Explore the core capabilities of Amazon DocumentDB

Explore Amazon DocumentDB and its MongoDB compatibility, examining its role as a non-relational document database within AWS. Consider purpose-built databases, key terminology, core capabilities, AWS integrations, and practical applications through a service demonstration and assessment.

Discover how purpose-built databases support application needs

Connect Amazon DocumentDB with broader AWS database technologies and architectures, using practical examples to understand how purpose-built databases can support specific application requirements before assessing your understanding.

Please note that to access the course content for this AWS course, you will go via an LTI link(s) to the AWS platform; you can then return to the FutureLearn course and mark the step as complete in order to receive your certificate.

Syllabus

Week 1
Amazon DocumentDB Primer
- Amazon DocumentDB Primer
  In this activity, you will review core AWS database concepts through technical overviews, live demonstrations, and targeted assessments to understand purpose-built database selection.

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What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

Explain the concept and architecture of purpose-built, non-relational databases like Amazon DocumentDB.
Identify key Amazon DocumentDB features, terminology, and MongoDB compatibility.
Examine how Amazon DocumentDB integrates with other AWS database services and technologies.

Who is the course for?

This course is ideal for IT Professionals, Database Engineers, Developers and Architects.

Who developed the course?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

AWS is the world’s most comprehensive cloud, enabling organizations to accelerate innovation, reduce costs, and scale more efficiently.

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Amazon Web Services (AWS) are offering everyone who joins this course a free digital upgrade, so that you can experience the full benefits of studying online for free. This means that you get:

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A PDF Certificate of Achievement to prove your success when you’re eligible

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