Week 1 (7-April) Learning Resource
Week 2 (15-Jul)
Week 3 (22-Jul)
Week 4 (29-Jul)
Week 5 (5-Aug)
Week 6 (12-Aug)
Week 7 (19-Aug)
Week 8 (26-Aug)
Week 9 (2-Sep)
Week 10 (9-Sep)
Week 11 (16-Sep)
Week 12 (23-Sep)
Week 1 (7-April) Learning Resource
Recording of the Session | BeSA LinkedIn Group |
Fundamentals
- What is Cloud Computing? [Video]
- Why Cloud Computing? (Cloud Value Framework) [Documentation]
- What Cloud is made up of? [Video]
- Where is Cloud? [Video]
- AWS Outposts [Free Udemy Training]
- AWS Local Zones [Free Udemy Training]
Compute Services on AWS
- Amazon EC2 [Video]
- Amazon EC2 Pricing [Video]
- Containers on AWS [Video]
Exam Prep Resources
Dive Deep – Free Self-paced training on Skillbuilder
Week 2 (15-Jul)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Virtualization | Identify Security Scope | Curriculum Developer – Julie Elkins |
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
- Specialized Infrastructure for AWS Workloads – Udemy Training by Ashish
- AWS Organizations – Recording from a previous BeSA session
Read
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
- Migrate and modernize applications using VMware Cloud on AWS
- Best practices for organizing and operating on AWS (COP305)
- Security Service in AWS
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 3 (22-Jul)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Network Devices | Identity Management – Carel Grove | Developer Advocate – Eric Johnson |
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Shared by Carel Grove
- How to use Azure Active Directory with AWS SSO
- Using AWS Single Sign-On with Okta Active Directory and AWS SSO Identities
Shared by Eric Johnson
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 4 (29-Jul)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| x x x ability | Protection at Edge – Qusay Al-Maatok | Technical Trainer – Marco Tamassia |
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Reliable scalability: How Amazon.com scales in the cloud (ARC206)
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Operating highly available Multi-AZ applications (ARC329)
- AWS re:Invent 2019: [REPEAT 1] Amazon’s approach to high-availability deployment (DOP404-R1)
- AWS Summit ANZ 2022 – Build resilient microservices using fault-tolerant patterns (DEV5)
Read
Reference / Useful Links
- Migrate and modernize applications using VMware Cloud on AWS
- Best practices for organizing and operating on AWS (COP305)
- Security Service in AWS
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 5 (5-Aug)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption Basics | Encryption Services – Carel Grove | Account Manager – Jonathan Nally |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Encryption Basics – Ashish Prajapati
- Encryption in AWS – Carel Grove
- A day in the life of Account Manager – Jonathan Nally
PDF of the Presented Slides
Reference / Useful Links
- Migrate and modernize applications using VMware Cloud on AWS
- Best practices for organizing and operating on AWS (COP305)
- Security Service in AWS
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 6 (12-Aug)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Disaster Recovery | Detection – Parna Mehta | Technical Account Manager – Laura Smith |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Disaster Recovery – Ashish Prajapati
- Threat Detection – Parna Mehta
- A day in the life of Technical Account Manager – Laura Smith
PDF of the Presented Slides
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 7 (19-Aug)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| DNS | Remediation – Parna Mehta | Software Engineer – Pranay Chaudhary |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- DNS – Ashish Prajapati
- Automated Remediation Methods – Parna Mehta
- A day in the life of Software Engineer – Pranav Chaudhary
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Amazon Route 53: What’s in a domain name? A lot! (NET206)
- Automated Security Remediation
- AWS Summit ANZ 2021 – Practical security incident response on AWS
Read
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 8 (26-Aug)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Active Directory | Well-Architected Framework – Security Pillar | Cloud Support Engineer – Nishant Buddhi |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- DNS – Ashish Prajapati
- Automated Remediation Methods – Parna Mehta
- A day in the life of Software Engineer – Pranav Chaudhary
PDF of the Presented Slides
- Fundamentals Track – Active Directory
- Specialist Track – Security – Well Architected Framework Security Pillar
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Amazon Route 53: What’s in a domain name? A lot! (NET206)
- Automated Security Remediation
- AWS Summit ANZ 2021 – Practical security incident response on AWS
