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AWS Services – Grouped by Purpose

A comprehensive overview of AWS services organized into 20 functional categories for easy navigation and understanding.

1. Core Compute

Virtual machines & bare metal instances.
EC2Dedicated HostsBare MetalSpot InstancesEC2 Auto Scaling

2. Managed App Compute

Elastic platforms & managed runtimes.
Elastic BeanstalkApp RunnerLightsailEC2 Image BuilderSystems Manager

3. Serverless Compute

Event-driven functions & orchestration.
LambdaStep FunctionsLambda LayersLambda@Edge

4. Container Orchestration

Container hosting & orchestration.
ECSEKSFargateECRApp2Container

5. Object & File Storage

Scalable object storage & file systems.
S3EFSFSxS3 GlacierStorage Gateway

6. Block Storage & Backup

High-performance block storage.
EBSAWS BackupEBS SnapshotsDataSync

7. Relational Databases

Managed SQL databases.
RDSAuroraRedshiftRDS ProxyDatabase Migration Service

8. NoSQL & In-Memory

Document, key-value & caching.
DynamoDBElastiCacheMemoryDBDocumentDBKeyspaces

9. Analytics & Big Data

Data lakes, warehouses & ETL.
EMRGlueAthenaQuickSightLake FormationDataBrew

10. Streaming & Real-Time

Real-time data processing.
KinesisMSK (Kafka)Kinesis AnalyticsKinesis Firehose

11. Networking & CDN

VPC, load balancing & content delivery.
VPCELBCloudFrontRoute 53API GatewayVPNDirect ConnectTransit Gateway

12. Security & Compliance

Identity, secrets & governance.
IAMCognitoKMSCloudHSMSecrets ManagerWAFShieldGuardDutyMacieInspector

13. Messaging & Queuing

Async messaging & notifications.
SQSSNSEventBridgeSESPinpoint

14. AI & Machine Learning

ML services & AI APIs.
SageMakerBedrockRekognitionComprehendPollyLexKendra

15. DevOps & CI/CD

Build, deploy & infrastructure as code.
CodeCommitCodeBuildCodeDeployCodePipelineCloudFormationCDKSystems Manager

16. Monitoring & Observability

Logging, metrics & tracing.
CloudWatchX-RayCloudTrailConfigHealth Dashboard

17. Integration & Workflows

API management & orchestration.
API GatewayAppSyncStep FunctionsEventBridgeAppFlow

18. IoT & Edge Computing

Device management & edge processing.
IoT CoreIoT Device ManagementIoT AnalyticsIoT GreengrassWavelength

19. Enterprise & Migration

Migration tools & enterprise services.
Migration HubApplication DiscoveryServer MigrationDirectory ServiceSingle Sign-OnWorkSpaces

20. Cost & Resource Management

Cost optimization & resource management.
Cost ExplorerBudgetsTrusted AdvisorResource GroupsOrganizationsControl Tower

Graph View (Groups as Nodes)

Simple force-directed graph: each group is a node. Edges show conceptual adjacency (e.g., serverless relates to messaging, monitoring touches most). Click a node to highlight neighbors.

Next: Deep dive group 1 in Index352 (Core Compute). We will cover characteristics, when to choose each service, and decision matrices.
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