AWS APN Training Partner

Data Warehousing on AWS

AWS APN Training Partner

This course introduces you to the concepts, strategies, and best practices for designing a cloud-based data warehousing solution using Amazon Redshift, the petabyte-scale data warehouse in AWS. It demonstrates how to collect, store and prepare data for the data warehouse using other AWS services such as Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EMR, Amazon Kinesis Firehose and Amazon S3. It also demonstrates how you can use business intelligence tools for your data analytics.

Course Contents

  • Module 1: Introduction to Data Warehousing
  • Module 2: Introduction to Amazon Redshift
  • Module 3: Launching clusters
  • Module 3: Launching clusters
  • Module 5: Identifying data sources
  • Module 6: Loading data
  • Module 7: Writing queries and tuning for performance
  • Module 8: Amazon Redshift Spectrum
  • Module 9: Maintaining clusters
  • Module 10: Analyzing and visualizing data

You have access to the labs for another 14 days after the course. This way you can repeat exercises or deepen them individually.

E-Book Symbol You will receive the original course documentation by Amazon Web Services in English language as an e-book.

Target Group

This course is intended for:

  • Database Administrators
  • Database Developers
  • Data Analysts
  • Data Scientists Prerequisites

Knowledge Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

  • Familiarity with relational databases and database design concepts
  • Taken AWS Technical Essentials (or equivalent experience with AWS)
Practical lab exercises with the AWS environment are part of the training. In order to be able to carry out these successfully, an internet-capable notebook (Windows, Linux, MacOS) is a prerequisite.

Important: Therefore, please bring your notebook to the course! If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Please note our overview AWS Trainings!

Module 1: Introduction to Data Warehousing
Relational databases
Data warehousing concepts
The intersection of data warehousing and big data
Overview of data management in AWS
Hands-on lab 1: Introduction to Amazon Redshift
Module 2: Introduction to Amazon Redshift
Conceptual overview
Real-world use cases
Hands-on lab 2: Launching an Amazon Redshift cluster
Module 3: Launching clusters
Building the cluster
Connecting to the cluster
Controlling access
Database security
Load data
Hands-on lab 3: Optimizing database schemas
Module 4: Designing the database schema
Schemas and data types
Columnar compression
Data distribution styles
Data sorting methods
Module 5: Identifying data sources
Data sources overview
Amazon S3
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon EMR
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
AWS Lambda Database Loader for Amazon Redshift
Hands-on lab 4: Loading real-time data into an Amazon Redshift database
Module 6: Loading data
Preparing Data
Loading data using COPY
Maintaining tables
Concurrent write operations
Troubleshooting load issues
Hands-on lab 5: Loading data with the COPY command
Module 7: Writing queries and tuning for performance
Amazon Redshift SQL
User-Defined Functions (UDFs)
Factors that affect query performance
The EXPLAIN command and query plans
Workload Management (WLM)
Hands-on lab 6: Configuring workload management
Module 8: Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Configuring data for Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Amazon Redshift Spectrum Queries
Hands-on lab 7: Using Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Module 9: Maintaining clusters
Audit logging
Performance monitoring
Events and notifications
Lab 8: Auditing and monitoring clusters
Resizing clusters
Backing up and restoring clusters
Resource tagging and limits and constraints
Hands-on lab 9: Backing up, restoring and resizing clusters
Module 10: Analyzing and visualizing data
Power of visualizations
Building dashboards
Amazon QuickSight editions and features

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses
PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.

This course introduces you to the concepts, strategies, and best practices for designing a cloud-based data warehousing solution using Amazon Redshift, the petabyte-scale data warehouse in AWS. It demonstrates how to collect, store and prepare data for the data warehouse using other AWS services such as Amazon DynamoDB, Amazon EMR, Amazon Kinesis Firehose and Amazon S3. It also demonstrates how you can use business intelligence tools for your data analytics.

Course Contents

  • Module 1: Introduction to Data Warehousing
  • Module 2: Introduction to Amazon Redshift
  • Module 3: Launching clusters
  • Module 3: Launching clusters
  • Module 5: Identifying data sources
  • Module 6: Loading data
  • Module 7: Writing queries and tuning for performance
  • Module 8: Amazon Redshift Spectrum
  • Module 9: Maintaining clusters
  • Module 10: Analyzing and visualizing data

You have access to the labs for another 14 days after the course. This way you can repeat exercises or deepen them individually.

E-Book Symbol You will receive the original course documentation by Amazon Web Services in English language as an e-book.

Target Group

This course is intended for:

  • Database Administrators
  • Database Developers
  • Data Analysts
  • Data Scientists Prerequisites

Knowledge Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

  • Familiarity with relational databases and database design concepts
  • Taken AWS Technical Essentials (or equivalent experience with AWS)
Practical lab exercises with the AWS environment are part of the training. In order to be able to carry out these successfully, an internet-capable notebook (Windows, Linux, MacOS) is a prerequisite.

Important: Therefore, please bring your notebook to the course! If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Please note our overview AWS Trainings!

Module 1: Introduction to Data Warehousing
Relational databases
Data warehousing concepts
The intersection of data warehousing and big data
Overview of data management in AWS
Hands-on lab 1: Introduction to Amazon Redshift
Module 2: Introduction to Amazon Redshift
Conceptual overview
Real-world use cases
Hands-on lab 2: Launching an Amazon Redshift cluster
Module 3: Launching clusters
Building the cluster
Connecting to the cluster
Controlling access
Database security
Load data
Hands-on lab 3: Optimizing database schemas
Module 4: Designing the database schema
Schemas and data types
Columnar compression
Data distribution styles
Data sorting methods
Module 5: Identifying data sources
Data sources overview
Amazon S3
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon EMR
Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose
AWS Lambda Database Loader for Amazon Redshift
Hands-on lab 4: Loading real-time data into an Amazon Redshift database
Module 6: Loading data
Preparing Data
Loading data using COPY
Maintaining tables
Concurrent write operations
Troubleshooting load issues
Hands-on lab 5: Loading data with the COPY command
Module 7: Writing queries and tuning for performance
Amazon Redshift SQL
User-Defined Functions (UDFs)
Factors that affect query performance
The EXPLAIN command and query plans
Workload Management (WLM)
Hands-on lab 6: Configuring workload management
Module 8: Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Configuring data for Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Amazon Redshift Spectrum Queries
Hands-on lab 7: Using Amazon Redshift Spectrum
Module 9: Maintaining clusters
Audit logging
Performance monitoring
Events and notifications
Lab 8: Auditing and monitoring clusters
Resizing clusters
Backing up and restoring clusters
Resource tagging and limits and constraints
Hands-on lab 9: Backing up, restoring and resizing clusters
Module 10: Analyzing and visualizing data
Power of visualizations
Building dashboards
Amazon QuickSight editions and features

Classroom training

Do you prefer the classic training method? A course in one of our Training Centers, with a competent trainer and the direct exchange between all course participants? Then you should book one of our classroom training dates!

Online training

You wish to attend a course in online mode? We offer you online course dates for this course topic. To attend these seminars, you need to have a PC with Internet access (minimum data rate 1Mbps), a headset when working via VoIP and optionally a camera. For further information and technical recommendations, please refer to.

Tailor-made courses

You need a special course for your team? In addition to our standard offer, we will also support you in creating your customized courses, which precisely meet your individual demands. We will be glad to consult you and create an individual offer for you.
Request for customized courses

PDF SymbolYou can find the complete description of this course with dates and prices ready for download at as PDF.