This course focuses on how to implement cross-account access using IAM roles. It will explain what cross-account access is and why you would implement it. It then looks at the key steps involved in its configuration before a demonstration is given to show you how to implement it.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, you will understand the core principles of cross-account access using IAM, as well as have the knowledge of how to implement and configure it within your own accounts.
Intended Audience
This course has been created for anyone who is responsible for access control across multiple AWS accounts using the Identity and Access Management service.
Prerequisites
To get the most from this course, you should be familiar with the basic concepts of AWS IAM and how to assign permissions. As such, this course has been set at an intermediate level.
Hello and welcome. In this course, I will be explaining and showing you how to create cross-account access using AWS IAM. My name is Stuart Scott and if you have any questions, please reach out to me using the details shown on screen. Alternatively, 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 question.
This course has been created for anyone who is responsible for access control across multiple AWS accounts, and within this course, I will be providing an overview of cross-account access, as well as a demonstration on how to implement it between two accounts using IAM Roles. By the end of this course, you will understand the core principles of cross-account access using IAM, as well as have the knowledge of how to implement and configure it within your own AWS accounts. To get the most from this course, you should be familiar with the basic concepts of AWS IAM and how to assign permissions. Okay, let's get started!
Stuart has been working within the IT industry for two decades covering a huge range of topic areas and technologies, from data center and network infrastructure design, to cloud architecture and implementation.
To date, Stuart has created 150+ courses relating to Cloud reaching over 180,000 students, mostly within the AWS category and with a heavy focus on security and compliance.
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In January 2016 Stuart was awarded ‘Expert of the Year Award 2015’ from Experts Exchange for his knowledge share within cloud services to the community.
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