June 2026
Beginner
4h 19m
English
Closed Captioning available in German, English, Spanish, French, Italian, Japanese
Overview
Learn hands-on AWS fundamentals to master core services, deploy real workloads, secure environments, and leverage AI confidently.
- End-to-end AWS essentials: Go from cloud basics to the core building blocksnetworking, compute, storage, and databasesso you can confidently stand up real workloads.
- Secure, build, and observe: Learn how to manage identity and permissions, apply managed security services, and use development + monitoring tools to keep systems reliable and visible.
- Modern capabilities, controlled spend: Explore AWS AI/ML services and finish with cost and billing fundamentals so you can innovate responsibly and optimize as you scale.
Concise Overview:
This immersive video course from AWS expert Chad Smith takes you from foundational AWS cloud concepts to advanced services through a practical, hands-on learning experience. Youll start with cloud fundamentals to understand what makes cloud-native architectures different, then build a strong infrastructure foundation by exploring AWS networking, compute, storage, and database services. From there, youll strengthen your operational readiness by learning how AWS security works in practice, including identity and permissions management and managed security services that help protect workloads at scale. Next, youll connect build and run by covering developer services plus both standard and event monitoring so you can deploy confidently, detect issues faster, and maintain performance in dynamic environments. Chad will also cover AWS AI/ML services to understand where intelligent capabilities fit into modern solutions. Finally, youll round out your skills with cost and billing services, helping you map technical decisions to business requirements, control spend, and design solutions that are both effective and economically sustainable. Gain the skills and direction you need to start using AWS with confidence!
Related Learning:
AWS Foundations by Chad Smith: https://learning.oreilly.com/course/aws-foundations/9780135485064/
Skill Level:
- Beginner
- Intermediate
Course Requirements:
- Create an AWS Account (https://aws.amazon.com/free/)
About Pearson Video Training:
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