AWS Foundation Services Essential
Use AWS foundation services hands-on: secure access with IAM, run EC2 with EBS, store data in S3 and EFS, and connect RDS, ELB and VPC. Learn AWS Services through a clear Foundation to Advanced path, with hands-on labs, live cohort options, certification support and full LMS access.
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Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four AWS Services levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
About AWS Foundation Services Essential.
Understand where AWS Services fits in modern software delivery, what this level covers, and how the program builds practical confidence step by step.
Program overview
AWS Services is taught as a practical technical skill for modern engineering, operations and platform teams. The course explains where the tool fits, how it is used in real delivery environments, and how learners can apply it through guided practice.
This DevOpsSchool AWS Services program is built for working professionals who want usable skills instead of only conceptual exposure. The training emphasizes live examples, workflow clarity, operational controls and progressive skill depth from Foundation to Essential.
Private AWS Services training for delivery teams, platform groups and engineering organizations.
DevOpsSchool provides corporate AWS Services training for teams that need faster adoption, workflow standardization, administrative control, integration guidance and governance-ready rollout. Private batches can be aligned to development practice, release workflow, access model, maturity level and internal tooling.
- Private online or classroom delivery for engineering teams
- Aligned to AWS Services usage maturity, admin depth and collaboration patterns
- Useful for rollout, migration, governance and workflow consistency goals
- Can be tailored for developers, administrators, DevOps teams and leadership stakeholders
Why teams use DevOpsSchool
DevOpsSchool combines live demonstration, practical workflow discussion, implementation-oriented examples, and strong post-session learning support. That makes the training more usable for real teams than generic slide-led courses.
Choose any level. The page still shows the full progression.
Foundation, Essential, Intermediate and Advanced are presented as one linked training flow. Self-paced buyers get all levels by default, even if they start from only one course page.
Instructor-led, self-paced and corporate delivery options.
Compare delivery format, duration, level access and batch style. Fees are shown only in the top decision panel and once again after the agenda.
| Duration | Mode | Level access | Batch |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | Live & Interactive | Essential | Public batch |
| 8 to 10 Hrs. max | 1:1 Live training | Essential | Starts immediately |
| 1 year LMS access | Self-paced video | All 4 levels | Anytime access |
| 2 Days | Corporate | AWS Foundation Services Essential | Private team batch |
What learners should be able to do after AWS Services training.
The outcomes are written for practical delivery teams: developers, DevOps engineers, release engineers, administrators and technical leads.
Use core AWS services
Deploy and connect IAM, EC2, EBS, S3, EFS, RDS, ELB and VPC resources with confidence.
Automate and secure workloads
Scale, monitor, encrypt and audit AWS workloads with infrastructure as code.
Design resilient AWS platforms
Plan multi-account, highly available and cost-efficient architectures and migrations.
Why this skill, what you will achieve, and who should attend.
Use this section to decide whether the course matches your role, current experience and expected AWS Services responsibilities before reviewing the detailed agenda.
Why AWS Services matters
- AWS Services helps teams standardize a critical part of their software delivery, infrastructure, automation or operations workflow.
- It gives learners a repeatable way to move from basic usage to confident execution in team and enterprise environments.
- For DevOps and platform teams, AWS Services becomes more valuable when connected with automation, governance, monitoring and delivery practices.
- Teams using AWS Services effectively reduce ad-hoc execution and move toward consistent engineering standards.
Objectives
- Understand AWS Services concepts, architecture, terminology and operational usage patterns.
- Learn practical configuration, workflow design, access controls, team usage and quality practices.
- Apply AWS Services in real delivery workflows using automation, integrations, traceability and governance patterns.
- Build practical confidence to use AWS Services for individual, team and organizational use cases.
Pre-requisites
- Basic computer literacy and familiarity with software development workflows.
- Helpful but not mandatory: introductory DevOps, cloud, automation or software delivery awareness.
- No deep programming background is required for the Foundation and Essential levels.
Who this course is for
- Developers, administrators and engineers who need practical AWS Services usage skills.
- DevOps engineers, release engineers, SREs and platform teams managing delivery standards.
- Engineering leads and technical managers responsible for workflow quality, access controls and governance.
- Corporate teams migrating to or standardizing on AWS Services.
Small-batch live training starts every month.
Weekday batches start on the 1st and weekend batches on the first Saturday of every month. One-to-one (1:1) training can start immediately; corporate sessions are scheduled on demand.
