Higher Education Resources

• Internet2 NET+ AWS Service and Advisory Board

• re:Invent 2016 Sessions

  • AWS re:Invent 2022 - Rethink data governance as strategic empowerment (PRT100).
  •  AWS Customer Success Stories
    • University of Newcastle Digitises Its Student and Researcher Experience on AW
    • University of Auckland Improves Agility, Innovation, and Resilience on AWS
    • Cornell University Case Study
    • Arizona State University Case Study
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) Compliance on AWS

• AWS Getting Started Videos for Education

  • How do I create and activate a new AWS account?

  • Creating and managing an organization

  • What is IAM?

  • AWS Cost Optimization Series

  • AWS Networking Fundamentals - Level 200 (United States)

  • Monitoring and Logging

    • What Is AWS CloudTrail?
    • Logging requests using server access logging
    • Logging IP traffic using VPC Flow Logs

  • Checklist for AWS Account Administration and Networking in Education

• NET+ AWS Service page (benefits, list of subscribers, etc.)
• NET+ AWS Program page (documentation, resources, service advisory board)

AWS General Resources

• • Overview of the Cloud Adoption Framework Operations Perspective

  • AWS Well-Architected Framework

  • Best Practices for Security, Identity, & Compliance

  • AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF)

  • Guidelines for a successful migration

  • AWS YouTube channel

  • AWS Labs on GitHub

  • AWS Official Training and Certifications

  • Lambda, API Gateway, and Microservices

    • Getting Started with Serverless Architectures

      • Video: several best practices at ~36 min mark

    • Using AWS Lambda with Amazon API Gateway

      • Video: deeper dive into Lambda and API gateway

      • Tutorial: Using Lambda with API Gateway

    • Implementing Microservices on AWS

      • Whitepaper: overview of AWS microservices and interaction between them

    • Controlling Access to API Gateway
    • Lambda Limits
  • Lambda deployments
    

    • Fully managed with AWS Code Pipeline

      • Most complete option for modeling and automating your deployment steps

      • Leverages Code Pipeline (workflow automation), Code Deploy (build, test, and package your code), S3 (store code package), and CloudFormation (deployment)

    • Partially managed with AWS CloudFormation (blog entry with S3 integration

      • Primarily focused on deploying your code instead of using the console

    • Setting up a CI/CD pipeline by integrating Jenkins with AWS CodeBuild and AWS CodeDeploy
  • Apache Spark and EMR

    • Introduction to Apache Spark

      • Video: a discussion about storage options and best practices with EMR at ~32 min mark

    • Using spot instances with EMR
  •  Cisco CSR1000V- Transit VPC with Transit Gateway
    • AWS Transit Gateway
    • AWS Solutions Implementations Library
    • Cisco CSR Implementation Guide

Unofficial Resources

• • The Open Guide to Amazon Web Services

  • Awesome AWS

  • A Cloud Guru Certification Courses

  • A Cloud Guru: Linux Training