PERF01-BP02 Use guidance from your cloud provider or an appropriate partner to learn about architecture patterns and best practices
Use cloud company resources such as documentation, solutions architects, professional services, or appropriate partners to guide your architectural decisions. These resources help you review and improve your architecture for optimal performance.
Common anti-patterns:
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You use AWS as a common cloud provider.
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You use AWS services in a manner that they were not designed for.
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You follow all guidance without considering your business context.
Benefits of establishing this best practice: Using guidance from a cloud provider or an appropriate partner can help you to make the right architectural choices for your workload and give you confidence in your decisions.
Level of risk exposed if this best practice is not established: Medium
Implementation guidance
AWS offers a wide range of guidance, documentation, and resources that can help you build and manage efficient cloud workloads. AWS documentation provides code samples, tutorials, and detailed service explanations. In addition to documentation, AWS provides training and certification programs, solutions architects, and professional services that can help customers explore different aspects of cloud services and implement efficient cloud architecture on AWS.
Leverage these resources to gain insights into valuable knowledge and best practices, save time, and achieve better outcomes in the AWS Cloud.
Implementation steps
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Review AWS documentation and guidance and follow the best practices. These resources can help you effectively choose and configure services and achieve better performance.
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AWS documentation (like user guides and whitepapers)
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Join AWS partner events (like AWS Global Summits, AWS re:Invent, user groups, and workshops) to learn from AWS experts about best practices for using AWS services.
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Reach out to AWS for assistance when you need additional guidance or product information. AWS Solutions Architects and AWS Professional Services
provide guidance for solution implementation. AWS Partners provide AWS expertise to help you unlock agility and innovation for your business. -
Use AWS Support
if you need technical support to use a service effectively. Our Support plans are designed to give you the right mix of tools and access to expertise so that you can be successful with AWS while optimizing performance, managing risk, and keeping costs under control.
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