5 AWS Services Every Beginner Should Know

A simple introduction to five important AWS services and how beginners can use them to start learning cloud computing.

Published Oct 1, 2026

Last modified Oct 1, 2026

AWS provides many cloud services for building and running applications. For beginners, it can be difficult to know where to start.

Here are five AWS services that are useful to learn first.

1. Amazon EC2

Amazon EC2 provides virtual servers in the cloud.

You can use EC2 to run websites, applications, and backend services without buying a physical server.

Amazon S3 is a cloud storage service.

It can be used to store:

AWS Lambda allows you to run code without managing a server.

You can create a function and AWS runs it when an event occurs. Lambda is commonly used for serverless applications and APIs.

Amazon DynamoDB is a managed NoSQL database.

It can store application data and provide fast access to information. It is useful for many web and mobile applications.

Amazon CloudWatch helps you monitor AWS resources and applications.

You can use it to check logs, metrics, errors, and application performance.

These services can work together in a simple application:

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User

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  v

Application

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  v

AWS Lambda

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  +----> DynamoDB

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  +----> S3

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  +----> CloudWatch

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