Read
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 9 (2-Sep)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| The subtle art of delivering public technical sessions – Faizal Khan | Individual Contributor or Manager: Which is Right for You? |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- The subtle art of delivering public technical sessions – Faizal Khan (AWS Hero)
- Individual Contributor (IC) or Manager: Which is Right for You? – Prasad Rao (BeSA Mentor)
PDF of the Presented Slides
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 10 (9-Sep)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Unlocking the Blueprint to Becoming a Solution Architect – Ekta Parashar | The art of Confident Communication – Dipika Singh |
Recording
- Unlocking the Blueprint to Becoming a Solution Architect – Ekta Parashar
- The art of Confident Communication – Dipika Singh
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 11 (16-Sep)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Tips and Tricks for Effective Whiteboarding – Marco Tamassia | How to grow your Social Media presence and boost your career? – Nishant Chahar |
Recording
- Tips and Tricks for Effective Whiteboarding – Marco Tamassia
- How to grow your Social Media presence and boost your career? – Nishant Chahar
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 12 (23-Sep)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| MOCK Interview and Analysis by a seasoned AWS Interviewer – Sharique Kamal | The importance of human skills as a differentiator in technical roles – Simran Jindal |
Recording
- MOCK Interview and Analysis by a seasoned AWS Interviewer – Sharique Kamal
- The importance of human skills as a differentiator in technical roles – Simran Jindal
Recommended Podcast links from Simran Jindal
- [https://spotify.link/S9XpVjKekDb]
- [https://spotify.link/A8Koq8NekDb]
- [https://spotify.link/fUoG0cQekDb]
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 1 (08-Jul)
Week 2 (15-Jul)
Week 3 (22-Jul)
Week 4 (29-Jul)
Week 5 (5-Aug)
Week 6 (12-Aug)
Week 7 (19-Aug)
Week 8 (26-Aug)
Week 9 (2-Sep)
Week 10 (9-Sep)
Week 11 (16-Sep)
Week 12 (23-Sep)
Week 1 (08-Jul)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Datacenters | Security Services in AWS | Engagement Manager – Abhijeet Patwardhan |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Fundamentals Track – Datacenters
- Security Track – Security Services in AWS
- A day in the life of an Amazonian – Abhijeet Patwardhan – Global Engagement Manager
PDF of the Presented Slides
- Fundamentals Track – Datacenter
- Security Track – Security Services in AWS
- A day in the life of an Amazonian – Abhijeet Patwardhan – Global Engagement Manager
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
Read
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
- Getting started with IAM
- IAM tutorial: Delegate access across AWS accounts using IAM roles
- IAM tutorial: Create and attach your first customer managed policy
- IAM tutorial: Permit users to manage their credentials and MFA settings
- Security Service in AWS
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 2 (15-Jul)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Virtualization | Identify Security Scope | Curriculum Developer – Julie Elkins |
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
- Specialized Infrastructure for AWS Workloads – Udemy Training by Ashish
- AWS Organizations – Recording from a previous BeSA session
Read
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
- Migrate and modernize applications using VMware Cloud on AWS
- Best practices for organizing and operating on AWS (COP305)
- Security Service in AWS
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 3 (22-Jul)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Network Devices | Identity Management – Carel Grove | Developer Advocate – Eric Johnson |
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Shared by Carel Grove
- How to use Azure Active Directory with AWS SSO
- Using AWS Single Sign-On with Okta Active Directory and AWS SSO Identities
Shared by Eric Johnson
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 4 (29-Jul)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| x x x ability | Protection at Edge – Qusay Al-Maatok | Technical Trainer – Marco Tamassia |
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Reliable scalability: How Amazon.com scales in the cloud (ARC206)
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Operating highly available Multi-AZ applications (ARC329)
- AWS re:Invent 2019: [REPEAT 1] Amazon’s approach to high-availability deployment (DOP404-R1)
- AWS Summit ANZ 2022 – Build resilient microservices using fault-tolerant patterns (DEV5)
Read
Reference / Useful Links
- Migrate and modernize applications using VMware Cloud on AWS
