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Other AWS Services that don’t fit in other categories. #

Workspaces #

Managed Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution to easily provision Windows or Linux desktops.

  • Great to eliminate management of on-premise VDI infrastructure
  • Fast and quickly scalable to thousands of users
  • Secured data - integrates with KMS
  • Pay-as-you-go service with monthly or hourly rates

AppStream #

  • Desktop Application Streaming Service
  • Deliver to any computer without provisioning infrastructure
  • The application is delivered within a web browser

IoT Core #

IoT Core allows easily connecting IoT devices to the AWS Cloud.

AppSync #

Store and sync data across mobile and web apps in real-time using GraphQL (mobile technology from Facebook).

Amplify #

A set of tools and services that helps you to develop and deploy scalable full stack web mobile applications.

  • Authentication, Storage, API (REST, GraphQL), CI/CD, Analytics, Monitoring, …

AWS Infrastructure Composer #

Visually design and build serverless applications quickly on AWS.

Deploy AWS infrastructure code without needing to be an expert in AWS.

Generates Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation

CLI > Infrastructure Composer

Device Farm Overview #

Fully-managed service that can test your web and mobile app against desktop browsers, real mobile devices and tablets.

AWS Backup #

Fully-managed service to centrally manage and automate backups across AWS services.

  • On-demand and scheduled backups.
  • Cross-region and cross-account (AWS Organizations) backups

Disaster Recovery Strategies #

  • Backup and Restore - cheapest method
  • Pilot Light - core functions are there (e.g. database) but it’s not scaled up
  • Warm Standby - full version of the app but at minimum size (databases, webs, api, …)
  • Multi-Site / Hot-Site - full version, full size active-active DR

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) #

Quickly and easily recover physical, virtual and cloud-based servers into AWS.

  • Continuous block-level replication of servers to the cloud

AWS DataSync #

Move large amount of data from on-premises to AWS.

  • Can synchronize to:
    • Amazon S3 (any storage classes - including Glacier)
    • Amazon EFS
    • Amazon FSx for Windows
  • Replication tasks can be scheduled hourly, daily, weekly
  • The replication tasks are incremental after the first full load

Cloud Migration Strategies - the 7Rs #

More info about Cloud Migration Strategy: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/new-possibilities-seven-strategies-to-accelerate-your-application-migration-to-aws/

Application Discovery Service & Application Migration Service #

  • Plan migration projects by gathering information about on-premises data centers

  • Server utilization data and dependency mapping are important for migrations

  • Agentless Discovery

  • Agent-based Discovery

AWS Migration Evaluator #

Helps to build a data-driven business case for migration to AWS.

AWS Migration Hub #

Central location to collect servers and applications inventory data for the assessment, planning and tracking of migrations to AWS.

AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) #

A fully-managed service for running fault injection experiments on AWS workloads. Based on Chaos Enginneering.

Supports the following services: EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, …

Step Functions #

Build serverless visual workflow to orchestrate your Lambda functions.

Ground Station #

Fully managed service to control satellite communications, process data and scale your satellite operations.

Provides a global network of satellite ground stations near AWS regions.

Send satellite data to S3 or EC2 instance.

Use Cases:

  • Weather forecasting
  • Surface imaging
  • Communications
  • Video broadcasts

AWS Pinpoint #

Scalable 2-way (outbound / inbound) marketing communication service.

Supports email, SMS, push, voice and in-app messaging.

Used for running marketing campaigns.


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» Table of contents (CLF-C02) « #

1. What is Cloud Computing2. IAM3. Budget
4. EC25. Security Groups6. Storage
7. AMI8. Scalability & High Availability9. Elastic Load Balancing
10. Auto Scaling Group11. S312. Databases
13. Other Compute Services14. Deployments15. AWS Global Infrastructure
16. Cloud Integrations17. Cloud Monitoring18. VPC
19. Security and Compliance20. Machine Learning21. Account Management and Billing
22. Advanced Identity23. Other Services24. AWS Architecting & Ecosystem
25. Preparing for AWS Practitioner exam

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Most of the content in this series is coming from Stephane Maarek’s Ultimate AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner CLF-C02 2025 course on Udemy.

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