Before accessing for free, understand the fee!
So, you really want to learn about cloud services so you don’t feel lost in this Madonna - Material Girl, right?! Ok, let’s do it together! Before creating your AWS free trial account, I recommend understanding the types of services you want to explore, how long you can use them, and how many usage hours you have available. This way, you won’t be shocked by the fees! Below, you will find some steps I am taking to better understand this new world. P.S. Just a reminder that my professional focus is Data Science ( Machine Learning / Data Analytics / Gen AI), and for this reason, I will tailor my topics accordingly. I suggest you follow the recipe but use your own ingredients. 1 - What is your main goal in using the cloud? AWS can feel like a rabbit hole of endless product choices. To navigate it effectively, start by understanding your area of interest. I’m taking this first step myself and will share more details in the next post. In the meantime, take a look around and explore... >>>> https://skillbuilder.aws/ 2 - What kinds of services do you need when you are experiencing the free trial? I am studying decision trees in-depth, and I am planning to apply it using AWS Free Tier. With my example and by consulting GPT or DeepSeek (why not???), I received the suggestion that I need to use: Amazon SageMaker: Managed service to create, train, and deploy machine learning models. Ideal for training and testing a decision tree in small projects. AWS Lambda: Serverless service to run code, ideal for training decision trees in small projects without needing to provision servers. Amazon S3: Scalable, low-cost storage for data used in training the decision tree. Amazon EC2 (t2.micro): Compute instance for more control over the execution environment, useful for training decision trees with libraries like scikit-learn. AWS Glue: ETL service to process and clean data before using it to train the decision tree. Will I really need to use all of this? I’m not sure! To find out, I’m going to practice a bit more in the training area before creating my account. If you want to follow the same strategy, click the link >>> https://skillbuilder.aws/products#machine-learning P.S. Apparently, I will need to create an account to access the free courses. Ok, I will ask Joss Stone to say, "Yeah! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" because in another post, I will write about that. 3 - Create your free trial remembering why you are doing it. Now that you have an idea of the service you need, learn how to get it for a free trial period. Use the search bar to find it, and read about the free trial option to choose the one that gives you free access. >>> https://aws.amazon.com/free/?all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Types=*all&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Categories=*all#Learn_more_about_AWS_Free_Tier_Products 4 - Create your free account. The last step is just the first again. When you create your account, you’ll fall down the rabbit hole before facing the Hatter's question, asking yourself if you're going crazy. But, oops, wait for me! I still have a lot of work to do, as I mentioned earlier, before I can create my free trial account. See you soon!

So, you really want to learn about cloud services so you don’t feel lost in this Madonna - Material Girl, right?!
Ok, let’s do it together!
Before creating your AWS free trial account, I recommend understanding the types of services you want to explore, how long you can use them, and how many usage hours you have available. This way, you won’t be shocked by the fees!
Below, you will find some steps I am taking to better understand this new world.
P.S. Just a reminder that my professional focus is Data Science ( Machine Learning / Data Analytics / Gen AI), and for this reason, I will tailor my topics accordingly. I suggest you follow the recipe but use your own ingredients.
1 - What is your main goal in using the cloud?
AWS can feel like a rabbit hole of endless product choices. To navigate it effectively, start by understanding your area of interest. I’m taking this first step myself and will share more details in the next post. In the meantime, take a look around and explore... >>>> https://skillbuilder.aws/
2 - What kinds of services do you need when you are experiencing the free trial?
I am studying decision trees in-depth, and I am planning to apply it using AWS Free Tier. With my example and by consulting GPT or DeepSeek (why not???), I received the suggestion that I need to use:
Amazon SageMaker: Managed service to create, train, and deploy machine learning models. Ideal for training and testing a decision tree in small projects.
AWS Lambda: Serverless service to run code, ideal for training decision trees in small projects without needing to provision servers.
Amazon S3: Scalable, low-cost storage for data used in training the decision tree.
Amazon EC2 (t2.micro): Compute instance for more control over the execution environment, useful for training decision trees with libraries like scikit-learn.
AWS Glue: ETL service to process and clean data before using it to train the decision tree.
Will I really need to use all of this? I’m not sure! To find out, I’m going to practice a bit more in the training area before creating my account. If you want to follow the same strategy, click the link >>> https://skillbuilder.aws/products#machine-learning
P.S. Apparently, I will need to create an account to access the free courses. Ok, I will ask Joss Stone to say, "Yeah! Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" because in another post, I will write about that.
3 - Create your free trial remembering why you are doing it.
Now that you have an idea of the service you need, learn how to get it for a free trial period. Use the search bar to find it, and read about the free trial option to choose the one that gives you free access. >>> https://aws.amazon.com/free/?all-free-tier.sort-by=item.additionalFields.SortRank&all-free-tier.sort-order=asc&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Types=*all&awsf.Free%20Tier%20Categories=*all#Learn_more_about_AWS_Free_Tier_Products
4 - Create your free account.
The last step is just the first again. When you create your account, you’ll fall down the rabbit hole before facing the Hatter's question, asking yourself if you're going crazy.
But, oops, wait for me! I still have a lot of work to do, as I mentioned earlier, before I can create my free trial account. See you soon!