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Tour of the AWS Console & Services in AWS

In this section, I navigate through the AWS Console, including region selection and service accessibility.

Key Takeaways​

  • Introduction to the AWS Console Home and its layout
  • It is advised to choose a region that is geographically close to you for this course, because I'm in Sydney, I choose the Sydney region (ap-southeast-2) for the rest of the course.
  • Overview of the console home, it has useful widgets like "Recently visited services" and "AWS service health" that provide quick access to frequently used services and updates on service status.
  • Options for navigating services: browsing alphabetically, by category, or using the search bar.
  • Explanation of global services like Route 53 that don't require a region selection versus services like EC2 that do.
  • Emphasis on remaining in the same region throughout the course to avoid issues with resource availability.
  • Introduction to AWS global infrastructure for checking service availability by region.