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AWS - Other AWS services (Rarely)

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• AWS - Other AWS services (Rarely)
  • Desktop
    • Amazon WorkSpaces - Desktop, DaaS, VDI, hybrid
      • Amazon WorkSpaces–Multiple Regions
    • Amazon AppStream 2.0 - app Streaming, web browser
      • Amazon AppStream 2.0 vs WorkSpaces
  • Mobile
    • AWS Amplify - Beanstalk like suit for mobile app, full stack
    • AWS Device Farm - test app, configure device settings
    • AWS IoT Core - internet-connected devices
    • AWS AppSync - GraphQL, sync data, real-time
    • Amazon Elastic Transcoder - convert S3 media files
  • Sync, Backup, and DR
    • AWS DataSync - incrementally move data to AWS
    • AWS Backup - centrally backups, Cross-Account, Cross-Region
      • Disaster Recovery Strategies
    • AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) - recover into AWS, Continuous protect database
    • AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS) - fault injection experiments,Chaos Engineering
  • Migration
    • AWS Application Discovery Service - migration planning
    • AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) - simplify migration
  • Others
    • AWS Step Functions - serverless visual workflow
    • AWS Ground Station - satellite, edge
    • Amazon Pinpoint - marketing communications service, SMS

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Desktop

Amazon WorkSpaces - Desktop, DaaS, VDI, hybrid

• Managed Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution to easily provision Windows or Linux desktops
• Great to eliminate management of on-premise VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)
• Fast and quickly scalable to thousands of users
• Secured data – integrates with KMS
• Pay-as-you-go service with monthly or hourly rates

Amazon WorkSpaces–Multiple Regions

• Closer, less latency

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Amazon AppStream 2.0 - app Streaming, web browser

• Desktop Application Streaming Service
• Deliver to any computer, without acquiring, provisioning infrastructure
• The application is delivered from within a web browser

Amazon AppStream 2.0 vs WorkSpaces

• Workspaces

  • Fully managed VDI and desktop available
  • The users connect to the VDI and open native or WAM applications
  • Workspaces are on-demand or always on

• AppStream 2.0

  • Stream a desktop application to web browsers (no need to connect to a VDI)
  • Works with any device (that has a web browser)
  • Allow to configure an instance type per application type (CPU, RAM, GPU)

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Mobile

AWS Amplify - Beanstalk like suit for mobile app, full stack

• A set of tools and services that helps you develop and deploy scalable full stack web and mobile applications
• Authentication, Storage, API (REST, GraphQL), CI/CD, PubSub, Analytics, AI/ML Predictions, Monitoring, Source Code from AWS, GitHub, etc…

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AWS Device Farm - test app, configure device settings

• Fully-managed service that tests your web and mobile apps against desktop browsers, real mobile devices, and tablets
• Run tests concurrently on multiple devices (speed up execution)
• Ability to configure device settings (GPS, language, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, …)

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AWS IoT Core - internet-connected devices

• Internet of Things (IoT)
  • the network of internet-connected devices that are able to collect and transfer data
• AWS IoT Core allows you to easily connect IoT devices to the AWS Cloud
• Serverless, secure & scalable to billions of devices and trillions of messages
• Your applications can communicate with your devices even when they aren’t connected
• Integrates with a lot of AWS services (Lambda, S3, SageMaker, etc.)
• Build IoT applications that gather, process, analyze, and act on data

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AWS AppSync - GraphQL, sync data, real-time

• Store and sync data across mobile and web apps in real-time
• Makes use of GraphQL (mobile technology from Facebook)
• Client Code can be generated automatically
• Integrations with DynamoDB / Lambda
• Real-time subscriptions
• Offline data synchronization (replaces Cognito Sync)
• Fine Grained Security
• AWS Amplify can leverage AWS AppSync in the background!