- Best practices for organizing and operating on AWS (COP305)
- Security Service in AWS
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 5 (5-Aug)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption Basics | Encryption Services – Carel Grove | Account Manager – Jonathan Nally |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Encryption Basics – Ashish Prajapati
- Encryption in AWS – Carel Grove
- A day in the life of Account Manager – Jonathan Nally
PDF of the Presented Slides
Reference / Useful Links
- Migrate and modernize applications using VMware Cloud on AWS
- Best practices for organizing and operating on AWS (COP305)
- Security Service in AWS
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 6 (12-Aug)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Disaster Recovery | Detection – Parna Mehta | Technical Account Manager – Laura Smith |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Disaster Recovery – Ashish Prajapati
- Threat Detection – Parna Mehta
- A day in the life of Technical Account Manager – Laura Smith
PDF of the Presented Slides
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 7 (19-Aug)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| DNS | Remediation – Parna Mehta | Software Engineer – Pranay Chaudhary |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- DNS – Ashish Prajapati
- Automated Remediation Methods – Parna Mehta
- A day in the life of Software Engineer – Pranav Chaudhary
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Amazon Route 53: What’s in a domain name? A lot! (NET206)
- Automated Security Remediation
- AWS Summit ANZ 2021 – Practical security incident response on AWS
Read
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 8 (26-Aug)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Active Directory | Well-Architected Framework – Security Pillar | Cloud Support Engineer – Nishant Buddhi |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- DNS – Ashish Prajapati
- Automated Remediation Methods – Parna Mehta
- A day in the life of Software Engineer – Pranav Chaudhary
PDF of the Presented Slides
- Fundamentals Track – Active Directory
- Specialist Track – Security – Well Architected Framework Security Pillar
Additional Resources
Explore
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Amazon Route 53: What’s in a domain name? A lot! (NET206)
- Automated Security Remediation
- AWS Summit ANZ 2021 – Practical security incident response on AWS
Read
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 9 (2-Sep)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| The subtle art of delivering public technical sessions – Faizal Khan | Individual Contributor or Manager: Which is Right for You? |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- The subtle art of delivering public technical sessions – Faizal Khan (AWS Hero)
- Individual Contributor (IC) or Manager: Which is Right for You? – Prasad Rao (BeSA Mentor)
PDF of the Presented Slides
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 10 (9-Sep)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Unlocking the Blueprint to Becoming a Solution Architect – Ekta Parashar | The art of Confident Communication – Dipika Singh |
Recording
- Unlocking the Blueprint to Becoming a Solution Architect – Ekta Parashar
- The art of Confident Communication – Dipika Singh
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 11 (16-Sep)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| Tips and Tricks for Effective Whiteboarding – Marco Tamassia | How to grow your Social Media presence and boost your career? – Nishant Chahar |
Recording
- Tips and Tricks for Effective Whiteboarding – Marco Tamassia
- How to grow your Social Media presence and boost your career? – Nishant Chahar
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 12 (23-Sep)
| Foundational Track | Specialist Track – Security | A day in the life of an Amazonian |
|---|---|---|
| MOCK Interview and Analysis by a seasoned AWS Interviewer – Sharique Kamal | The importance of human skills as a differentiator in technical roles – Simran Jindal |
Recording
- MOCK Interview and Analysis by a seasoned AWS Interviewer – Sharique Kamal
- The importance of human skills as a differentiator in technical roles – Simran Jindal
Recommended Podcast links from Simran Jindal
- [https://spotify.link/S9XpVjKekDb]
- [https://spotify.link/A8Koq8NekDb]
- [https://spotify.link/fUoG0cQekDb]
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 1 (11-Feb)
Week 2 (18-Feb)
Week 3 (25-Feb)
Week 4 (4-Mar)
Week 5 (11-Mar)
Week 6 (18-Mar)
Week 7 (25-Mar)
Week 8 (1-Apr)
Week 9 (8-Apr)
Week 10 (15-Apr)
Week 11 (22-Apr)
Week 12 (29-Apr)
Week 1 (11-Feb)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Cloud | The binary choice – OSI Model & IP Addressing | Activity |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Technical Track – Introduction to Cloud
