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AWS Networking Masterclass - Amazon VPC & Hybrid Cloud 2026 (Udemy.com)

Hands-On AWS Networking Training [Beginners to Advanced] Amazon Virtual Private Cloud VPC, AWS VPN + AWS Direct Connect

Created by: Neal Davis

Last updated September 2026

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What you will learn

  • Learn the fundamentals of networking including IPv4, IPv6, NAT, Routing & Switching, and the OSI Model
  • Learn everything there is to know about Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) including IP CIDR, Subnets, Route Tables and Internet Gateways
  • Learn how to protect resources with Security Groups and Network ACLs
  • Learn Amazon EC2 Networking including ENI, ENA, EFA
  • Learn Elastic Load Balancing with ALB and NLB
  • Learn how to inter-connect VPCs using VPC Peering
  • Learn how to access resources using VPC Endpoints
  • Learn how to connect clients and sites using Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections
  • Learn how to use Amazon Route 53 for high availability and performance
  • Learn how to create hybrid architectures with Direct Connect Gateway and Transit Gateway

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Course Description

This AWS Networking Masterclass teaches you the fundamentals of AWS Networking and Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) right through to advanced topics such as hybrid cloud deployments using AWS Direct Connect Gateway and AWS Transit Gateway. You'll gain in-depth knowledge of Amazon VPC, Amazon EC2 networking, AWS VPN, AWS Direct Connect, AWS Transit Gateway, Elastic Load Balancing, AWS Global Accelerator and much more.


Our course takes a highly visual and effective approach to teaching cloud computing and AWS concepts, utilizing diagrams and animations rather than bullet-point slides to simplify complex ideas. In addition, we place a strong emphasis on hands-on learning. Our practical exercises use multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) free tier accounts to provide hands-on experience with complex scenarios.


Networking can be a complex topic, and if you find it challenging, you're not alone. Our course is designed to help you master these concepts, providing expert instruction and hands-on learning to develop a strong, practical understanding that you can apply to your work in the cloud.


This course is also extremely useful if you are studying for AWS certifications such as the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate and AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or the AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty.


Watch the intro video to learn how this course will help you gain in-depth knowledge of AWS Networking.


SNAPSHOT OF THE SKILLS YOU'LL LEARN


  • Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)

  • Multi-Region and Multi-Account networking

  • Amazon EC2 Networking

  • VPC Peering

  • VPC Endpoints

  • AWS Client VPN and AWS Managed VPN

  • AWS Direct Connect and Direct Connect Gateway

  • AWS Transit Gateway

  • Elastic Load Balancing with Application Load Balancer (ALB) and Network Load Balancer (NLB)

  • AWS Global Accelerator

  • Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail


CORE TOPICS WE WILL COVER IN THIS AWS NETWORKING TRAINING


Getting Started - Setup AWS Account

Setup and AWS Free Tier account, configure the account, and install command line tools (AWS CLI).


Networking Fundamentals

Learn the fundamentals of networking in the cloud:

  • Networking in the Cloud

  • Bandwidth and Latency

  • IP Addressing Basics (IPv4)

  • The OSI Model

  • Routing and Switching

  • Network Address Translation

  • Firewalls


Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Deep dive on Amazon VPC with hands-on lessons for all of the following:

  • Amazon VPC creation

  • Public and Private Subnets

  • Defining VPC CIDR Blocks

  • Security Groups and Network ACLs

  • NAT Gateways and NAT Instances

  • Using IPv6 in a VPC


Amazon EC2 Networking

Learn about the various networking interface and IP addressing options available for EC2 instances:

  • Network Interfaces (ENI, ENA, EFA)

  • Public, Private and Elastic IP Addresses

  • NAT for Public Addresses


Amazon VPC Connectivity and DNS

Learn how to peer VPCs, connect to AWS public services with private addresses and use Route 53 for DNS:

  • VPC Peering

  • VPC Endpoints

  • Amazon Route 53

  • Amazon Route 53 Resolver


Hybrid Connectivity

Learn how to connect your Amazon VPC to your on-premises environment and build complex topologies:

  • AWS Client VPN

  • AWS Site-to-Site VPN

  • AWS VPN CloudHub

  • AWS Direct Connect (DX)

  • AWS Direct Connect Gateway

  • AWS Transit Gateway


Load Balancing and Acceleration

Learn how to use Amazon Elastic Load Balancing and AWS Global Accelerator:

  • Elastic Load Balancing

  • Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Group

  • Amazon Application Load Balancer (ALB)

  • Amazon Network Load Balancer (NLB)

  • AWS Global Accelerator


Monitoring, Auditing and Logging

Learn how to monitor your application performance, collect application and system logs, and audit activity on AWS:

  • Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch

  • Auditing with AWS CloudTrail

  • VPC Flow Logs

  • Traffic Mirroring

  • Reachability Analyzer


Command Line and Automation

Learn how to build AWS VPCs using the AWS CLI and how to automate VPC deployment with AWS CloudFormation:

  • Setting up the AWS CLI

  • Create a VPC and Subnets with AWS CLI

  • Launch EC2 instances into subnets with AWS CLI

  • Create Amazon VPC with CloudFormation


WHAT DO OTHER STUDENTS SAY?

If you're keen to master AWS Networking, this course is for you! But don't just take our word for it – check out the excellent course reviews from thousands of happy students:

"This course is absolutely on point. Very informative and presented in an amazingly clear and professional manner."

"Wonderful course, from 0 to master with all the important details, it's a necessity to everyone who wants to learn network on AWS."

"The course content and the way Neal Davis teaches is absolutely brilliant, I've learnt some vital information on the services. Really appreciate the examples, and how certain services work together to achieve failover, latency plus much more. Thank you very much."


MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Hi, I'm Neal Davis, and I'm delighted to be your instructor for this course. As the founder of Digital Cloud Training, I'm deeply committed to providing top-quality AWS certification training resources. I created this course to help you master AWS Networking concepts and best practices. With over 20 years of hands-on experience in the Cloud space, I'm excited to share my expertise with you on Udemy.

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Instructor Details

Neal Davis

Hi, my name's Neal. I am the founder of Digital Cloud Training, a highly experienced AWS Cloud Solutions Architect and a successful IT instructor. I've been working in IT for over 20 years in a variety of roles ranging from support to architecture. Over the last 15 years, I have mainly worked as a Solutions Architect in the systems integration space designing solutions for enterprise organizations.

My experience in IT has included working with virtualization and cloud computing since it's inception. In my most recent consulting role I worked as an Enterprise Architect designing Hybrid IT and Digital Transformation solutions.

I have always enjoyed earning IT certifications and they have helped me immensely with moving upwards throughout my career. These days, my passion is to help others to achieve their career goals through in-depth AWS certification training resources.

That's why I started digitalcloud.training - to provide certification training resources for Amazon Web Services (AWS) certifications that represent a higher quality standard than is otherwise available in the market.

Connect with me on Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube or Twitter.

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Reviews

4.6

2,776 ratings on Udemy

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By RAUL LUNA RODRIGUEZ on 7/31/2026

I've already knew this teacher, and I love the way he explains things. Very clear, and to the point. It seems he has a lot of experience in cloud computing, so I am delighted with the training

By Rohith Rayudu on 7/6/2026

this course sucks i ended up upgrading to a paid plan for no reason on aws there was 0 warning

By Derrick McGill on 6/9/2026

Neal Davis has always explained things and his methods are amazing in understanding the material.

By Shale Profile on 5/20/2026

It's a very good course with good mix of hands on and theory. It would have been amazing to have some quiz questions at the end to test the knowledge

By Dave Hartzell on 5/17/2026

Very useful! I've been doing legacy networking for the past 20 years, and recently needed to get more involved with AWS networking, and this has been the best course I have found so far that wraps it all up in succinct, targeted lessons. Thanks much!

By Anonymized User on 4/6/2026

overall its good course for me but please the training is of 2021 and after that a lot of things got change. will be great if you could add few more updated videos

By Kenny Ha on 3/12/2026

Neal is exceptionally knowledgeable, walking us through the AWS services with clear diagrams before diving into the hands-on lessons that were well-structured and easy to follow.

By Aleemul Haque on 2/24/2026

Excellent course. I am a newbie to Cloud networking specially in AWS. I have learned a lot from this course and confident enough to start working independently on AWS. Thank you Neal Davis for creating this wonderful training material. I recommend this course to everyone.

By Aditya Sachin Ghodke on 2/2/2026

please provide practical's for students because only watching is not suitable for students and it didn't help to get their understanding.

By Suraj Ghongade on 12/26/2025

Nice explanation of courser and made nice visual representation of the subject

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