The business world is constantly changing and evolving. By accurately recording, updating, and tracking data efficiently and on a regular basis, companies can use the immense potential from the insights that they obtain from their data. Database management systems are the crucial link for managing this data. Like other cloud services, cloud databases offer significant cost advantages over traditional database strategies. 

In this module, you learn about database fundamentals and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS). Amazon RDS is a managed web service that helps customers create and manage highly scalable and secure relational databases in the AWS Cloud. Customers aren’t responsible for hardware provisioning, database setup, software patching, and backups. AWS manages common database administrative tasks.

Amazon RDS supports most relational database engines, including commercial (such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server [MSSQL]), open source (MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MariaDB), and Amazon Aurora. With Amazon RDS, you store and transmit data securely.

In this course, you acquire the knowledge that you need to start using Amazon RDS. You learn about the key elements of Amazon RDS and explore how to configure them. You also learn the basic elements of high availability, backups, and security to set up a database that suits the needs of your workload.

Course Level 

This is a foundational level course that is written for learners beginning with cloud computing and AWS services. When you start this course, you don’t need to have a deep understanding of cloud computing. If you already have a deeper understanding of cloud computing, you might still find this course helpful in refreshing your knowledge and practicing your skills. 

It’s helpful if you already have a basic understanding of cloud computing concepts and the AWS Management Console. AWS Educate supports this background knowledge with the following courses:

• Introduction to the AWS Management Console
• Introduction to Cloud 101

Objectives

By the end of this course you will be able to:

• Describe key database concepts.
• Compare and contrast relational and nonrelational databases.
• Identify the AWS database services.
• Discuss the features and concepts of Amazon RDS.
• Describe the benefits and use cases of Amazon RDS.
• Describe how to set up an RDS instance using the console.
• Identify how to connect to the database instance.
• Discuss how to use SQL commands to read and write to the database.

Course Layout

This course is self-paced, and you can take it in as many sessions as you like. You can stop and come back at any time. The course saves your progress. 

The course has three sections.  

1. The first section is the content module. This is where you learn the knowledge and skills related to the content. You should expect to spend about 60 minutes completing the content. 
2. The second section is the hands-on simulation where you practice your new skills. The simulation aligns with the content, and you should know everything that you need to complete the simulation. Pay special attention to the simulation directions. You should expect to spend about 60 minutes completing the simulation. 
3. The third section is the final assessment. You must pass the final assessment with a score of 70 percent or better to complete the course and earn a badge. You should expect to spend about 20 minutes completing the final assessment. 

Visit https://awseducate.instructure.com/courses/912 to get started.