School of AI Certified Cloud Practitioner (Foundational)

This course involves the use of artificial intelligence(AI). Are you ready to begin your journey into the world of cloud computing with AWS? The School of AI Certified Cloud Practitioner (Foundational) course is designed to give you a complete, beginner-friendly introduction to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud while preparing you for the AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02) exam.

Whether you are a student, IT professional, manager, or career changer, this course will provide the knowledge and confidence you need to understand the AWS Cloud ecosystem and its real-world business value. In today’s technology-driven world, organizations across every industry—from startups to enterprises—are adopting AWS cloud services to improve agility, scalability, and cost efficiency. By mastering the AWS Cloud Practitioner certification, you will gain a recognized credential that demonstrates your ability to understand cloud concepts, AWS global infrastructure, pricing, billing, and support, as well as fundamental security and compliance best practices.

This course is structured to cover every domain of the exam while building practical, hands-on skills. You’ll start by exploring what cloud computing is, the benefits of AWS such as agility, elasticity, and pay-as-you-go pricing, and the fundamentals of the AWS global infrastructure including Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations. From there, you will dive into compute services like Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, and Lightsail, followed by storage options such as Amazon S3, EBS, EFS, and Glacier.

You will also learn the differences between relational and non-relational databases, exploring Amazon RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, and Redshift. Networking essentials are covered in depth, including Amazon VPC, Route 53, CloudFront, and Elastic Load Balancing. In the security domain, you’ll master the AWS Shared Responsibility Model, build identities with IAM users, groups, roles, and policies, and secure data using encryption with AWS KMS and AWS Secrets Manager.

Cloud economics is a critical exam area, so this course provides step-by-step guidance on using the AWS Pricing Calculator, understanding the AWS Free Tier, analyzing bills in the Billing & Cost Management Dashboard, and applying pricing models such as On-Demand, Reserved Instances, Spot, and Savings Plans. You’ll also explore the AWS Well-Architected Framework and the six pillars—Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, and Sustainability. To ensure you are fully prepared, the course includes hands-on labs such as creating IAM users with MFA, launching EC2 instances, hosting static websites on Amazon S3, setting up alarms in CloudWatch, and reviewing logs in CloudTrail.

Each section includes exam tips, practice questions, and cheat sheets to reinforce your learning. By the end of this course, you will:Understand AWS cloud concepts and core servicesApply security and compliance best practicesEstimate and manage costs using AWS pricing toolsPrepare with confidence for the AWS Cloud Practitioner examIf your goal is to earn your AWS certification, build a solid foundation in cloud computing, and boost your career in tech, this is the course for you.