# AWS Class Notes ###### tags: `Tag(aws)` ![](https://i.imgur.com/0IR01xA.jpg) > Instructor: **Monica Rosen**, Technical Trainer at **AWS** > Email: morosen@amazon.com > LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/monicarosen ## :cookie: Find My Class Notes > Architecting on AWS > Cloud Practitioner Essentials > Technical Essentials ## :cookie: Helpful Links > AWS announcements: https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/whats-new/2022/ > Role-based ramp-up guide: https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/pages/56/aws-ramp-up-guides > SkillBuilder (AWS e-Learning): https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/ ## :cookie: Fun Facts About AWS :::info :information_source: Info * Amazon Web Services (AWS) is a business unit within Amazon.com * Founded: 2003 * AWS public launch: March 14, 2006 (Amazon S3, Amazon SQS and Amazon EC2) * Number of fully featured services: 200+ (https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/) * On September 30, 2019, Amazon’s Consumer business turned off its final Oracle database after migrating nearly 7,500 databases and 75 petabytes of data to AWS database services.