Overview of Core Services

Explore AWS's core services, such as compute, storage, database, network, machine learning, security, and management and governance.

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The breadth of services offered by AWS is one of its defining characteristics. The services span across a wide range of categories, including compute, storage, databases, networking, machine learning, analytics, security, IoT, and more.

AWS services

Here's a non-exhaustive list of some important services, organized in categories:

  • Compute services: AWS provides a variety of compute services, including Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) for scalable virtual servers, AWS Lambda for serverless computing, and Amazon ECS (Elastic Container Service) for container orchestration.

  • Storage services: AWS offers scalable and durable storage solutions such as Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) for object storage, Amazon EBS (Elastic Block Store) for block storage, and Amazon EFS (Elastic File System) for file storage.

  • Database services: AWS provides managed database services like Amazon RDS (Relational Database Service) for relational databases and Amazon DynamoDB for NoSQL databases.

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