Introduction to AWS Systems Manager to gain operational insights. Lecture one, Introduction. Hello, and welcome to this Cloud Academy presentation. Please allow me to introduce myself, my name is Jorge Negron, and I'm part of the AWS Content Development Team here at Cloud Academy.

In this course, you will be introduced to AWS Systems Manager, and learn how the Systems Manager service helps you automatically implement complex workflows related to your machine setup, maintenance and life cycle. AWS Systems Manager helps you view and control your infrastructure at scale from a single point of access and management. It collects software inventory, applies operating system patches, automates administration tasks like executing commands, installing software and configuring your instances, among many other system operation workflows.

We will discuss some Systems Manager features, including requirements and building blocks like the Systems Manager Agent, Resource Groups, Instance Roles, Hybrid Activations, Fleet Manager and Session Manager. This will present the basic features, setup and connectivity from Systems Manager to properly configured managed instances.

If you have any questions about the material being discussed, please, feel free to contact me, jorge.negron@cloudacademy.com, with any questions using the details shown on the screen. As an alternative, you can always get in touch with us here at Cloud Academy by sending an email to support@cloudacademy.com, where one of our Cloud experts will reply to your questions.

Who should attend this course? This course is intended for architects, developers, system operators and administrators looking for a unified, consistent, reliable, scalable and secure way to automate their machine maintenance workflows independent of operating system, and for Amazon EC2 instances, virtual machines in their data center or other cloud platforms. This course also covers some the objectives for both the Solutions Architect Associate Certification Exam and SysOps Administrator Associate Certification Exam.

Learning Objectives. In this course, you will learn what Systems Manager can do in terms of features and capabilities. You will also be able to understand the conditions and requirements to use Systems Manager effectively for your daily maintenance and machine life cycle management.

Prerequisites. In order to get the most out of this course, you will need to meet the requirements for the Cloud Practitioner Certification and preferably one the AWS Associate Level Certifications. It could be Solutions Architect Associate, Developer Associate or SysOps Administrator Associate Certification.

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