Learning Amazon Web Services (AWS): A Hands-On Guide to the Fundamentals of AWS Cloud - Softcover

Wilkins, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0135298342 ISBN 13: 9780135298343

Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional, 2019

Synopsis

The Practical, Foundational Technical Introduction to the World’s #1 Cloud Platform

Includes access to several hours of online training video: Mark Wilkins’ expert training video library guides you through setting up core services and prepares you to deploy your own apps and resources.

Learning Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the perfect foundational resource for all administrators, developers, project managers, and other IT professionals who want to plan and deploy AWS services and/or earn AWS certification.

Top cloud trainer and evangelist Mark Wilkins teaches best practices that align with Amazon’s Well-Architected Framework, introduces key concepts in the context of a running case study, carefully explains how core AWS services operate and integrate, and offers extensively tested tips for maximizing flexibility, security, and value. Companion online videos guide you step-by-step through setting AWS compute, storage, networking, scale, security, automation, and more.

• Balance cost, compliance, and latency in your service designs
• Choose the right networking options for your virtual private cloud (VPC)
• Build, host, launch, manage, and budget for EC2 compute services
• Plan for scale and resiliency, and make informed decisions about AWS storage
• Enforce strict security, and automate to improve operational efficiency

This book with companion training videos is a valuable learning tool for anyone seeking to demonstrate expertise through formal certification.

WEB EDITION: All buyers of the book or ebook can register your book for access to a free online Web Edition of this title, which included videos embedded within the text, plus updates as they become available.

About this title

About the Author

Mark Wilkins is an Electronic Engineering Technologist with a wealth of experience in designing, deploying, and supporting software and hardware technology in the corporate and small business world. Since 2013, Mark has focused on supporting and designing cloud service solutions with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and the IBM Cloud. He is certified in Amazon Web Services (Architecture and Sys-Ops). Mark is also a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) and holds certifications in MCTS, MCSA, Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V, and Azure Cloud Services.

Mark worked as a technical evangelist for IBM SoftLayer from 2013 through 2016 and taught both SoftLayer Fundamentals and SoftLayer Design classes to many Fortune 500 companies in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia. As course director for Global Knowledge, Mark developed and taught many technical seminars, including Configuring Active Directory Services, Configuring Group Policy, and Cloud and Virtualization Essentials. Mark also developed courseware for the Microsoft Official Curriculum 2008 stream, Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 Network Services, and Active Directory Services.

Mark’s published books include Windows 2003 Registry for Dummies, Administering SMS 3.0, and Administering Active Directory.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0135298342
• ISBN 13: 9780135298343
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448