- Networking Track – The binary choice – OSI Model / IP Addressing
- Hands-On Track – 5 things to do after creating your AWS account
PDF of the Presented Slides
- Technical Track – Introduction to Cloud
- Networking Track – The binary choice – OSI Model / IP Addressing
- Hands-On Track – 5 things to do after creating your AWS account
Additional Resources
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – Keynote with Adam Selipsky (Minimum first 10 minutes)
- AWS re:Invent 2018: Foundations of AWS Global Cloud Infrastructure (ARC217)
Read
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
- AWS Global Infrastructure
- AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
- Proximity to AWS Regions
- AWS Service Health Dashboard
- AWS Services Table
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 2 (18-Feb)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon S3 | It’s all connected – Amazon VPC | Activity |
Recording on YouTube
- Complete Stream Recording
- Technical Track – Storage in Cloud – Amazon S3
- Networking Track – Network in Cloud – Amazon VPC
- Hands-On Track – Amazon S3
PDF of the Presented Slides
Hands-On Track Workshop Links
- Amazon S3 Select – Querying data without servers or databases
- S3 Object Lambda redaction Workshop
- AWS Storage Immersion Day
- Be mindful of the cost and don’t forget to remove the resources after your practie
Additional Resources
Watch
- Feee Training by Ashish on Udemy – Storage in Cloud Part 1
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – Best practices for managing Amazon S3 data at scale
- Getting started with Amazon S3 – Demo
Read
- Amazon S3 FAQ – General Section
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon S3
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon Glacier
Practice
- Introduction to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) – A free account on Qwiklabs needed Search for Free practice lab on Amazon S3
- (Optional) Read about AWS Free Tier
- (Optional) Create an AWS account
- (Optional) Create a Budget
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
- Free Training Events
- Blog – Monitor and visualise building occupancy with AWS IoT Core, Amazon QuickSight and Raspberry Pi
- Reference Architecture – Video on demand on AWS
- Reference Architecture – Media2Cloud
- Reference Architecture – ReadForMe
- Bucket Policy Examples
- Amazon S3 Pricing
- Amazon S3 Multipart Upload
- Amazon S3 Storage Classes
- Amazon S3 Glacier
- Amazon S3 Life Cycle Policies
- Amazon Snow Family
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 3 (25-Feb)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon EC2 | Hold the door – NACL & Security Group | Activity |
Recording on YouTube
- Complete Stream Recording
- Technical Track – Compute in Cloud – Amazon EC2
- Networking Track – Security Group and Network ACL
- Hands-On Track – Amazon EC2
PDF of the Presented Slides
- Technical Track – Compute in Cloud – Amazon EC2
- Networking Track – Security Group and Network ACL
- Hands-On Track – Amazon EC2 (Details Below)
Hands-On Track Workshop Links
- EC2 Linux Hands on Lab
- EC2 Image Builder Workshop – Level: 300
- EC2 Spot Workshops – Level: 400
- Be mindful of the cost and don’t forget to remove the resources after your practie
Additional Resources
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2018: Amazon EC2 Foundations (CMP208-R1)
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – What’s new in Amazon EC2
- AWS re:Invent 2019: Dive deep on how to save with AWS Savings Plans (CMP210-R1)
Read
Practice
On below link search for “Introduction to Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)”
On below link searchsearch for “Troubleshooting connectivity using EC2 Serial Console”
Explore
Reference / Useful Links
- Run commands on your Linux instance at launch
- Illumina Case Study
- Spot Instance advisor
- Spot.io
- Amazon EC2 Pricing
- AWS Pricing Calculator
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 4 (4-Mar)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| AWS IAM | Cloud and beyond – VPN and Direct Connect | Activity |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Technical Track – AWS IAM
- Networking Track – Cloud and beyong – VPN and Direct Connect
- Hands-On Track – AWS IAM Hands-On
PDF of the Presented Slides
- Technical Track – AWS IAM
- Networking Track – Cloud and beyong – VPN and Direct Connect
- Hands-On Track – AWS IAM (Details Below)
Hands-On Track Workshop Links
- IAM Hands-On Lab
- Unauthorized IAM Credential Use – Security Event Simulation and Detection – Level: 200
- IAM policy evaluation workshop – Level: 400
- Be mindful of the cost and don’t forget to remove the resources after your practie
Free Training on Udemy by Ashish
Service Summary Cards
Additional Resources
