Onboarding to AWS

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If you're a beginner looking for a starting point to learn AWS, we recommend that you complete the following onboarding tasks in order, from task 1 to task 12. These tasks will help you learn how to launch and configure several different AWS services across a broad range of categories.

Task 1

Set up your account
Task 2

Configure access
Task 3

Organize your resources
Task 4

Set up cost monitoring
Task 5

Secure your resources
Task 6

Launch compute resources
Task 7

Create storage resources
Task 8

Create database resources
Task 9

Deploy an application
Task 10

Back up your data
Task 11

Set up monitoring
Task 12

Optimize performance

Additional resources

Learn more about the AWS Free Tier
AWS Free Tier
Get familiar with the core concepts of cloud computing
AWS Cloud Essentials
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AWS Educate
Learn about the shared responsibility model
Shared Responsibility Model
Choose the AWS services that fit your use case
Decision Guides

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