Weekend live batch
Starts on the first Saturday of every month. Weekend sessions with demos, labs and Q&A; max 10 learners.
Weekday live batch
Starts on the 1st of every month. Weekday sessions for working professionals and distributed teams; max 10 learners.
Ask advisorAgenda depth up to the selected level.
This page shows the learning flow from Foundation through Essential. Each level adds to the previous one, and the agenda stops at the current page level. Day counts are for corporate (day-wise) delivery; live online batches cover the same agenda in max 8 to 10 hours.
Foundation Level: cloud terminology, AWS infrastructure and account setupDay 1
- Fundamental cloud computing terminology: on-demand, elasticity, scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, CapEx versus OpEx
- Service and deployment models: IaaS, PaaS and SaaS, public, private and hybrid cloud
- Introduction of AWS: service categories for compute, storage, database, networking, security and management
- Understanding AWS infrastructure: Regions, Availability Zones, Local Zones, edge locations and choosing a Region
- Understanding the AWS Free Tier: always-free, 12-month and trial offers, credits and avoiding surprise charges
- Shared responsibility model: what AWS secures and what the customer secures for each service type
- Account setup: creating an account, protecting the root user with MFA and creating an admin identity
- Billing guardrails: AWS Budgets, billing alarms, Cost Explorer and the Pricing Calculator
- AWS Management Console: navigation, Region selector, resource search and favourites
- AWS CloudShell and AWS CLI v2: installation, aws configure, named profiles and first describe commands
- AWS Well-Architected Framework: the six pillars as a checklist for every design decision
Essential Level = Foundation + IAM, compute, storage, databases, load balancing, VPCDay 2 · 2 days cumulative
- IAM concepts: users, groups, roles, managed and inline policies, MFA and least privilege
- IAM walkthrough, demo and lab: creating users and groups, attaching policies, roles for EC2 and the policy simulator
- EC2 concepts: AMIs, instance types and families, key pairs, security groups, user data and pricing options
- EC2 walkthrough, demo and lab: launching, connecting with SSH or Session Manager, stopping, resizing and terminating
- EBS concepts: gp3, io2, st1 and sc1 volume types, IOPS and throughput, snapshots and encryption
- EBS walkthrough, demo and lab: creating, attaching, formatting and mounting a volume, snapshot and restore
- S3 concepts: buckets, objects, keys, storage classes, versioning, Block Public Access and bucket policies
- S3 walkthrough, demo and lab: upload and download, versioning, lifecycle rules and static website hosting
- EFS concepts, walkthrough, demo and lab: shared NFS file systems, mount targets, performance modes, mounting on two instances
- RDS MySQL concepts: DB instances, parameter and option groups, automated backups, Multi-AZ and read replicas
- RDS MySQL walkthrough, demo and lab: launching an instance, connecting from EC2, snapshots and point-in-time restore
- Elastic Load Balancer concepts: Application, Network and Gateway Load Balancers, listeners, target groups, health checks
- Elastic Load Balancer implementation, demo and lab: putting an ALB in front of two web servers across AZs
- VPC concepts and components, demo and lab: CIDR, subnets, route tables, internet and NAT gateways, security groups and NACLs
Choose live training or a full year of self-paced access.
If someone buys Foundation, Essential, Intermediate or Advanced as self-paced video, the price stays the same and access is granted to all four levels by default.
Self-paced video subscription
Billed yearly at ₹9,996. This includes all four levels, complete LMS access for one year, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
- All four AWS Services levels in one price.
- 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools included, even when subscribing to one course.
- Best fit for learners who want full-library access and flexible progress.
Live & Interactive session
Instructor-led cohort, max 8 to 10 hours, with demos, labs, Q&A, assignments and practical review.
- Live small-batch cohort from soon.
- Interactive discussion and lab troubleshooting.
- Recommended for teams that need guided implementation.
1:1 Live training
The same agenda, taught one-to-one by the trainer. Start immediately, without waiting for the next batch. Max 8 to 10 hours, one-to-one.
- Start immediately: no waiting for the monthly batch.
- One learner, one trainer: full attention on your questions.
- Sessions planned around your working hours.
- Your pace, with examples from your own projects and tools.
Method of training and assessment.
