Learn AWS Identity Management with AWS IAM, SSO & Federation (Udemy.com)
[2026] Learn AWS Identity Access Management [AWS IAM], AWS Organizations, Directory Service, SSO and Federation
Created by: Neal Davis
Last updated September 2026
What you will learn
- Discover the fundamentals of AWS Identity and Access Management, including Users, Groups, Role and Policies
- Deep-dive into AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Learn everything there is to know about Federation with AWS Directory Services, IAM, AWS Single Sign-On and Amazon Cognito
- Gain hands-on experience working with Identity Security on AWS with basic to advanced scenarios
Course Description
This AWS Identity Management with AWS IAM, SSO & Federation course provides a comprehensive overview of identity management in the AWS Cloud, covering the fundamentals from beginner to advanced level. With expert instruction and engaging content, you'll gain in-depth knowledge of IAM Users, Groups, Roles and Policies as well as Federation Services.
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, with a hands-on exercises that use multiple AWS free tier accounts to provide practical experience with complex scenarios.
Identity security 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.
Watch the intro video to learn how this course will help you gain in-depth knowledge of AWS Identity Management.
SNAPSHOT OF THE SKILLS YOU'LL LEARN
AWS IAM User, Groups, Roles and Policies
AWS Security Token Service (STS)
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
Identity-Based Policies and Resource-Based Policies
AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
Use Cases for IAM Roles
AWS Directory Services, Identity Federation, AWS Single Sign-On, Amazon Cognito
CORE TOPICS WE WILL COVER IN THIS AWS IAM TRAINING
Getting Started - AWS Accounts
Learn about AWS Accounts and how to setup your AWS account
AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) Fundamentals
Learn how AWS IAM works and the various components of IAM:
How IAM Works
Overview of Users, Groups, Roles and Policies
IAM Authentication Methods
AWS Security Token Service (STS)
Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
IAM Access Control
Learn how to implement access control using AWS IAM:
Identity-Based Policies and Resource-Based Policies
Access Control Methods - RBAC & ABAC
Permissions Boundaries
IAM Policy Evaluation Logic
IAM Policy Structure
AWS Organizations
Learn how to use AWS Organizations for centralized management of AWS accounts and applying access controls:
Overview of AWS Organizations
How to setup AWS Organizations
Service Control Policies (SCPs)
Working with IAM Roles
Learn about the common use cases for using AWS IAM Roles and put your skills into practice:
Use Cases for IAM Roles
Using IAM Roles for Cross-Account Access to S3
Using IAM Roles for delegating access to AWS services
Directory Services and Federation
Learn how to configure Identity Federation using AWS Directory Services, AWS IAM, AWS SSO and Amazon Cognito:
AWS Directory Services
Identity Federation
IAM Identity Federation
AWS Single Sign-on (SSO)
Amazon Cognito
WHAT DO OTHER STUDENTS SAY?
If you're keen to master Identity Management and Federation in the AWS Cloud, 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:
Check out the excellent course reviews from our thousands of happy students:
"Outstanding training course on IAM. Neal Davis has made me understood in depth how IAM works in AWS."
"Great course. I highly recommend, specially HOL and the use cases are very helpful to understand all the IAM topics. Thank you Neal!"
"This course is great for understanding IAM and other identity services. Hats off to Neal for explaining it clearly with hand-on lessons."
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 understand AWS IAM and Federation. With over 20 years of hands-on experience in the Cloud space, I'm excited to share my expertise with you on Udemy.
OUR SUCCESS IN NUMBERS
Over 750,000 students enrolled in our AWS courses on Udemy
4.7-star instructor rating from over 150,000 reviews
Our students pass the AWS exam with an average score of over 85%
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
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Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
3,521 Reviews
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.
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Reviews
By Sandilya Garimella on 4/20/2026
Talks in detail about IAM. Able to understand clearly the concept with real time implementation. Happy to explore other courses from this instructor. I wish he creates more content/course about most used services of AWS in detail like this course. A big 5/5 for the content
By Adrian Liebel on 10/7/2025
The current AWS Console UI is different. I'm usually able to map from the course video to what I need but it slows things down a fair bit. Sorry if you posted instructions somewhere on how to get the console in sync with the class and I missed it. Otherwise the course is great and I'm learning alot.
By Mahesh Shukla on 9/28/2024
Great course for beginners! Neal Davis explains the core concepts of AWS IAM and SSO in a very clear and structured manner. The animations really helped in visualizing the concepts, making the learning process easier. I especially appreciated how Neal covered federation and directory services—though I wish these sections were a bit more extended, as they felt slightly brief. Overall, an excellent introduction to AWS identity management that sets a solid foundation for anyone new to the topic.
By Omar Sosa on 8/29/2024
Buena estructuración del curso, con la teoría necesaria para poder llevarlo a la práctica y entender los procesos o conceptos que hay detrás. No hay más subtitulos que el idioma original pero es una área de mejora.
By Matthew Vincent Pickles on 4/15/2023
This is an excellent course for anyone looking to prepare an AWS Account, Organizations and Users at the start of a project especially if you are not looking to embark on a full AWS certification course. It complements well the documentation in the AWS Portal. I recommend this course.
By Volodymyr Sobotovych on 3/25/2023
Being a plain software engineer I found it challenging to have meaningful design discussions with DevOps people because I didn't really understand all those AWS IAM concepts but now I do! Lots of relevant information, short and to the point, many examples and HoLs. Personally for me you stroke perfect balance by providing just enough information to be able to figure out the rest and thus enjoy the experience.
By John M on 6/3/2021
Neal is an excellent instructor and really knows the material. The hands-on labs are very comprehensive but slightly rushed in terms of following the right links and pages in the AWS console. I thought the AD/SSO lab was great and would have liked something similar for Cognito. I will definitely be back for more from Neal on Udemy or digitalcloud.training.
By Chinmoy Sahu on 5/30/2021
I loved the instructors presentation style, clear articulation of ideas, what he was looking to achieve from the hands on lessons, and the clear and precise exercises. One of the best udemy/online courses that I've taken. Highly recommended if you want to get a practical understanding of AWS IAM.
By Karthick Sabari Dhilip Sudhakar on 5/22/2021
To be honest, previously I struggled a lot to understand about AWS IAM. How it evaluates the request? What are trust policies? In which order the request gets evaluated?. I had many many doubts like those. In order to get cleared, I initially decided to go through the documentation. And I did. Seriously, the documentation was overwhelming that it confused me a lot. Then I decided to look for an online course on AWS IAM and I found Neal's course. Trust me it's a gem. He explained IAM really really well that made me cleared all the major confusions I had previously. Still I have some doubts but now I got the courage to look for it in the documentation because Neil cleared me almost all the major confusions I had. Thanks Neil for making such a wonderful course on IAM.
By Philip Wall on 11/27/2020
This is the 3rd course from Neal I have purchased. I find his teaching style straight forward and professional without any obnoxious music or unnecessary and distracting video animations. The audio portion is clearly spoken English, which when reviewing a second time, the lesson can be sped up without losing the intelligibility of the spoken word. I have already passed my AWS Cloud Practitioner Cert using Neal's course, and studying for the AWS SAC exam now.
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Overall Score : 94 / 100
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