AWS - 40 most common Services

This page includes 40 of the most commonly used Services in AWS with a description of what they do

VPC:

• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) lets you launch AWS resources in a private, isolated cloud.

Route 53:

• It's a scalable and highly available DNS and domain name registration service.

EC2:

• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud.

Elastic Beanstalk:

• AWS Elastic Beanstalk is an application container for deploying and managing applications.

Lambda:

• AWS Lambda is a compute service that runs your code in response to events and automatically manages the computing resources.

EC2 Container Service:

• Amazon ECS allows you to easily run and manage Docker containers across a cluster of EC2 instances.

Mobile Hub:

• AWS Mobile Hub lets you quickly build, test, and monitor the usage of your mobile apps

Device Farm:

• Device Farm helps to improve the quality of Android, Fire OS, and iOS apps by testing them against real phones and tablets in the AWS Cloud

SNS:

• Simple Notification Service (SNS) lets you publish messages to subscribers or other applications.

Cognito:

• Cognito is a simple user identity and data sync. service that helps to securely manage and synchronize app data for your users across their mobile devices.

Mobile Analytics:

• Mobile Analytics is a service that lets you easily collect, visualize, and understand app usage data at scale.

IAM:

• AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) lets you securely control access to AWS services and resources.

Inspector:

• Amazon Inspector enables you to analyze the behavior of the applications you run in AWS and helps you to identify potential security issues.

Directory Service:

• AWS Directory Service provides managed directories in the cloud.

Certificate Manager:

• AWS Certificate Manager lets you easily provision, manage, & deploy SSL/TLS certificates for use with AWS services.

WAF:

• Web Application Firewall protects web applications from attack by providing web traffic filtering against common web exploits.

GameLift:

• Deploy and scale session-based multiplayer games in the cloud in minutes, with no upfront costs.

S3:

• Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) can be used to store and retrieve any amount of data.

Import/Export Snowball:

• AWS Import/Export Snowball accelerates moving large amounts of data into and out of AWS using secure appliances for transport.

Glacier:

• It is a low-cost storage service that provides secure and durable storage for data archiving and backup.

Storage Gateway:

• AWS Storage Gateway securely integrates on-premises IT environments with cloud storage for backup and disaster recovery.

CloudWatch:

• Amazon CloudWatch provides monitoring for resources and applications.

AWS Config:

• AWS Config gives you an inventory of your AWS resources lets you audit resource configuration history & notifies you when resource configurations change.

CloudFormation:

• It lets you create & update a collection of related AWS resources in a predictable fashion.

API Gateway:

• Amazon API Gateway makes it easy to create, maintain, monitor, and secure APIs at any scale.

SQS:

• Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) offers a reliable, highly scalable, hosted queue for storing messages.

CloudSearch:

• AWS CloudSearch is a fully managed search service for websites and apps.

RDS:

• Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale familiar relational databases in the cloud.

ElastiCache:

• ElastiCache improves application performance by allowing you to retrieve information from an in-memory caching system.

DynamoDB:

• DynamoDB is a scalable NoSQL data store that manages distributed replicas of your data for high availability.

Redshift:

• It is a fast, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse that makes it cost-effective to analyze all your data using your existing business intelligence tools.

SES:

• Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) enables you to send and receive an email.

CodeCommit:

• AWS CodeCommit is highly scalable, managed source control service that hosts private Git repositories.

CodeDeploy:

• AWS CodeDeploy lets you fully automate code deployments

AWS IoT:

• AWS IoT is a managed cloud service that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices.

Machine Learning:

• Amazon Machine Learning is a service that enables you to easily build smart applications.

Data Pipeline:

• AWS Data Pipeline is a lightweight orchestration service for periodic, data-driven workflows.

Kinesis:

• Amazon Kinesis services make it easy to work with real-time streaming data in the AWS cloud.

WorkSpaces:

• Amazon WorkSpaces is a fully managed desktop computing service in the cloud.

WorkMail:

• Amazon WorkMail is a managed email and calendaring service that offers strong security controls and support for existing desktop and mobile clients.