Amazon Q for Business
In this lesson, I will introduce you to Amazon Q for Business, a new generative AI-powered assistant brought to you by AWS.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you’ll have a greater understanding of:
- What Amazon Q is, along with its various features and use cases.
- How to configure a new Amazon Q web application that connects to business data systems and repositories.
- How to interact with an Amazon Q web application.
- How to control access to Amazon Q within an organization.
- How to use guardrails and chat controls to enhance the quality of end-user interactions with Amazon Q.
- How to configure plugins that interact with third-party services directly from Amazon Q.
Intended Audience
- Anyone in a business role who wants to learn more about Amazon Q and how it leverages generative AI to enhance productivity within your organization.
Prerequisites
- Have a basic understanding of AWS, as well as a high-level understanding of generative AI.
- If you’re completely new to the world of generative AI and large language models, or LLMs, I encourage you to check out our existing lessons:
- To get an overview of all of the business, builder, and developer capabilities offered by Amazon Q, check out:
Danny has over 20 years of IT experience as a software developer, cloud engineer, and technical trainer. After attending a conference on cloud computing in 2009, he knew he wanted to build his career around what was still a very new, emerging technology at the time — and share this transformational knowledge with others. He has spoken to IT professional audiences at local, regional, and national user groups and conferences. He has delivered in-person classroom and virtual training, interactive webinars, and authored video training courses covering many different technologies, including Amazon Web Services. He currently has nine active AWS certifications, including certifications at the Professional and Specialty level.