List of AWS Services with Basic Description

You can find all the services offered by AWS in the management console. Amazon has recently rolled out a new preview version of the AWS Management Console. However, the older one seems to me more descriptive for me. Currently there is an option to opt out of the new console preview and see the old console itself. But you will not be able to switch back to the newer one after going back. My description below is based on the older Console.

AWS Management Console services can be classified into different groups or categories. Current categories are:

1. Compute
2. Containers
3. Storage
4. Database
5. Migration & Transfer
6. Networking and Content Delivery
7. Developer Tools
8. Customer Enablement
9. Robotics
10. Blockchain
11. Satellite
12. Quantum Technologies
13. Management & Governanace
14. Media Services
15. Machine Learning
16. Analytics
17. Security, Identity & Compliance
18. AWS Cost Management
19. Mobile
20. AR & VR
21. Application Integration
22. Customer Engagement
23. Business Applications
24. End User Computing
25. Internet of Things
26. Game Development
27. AWS Cost Management

 

Compute

1. EC2 – Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) are virtual servers in the cloud.
2. Lightsail - Launch and Manage Virtual Private Servers.
3. Batch - Run Batch Jobs at Any Scale.
4. Elastic Beanstalk – Run and manage web apps.
5. Lambda - Run code without thinking about servers.
6. Serverless Application Repository - Discover, deploy, and publish serverless applications.
7. AWS Outposts - AWS Outposts is ideal for workloads that require low latency access to on-premises systems, local data processing, or local data storage.
8. EC2 Image Builder - EC2 Image Builder simplifies the creation, maintenance, validation, sharing, and deployment of Linux or Windows Server images for use with Amazon EC2 and on-premises.

Containers

1. Elastic Container Service – Run and manage Docker containers.
2. Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes - Makes it easy to deploy, manage, and scale containerized applications using Kubernetes on AWS.
3. Elastic Container Registry - Easily store, manage, and deploy container images.

Storage

1. S3 – Simple Storage Service (S3) is scalable storage in the cloud.
2. Elastic Block Store (EBS) - Persistent block storage for Amazon EC2.
3. Elastic File System (EFS) – Fully managed file system for EC2.
4. Glacier – Archive storage in the cloud.
5. Storage Gateway – Hybrid storage integration.

 

Database

1. Aurora - MySQL and PostgreSQL-compatible relational database built for the cloud.
2. RDS – Managed Relational Database Service.
3. DynamoDB – Managed NoSQL database.
4. ElastiCache – In-memory cache.
5. Reshshift – Fast, simple and cost effective data warehousing.
6. Neptune - Fast, reliable graph database built for the cloud.

 

Migration

1. Application Discovery Service - Discover on-premises application inventory and dependencies.
2. Database Migration Service - Migrate your databases to AWS with minimal downtime.
3. AWS Migration Hub - Migration Hub simplifies and accelerates discovery and migration from your data centers to the AWS Cloud.
4. Server Migration Services (SMS) - Migrate on-premises servers to AWS.
5. Snowball – Large scale data transport.
6. Snowball Edge - Petabyte-scale data transport with on-board storage and compute capabilities.
7. Snowmobile - Migrate or transport Exabyte-scale data sets into and out of AWS.

 

Networking & Content Delivery

1. VPC – Virtual Public Cloud (VPC) are isolated cloud recourses.
2. PrivateLink - Access services hosted on AWS easily and securely by keeping your network traffic within the AWS network.
3. CloudFront – Global Content Delivery Network (CDN).
4. Route 53 – Scalable DNS and domain name registration.
5. API Gateway – Build, deploy and manage APIs.
6. Direct Connect – Dedicated network connection to AWS.
7. Elastic Load Balancing - Achieve fault tolerance for any application by ensuring scalability, performance, and security.

 

Developer Tools

1. CodeStar - Lets you quickly develop, build and deploy applications on AWS.
2. CodeCommit – Store code in private git repositories.
3. CodeBuild - Build and Test Code.
4. CodeDeploy – Automate cloud deployments.
5. CodePipeline – Release software using continuous delivery.
6. Cloud9 - A cloud IDE for writing, running, and debugging code.
7. X-Ray - Makes it easy for developers to analyze the behavior of their distributed applications by providing request tracing, exception collection, and profiling capabilities.
8. Command Line Interface – Unified Tool to Manage AWS Services.

 

Management Tools

1. CloudWatch – Monitor resources and applications.
2. AWS Auto Scaling - Application scaling to optimize performance and costs.
3. CloudFormation – Create and manage resources with template.
4. CloudTrail – Track user activity and API usage.
5. Config – Track resource inventory and changes.
6. OpsWorks – Automate operations with Chef.
7. Service Catalog – Create and use standardized products.
8. Systems Manager - Gain operational insights and take action on AWS resources.
9. Trusted Advisor – Optimize performance and security.
10. Personal Health Dashboard – Personalized View of AWS Service Health.

 

Media Services

1. Elastic Transcoder - Lets you convert digital media stored in Amazon S3 into the audio and video codecs.
2. Kinesis Video Streams - Capture, process, and store video streams for analytics and machine learning.
3. Elemental MediaConvert - Convert file-based content for broadcast and multi-screen delivery.
4. Elemental MediaLive - Broadcast-grade live video processing service.
5. Elemental MediaPackage - Deliver video to many devices from a single source.
6. Elemental MediaStore - Store and deliver video assets for live or on-demand media workflows.
7. Elemental MediaTailor - Insert ads into your video applications.

