<h2 align='center'>Cloud Practitioner</h2>

**Training:** [A Cloud Guru](https://acloud.guru/learn/aws-certified-cloud-practitioner)  

41 Lessions & 5 Hours of video
- Introduction 12:45  
- Cloud Concepts & Technology 04:17:48  
- Billing & Pricing 47:34  
- Security in the Cloud 20:51  
- Mega Quiz  
- Summary & Good luck! 02:44  

**Exam Cost:** $100  

**Exam Guide:** [here](https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/Docs%20-%20Cloud%20Practitioner/AWS%20Certified%20Cloud%20Practitioner_Exam_Guide_v1.4_FINAL.PDF)  

**Exam Domain**
1) Cloud Concepts 28%
  - Define the AWS Cloud and its value proposition
  - Identify aspects of AWS Cloud economics
  - List the different cloud architecture design principles
2) Security 24%
  - Define the AWS Shared Responsibility model
  - Define AWS Cloud security and compliance concepts
  - Identify AWS access management capabilities
  - Identify resources for security support
3) Technology 36%
  - Define methodsof deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud
  - Define the AWS global infrastructure
  - Identify the core AWS services
  - Identify resources for technology support
4) Billing & Pricing 12%
  - Compare and contrast the various pricing models for AWS
  - Recognize the various account structures in relation to AWS billing and pricing
  - Identify resources available for billing support

**White Papers:**  
[Overview of Amazon Web Services](https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-overview.pdf)  
[Architecting for the Cloud: AWS Best Practices](https://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/AWS_Cloud_Best_Practices.pdf)  
[How AWS Pricing Works](http://d0.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws_pricing_overview.pdf)  
[The total cost of (non) ownership of web applications in the cloud](https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-tco-web-applications.pdf)
[Compare AWS Support Plans](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/compare-plans/)  

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**NOTES:**

6 advantages of cloud computing
- trade capital expense (data centers and servers) for varaible expense ( consumption of computing resources )
- Benefit from massive economies of scale ( cant compete with aws purchasing power )
- Stop guessing about capacity
- Increase speed and agility ( ability to easily get Minimum Viable Product up fast and easily )
- Stop spending money running and maintaining data center ( let someone else manage that for you. eg aws )
- Go global in minutes ( deploy in multiple regions around the world )

3 types of cloud computing
- Infrastructire As A Service ( IAAS )
- Platform As A Service ( PAAS )
- Software As A Service ( SAAS )

3 types of cloud computing deployments
- public (eg. aws, azure, google, etc.)
- Hybrid ( mixture of public and private )
- private cloud or on premise ( you manage it in your data center )

Know the difference between a region, availability zone (AZ) and an Edge Location
- Think of availability zone's ( AZ ) as data-centers
- A region is a geographical area. Each region consists of two or more AZ's
- Edge location are endpoints for aws which are used for caching content. ( Think Cloudfront, which is the AWS CDN )