Getting Started with AWS

Learn the fundamentals and start building on Amazon Web Services
  • Get to know the AWS Cloud

  • Start your journey with AWS

    Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud that includes infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) offerings. AWS services offer scalable solutions for compute, storage, databases, analytics, and more. Learn how to launch and configure different AWS services across a broad range of categories with our onboarding experience.

    Onboarding to AWS

    Learn best practices to set up your account and environment

    We walk you through setting up your AWS account and development environment, which enables you to interact with your AWS account and resources.
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    How do I create and activate a new AWS account?

    Get to know the AWS Management Console

    Learn how to use the AWS Management Console, a web application that provides access to the information you need to manage your AWS resources.
    Read the guide

    Introduction to the AWS Management Console for new AWS users

    Learn to control your AWS costs
    We show you how to control your costs while using the AWS Free Tier and how to use AWS Budgets to set up a cost budget to monitor your usage costs.
    Read the tutorial

    How can I avoid charges on my account when using AWS Free Tier services?

  • Decision guides

  • Decision guides

    AWS decision guides provide an overview of our services with guidance to help you choose the services that fit your use case. Decision guides are now available for a range of service categories including machine learning, analytics, containers, storage, networking services, and more. 

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    Featured guides

    Choosing AWS security, compliance, and identity services

    We help you select the AWS security, identity, and compliance services and tools that are the best fit for you and your organization.
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    Move fast, stay secure: Strategies for the future of security

    Choosing a generative AI service
    We help you evaluate and choose which AWS generative AI services and tools are the best fit for your organizational requirements.
    Read the guide

    Best Practices for GenAI applications on AWS

    Choosing an AWS IoT service
    Learn how to evaluate our range of IoT tools and services and how to determine which are the best fit for you and your organization.
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    How to choose the right AWS IoT service

  • Cloud basics

  • Learn the essentials

    Get familiar with the core concepts that drive AWS services and how to best take advantage of them.

    Read the AWS overview whitepaper
    Cloud Essentials
    Gaining familiarity with core concepts of cloud computing helps give you confidence as you begin your journey.
    Security Essentials
    Apply these practices as one part of your ongoing due diligence around cloud security.
    Billing and Cost Optimizations Essentials
    When using the cloud, it is important to understand the billing model, and how you can optimize your costs.
    VPC Editorial
    Networking Essentials
    Familiarize yourself with the essentials for addressing, connectivity, routing, and network security in the cloud.
  • What's new

  • Use AI to accelerate your development

    Amazon Q Developer is a generative artificial intelligence (AI) powered coding assistant that can provide inline code completions, generate net new code, scan your code for security vulnerabilities, and make code upgrades and improvements, such as language updates, debugging, and optimizations.

    Learn more

    Amazon Q Developer: Your generative AI-powered assistant for work (13:13)

    Getting started with Amazon Q Developer in Visual Studio Code (8:28)

    Getting started with Amazon Q Developer with IntelliJ IDE (26:32)

  • re:Invent 2024

  • AWS re:Invent 2024

    Hear insights from AWS and industry-thought leaders, grow your skills, and get inspired. Watch re:Invent 2024 video on demand.

    Understand customers better with a modern data strategy

    Explore the AWS services needed to build a complete data solution to store, access, transform, analyze, and predict so you can put your data. (59:01)
    Generative AI for decision-makers
    Learn the steps for planning a generative AI project and the key considerations for building a generative AI–ready organization. (1:03:02)

    How not to sabotage your transformation

    In this session, explore mental models based on real-world experiences designed to help organizations assess their competitiveness. (37:11)
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