‫So now let's talk about AWS IQ.
‫So IQ is used to quickly find a professional
‫to help you with your AWS projects.
‫So the idea is that you're going to have
‫a lot of third-party experts that are AWS Certified
‫and they're available for on-demand project work.
‫So you'll use IQ to engage and pay them.
‫On top of it, IQ provides you with video conferencing,
‫contract management features,
‫secure collaboration and integrated billing.
‫So if you're a customer of AWS IQ, then you're
‫going to submit a request to describe your project,
‫and then it's like a freelancer platform, right?
‫So you're going to review your responses
‫and you're going to connect to experts
‫based on requirements and timelines and so on.
‫Then when you've shortlisted everyone
‫you can select an expert,
‫for example, based on rates and experience and so on.
‫And then you can work securely with that expert
‫by giving him access, or her access
‫securely to your AWS accounts.
‫And finally, once you're happy with the work
‫being delivered, you can unlock milestones
‫and then the milestones will be charged directly
‫into your AWS bill.
‫So instead of going to a random freelancer platform,
‫you can just use AWS IQ to find these experts directly
‫on this platform and pay from your AWS accounts.
‫And if you're an expert, then you would create your profile
‫such as who you are, your photo, your certifications
‫and then you connect with customers,
‫then you start a proposal,
‫and then of course if it's accepted,
‫then you work securely and you get paid
‫after the milestones are unlocked.
‫The other option to get help is to use AWS re:Post.
‫So this is actually a forum, okay,
‫so this is a community forum in which you find answers,
‫you answer questions, you'll find best practices
‫or you can join groups.
‫So it's an AWS-managed Q&A service
‫that's offering crowd-sourced expert reviewed
‫answers to your technical questions about AWS
‫and that replaces what used to be the original AWS forums.
‫So the idea that it looks just like, for example
‫if you know Stack Overflow,
‫someone asks a question and then you get answers,
‫some of them can be up-voted, some of them can be accepted
‫and they're reviewed by experts all the time.
‫So it's part of the AWS Free Tier,
‫so it doesn't cost you anything to access it.
‫And then if you're a community member,
‫you can go on this forum and start to earn reputations
‫to build your expert status and review other answers.
‫So you can get some good stuff
‫and some good reputation from participating on re:Post.
‫Then in case you are a premium customer on AWS,
‫and you do not receive a response from the community,
‫then automatically your question is passed
‫to AWS support engineers and they will answer your question.
‫So that's pretty cool.
‫And very important at the exam, you should know this,
‫is that the re:Post is not used to get
‫to questions that are time sensitive,
‫or to involve any preparatory action, okay?
‫If you need a help right now,
‫then re:Post is not your service.
‫So that's it for this lecture.
‫I hope you liked it.
‫And I will see you in the next lecture.