling (CloudWatch, ELB, Auto Scaling)
• Module 7: Course Summary and Next Steps

• SysOps administrators building their first AWS workloads
• Solutions architects needing a structured AWS foundation
• Developers transitioning applications to the cloud
• Technical professionals preparing for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or Solutions Architect Associate exams

• General IT experience and familiarity with data center concepts (servers, networking, databases)
• No prior cloud computing or AWS experience required

• Certified Instructors: Every instructor holds all AWS certifications and brings hands-on consulting experience
• Proven Results: 100% certification pass rate and more than 5,000 professionals trained
• Practical Focus: Labs use realistic scenarios drawn from actual AWS consulting engagements
• Small-Group Interaction: Personalized guidance and real-time Q&A throughout the day

Participant enrollment data is handled in accordance with data privacy best practices. Lab environments are provisioned per participant and credentials are revoked at course completion to ensure isolation and security.

This course prepares participants for more advanced AWS training including Architecting on AWS, AWS Security Essentials, and certification paths such as AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.