The course emphasizes practical demonstration, hands-on labs and assignment-based validation instead of passive lecture-only learning.
| SL | Method of training and assessment | Weightage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Understanding the problem space | 5% |
| 2 | Concept discussion | 10% |
| 3 | Live demo and walkthrough | 25% |
| 4 | Lab and hands-on exercises | 50% |
| 5 | Assignments and evaluation | 10% |
Labs, exercises and real workflow practice.
Every level moves from explanation to hands-on practice, review and troubleshooting.
Set up a safe AWS account
Create and secure an AWS account with root MFA, an admin identity, a monthly budget alert and a configured CLI profile, then explore Regions and AZs from the CLI.
Two-tier web app on AWS
Build a custom VPC with public and private subnets, run two EC2 web servers behind an ALB with shared EFS content, and connect them to an RDS MySQL database.
AWS Services is taught as part of a working delivery ecosystem.
You learn where the tool sits in the wider engineering workflow, not in isolation.
Core foundations
Terminology, concepts, architecture and the operating model behind the tool.
Workflow traceability
Map practical work to tasks, approvals, documentation and delivery visibility.
Automation and integration
Use AWS Services with validation checks, automation hooks and delivery workflows.
Governance controls
Operate with permissions, approvals, policy checks and production-safe workflows.
How your practical work is assessed.
Your certificate is backed by labs, assignments, capstone thinking and completion evidence.
Assignments
Level-specific assignments verify setup, configuration, workflow quality and operating discipline.
Hands-on validation
Learners are expected to complete practical usage, automation and troubleshooting exercises.
Completion record
Certificate issuance is tied to demonstrated participation, practical completion and course-level coverage.
Led by Rajesh Kumar and the DevOpsSchool practitioner network.
Training is grounded in practical DevOps, SRE, security, release and platform engineering experience with real enterprise delivery context.
Earn a DevOpsSchool AWS Services certificate.
Completion includes a digital certificate with credential details, practical assignments and a learning record aligned to the selected AWS Services level.
Certificate verificationCertificate of Completion
AWS Services Essential Training
Unique credential ID, verifiable online
What learners say about training with Rajesh Kumar.
“Rajesh is very good trainer. Rajesh was able to resolve our queries and question effectively. We really liked the hands-on examples covered during this training program.”
“Very well organized training, helped a lot to understand the AWS concept and detailed related to various tools. Very helpful”
“The training was very useful and interactive. Rajesh helped develop the confidence of all.”
Rated 4.6 on Google · All testimonials · Video reviews on YouTube
Quoted as published, from learners in Rajesh Kumar's live trainings across DevOpsSchool courses.
Used by developers, DevOps engineers, release leads and engineering managers.
Private batches are available for teams that want the same agenda aligned to their own tools and workflows.
Why this AWS Services path is different.
The value is not only one course. The subscription unlocks the full learning ecosystem for one year.
| Feature | DevOpsSchool AWS Services Training | Typical short course |
|---|---|---|
| Levels | Foundation, Essential, Intermediate, Advanced | Single generic syllabus |
| Self-paced access | All four levels plus 20+ courses and 50+ tools | Usually one course only |
| Live training | Demos, labs, Q&A and assignment review | Often lecture-heavy |
| Certificate | DevOpsSchool completion certificate | Varies by provider |
Questions learners ask before joining.
Does Foundation cost less than Advanced?
No. Self-paced pricing is intentionally the same because access includes all four levels by default.
What is included in the yearly subscription?
One year of complete LMS access, all four levels for the selected course, plus 20+ additional courses and 50+ tools access.
Can corporate teams request customization?
Yes. The live format can be aligned to team tools, governance requirements, workflows and internal delivery standards.
What is the recommended sequence?
Foundation → Essential → Intermediate → Advanced. The agenda is designed so each level builds on the previous one.
Talk to DevOpsSchool before choosing the batch.
Use this support section for batch questions, corporate planning, LMS access clarifications, or guidance on which AWS Services level fits your team.
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Email: contact@DevOpsSchool.com
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Training snapshots and certificate preview.
A look at the completion certificate and the course.
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See what course completion evidence looks like.
Tool-focused training
Course visuals reinforce the AWS Services workflow and subject area.
Live batch experience
Training supports live online, private team and workshop-style delivery.
Start AWS Services Essential training.
Next weekday batch starts on the 1st; weekend batch on the first Saturday. Batches are capped at 10 learners. Send your details and DevOpsSchool will share the syllabus and batch options.