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2019: [REPEAT 1] Getting started with AWS identity (SEC209-R1)
- AWS re:Invent 2017: IAM Policy Ninja (SID314)
- Better Security and Performance with AWS VPN Innovations – AWS Online Tech Talks
- Deep Dive on Global Connectivity with AWS Direct Connect Connections and AWS Transit Gateway
- AWS re:Invent 2018: AWS Direct Connect: Deep Dive
Read
IAM Tutorial
- Getting started with IAM
- IAM tutorial: Delegate access across AWS accounts using IAM roles
- IAM tutorial: Create and attach your first customer managed policy
- IAM tutorial: Permit users to manage their credentials and MFA settings
Practice Free QwikLab
On below link search for “Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management”
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 5 (11-Mar)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon RDS | Peer to Peer – VPC Peering & Transit Gateway | Activity |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Networking Track – Peer-to-Peer – VPC Peering & Transit Gateway
- Technical Track – Databases in Cloud – Amazon RDS
- Hands-On Track – Amazon RDS
PDF of the Presented Slides
- Networking Track – Peer-to-Peer – VPC Peering & Transit Gateway
- Technical Track – Databases in Cloud – Amazon RDS
Workshops mentioned in the session
- Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL
- Amazon Aurora Labs for PostgreSQL
- Amazon RDS Oracle Immersion Day
- Performance Monitoring Workshop for RDS PostgreSQL and Aurora PostgreSQL
- AWS Purpose Built Databases Workshop
Additional Resources
Watch
Read
Deep Dive – AWS Skill Builder Learning Plans
- Database Learning Plan: Database Fundamentals
- Database Learning Plan: AWS Relational Database Services
- Database Learning Plan: AWS Database Migration
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 6 (18-Mar)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon DynamoDB | What’s in a name? – Route 53 & DNS Resolver | Activity |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Networking Track – What’s in a name? – Route 53 & DNS Resolver
- Technical Track – Databases in Cloud – Amazon DynamoDB
- Hands-On Track – Amazon DynamoDB
PDF of the Presented Slides
- Networking Track – What’s in a name? – Route 53 & DNS Resolver
- Technical Track – Databases in Cloud – Amazon DynamoDB
Workshops mentioned in the session
Additional Resources
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Deploy modern and effective data models with Amazon DynamoDB (DAT320)
- AWS re:Invent 2018: Amazon DynamoDB Under the Hood: How We Built a Hyper-Scale Database (DAT321)
- AWS re:Invent 2018: Amazon DynamoDB Deep Dive: Advanced Design Patterns for DynamoDB (DAT401)
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Amazon Route 53: What’s in a domain name? A lot! (NET206)
- James Estham’s YouTube Channel
Read
Deep Dive – AWS Skill Builder Learning Plans
- Developing with Amazon DynamoDB
- Working with Indexes in DynamoDB
- Troubleshooting: Amazon DynamoDB
- Introduction to Amazon Route 53 Resolver
- Troubleshooting: Route 53 Domains
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 7 (25-Mar)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Cloudwatch | The tool box – Flow Logs & Reachability Analyer | Activity |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Networking Track – The tool box – Flow Logs & Reachability Analyer
- Technical Track – Amazon Cloudwatch
- Hands-On Track
PDF of the Presented Slides
- The tool box – Flow Logs & Reachability Analyer
- Technical Track – Observability in Cloud – Amazon CloudWatch
Workshops
Additional Resources
Watch
| [AWS re:Invent 2022: AWS On Air ft. Amazon CloudWatch Logs | AWS Events](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P0985zxgqI) |
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – How to monitor applications across multiple accounts (COP316)
- AWS re:Invent 2022 – Observability best practices at Amazon (COP343)
- AWS re:Invent 2020: Monitoring and troubleshooting network traffic
Read
Deep Dive – AWS Skill Builder Digital Training
- AWS Observability
- Troubleshooting: Amazon CloudWatch
- Security and Observability for Serverless Applications
- AWS Network – Monitoring and Troubleshooting
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 8 (1-Apr)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling | Shed the Load – ALB, NLB & GWLB |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Networking Track – Shed the Load – ALB, NLB & GWLB
- Technical Track – Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
PDF of the Presented Slides
Workshops
Additional Resources
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2019: Capacity management made easy with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
- How do I troubleshoot scaling issues with my Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group?
