Introduction to Cloud Computing on AWS for Beginners [2026]

<div>This beginner-friendly <b>Introduction to Cloud Computing on AWS course</b> takes you from the AWS basics to becoming a competent AWS cloud practitioner. With expert instruction and engaging content, you'll learn general cloud computing concepts and AWS from fundamentals right through to advanced concepts. You'll also build hands-on skills using many of the core Amazon Web Services (AWS) services. Ideal for beginners - absolutely no cloud computing experience is required!</div><div><br></div><div>We use a highly visual and effective method of teaching cloud computing and AWS concepts using diagrams and animations (no bullet-point slides). There are lots of hands-on exercises using an Amazon Web Services (AWS) free tier account to help you gain practical experience.</div><div><br></div><div>If you're interested in moving into a high-paying career working with cloud computing services - this is the best way to get started. You'll build knowledge from beginner level to advanced concepts, with plenty of opportunities to practice what you're learning.</div><div><br></div><div>This course is an excellent way to get started with cloud computing and also serves as a great starting point for those planning to earn their AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect certifications (you will need additional courses aimed at those AWS certifications).</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Watch the intro video to learn how this course will help you gain a solid understanding of cloud computing on AWS.</span></div><div><br></div><div>KEY SKILLS YOU WILL DEVELOP</div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Learn fundamental concepts of cloud computing and including storage, database, networking, virtualization, containers, and cloud architecture</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create an AWS Free Tier account and launch your first virtual servers (Amazon EC2 instances) on the AWS Cloud</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Configure elasticity, high availability and fault tolerance using Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and Amazon Elastic Load Balancing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create and configure storage services and upload files and objects using Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS and Amazon S3</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Launch a relational database on Amazon RDS and a NoSQL database using Amazon DynamoDB</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Automatically deploy infrastructure using code through AWS CloudFormation</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create a Platform as a Service (PaaS) application on AWS Elastic Beanstalk</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Learn how to use DevOps tools on AWS to automate a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Implement serverless computing and Docker containers on AWS using AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create serverless event-driven architectures on Lambda</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create loosely coupled services with Amazon SQS and Amazon SNS</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">CORE TOPICS WE WILL COVER IN THIS CLOUD COMPUTING FUNDAMENTALS COURSE</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">IT Fundamentals</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Gain an understanding of fundamental IT concepts, including:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Client / server computing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Storage concepts: block, file, and object</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">IP addressing and subnetting basics</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Networking: routers and switches</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Server virtualization and Docker containers</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Application programming interfaces (APIs)</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud Computing Concepts</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Learn about the key cloud computing concepts:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Legacy / traditional IT vs cloud computing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The advantages of cloud computing services</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud computing examples</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud computing service models (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud computing deployment models (private cloud, public cloud, hybrid cloud, multicloud)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Scaling up vs scaling out</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Load balancing</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">High availability and Fault tolerance</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Monolithic vs microservices architectures</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">AWS Access Control and Networking</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">In this section you'll learn the basics of Amazon AWS and the AWS IAM and Amazon VPC:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Creating AWS IAM users and groups</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud networking - Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Creating custom Amazon VPCs</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Cloud computing security - security groups and network ACLs</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Creating security groups and NACLs</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amazon EC2, Auto Scaling, and Load Balancing</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Learn how to use Amazon AWS's IaaS platform and launch virtual servers on Amazon EC2:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Launching Amazon EC2 instances</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create a website on Amazon EC2</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Using IAM Roles with EC2</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Scaling with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Add high availability with Amazon Elastic Load Balancing</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">AWS Storage Services</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Use block, file, and object storage on AWS:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) and Instance Stores</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amazon EBS snapshots and AMIs</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3)</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">AWS Databases</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Use managed database services in the AWS Cloud:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create Amazon RDS DB with a Read Replica</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amazon DynamoDB</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create a DynamoDB table</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Automation and DevOps on AWS</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Learn how to automate deployment and management on AWS and use the AWS Developer Tools:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Deploy infrastructure as code using AWS CloudFormation</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Deploy a Platform as a Service (PaaS) application using AWS Elastic Beanstalk</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">AWS CodeCommit, CodePipeline, and CodeDeploy</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Create an AWS CodePipeline with AWS Elastic Beanstalk</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">DNS, Caching, and Performance Optimization</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Use Amazon Route 53 for DNS resolution and domain registration</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Use the Amazon CloudFront content delivery network (CDN)</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">AWS Global Accelerator</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Containers and Serverless Computing</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">You'll learn about Docker containers and serverless computing:</span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Docker Containers on Amazon ECS</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Serverless computing with AWS Lambda functions</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Application integration services and loose coupling</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Amazon EventBridge</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">WHAT DO OTHER STUDENTS SAY?</span></div><div><br></div><div>If you're new to cloud computing, this beginner-friendly course is the perfect place to get started. But don't just take our word for it – check out the excellent course reviews from thousands of happy students:</div><div><br></div><div>"Great experience, clearly presented and lots of hands on practice demos"</div><div><br></div><div>"Awesome, the flow of the session is very good; the trainer started from basics and then gradually moved to advanced topics. Highly recommended"</div><div><br></div><div>"I am a second-year CS student at one of the best unis in the UK. This lecturer explained my whole network module in literally 20 mins and I understood more than in my uni lectures!"</div><div><br></div><div>MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR</div><div><br></div><div>Hi, I'm Neal Davis, and I'm delighted to be your instructor for this AWS Developer course. As the founder of Digital Cloud Training, I'm deeply committed to providing top-quality AWS certification training resources. I created this beginner's course to help you understand core cloud computing concepts & the basics of AWS. With over 20 years of hands-on experience in the Cloud space, I'm excited to share my expertise with you on Udemy.</div><div><br></div><div>OUR SUCCESS IN NUMBERS</div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Over 750,000 students enrolled in our AWS courses on Udemy</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">4.7-star instructor rating from over 150,000 reviews</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Our students pass the AWS exam with an average score of over 85%</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">We are totally confident in the value of this course which comes with a 30-day unconditional money-back guarantee. Get lifetime access now - risk-free!</span></div>

What you'll learn:

• This course covers fundamental concepts of cloud computing and is designed for absolute beginners
• Learn the basics of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the world's leading cloud computing platform
• Gain an understanding of the fundamental systems on which the cloud is based, including storage, networking, and compute
• Develop hands-on skills using core Amazon Web Services (AWS) services
• Build knowledge from beginner level to advanced concepts