 

Security, Identity & Compliance

1. Identity & Access Management (IAM) – Manage user access and encryption keys.
2. Cloud Directory - Fully managed, hierarchical data store in AWS cloud.
3. Cognito – User identity and app data synchronization.
4. Single Sign-On - Centrally manage single sign-on (SSO) access to multiple AWS accounts and business applications.
5. GuardDuty - A continuous security monitoring and analysis service that detects potential threats to your AWS environment.
6. Inspector – Analyse application security.
7. Amazon Macie - a security service that uses machine learning to automatically discover, classify, and protect sensitive data in AWS.
8. Certificate Manager – Provision, manage and deploy SSL/TLS certificates.
9. AWS CloudHSM - Managed hardware security module (HSM) on the AWS Cloud.
10. Directory Service – Host and manage active directories.
11. Firewall Manager - Centrally configure and manage firewall rules across accounts and applications.
12. Key Management Service (KMS) - Easily create and control the keys used to encrypt your data.
13. AWS Organizations - Policy-based management for multiple AWS accounts.
14. Secrets Manager - Easily rotate, manage, and retrieve database credentials, API keys, and other secrets through their lifecycle.
15. Shield - Managed DDoS protection.
16. WAF – Filter Malicious Web Traffic.
17. Artifact - AWS Compliance Reports On-demand.

 

Analytics

1. Athena - Query Data in S3 using SQL.
2. CloudSearch – Managed search service.
3. Elasticsearch Service – Run and search elasticsearch clusters.
4. EMR – Elastic Map Reduce (EMR) is managed Hadoop framework.
5. Kinesis – Work with real-time streaming data.
6. Redshift - Fast, simple, cost-effective data warehouse that can extend queries to your data lake.
7. QuickSight - Fast, easy to use business analytics at 1/10th the cost of traditional BI solutions. Need additional enrollment.
8. Data Pipeline – Orchestration for data-driven workflows.
9. AWS Glue - a fully managed ETL (extract, transform, and load) service.

 

Machine Learning

1. SageMaker - Build, train, and deploy machine learning models at scale.
2. Comprehend - Discover insights and relationships in text.
3. Lex - Build Voice and Text Chatbots.
4. Polly - Turn Text into Lifelike Speech.
5. Rekognition - Search and Analyze Images.
6. Translate - Natural and accurate language translation.
7. Transcribe - Automatic speech recognition.
8. DeepLens – Deep Learning Enabled Video Camera.
9. Deep Learning AMIs - Pre-configured environments to quickly build deep learning applications.
10. Apache MXNet on AWS - Build machine learning applications that train quickly and run anywhere.
11. TensorFlow on AWS - Deep learning in the cloud made simple.

 

Mobile Services

1. Mobile Hub – Build, test and monitor mobile apps.
2. Pinpoint - Push Notifications for Mobile Apps.
3. AWS AppSync - automatically updates the data in web and mobile applications in real time.
4. Device Farm – Test Android, IOS and web apps in real devices in the cloud.

 

AR & VR

1. Sumerian - Fast and easy way to create VR, AR, and 3D experiences.

 

Application Integration

1. Step Functions - Coordinate Distributed Applications
2. SQS – Simple Queue Service (SQS) is a message queue service.
3. SNS – Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a push notification service.
4. Amazon MQ - Managed message broker service for Apache ActiveMQ.

 

Customer Engagement

1. Amazon Connect - Makes it easy for you to set up and manage a customer contact center.
2. SES – Simple Email Service (SES) is email sending and receiving service.

 

Business Productivity

1. Alexa for Business – Empower your Organization with Alexa.
2. Amazon Chime – Frustration-free Meetings, Video Calls, and Chat.
3. WorkDocs – Secure enterprise storage and sharing service.
4. WorkMail – Secure email and calendaring service.

 

Desktop & App Streaming

1. WorkSpaces – Desktops in the cloud.
2. AppStream 2.0 – Stream desktop applications securely to any web browser.

 

Internet of Things (IoT)

1. AWS IoT Core – Connect devices to the cloud.
2. Amazon FreeRTOS - IoT operating system for microcontrollers.
3. AWS Greengrass - Lets your devices process the data they generate locally, while still taking advantage of AWS services when an internet connection is available.
4. AWS IoT 1-Click - Trigger AWS Lambda functions from simple devices.
5. AWS IoT Analytics – Analytics for IoT Devices.
6. AWS IoT Button - Cloud Programmable Dash Button.
7. AWS IoT Device Defender - Security management for IoT devices.
8. AWS IoT Device Management - Onboard, organize, monitor, and remotely manage connected devices at scale.

 

Game Development

1. GameLift – Deploy and scale session-based multiplayer games.
2. Lumberyard – A Free Cross-platform 3D Game Engine with Full Source, Integrated with AWS and Twitch.

 

AWS Cost Management

1. AWS Cost Explorer – Analyze Your AWS Cost and Usage.
2. AWS Budgets – Set Custom Cost and Usage Budgets.
3. Reserved Instance (RI) Reporting – Dive Deeper into Your Reserved Instances (RIs).
4. AWS Cost & Usage Report – Access Comprehensive Cost and Usage Information.

 

Total Categories: 20

Total Services: 130

Last updated: Nov 26, 2018.