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – How to choose the right load balancer for your AWS workloads
- AWS re:Invent 2020: Introducing Gateway Load Balancer for deploying & running virtual appliances
- Getting Started with AWS Gateway Load Balancer
Read – Service Summary Cards
Deep Dive – AWS Skill Builder Digital Training
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 9 (8-Apr)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon ECS Demo | My career journey – Sanchit Jain |
Recording
LinkedIn Profile of Guests
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 10 (15-Apr)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| How I obtained 70+ cloud certifications? – Sammy Cheung | Getting hired at FAANG companies – Holly Lee |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Guest Session – Sammy Cheung – Cloud Evangelist
- Guest Session – Holly Lee- Ex-Amazon Interview & Corporate Trainer
LinkedIn Profile of Guests
Additional Links from Guests
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 11 (22-Apr)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Personal Branding and Networking – Neeraja Ganesh | Learn by Teaching – James Eastham | Journey to become a Solutions Architect – Victory Uchenna |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Guest Session – Personal Branding and Networking – Neeraja Ganesh
- Guest Session – Learn by Teaching – James Eastham
- Guest Session – Journey to become a Solutions Architect – Victory Uchenna
LinkedIn Profile of Guests
Presented Slides by James
Resources shared by Guests
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 12 (29-Apr)
| Technical Track | Specialist Track – Networking | Hands On |
|---|---|---|
| Hacking the Job Hunt – Liz MacKay | Startups on AWS – Giuseppe and Jamila |
Recording
- Complete Stream Recording
- Guest Session – Hacking the Job Hunt – Liz MacKay
- Guest Session – Startups on AWS – Giuseppe and Jamila
LinkedIn Profile of Guests
Resources shared by Guests
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 1 (11-Sep)
Week 2 (24-Sep)
Week 3 (1-Oct)
Week 4 (8-Oct)
Week 5 (15-Oct)
Week 6 (22-Oct)
Week 7 (29-Oct)
Week 8 (5-Nov)
Week 9 (12-Nov)
Week 10 (10-Dec)
Week 1 (11-Sep)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Watch
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 2 (24-Sep)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Watch
AWS Cloud Containers Conference – Build and Deploy Straight from Docker to AWS: https://youtu.be/V88Iqdm8GkE
Containers on AWS: An Introduction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBi-s3eV2Ec
AWS re:Invent 2020: Getting Up and Running with Amazon ECS: https://youtu.be/9u_HKS_Lv6o
AWS re:Invent 2020: AWS Fargate: Are Serverless Containers Right for You?: https://youtu.be/Vtymod0nPBo
AWS re:Invent 2020: Amazon EKS on AWS Fargate Deep Dive: https://youtu.be/9tQFXEhHdn0
AWS re:Invent 2020: Amazon EKS: To 40,000 CPUs and Beyond!: https://youtu.be/ppOZ2jFSPWU
AWS re:Invent 2020: Amazon EKS Anywhere: Manage Your Kubernetes Clusters on Premises: https://youtu.be/IK5hyKHnpDs
AWS re:Invent 2020: Building Resilient Kubernetes Deployments with AWS App Mesh: https://youtu.be/lAbts-SWiAA
AWS re:Invent 2020: An Introduction to Amazon ECS Anywhere: https://youtu.be/Q_NUxxD5YXY
AWS re:Invent 2020: Amazon ECS on AWS Fargate Deep Dive with Affirm: https://youtu.be/Hq5cUQ1rLMM
AWS Container Day – Amazon EKS and AWS Fargate: Better Together: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xMNbys0tF8
AWS re:Invent 2020: Introducing Container Image Support for AWS Lambda: https://youtu.be/X-1xf-DbCBk
AWS Cloud Containers Conference – Deep Dive on Amazon ECS Capacity Providers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vb_4wAEcfpQ
Enabling application-first thinking with Amazon ECS (CON325-R1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9xuKAdShFw!
