This document outlines the agenda and format for a workshop on addressing business needs with AWS. The workshop will include introductions, an icebreaker group activity, a presentation on AWS solutions, a group activity to design AWS solutions, lightning talks from each group, and closing thoughts. Attendees will learn from each other's experiences, collaborate on strategizing AWS implementations, and provide direct feedback to AWS. The workshop aims to be participant-driven and will cover solutions across common business needs and industry verticals.

1. © 2016, Amazon Web Services, Inc. or its Affiliates. All rights reserved.
Kevin Volk
Dana Sindona
AWS Solutions Builder Team
November 29, 2016
Workshop: Addressing Your
Business Needs with AWS
ARC210

2. What to Expect from the Session
• Share your experiences and expertise
• Learn from other AWS customers
• Collaborate and strategize, with input from AWS
facilitators
• Give direct feedback to AWS

3. Workshop Format
“Unconference”
• Collaborative, participant-driven discussion
• Questions are encouraged
Chatham House Rule applies
• All topics are welcome
• Everything stays in this room
When a meeting, or part
thereof, is held under the
Chatham House Rule,
participants are free to
use the information
received, but neither the
identity nor the affiliation
of the speakers, nor that
of any other participant,
may be revealed.

4. Workshop Timeline
• Introductions – 10 minutes
• Group Icebreaker – 15 minutes
• Presentation – 25 Minutes
• Group Activity – 50 minutes
• Group Lightning Talks – 40 minutes
• Closing Thoughts – 10 minutes

5. AWS Solutions Definition

6. AWS vetted, automated, turnkey
reference implementations that
address common customer
business needs

7. Platform (Horizontal) Solution Categories
Account Management
Logging
Networking
Configuration Management
Migration
Security
Infrastructure Management
Mobile
Web Applications

8. Industry Vertical Solution Categories
Gaming
Financial Services
Energy & Utilities
Gaming
Media & Entertainment
Travel & Hospitality
Healthcare & Life
Sciences
Telecommunications

9. Group Icebreaker

10. Group Icebreaker – by Table
1. Choose a table representative (scribe)
2. Individual introductions (~ 1 minute each)
• Who are you?
• Why are you here?
• What is your use case?
• Why is it cool?
3. Scribe captures proposed table topics (industry,
business problem, functional category)
4. Categorize and consolidate use cases, form teams

11. AWS Solutions Collateral

12. Solutions Contents
Automation
Implementation Guide
Get Answers:
aws.amazon.com/answers

13. Solutions Follow Well-Architected Principles
Security Performance
Reliability Cost Optimization

14. Transit VPC Solution
• Deploys a Cisco-based transit VPC
• Connects multiple, geographically
dispersed VPCs and remote networks
• Leverages Cisco offering from AWS
Marketplace for ease of deployment

15. Amazon EC2 Scheduler
Start and stop EC2 instances on a schedule

16. AWS WAF Security Automations
Deploys customizable AWS WAF rules designed to filter
common web-based attacks

17. Additional Solutions
Data Lake on AWS*
Cross Account Manager*
ClassicLink Mirror
VPN Monitor
AWS Limit Monitor
Enterprise Accelerator for Microsoft Servers
EBS Snapshot Scheduler
Centralized Logging
Cost Optimization: EC2 Right Sizing
Cost Optimization Monitor

18. Group Activity

19. Solution Walkthrough
• Review workshop objectives
• Work in teams (feel free to float)
• Choose a scribe
• Refer to the handout for suggested guidelines
• Use materials given (whiteboards, flip charts, etc.)

20. Group Activity
• What problem did you tackle?
• What solution did you create?
• What tools, resources, technology did you use?
• What was helpful, unhelpful, unknown?
• What could have made your journey
better/easier?
We will reconvene in ~45 minutes...

21. Activity Wrap-Up
• What tools, resources, technology did you use?
• What was helpful, unhelpful, unknown?
• What could have made your journey
better/easier?
• What do you know now that you wish you had
known before?

22. Lightning Talks

23. Closing Thoughts

24. Thank you!

25. Remember to complete
your evaluations!