All right, so around one and a half years ago, I remember searching on the internet, trying to figure out how to start my own cloud learning journey. At that time, I barely knew anything about the cloud, and it seemed like on every website I went on, people were recommending a different cloud course. It was really confusing for me. I jumped from resource to resource, trying to figure out which one to use. I eventually found some amazing AWS courses, but all that googling probably wasn't the best use of my time. I've spent one and a half years learning AWS.

And now, I help people build their technical skills and land a job in the cloud, and so in this blog post, I'm going to share with you the best free AWS Cloud courses I recommend for beginners. These resources have been really useful for me, and by sharing them with you, I want to help you save some time and money when it comes to choosing what course you should use if you find this type of content helpful.

🚀AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials - AWS Skill Builder

Resource number one is free. The AWS Cloud course I'd recommend is this six-hour Cloud Practitioner Essentials course. This course is part of the AWS Skill Builder, which is a platform designed by AWS for cloud learners. It's a foundational level course for beginners and helps you prepare for the AWS Cloud Practitioner exam. In this course, you'll learn about AWS Cloud Concepts, the core AWS services, and other cloud topics like security and pricing. So whether or not you end up paying the 100 USD to sit the exam, the course itself provides you with a great foundational understanding of AWS cloud. And another reason I'd recommend this course is that it's created by AWS itself, so if AWS makes any major changes to their cloud offerings, it'll update the course to reflect those changes. AWS skill builder also has a bunch of other free courses, like this mini-course that explains the different job roles available in the cloud. They also have Hands-On Labs, where they provide you with a sandbox environment, but that's only offered in their paid subscription plan. If you're learning AWS and haven't started using the AWS skill builder yet, I highly recommend signing up for a free account and trying out their courses.

https://aws.amazon.com/training/learn-about/cloud-practitioner/

🚀Udemy

The next resource I'd recommend is Udemy courses. Many people don't know this, but Udemy doesn't just have paid courses; they actually have an entire library of free courses and tutorials. With free courses, they don't provide a certificate or instructor support. but you'll be able to access the online video content for free. You can see here that they have an AWS Zero to Hero course that competes with AWS courses and even a career-focused course to help you start your career with AWS. All three of these are completely free, and there are many more AWS courses available that don't cost you anything. I'll leave links below to some of these free Udemy courses if you'd like to check them out.

🌟 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹𝘀:
🌐A Practical Introduction to Cloud Computing: https://bit.ly/3iU2Skd
🌐Cloud Computing With AWS: https://bit.ly/3PqS3Cj
🌐Starting your Career with AWS: http://bit.ly/3WaRUF8

🚀 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲 & 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀:
🌐AWS - Zero to Hero: https://bit.ly/3hg1fga
🌐Learning and Implementing AWS Solution: https://bit.ly/3FIreGs
🌐Serverless computing in AWS: https://bit.ly/3FJ2KwL

🏅 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗖𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀:
🌐AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Introduction: https://bit.ly/3hg6zjL

🧩 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀:
🌐All About AWS Lambda and Serverless: https://bit.ly/3Hp5Zed
🌐DynamoDB and Database Migration Service: https://bit.ly/3Hth7H4
🌐Multitier architecture with AWS: https://bit.ly/3W7H5DN
🌐 CloudFormation: https://bit.ly/3VLb0lw
🌐AWS VPC Transit Gateway - Hands On Learning!: https://bit.ly/3W1LM2g

🚀CloudQuest

At this point, you might be kind of sick of watching video courses. Is there a more engaging way to learn if you're in that situation? I'd recommend AWS CloudQuest. It's pretty much an online game that teaches you about AWS Cloud, but what's really good about CloudQuest is that it helps you build skills through hands-on exercises and activities where you actually get to work with AWS services. So as a player, you enter a virtual city and choose a role, like a cloud practitioner, and you complete missions tailored towards that role. By the end of it, you receive a digital badge that you can showcase on LinkedIn.

https://aws.amazon.com/training/digital/aws-cloud-quest/

🚀AWS Workshops & Hands-on Labs

And there are also some other ways you can learn AWS without having to watch videos or take courses, and one of them is by doing AWS workshops and hands-on labs. I really believe that the best way to learn cloud computing is by playing around with the services, so if you're new to AWS Cloud, make sure you check it out.

https://workshops.aws/
https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/hands-on/

These two websites feature over a hundred step-by-step guided AWS tutorials. A common question I get asked is, I know many of these tutorials are available for free, but does it cost anything for me to use AWS Services? The good news is AWS does have a free tier for certain services, so you can experiment and learn without incurring a high cost. But you do have to be aware of what's free and what isn't, so make sure you take a look at this page before you start building things in your AWS account.

🚀Andrew Brown's YouTube Course

Video Another free course I'd recommend is this AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification course taught by Andrew Brown on the Free Code Camp YouTube channel. If you don't want to sign up for any accounts and just want to start learning about the cloud straight away, then I'd suggest watching this 13-hour course directly through YouTube. I watched the entire course end to end back when I was first starting to learn about cloud computing, and what I liked about it was that there were a lot of demos and diagrams that made it easier for me to understand new cloud concepts. The final resource I'd recommend.

https://youtu.be/SOTamWNgDKc

🚀Free AWS Live Training

"Like to Share" is a free live training provided by AWS. This is something I haven't seen shared around very much, but AWS actually provides instructor-led training completely for free that anyone can attend, and they have cloud training days as well as exam readiness sessions to help you pass AWS certification exams. For example, you can see that they have this AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials day that's five hours long and provides a detailed overview of cloud concepts. AWS Services security architecture
pricing and support So if you're looking for free training, I'll leave a link down below to the AWS training and certification events page. Okay, so now that I've shared with you the top three resources to learn AWS, I'd highly recommend watching this AWS certification roadmap video, where I share a step-by-step roadmap on how you can start your AWS certification journey.

https://aws.amazon.com/training/events/

Don't let this opportunity pass you by - level up your AWS skills today! 🌟