Reference / Useful Links
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon ECR
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon ECS
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon EKS
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 3 (1-Oct)
Recording
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 4 (8-Oct)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2020: Best Practices for Securing Your Multi-Account Environment
- AWS re:Invent 2020: How to Onboard Existing AWS Accounts onto AWS Control Tower
- AWS re:Invent 2020: Build Governance at Scale with AWS Control Tower
Reference / Useful Links
- Service Summary Card – AWS Organization
- Service Summary Card – AWS Control Tower
- Example service control policies
- Guardrails in AWS Control Tower
- Account factory
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 5 (15-Oct)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2018: [NEW LAUNCH!] Introduction to AWS Global Accelerator (NET330)
- AWS re:Invent 2019: Building highly available applications using Global Accelerator (NET318-R1)
- AWS re:Invent 2020: How AWS Global Accelerator improves performance
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 6 (22-Oct)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – Serverless data integration with AWS Glue
- Building Serverless ETL Pipelines with AWS Glue
- Build data Lakes and Analytics on AWS: Patterns and Best Practices
Read
Reference / Useful Links
- Service Summary Card – AWS Glue
- [Sample Dataset in S3 – URL will only work in S3]
- [s3://aws-glue-datasets-eu-west-1/examples/githubarchive/month/data/]
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 7 (29-Oct)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Additional Resources
Watch
Read
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 8 (5-Nov)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Watch
Read
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 9 (12-Nov)
Recording
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 10 (10-Dec)
Recording
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 1 (7-May)
Week 2 (14-May)
Week 3 (21-May)
Week 4 (28-May)
Week 5 (4-June)
Week 6 (11-June)
Week 7 (18-June)
Week 8 (25-June)
Week 9 (2-July)
Week 10 (9-July)
Week 1 (7-May)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – Keynote with Adam Selipsky (Minimum first 10 minutes)
- AWS re:Invent 2018: Foundations of AWS Global Cloud Infrastructure (ARC217)
Read
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
- AWS Global Infrastructure
- AWS Simple Monthly Calculator
- Proximity to AWS Regions
- AWS Service Health Dashboard
- AWS Services Table
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 2 (14-May)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – Best practices for managing Amazon S3 data at scale
- Getting started with Amazon S3 – Demo
Read
- Amazon S3 FAQ – General Section
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon S3
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon Glacier
Practice
- Introduction to Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) – A free account on Qwiklabs needed
- (Optional) Read about AWS Free Tier
- (Optional) Create an AWS account
- (Optional) Create a Budget
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
- Free Training Events
- Blog – Monitor and visualise building occupancy with AWS IoT Core, Amazon QuickSight and Raspberry Pi
- Reference Architecture – Video on demand on AWS
- Reference Architecture – Media2Cloud
- Reference Architecture – ReadForMe
- Bucket Policy Examples
- Amazon S3 Pricing
- Amazon S3 Multipart Upload
- Amazon S3 Storage Classes
- Amazon S3 Glacier
- Amazon S3 Life Cycle Policies
- Amazon Snow Family
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 3 (21-May)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2018: Amazon EC2 Foundations (CMP208-R1)
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – What’s new in Amazon EC2
- AWS re:Invent 2019: Dive deep on how to save with AWS Savings Plans (CMP210-R1)
Read
Practice
On below link search for “Introduction to Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)”
On below link searchsearch for “Troubleshooting connectivity using EC2 Serial Console”
How to transition from non-tech domain to Cloud?
