Welcome to AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials. If you鈥檙e new to the cloud, whether you鈥檙e in a technical or non-technical role such as finance, legal, sales, marketing, this course will provide you with an understanding of fundamental AWS Cloud concepts to help you gain confidence to contribute to your organization鈥檚 cloud initiatives. This course is also the starting point to prepare for your AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification whenever it鈥檚 convenient for you. After you complete the course, you鈥檒l understand the benefits of the AWS Cloud and the basics of its global infrastructure. You鈥檒l be able to describe and provide an example of the core AWS services, including compute, network, databases, and storage. For the finance-minded, you鈥檒l be able to articulate the financial benefits of the AWS Cloud, define core billing and pricing models, and learn how to use pricing tools to make cost-effective choices for AWS services.