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# AWS Essentials

### Links and References

#### General and Certification
- [Digital Version of **Cloud Practitioner Essentials Course**](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/134/aws-cloud-practitioner-essentials)
- [AWS Rampup Guides](https://aws.amazon.com/training/ramp-up-guides/)
- [AWS Events and Webinars](https://aws.amazon.com/training/events/)
- [AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Certification](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-cloud-practitioner/)
- [AWS Online Exam FAQs (Pearson Vue)](https://home.pearsonvue.com/Clients/Amazon-Web-Services/Online-Proctored.aspx)
- [AWS Digital Courses - Skill builder](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn) 
- [AWS Trainings (All)](https://www.aws.training/)
- [Get AWS Certified: Specialty Challenge](https://pages.awscloud.com/GLOBAL-ln-GC-TrainCert-Specialty-Certification-Challenge-2022-reg.html)
- [AWS Free Tier](https://aws.amazon.com/free/)
- [Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud](https://aws.amazon.com/resources/analyst-reports/gartner-mq-cips-2021/)
#### Compute on AWS
- [EC2 Instance Types](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/instance-types/)
- [AWS Free Tier Account](https://aws.amazon.com/free/)
- [AWS Spot Advisor](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/spot/instance-advisor/)
- [Lambda FAQs](https://aws.amazon.com/lambda/faqs/)
- [AWS Nitro Systems](https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/nitro/)

#### Decoupling on AWS
- [Message Brokers (Messaging) on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/messaging/)
- [Amazon Managed Kafka (MSK)](https://aws.amazon.com/msk/)
- [SQS Dead Letter Queue](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSSimpleQueueService/latest/SQSDeveloperGuide/sqs-dead-letter-queues.html)

#### Serverless Architectures
- [Serverless on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/serverless/)
- [Serverless.com](https://www.serverless.com/)
- [Serverless Land on AWS](https://serverlessland.com/)

#### AWS Global Infrastructure

- [AWS Global Infrastructure](https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/)
- [AWS Global Infrastructure (3D)](https://apps.kaonadn.net/5181491956940800/index.html)


#### Databases on AWS
- [AWS Cloud Databases](https://aws.amazon.com/products/databases/)
- [Amazon RDS Features](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/features/)
- [Amazon RDS Multi-AZ](https://aws.amazon.com/rds/features/multi-az/)
- [Amazon DynamoDB - How it works](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/HowItWorks.html)


#### Security on AWS
- [AWS Shared Responsibility Model](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/shared-responsibility-model/)
- [AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/whitepapers/latest/aws-best-practices-ddos-resiliency/aws-best-practices-ddos-resiliency.pdf)
- [AWS Compliance](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/)
- [AWS Service by Compliance Program](https://aws.amazon.com/compliance/services-in-scope/)
- [AWS Security Best practices](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/security-identity-compliance/)
- [AWS Well Architected Security Piller](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/wellarchitected/latest/security-pillar/wellarchitected-security-pillar.pdf)
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#### Cost Management on AWS
- [AWS Pricing Calculator](https://calculator.aws/#/)
- [AWS Billing Dashboard](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/view-billing-dashboard.html)
- [AWS Budgets](https://aws.amazon.com/aws-cost-management/aws-budgets/)
- [AWS Marketplace](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace)

#### Migrating to AWS
- [AWS Cloud Adoption Framework](https://aws.amazon.com/professional-services/CAF/)
- [AWS Well-Architected Framework](https://aws.amazon.com/architecture/well-architected/)
- [AWS Migration Hub](https://aws.amazon.com/migration-hub/)
- [AWS Migration Solutions](https://aws.amazon.com/cloud-migration/)
