Other AWS Services that don’t fit in other categories. #

Workspaces #

Managed Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution to easily provision Windows or Linux desktops.

• Great to eliminate management of on-premise VDI infrastructure
• Fast and quickly scalable to thousands of users
• Secured data - integrates with KMS
• Pay-as-you-go service with monthly or hourly rates

AppStream #

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

IoT Core #

IoT Core allows easily connecting IoT devices to the AWS Cloud.

AppSync #

Store and sync data across mobile and web apps in real-time using GraphQL (mobile technology from Facebook).

Amplify #

A set of tools and services that helps you to develop and deploy scalable full stack web mobile applications.

• Authentication, Storage, API (REST, GraphQL), CI/CD, Analytics, Monitoring, …

AWS Infrastructure Composer #

Visually design and build serverless applications quickly on AWS.

Deploy AWS infrastructure code without needing to be an expert in AWS.

Generates Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation

CLI > Infrastructure Composer

Device Farm Overview #

Fully-managed service that can test your web and mobile app against desktop browsers, real mobile devices and tablets.

AWS Backup #

Fully-managed service to centrally manage and automate backups across AWS services.

• On-demand and scheduled backups.
• Cross-region and cross-account (AWS Organizations) backups

Disaster Recovery Strategies #

• Backup and Restore - cheapest method
• Pilot Light - core functions are there (e.g. database) but it’s not scaled up
• Warm Standby - full version of the app but at minimum size (databases, webs, api, …)
• Multi-Site / Hot-Site - full version, full size active-active DR

AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS) #

Quickly and easily recover physical, virtual and cloud-based servers into AWS.

• Continuous block-level replication of servers to the cloud

AWS DataSync #

Move large amount of data from:

• On-premises / other cloud to AWS (NFS, SMB, HDFS, S3 API…) - needs an agent

• AWS to AWS (different storage services) - no agent required

• 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

• File permissions and metadata are preserved (NFS POSIX, SMB…)

Cloud Migration Strategies - the 7Rs #

More info about Cloud Migration Strategy: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/new-possibilities-seven-strategies-to-accelerate-your-application-migration-to-aws/

Application Discovery Service & Application Migration Service #

• Plan migration projects by gathering information about on-premises data centers

• Server utilization data and dependency mapping are important for migrations

• Agentless Discovery

• Agent-based Discovery

AWS Migration Evaluator #

Helps to build a data-driven business case for migration to AWS.

AWS Migration Hub #

Central location to collect servers and applications inventory data for the assessment, planning and tracking of migrations to AWS.

AWS Fault Injection Service (FIS) #

A fully-managed service for running fault injection experiments on AWS workloads. Based on Chaos Enginneering.

Supports the following services: EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, …

Step Functions #

Build serverless visual workflow to orchestrate your Lambda functions.

Ground Station #

Fully managed service to control satellite communications, process data and scale your satellite operations.

Provides a global network of satellite ground stations near AWS regions.

Send satellite data to S3 or EC2 instance.

Use Cases:

• Weather forecasting
• Surface imaging
• Communications
• Video broadcasts

AWS Pinpoint #

Scalable 2-way (outbound / inbound) marketing communication service.

Supports email, SMS, push, voice and in-app messaging.

Used for running marketing campaigns.

» Sources « #

• More info about Cloud Migration Strategy: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/enterprise-strategy/new-possibilities-seven-strategies-to-accelerate-your-application-migration-to-aws/

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