‫We have seen a lot of different AWS services
‫in this course, but now it's time to talk
‫about the ecosystem around AWS.
‫So, there are a lot of free resources.
‫For example, there is the AWS blog,
‫there are the forums, which is community based,
‫so people will help each other.
‫You have the whitepapers and guides,
‫for example, the Well-Architected Framework
‫is one of the whitepaper.
‫They're usually very long guides that AWS did approve,
‫or did write, and they help you understand
‫how to do something correctly,
‫for example, around security, or around architecture,
‫or around networking, and so on.
‫And then you have the AWS Partner Solutions
‫also called formerly Quick Starts.
‫And the idea is that with this
‫you get automated, gold-standard deployments
‫in the AWS Cloud.
‫And the idea is that you can build
‫a production environment very quickly with templates.
‫So, this is an example of a template.
‫For example, how to deploy WordPress on AWS,
‫we'll click on it in a second.
‫And the idea is that, once you click on it,
‫you have a CloudFormation template ready to go
‫that you can input some parameters in,
‫and deploy the partner solution on AWS.
‫So, for example, this one by WordPress,
‫the WordPress High Availability by Bitnami on AWS
‫allows you to use WordPress.
‫And so, if we will look at the actual infrastructure,
‫we can look at what you'll build.
‫So, there will be a highly-available infrastructure,
‫there will be Amazon Aurora, there will be Elasticache,
‫there'll be Amazon EFS, some EC2 instances,
‫some load balancing, and so on.
‫So, quite a lot of things that come into play.
‫And this is all part of the solution.
‫So, we can have a look at how to deploy,
‫and we have two options.
‫We can either deploy into a new VPC,
‫or deploy into an existing VPC.
‫So, for example, let's deploy this into an existing VPC
‫to remove all the VPC-related infrastructure.
‫So, the template is ready,
‫the template URL is referenced right here.
‫And instead of deploying it,
‫we can just view it in CloudFormation Designer,
‫and have a look at what is going to be deployed.
‫So, if we have a look at it, very simple,
‫we here have the WebserverStack, the RDSAuroraStack,
‫the SecurityGroupStack, and the ElastiCacheStack.
‫So, this is what's going to be deployed,
‫and each of them is a CloudFormation stack
‫with more resources within.
‫Then you have AWS Solutions, which is a way for you
‫to deploy vetted technology solutions in the cloud.
‫And so, one of them was called AWS Landing Zone,
‫which was a way for you to deploy a secure,
‫multi-account environment in AWS.
‫And this was the link.
‫But now, if you remember this from this course,
‫this has been replaced by this new service
‫named AWS Control Tower.
‫But there are, obviously, a lot of different solutions
‫available out there on the solutions link
‫that you can see in the slide.
‫So, all of these free resources are available
‫to you at no cost, but then there is support by AWS.
‫So, we've seen different level of supports.
‫So, on Developer, we get business hour email access
‫to cloud Support Associates.
‫We get general guidance of less than 24 hours,
‫and system impaired of less than 12 hours.
‫If we are in Business subscription,
‫then we're going to get 24/7 phone supports,
‫email and chat access to Cloud Support Engineers.
‫So, one level up.
‫In case your production system is down, you get,
‫sorry for impaired, you get less than four hours,
‫and for production system down,
‫you get less than one hour of reply time.
‫And for Enterprise, which is the most expensive tier,
‫you get access to a dedicated technical account manager,
‫or TAM, you get Concierge Support Team to help you
‫with billing and account best practices.
‫And in case your business system is down,
‫then it's going to be less than 15 minutes
‫before you get a reply from the support of AWS,
‫which is very handy.
‫So, again, remember the different levels of support
‫as part of the ecosystem.
‫Okay, next we have the Marketplace.
‫So, I just talked about it briefly in the EC2 section,
‫but it is going to be a digital catalog
‫with thousands of software listing
‫from independent software vendors, which are third party.
‫For example, on the Marketplace you can buy a custom AMI
‫for someone that was customized with some OS,
‫some firewalls, or some technical solutions.
‫You can also buy CloudFormation templates
‫that are going to be production-ready.
‫You could buy Software As A Service
‫directly from the Marketplace.
‫You can buy containers.
‫And if you buy through the Marketplace,
‫the advantage that it goes directly into your bill of AWS.
‫So, you don't need to source a new vendor.
‫Then you can sell your own solutions on the Marketplace,
‫if you want to become a Marketplace seller.
‫So, as we can see, a Marketplace can be very easy,
‫and we've seen it in the beginning of the course
‫regarding the AMIs.
‫Next, we have training from AWS.
‫So, we have two sources of training given directly by AWS
‫that can be Digital, so online,
‫or Classroom training with in-person, or virtual.
‫There is also Private Training, if you want to organize
‫a training session for your organization.
‫And then there is dedicated training
‫and certification program for the US Government,
‫and a training and certification program for the Enterprise.
‫So, that's for the training that AWS can give you.
‫Then we have AWS Academy to help universities teach AWS,
‫so that people, when they get their university degree,
‫they also know how to use the cloud.
‫And then, obviously, not sponsored training by AWS,
‫but you get your, obviously, favorite teacher online,
‫that is me, teaching you about certifications
‫and more on AWS.
‫Okay. So, this is for the options of training
‫that you can get.
‫Then you're going to get Professional Services,
‫and the Partner Network.
‫So, there is a team called
‫the AWS Professional Services Organization.
‫It's a global team of expert that can help you with AWS.
‫They will work alongside your team,
‫so your people handling AWS, and a chosen member of the APN.
‫APN stands for AWS Partner Network.
‫It's a network of people that AWS knows are good
‫with the cloud.
‫So, we have the Technology Partners,
‫so the APN Technology Partners,
‫they will be providing hardware, connectivity, and software.
‫So, they will be more helping you
‫on the infrastructure side,
‫whereas the Consulting Partners on APN
‫are going to be professional services firm
‫that will help you build on AWS.
‫Next, we have the APN Training Partners
‫who can help you learn AWS, they will be training partners
‫that will be able to deliver the AWS training
‫that I've told you just from the slide before.
‫And then we have the Competency Program,
‫which are given to the APN partners
‫who have demonstrated technical proficiency,
‫and proven customer success in specialized solution areas.
‫And then, finally, one last thing, the Navigate Program
‫to help partners become better partners,
‫to train the partners.
‫So, I know this is a very long lecture on the AWS ecosystem,
‫but at the exam you'll get one, maybe, or two questions
‫on finding the right service, or the right tool,
‫for the ecosystem.
‫And so, for you, it's really, really important
‫to remember all the things that I just said.
‫Thankfully, it makes sense.
‫The names are most likely going to be obvious,
‫once you know, and once you've seen them once.
‫So, I would recommend just trying to memorize those.
‫We're going to help you with a quiz in these sections.
‫But again, feel free to revisit this lecture
‫before your exam to give yourself a small refresher.
‫So, that's it.
‫I hope you liked it, and I will see you in the next lecture.