Explore
(Optional)
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
- Run commands on your Linux instance at launch
- Illumina Case Study
- Spot Instance advisor
- Spot.io
- Amazon EC2 Pricing
- AWS Pricing Calculator
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 4 (28-May)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Watch
Read
Free Digital Training
- AWS Skill Builder – Learning Plans
- AWS Networking Basics
- AWS Networking Practical Approaches
- Understanding AWS Networking Gateways
- AWS Network – Monitoring and Troubleshooting
- AWS Network Connectivity Options
Architecture Diagram
- Architecture Diagram file for draw.io. Note: .drawio files are XMLs. Right click on the link and select “Save Link As…” to download the file to your disk. Otherwise you will see the file content in the browser.
- Architecture diargram in image format
LinkedIn Post by Prasad
- Transforming your current on-prem skills to cloud – Network Engineer
- Transform your current on-prem skills to cloud – SQL Server DBAs
Deep Dive
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – {New Launch} Manage your IP addresses at scale on AWS
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – Advanced Amazon VPC design and new capabilities
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 5 (4-June)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2019: [REPEAT 1] Getting started with AWS identity (SEC209-R1)
- AWS re:Invent 2017: IAM Policy Ninja (SID314)
Read
IAM Tutorial
- Getting started with IAM
- IAM tutorial: Delegate access across AWS accounts using IAM roles
- IAM tutorial: Create and attach your first customer managed policy
- IAM tutorial: Permit users to manage their credentials and MFA settings
Practice Free QwikLab
On below link search for “Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM”
Create your own 6 months cloud learning plan
PDF of the presentation with Links in it
Architecture Diagram
- Architecture Diagram file for draw.io. Note: .drawio files are XMLs. Right click on the link and select “Save Link As…” to download the file to your disk. Otherwise you will see the file content in the browser. If the browser saves the file as .txt, rename it to .drawio
- Architecture diargram in image format
Deep Dive
Reference / Useful Links
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 6 (11-June)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Data Modelling by example
Tips to get your resume shortlisted at Amazon
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2018 – Amazon DynamoDB Deep Dive: Advanced Design Patterns for DynamoDB (DAT401)
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – Deep dive on Amazon Aurora
- AWS re:Invent 2021 – What’s new in Amazon RDS
Read
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon Aurora
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon DynamoDB
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon RDS
Practice Free QwikLab
On below link search for “Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB”
In case the lab is not visible use below link and scroll down to find Amazon DynamoDB Lab
Deep Dive – AWS Skill Builder Learning Plans
- Database Learning Plan: Database Fundamentals
- Database Learning Plan: AWS Relational Database Services
- Database Learning Plan: AWS NoSQL Database Services
- Database Learning Plan: AWS Database Migration
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 7 (18-June)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Scripts/commands used in Demo
The Three Pillers of Observability
STAR Technique
Watch
- AWS re:Invent 2018: Capacity Management Made Easy with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling (CMP377)
- AWS Summit ANZ 2021 – Get started with monitoring and observability on AWS
- AWS re:Invent 2020: Increase availability with AWS observability solutions
Read
Practice (You will need your own AWS Account. Be mindful of the cost)
Deep Dive – AWS Skill Builder Learning Plans
- Game Server Hosting with Amazon EC2
- AWS CustomerCast – Monitor and Observe your Cloud and On-prem Infrastructure
- Database Learning Plan: AWS NoSQL Database Services
- AWS Security Best Practices: Monitoring and Alerting
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 8 (25-June)
Recording
PDF of the Presented Slides
Presentation by James
Watch
- Data Design and Modeling for Microservices
- Application integration patterns for microservices
- Building microservices with AWS Lambda
Read
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon API Gateway
- Service Summary Cards – Amazon Cognito
- Service Summary Cards – AWS Lambda
Practice (You will need your own AWS Account. Be mindful of the cost)
- Build a Serverless Web Application
- Break a Monolith Application into Microservices
- AWS Serverless Workshops
- Cookiecutter AWS Sam S3 Rekognition Dynamodb Python
Deep Dive – AWS Skill Builder Learning Plans
- Troubleshooting: AWS Lambda
- Deep Dive: Lambda@Edge
- Architecting Serverless Applications
- Deploying Serverless Applications
- Scaling Serverless Architectures
- Designing Event-Driven Architectures
BeSA Program – Useful Links
Week 9 (2-July)
Recording
Week 10 (9-July)
Recording
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