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Amazon Elastic Transcoder - convert S3 media files

• Elastic Transcoder is used to convert media files stored in S3 into media files in the formats required by consumer playback devices (phones etc..)
• Benefits:
  • Easy to use
  • Highly scalable – can handle large volumes of media files and large file sizes
  • Cost effective – duration-based pricing model
  • Fully managed & secure, pay for what you use

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Sync, Backup, and DR

AWS DataSync - incrementally move data to AWS

• Move large amount of data from on-premises to AWS
• Can synchronize to: Amazon S3 (any storage classes – including Glacier), Amazon EFS, Amazon FSx for Windows
• Replication tasks can be scheduled hourly, daily, weekly
• The replication tasks are incremental after the first full load

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AWS Backup - centrally backups, Cross-Account, Cross-Region

• Fully-managed service to centrally manage and automate backups across AWS services
• On-demand and scheduled backups
• Supports PITR (Point-in-time Recovery)
• Retention Periods, Lifecycle Management, Backup Policies, …
• Cross-Region Backup
• Cross-Account Backup (using AWS Organizations)

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Disaster Recovery Strategies

• Backup and Restore

  • S3
  • cheapest

• Pilot Light

  • Core functions of the app Ready to scale, but minimal setup
  • medium

• Warm Standby

  • full version of the app, but at minimum size
  • high

• Multi-Site / Hot-Site

  • full version of the app, at full size
  • highest

• Typical DR Setup for Cloud Deployments: multi-region

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AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) - recover into AWS, Continuous protect database

• Used to be named “CloudEndure Disaster Recovery”
• Quickly and easily recover your physical, virtual, and cloud-based servers into AWS
• Example: protect your most critical databases (including Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server), enterprise apps (SAP), protect your data from ransomware attacks, …
• Continuous block-level replication for your servers

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AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS) - fault injection experiments,Chaos Engineering

• A fully managed service for running fault injection experiments on AWS workloads
• Based on Chaos Engineering – stressing an application by creating disruptive events (e.g., sudden increase in CPU or memory), observing how the system responds, and implementing improvements
• Helps you uncover hidden bugs and performance bottlenecks
• Supports the following AWS services: EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS…
• Use pre-built templates that generate the desired disruptions

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Migration

AWS Application Discovery Service - migration planning

• Plan migration projects by gathering information about on-premises data centers
• Server utilization data and dependency mapping are important for migrations
• Agentless Discovery (AWS Agentless Discovery Connector)
  • VM inventory, configuration, and performance history such as CPU, memory, and disk usage
• Agent-based Discovery (AWS Application Discovery Agent)
  • System configuration, system performance, running processes, and details of the network connections between systems
• Resulting data can be viewed within AWS Migration Hub

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AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) - simplify migration

• The “AWS evolution” of CloudEndure Migration, replacing AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)
• Lift-and-shift (rehost) solution which simplify migrating applications to AWS
• Converts your physical, virtual, and cloud-based servers to run natively on AWS
• Supports wide range of platforms, Operating Systems, and databases
• Minimal downtime, reduced costs

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Others

AWS Step Functions - serverless visual workflow

• Build serverless visual workflow to orchestrate your Lambda functions
• Features: sequence, parallel, conditions, timeouts, error handling, …
• Can integrate with EC2, ECS, On-premises servers, API Gateway, SQS queues, etc …
• Possibility of implementing human approval feature
• Use cases: order fulfillment, data processing, web applications, any workflow

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AWS Ground Station - satellite, edge

• Fully managed service that lets you control satellite communications, process data, and scale your satellite operations
• Provides a global network of satellite ground stations near AWS regions
• Allows you to download satellite data to your AWS VPC within seconds
• Send **satellite data to S3 or EC2 instance **
• Use cases: weather forecasting, surface imaging, communications, video broadcasts

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Amazon Pinpoint - marketing communications service, SMS

• Scalable 2-way (outbound/inbound) marketing communications service
• Supports email, SMS, push, voice, and in-app messaging
• Ability to segment and personalize messages with the right content to customers
• Possibility to receive replies
• Scales to billions of messages per day
• Use cases: run campaigns by sending marketing, bulk, transactional SMS messages
• Versus Amazon SNS or Amazon SES
  • In SNS & SES you managed each message’s audience, content, and delivery schedule
  • In Amazon Pinpoint, you create message templates, delivery schedules, highly-targeted segments, and full campaigns

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