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# Other AWS Services
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- [Other AWS Services](#other-aws-services)
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- [Amazon WorkSpaces](#amazon-workspaces)
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- [Amazon AppStream 2.0](#amazon-appstream-20)
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- [Amazon Sumerian](#amazon-sumerian)
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- [AWS IoT Core](#aws-iot-core)
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- [Amazon Elastic Transcoder](#amazon-elastic-transcoder)
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- [AWS AppSync](#aws-appsync)
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- [AWS Amplify](#aws-amplify)
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- [AWS Device Farm](#aws-device-farm)
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- [AWS Backup](#aws-backup)
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- [AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS)](#aws-elastic-disaster-recovery-drs)
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- [AWS DataSync](#aws-datasync)
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- [AWS Application Discovery Service](#aws-application-discovery-service)
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- [AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)](#aws-application-migration-service-mgn)
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- [AWS Migration Evaluator](#aws-migration-evaluator)
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- [AWS Migration Hub](#aws-migration-hub)
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- [AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS)](#aws-fault-injection-simulator-fis)
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- [AWS Step Functions](#aws-step-functions)
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## Amazon WorkSpaces
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- Managed Desktop as a Service (DaaS) solution to easily provision Windows or Linux desktops
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- Great to eliminate management of on-premise VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure)
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- Fast and quickly scalable to thousands of users
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- Secured data – integrates with KMS
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- Pay-as-you-go service with monthly or hourly rates
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## Amazon AppStream 2.0
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- Desktop Application Streaming Service
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- Deliver to any computer, without acquiring, provisioning infrastructure
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- The application is delivered from within a web browser
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| Amazon AppStream 2.0 | WorkSpaces |
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| Stream a desktop application to web browsers (no need to connect to a VDI) | Fully managed VDI and desktop available |
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| Works with any device (that has a web browser) | The users connect to the VDI and open native or WAM applications |
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| Allow to configure an instance type per application type (CPU, RAM, GPU) | Workspaces are on-demand or always on |
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## Amazon Sumerian
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- Create and run virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and 3D applications
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- Can be used to quickly create 3D models with animations
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- Ready-to-use templates and assets - no programming or 3D expertise required
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- Accessible via a web-browser URLs or on popular hardware for AR/VR
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- Example: <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sumerian/latest/userguide/gettingstartedshowcase.html>
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## AWS IoT Core
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- IoT stands for “Internet of Things” – the network of internet-connected devices that are able to collect and transfer data
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- 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
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- Your applications can communicate with your devices even when they aren’t connected
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- Integrates with a lot of AWS services (Lambda, S3, SageMaker, etc.)
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- Build IoT applications that gather, process, analyze, and act on data
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## Amazon Elastic Transcoder
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- Elastic Transcoder is used to **convert media files stored in S3 into media files in the formats required by consumer playback devices (phones etc..)**
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- Benefits:
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- Easy to use
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- Highly scalable – can handle large volumes of media files and large file sizes
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- Cost effective – duration-based pricing model
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- Fully managed & secure, pay for what you use
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## AWS AppSync
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- Store and sync data across mobile and web apps in real-time
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- Makes use of GraphOL (mobile technology from Facebook)
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- Client Code can be generated automatically
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- Integrations with DynamoDB / Lambda
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- Real-time subscriptions
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- Offline data synchronization (replaces Cognito Sync)
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- Fine Grained Security
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- AWS Amplify can leverage AWS AppSync in the background!
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## AWS Amplify
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- A set of tools and services that helps you develop and deploy scalable full stack web and mobile applications
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- It offers following features:
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- Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS)
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- Frontend Libraries and UI Components
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- Authentication
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- Storage
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- API Management (REST, GraphQL)
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- Real-Time and Offline Capabilities through AWS AppSync
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- CI/CD
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- Command-Line Interface (CLI)
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- PubSub
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- Analytics
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- AI/ML Predictions
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- Monitoring
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- Source Code from AWS, GitHub, etc.
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## AWS Device Farm
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- Fully-managed service that tests your web and mobile apps against desktop browsers, real mobile devices, and tablets
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- Run tests concurrently on multiple devices (speed up execution)
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- Ability to configure device settings (GPS, language, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, etc.)
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## AWS Backup
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- Fully-managed service to centrally manage and automate backups across AWS services
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- On-demand and scheduled backups
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- Supports PITR (Point-in-time Recovery)
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- Retention Periods, Lifecycle Management, Backup Policies,etc.
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- Cross-Region Backup
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- Cross-Account Backup (using AWS Organizations)
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## AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS)
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- Used to be named “CloudEndure Disaster Recovery”
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- Quickly and easily **recover** your physical, virtual, and cloud-based servers into AWS
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- Example: protect your most critical databases (including Oracle, MySQL, and SQL Server), enterprise apps (SAP), protect your data from ransomware attacks, …
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- Continuous block-level replication for your servers
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## AWS DataSync
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- Move large amount of data from on-premises to AWS
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- Can synchronize to: Amazon S3 (any storage classes – including Glacier), Amazon EFS, Amazon FSx for Windows
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- Replication tasks can be scheduled hourly, daily, weekly
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- The replication tasks are incremental after the first full load
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## AWS Application Discovery Service
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- Plan migration projects by gathering information about on-premises data centers
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- Server utilization data and dependency mapping are important for migrations
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- Agentless Discovery (AWS Agentless Discovery Connector)
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- VM inventory, configuration, and performance history such as CPU, memory, and disk usage
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- Agent-based Discovery (AWS Application Discovery Agent)
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- System configuration, system performance, running processes, and details of the network connections between systems
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- Resulting data can be viewed within AWS Migration Hub
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## AWS Application Migration Service (MGN)
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- *The “AWS evolution” of CloudEndure Migration, replacing AWS Server Migration Service (SMS)*
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- Lift-and-shift (rehost) solution which simplify migrating applications to AWS
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- Converts your physical, virtual, and cloud-based servers to run natively on AWS
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- Supports wide range of platforms, Operating Systems, and databases
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- Minimal downtime, reduced costs
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## AWS Migration Evaluator
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- Helps you build a data-driven business case for migration to AWS
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- Provides a clear baseline of what your organization is running today
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- Install Agentless Collector to conduct broad-based discovery
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- Take a snapshot of on-premises foot-print, server dependencies,...
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- Analyze current state, define target state, then develop migration plan
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## AWS Migration Hub
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- Central location to collect servers and applications inventory data for the
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assessment, planning, and tracking of migrations to AWS
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- Helps accelerate your migration to AWS, automate lift-and-shift
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- **AWS Migration Hub Orchestrator** - provides pre-built templates to save time and
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effort migrating enterprise apps (e.g., SAP Microsoft SQL Server...)
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- Supports migrations status updates from Application Migration Service (MGN)
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and Database Migration Service (DMS)
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## AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS)
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- A fully managed service for running fault injection experiments on AWS workloads
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- 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
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- Helps you uncover hidden bugs and performance bottlenecks
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- Supports the following AWS services: EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS…
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- Use pre-built templates that generate the desired disruptions
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## AWS Step Functions
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- Build serverless visual workflow to orchestrate your Lambda functions
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- Features: sequence, parallel, conditions, timeouts, error handling, etc.
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- Can integrate with EC2, ECS, On-premises servers, API Gateway, SQS queues, etc.
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- Possibility of implementing human approval feature
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- Use cases: order fulfillment, data processing, web applications, any workflow
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<img src="../images/step_functions.png" height="300" width="300">
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