Wednesday, March 12, 2-3pm

CU Boulder Research Computing Cloud Foundation Service provides access to centrally provisioned public cloud services for administrative, teaching & learning, and research needs. This includes new and existing applications, big data workloads and other workloads well suited to the major public cloud services, including Amazon Web Service, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

This RC Primer* training session will provide an overview of Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure’s commercial cloud services. We will dive into the dashboards of both AWS and Azure, exploring key features and highlighting some of the core services they offer. We’ll give a run down on the services provided by Cloud Foundations Service (CFS), including how account provisioning works, the advantages of using CFS for account management, and the security and governance features it provides. We will conclude with valuable learning resources and a discussion on cost-saving considerations when utilizing commercial cloud services. This session includes live demos, but participants are not expected to follow along.

* What is an RC Primer?: An RC Primer is a session that provide an introduction to concepts, systems, and tools. You can expect to leave "Primers" with an introductory-level understanding of the topic.