AWS Starter Kit - 2020 Edition

This post was updated in July 2020. It was originally my first post on this blog in December 2016. 👴 I’m often asked by many colleagues, friends, or Twitter followers where to start with Amazon Web Services (AWS). In this post, I will try to explain where you should start in 2020. I’ll try to write this post as I wish I had in 2016 when I came into this technology. Basically, with the number of AWS Services today (197 top-level services (April 2020)), you will need to find your path and specialty, you will not become “an” AWS expert. It’s not possible, or you will be a generalist expert… ...

July 10, 2020 · 4 min · 708 words · zoph

How do I prepare AWS Certifications

Updated on: 2019-04-20 Currently, I’ve successfully passed the following AWS Certifications: AWS Solutions Architect - Professional, AWS Security Specialty, AWS Developer Associate, AWS Architect Associate and AWS SysOps Associate. In this post, I will show you how do I prepare for AWS Certifications. To start, please find below the actual Certification roadmap: Why AWS Certifications? It is always a benefit to validate your knowledge with the official certification path from the vendor, It’s a recognition for your skills like all other IT Certifications, but AWS certifications are well recognized in the IT area. ...

August 5, 2018 · 3 min · 478 words · zoph

AWS Starter Kit

This post was updated on 2020-07-11. You will find in this post a few links and videos to help you on your journey to AWS Cloud. My best Amazon Web Services — a practical guide All Things Distributed from Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon.com) Intro from AWS Intro Series E-Learning A Cloud Guru Courses Case Studies Case Studies - France VPC Getting Started with AWS VPC What Startups Should Know about Amazon VPC - part 1 What Startups Should Know about Amazon VPC - part 2 France Events Awsomeday AWS France Events French AWS User Group (Meetup) Useful Twitter accounts @aws_actus @mza My list Videos from re:Invent https://reinventvideos.com/ ...

December 13, 2016 · 1 min · 139 words · zoph