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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 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 Fault Injection Simulator (FIS)](#aws-fault-injection-simulator-fis)
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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 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 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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