Introduction to Cloud Computing What is Cloud Computing? Benefits of Cloud Computing Types of Cloud Computing: Public, Private, Hybrid Cloud Service Models: IaaS, PaaS, SaaS Introduction to AWS AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions, Availability Zones, Edge Locations 2. Core AWS Services Compute Services Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) Instance types, AMIs, Key Pairs, Security Groups Elastic IP, User Data, SSH Access Auto Scaling and Load Balancing Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) Auto Scaling Groups AWS Lambda (Serverless computing) AWS Elastic Beanstalk AWS ECS and EKS (Containers) Storage Services Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) Buckets, Objects, Lifecycle Policies S3 Versioning, Encryption, Storage Classes Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) AWS Glacier / S3 Glacier (Archival) Database Services Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) Amazon DynamoDB (NoSQL) Amazon Redshift (Data Warehousing) Amazon Aurora Database Migration Service (DMS) 3. Networking & Content Delivery Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) Subnets, Route Tables, Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway Security Groups vs. NACLs AWS CloudFront (CDN) AWS Route 53 (DNS Service) AWS Direct Connect Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) 4. Identity, Security & Compliance IAM (Identity and Access Management) Users, Groups, Roles, Policies AWS KMS (Key Management Service) AWS Shield and WAF (Web Application Firewall) AWS Organizations Shared Responsibility Model 5. Monitoring & Management Tools Amazon CloudWatch AWS CloudTrail AWS Config AWS Trusted Advisor AWS Systems Manager 6. Application Integration & Messaging Amazon SQS (Simple Queue Service) Amazon SNS (Simple Notification Service) Amazon EventBridge AWS Step Functions AWS AppSync 7. DevOps on AWS (Optional Module) AWS CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline Infrastructure as Code (IaC): AWS CloudFormation, Terraform CI/CD Best Practices 8. Serverless Architecture (Optional) AWS Lambda Deep Dive Amazon API Gateway AWS SAM (Serverless Application Model) 9. Cost Management AWS Pricing Models AWS Cost Explorer AWS Budgets Cost Optimization Strategies 10. Practice & Labs Hands-on Labs with AWS Free Tier Real-World Scenarios (e.g., deploy a web app) Architecture Design and Review 11. Exam Preparation (if targeting a certification) Mock Exams Case Studies Review of Key AWS Whitepapers (e.g., Well-Architected Framework)