Important AWS Services

Amazon Web Services offers a wide range of different business purpose global cloud-based products. The products include storage, databases, analytics, networking, mobile, development tools, enterprise applications, with a pay-as-you-go pricing model.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a wide range of cloud computing services, including:

Cloud Compute Services:

EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) allows you to run virtual machines in the cloud with OS-level control.
LightSail offers an easy-to-use service for deploying and managing web apps, storage, and networking.
Elastic Beanstalk provides automatic deployment and scaling for web apps.
EKS (Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes) lets you run Kubernetes clusters on the AWS cloud without installing and managing your own infrastructure.
AWS Lambda allows you to run code without provisioning or managing servers, you pay only for the compute time consumed.

Migration Services:

DMS (Database Migration Service) helps you migrate on-premise databases to AWS.
SMS (Server Migration Service) enables to move on-premise servers to AWS quickly and easily.
Snowball is a physical device that helps you transfer large amount of data in and out of AWS.

Storage:

Amazon Glacier is a low-cost storage service that enables long-term archiving and backup of data.
Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides block-level storage that can be used with EC2 instances.
AWS Storage Gateway connects on-premises software to cloud-based storage.

Security Services:

IAM (Identity and Access Management) enables you to manage users and policies, create groups to manage multiple users.
Inspector is an agent that you can install on your VMs and it will report any security vulnerabilities.
Certificate Manager lets you acquire and manage free SSL certificates for your domains managed through Route53.
WAF (Web Application Firewall) offers application-level protection and can help block SQL injection and cross-site scripting attacks.
Cloud Directory helps you create cloud-native directories to manage hierarchies of data across multiple dimensions.
KMS (Key Management Service) is a managed service that enables you to create and manage encryption keys to encrypt your data.
Organizations allows you to create groups of AWS accounts and manage security and automation settings.
Shield offers protection against DDoS attacks.
Macie provides a security service that helps identify and protect sensitive data.
GuardDuty detects security threats to your AWS accounts and workloads.

Database Services:

Amazon RDS makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud.
Amazon DynamoDB is a fast, fully managed NoSQL database service that can handle any level of request traffic.
Amazon ElastiCache is a web service that makes it easy to set up, operate, and scale an in-memory cache in the cloud.
Neptune is a fast, reliable, and scalable graph database service.

Analytics Services:

Athena enables you to run SQL queries on your S3 bucket to analyze data.
CloudSearch enables you to create a fully managed search engine for your website.
Elasticsearch is similar to CloudSearch but offers additional features such as application monitoring.
Kinesis allows you to process and analyze real-time data at a large scale.
QuickSight is a business analytics tool that enables you to create visualizations and dashboards for data in Amazon Web Services, such as S3 and DynamoDB.
EMR (Elastic MapReduce) is specifically used for big data processing, such as Spark, Splunk, Hadoop, etc.
Data Pipeline allows you to move data from one location to another, for example, from DynamoDB to S3.

Management Services:

CloudWatch enables you to monitor AWS environments, such as EC2 instances and RDS instances, and triggers alarms based on various metrics.
CloudFormation allows you to turn infrastructure into code and automate the creation of your infrastructure.
CloudTrail enables you to track changes to your AWS environment and log all API calls.
OpsWorks automates the deployment of Chef and Puppet on AWS.
Config monitors your environment and sends notifications about changes that violate certain defined configurations.
Service Catalog enables organizations to authorize which services users can use and which they can’t.
AWS Auto Scaling automatically scales your resources up and down based on CloudWatch metrics.
Systems Manager enables you to manage your resources and identify and resolve issues.
Managed Services provides control of your AWS infrastructure, enabling you to focus on your applications.

Internet of Things (IoT) Services:

IoT Core is a managed cloud service that enables connected devices, such as cars, light bulbs, and sensor grids, to securely interact with cloud applications and other devices.
IoT Device Management allows you to manage your IoT devices at scale.
IoT Analytics enables you to perform analysis on data collected from your IoT devices.
Amazon FreeRTOS is a real-time operating system for microcontrollers that enables you to connect IoT devices to the local server or cloud.

