The 24 Most Popular AWS Services Explained

🔌AWS offers close to 200 services, making it easy to get lost. This video focuses on the 24 most popular services.

⚙️EC2 is the foundational service allowing users to create virtual machines and scale easily.

🧩Lambda is an event-driven compute service for running custom application code and serverless functions.

💾S3 is a powerful object storage service for storing all types of data, including files, videos, and log files.

🔒IAM provides identity and access management, enabling fine-grained access control to AWS resources.

What are the top AWS services every developer should know?

—Every developer should be familiar with EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, and IAM.

What is the difference between EC2 and Lambda?

—EC2 is a virtual machine service for scalable computing, while Lambda is a serverless compute service for running custom code.

What can be stored in S3?

—S3 can store all types of data, including files, images, videos, and log files.

What is the role of IAM in AWS?

—IAM provides identity and access management, allowing users to control access to AWS resources.

How can I learn more about AWS services?

—AWS offers extensive documentation and tutorials on their website, as well as online training courses.

00:00AWS offers close to 200 services, making it easy to get lost. This video focuses on the 24 most popular services.

03:00EC2 is the foundational service allowing users to create virtual machines and scale easily.

04:53Lambda is an event-driven compute service for running custom application code and serverless functions.

06:59S3 is a powerful object storage service for storing all types of data, including files, videos, and log files.

10:53IAM provides identity and access management, enabling fine-grained access control to AWS resources.