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# AWS Ecosystem

### Free resources

* AWS Blogs: <https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/>
* AWS Forums (community): <https://forums.aws.amazon.com/index.jspa>
* AWS Whitepapers & Guides: <https://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers>
* AWS Partner Solutions (formerly Quick Starts): <https://aws.amazon.com/quickstart/>
  * Automated, gold-standard deployments in the AWS Cloud
  * Build your production environment quickly with templates
  * Example: WordPress on AWS <https://fwd.aws/P3yyv?did=qs_card&trk=qs_card>
  * Leverages CloudFormation
* AWS Solutions: <https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/>
  * Vetted Technology Solutions for the AWS Cloud
  * Example - AWS Landing Zone: secure, multi-account AWS environment
    * <https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/aws-landing-zone/>
    * “Replaced” by AWS Control Tower

### AWS Support

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### AWS Marketplace

* Digital catalog with thousands of software listings from independent software vendors (3rd party)
* Example:
  * Custom AMI (custom OS, firewalls, technical solutions...)
  * CloudFormation templates
  * Software as a Service
  * Containers
* If you buy through the AWS Marketplace, it goes into your AWS bill
* You can sell your solutions on the AWS Marketplace

### AWS Training

* AWS Digital (online) and ClassroomTraining (in-person or virtual)
* AWS Private Training (for your organization)
* Training and Certification for the U.S Government
* Training and Certification for the Enterprise
* AWS Academy: helps universities teach AWS
* And your favorite online teacher... teaching you all about AWS Certifications and more!

### AWS Professional Services & Partner Network

* The AWS Professional Services organization is a global team of experts
* They work alongside your team and a chosen member of the APN
* APN = AWS Partner Network
* APN Technology Partners: providing hardware, connectivity, and software
* APN Consulting Partners: professional services firm to help build on AWS
* APN Training Partners: find who can help you learn AWS
* AWS Competency Program: AWS Competencies are granted to APN Partners who have demonstrated technical proficiency and proven customer success in specialized solution areas.
* AWS Navigate Program: help Partners become better Partners

### AWS Knowledge Center

• Contains the most frequent & common questions and requests

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### AWS IQ

• Quickly find professional help for your AWS projects

• Engage and pay AWS Certified 3rd party experts for on-demand project work

• Video-conferencing, contract management, secure collaboration, integrated billing

• For Customers

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• For Experts

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### AWS re:Post

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* AWS-managed Q\&A service offering crowd-sourced, expert-reviewed answers to your technical questions about AWS that replaces the original AWS Forums
* Part of the AWS Free Tier
* Community members can earn reputation points to build up their community expert status by providing accepted answers and reviewing answers from other users
* Questions from AWS Premium Support customers that do not receive a response from the community are passed on to AWS Support engineers
* AWS re:Post is not intended to be used for questions that are time-sensitive or involve any proprietary information

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### AWS Managed Services (AMS)

* Provides infrastructure and application support on AWS.
* AMS offers a team of AWS experts who manage and operate your infrastructure for security, reliability, and availability
* Helps organizations offload routine management tasks and focus on their business objectives.
* Fully managed service, so AWS handles common activities such as change requests, monitoring, patch management, security, and backup services
* Implements best practices and maintains your AWS infrastructure to reduce your operational overhead and risk
* AMS business hours are 24/365

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