Application Services:

Step Functions allows you to visualize what’s happening inside your application and the different microservices it’s using.
SWF (Simple Workflow Service) enables you to coordinate both automated tasks and human-led tasks.
SNS (Simple Notification Service) allows you to send notifications in the form of email and SMS based on AWS services.
SQS (Simple Queue Service) decouples your applications, it is a pull-based service.
Elastic Transcoder enables you to convert a video’s format and resolution to support different devices, such as tablets, smartphones, and laptops of various resolutions.

Deployment and Management:

AWS CloudTrail records AWS API calls and sends log files to you.
Amazon CloudWatch monitors AWS resources such as Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS DB instances and enables you to monitor custom metrics created by your applications and services.
AWS CloudHSM enables you to meet corporate, regulatory, and compliance requirements for securing data using Hardware Security Module (HSM) appliances in the AWS environment.

Developer Tools:

CodeStar is a cloud-based tool that enables you to develop, build, and deploy applications on AWS.
CodeCommit is a managed source control service that enables you to host Git repositories.
CodeBuild is a managed build service that allows you to compile, test, and package your code.
CodeDeploy enables you to automate code deployments to various environments such as EC2 instances, on-premises servers, and Lambda functions.

CodePipeline is a continuous delivery service that enables you to automatically build, test, and deploy your code.
CodeArtifact is a fully managed artifact repository service that allows you to host, manage, and share software packages.
X-Ray allows you to debug and troubleshoot your distributed applications.
AppSync enables you to develop and deploy GraphQL APIs.
AppConfig is a service that allows you to manage and deploy configuration profiles for your applications.

Please note that the above list might not be a complete and accurate representation of services provided by AWS and the details might have changed.

Analytics

Athena: A service that allows perm SQL queries on your S3 bucket to find files.
CloudSearch: A fully managed search engine service for your website.
ElasticSearch: A service similar to CloudSearch but with additional features such as application monitoring.
Kinesis: A service for streaming and analyzing real-time data at scale.
QuickSight: A business analytics tool for creating visualizations and dashboards for data on Amazon Web Services.
EMR (Elastic Map Reduce): A service for big data processing using tools like Spark, Splunk, and Hadoop.
Data Pipeline: A service for moving data from one location to another, such as from DynamoDB to S3.

Management Services

CloudWatch: A service that monitors AWS environments such as EC2 and RDS instances, and CPU utilization. It also triggers alarms based on various metrics.
CloudFormation: A service that allows you to turn infrastructure into the cloud using templates.
CloudTrail: An easy method of auditing AWS resources and logging changes.
OpsWorks: A service that automates Chef/Puppet deployments on AWS environments.
Config: A service that monitors your environment and sends alerts when certain configurations are broken.
Service Catalog: A service that helps large enterprises authorize which services users can access.
AWS Auto Scaling: A service that automatically scales resources up and down based on CloudWatch metrics.
Systems Manager: A service that groups resources and allows for identifying and addressing issues.
Managed Services: A service that offers management of your AWS infrastructure, allowing you to focus on your applications.

Internet of Things

IoT Core: A managed cloud service that allows connected devices like cars, light bulbs, and sensor grids to securely interact with cloud applications and other devices.
IoT Device Management: A service that allows you to manage IoT devices at scale.
IoT Analytics: A service that allows for analyzing data collected from IoT devices.
Amazon FreeRTOS: A real-time operating system for microcontrollers that connects IoT devices to the local server or cloud.

Application Services

Step Functions: A service that visualizes what’s happening inside an application and the microservices it is using.
SWF (Simple Workflow Service): A service that coordinates both automated tasks and human-led tasks.
SNS (Simple Notification Service): A service that sends notifications via email and SMS based on AWS services.
SQS (Simple Queue Service): A service that decouples applications and is pull-based.
Elastic Transcoder: A service that converts a video’s format and resolution to support different devices like tablets, smartphones, and laptops with varying resolutions.

Deployment and Management

AWS CloudTrail: A service that tracks AWS API calls and sends backlog files to you.
Amazon CloudWatch: A service that monitors AWS resources like Amazon EC2 and Amazon RDS DB Instances. It also allows you to monitor custom metrics created by user’s applications and services.
AWS CloudHSM: A service that helps meet compliance requirements for securing data using hardware security modules (HSM) in the AWS environment.

Developer Tools

CodeStar: A cloud-based service for creating, managing, and running software development projects.
CodeCommit: A service for storing and managing source code for software development.
CodeBuild: A service for compiling source code, running tests, and packaging code for deployment.
CodeDeploy: A service for automating software