# AWS Class Notes
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> 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
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* 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.