- [Vivien] Hello,
and welcome to this AWS Well-Architected
webinar for startups.
Today, we're going to talk about options to run the review
and start your Well-Architected journey.
My name is Vivien de Saint Pern,
and I'm a senior startup solutions architect at AWS.
So the agenda for today.
We'll start with an introduction
of the Well-Architected Framework
and the tooling available for you.
And then we'll talk about how you can run the review,
with potential help of AWS or an AWS certified partner.
And we'll see the benefits of running the review
with a partner,
including a potential founding for remediations.
So let's start with a brief overview
of the Well-Architected Framework.
The Well-Architected Framework is a collection
of best practices
gathered from years of experience
of solutions architects at AWS
and developed to help you build secure,
high-performing, resilient, efficient
application infrastructure in the cloud.
This framework provides a consistent approach
for customers and partners to evaluate architectures.
It has been used in tens of thousands of reviews
conducted by the AWS Solutions architecture team
and provides guidance to help implement designs
that scale with application needs over time.
Well-Architected Framework is made up of five pillars.
Each one has questions and best practices
to support your workloads.
The five pillars are operational excellence,
security, reliability, performance efficiency,
and cost optimization.
So when you incorporate these pillars,
it will help you produce stable and efficient systems,
allowing you to focus on functional requirements.
Once done, the Well-Architected tool provides you
with a plan to architect for the cloud
using established best practices.
What's in it for you, as a startup?
Yes, you want to grow fast, but you also want to grow fine.
As your service is new,
it's critical to have a great user experience,
with websites showing quickly, snappy mobile applications,
or anything your service is able to do for your users
at the right level of performance.
And as you grow,
it's important to limit downtime to a strict minimum,
as user base may be fragile.
Your customers trust you with their data.
You have the responsibility to keep it safe
as part of the shared responsibility model.
Trust brings business.
And last but not least,
if your business happens to be successful
and finally gets the attention you were looking for,
will you handle the load?
Through best practices provided
by the Well-Architected tool,
you can achieve all these goals and keep innovating.
So the Well-Architected tool is a free service
available directly in the AWS console.
You can start using it now at no extra cost.
You can find it in the search bar,
just like any other AWS service.
Define your workload and answer a set of questions.
We recommend that you review the five pillars,
but if a pillar makes sense to you now,
don't hesitate to focus on it first.
You can always come back to it later to review more pillars.
Each question will touch on the best practices,
and you will be asked if you implemented them.
Most workloads can be improved,
and it's very likely that you won't check all the boxes.
If you have implemented some of it,
but have a feeling that improvements can be made,
don't check the box.
Our goal is to have a honest overview
and help you gain insights for the future.
Based on these questions,
the Well-Architected tool provides you
with a plan for remediations
that you can implement at your own pace.
Typical life cycle starts with a review.
This is where you answer questions about best practices
and benchmark your workload.
This will give you the list of actionable items
we talked about.
You'll prioritize these items
with your own set of requirements,
making sure the specific needs of your business
are addressed first.
For example, your customers may ask you
about the security implemented in your infrastructure
and may have specific requirements.
This is probably what you should put
at the top of your action plan.
Once plan is prioritized,
you can start working on the implementation yourself
or with the help of an AWS-certified partner.
Let's review the options you have in detail.
The process can be fully self-service.
You can do everything at your own pace.
You can also get support from an AWS Solutions architect,
reach out to your account team, and get a review organized.
This will help you go deeper into these recommendations
and get a good grasp on why they matter
to your specific context.
An AWS Solutions architect can also help you prioritize
your plan of action.
Another option is to get the help
of one of our certified consulting partners.
Our partners are specifically trained
to deliver these sessions,
and they have an extended knowledge on the best practices
of the Well-Architected program.
They can also help on prioritization and implementation.
So let's recap the options we have here.
So you can do everything yourself.
Inside the tool, from the console,
explore the recommendation, answer the question,
prioritize what you want to do first, and finally implement.
It's all up to you in this case.
You can also get the help of an AWS Solutions architect
for the review and prioritization.
During these sessions, an AWS Solutions architect
will go through each question with you
and discuss every item.
This is a good time for you to learn
about how other AWS customers
implemented these best practices in their own environments.
An AWS Solutions architect can share with you
pointers to documentation, blog posts,
or AWS samples to get you started.
Next, you can kick off the implementation phase.
In this case, your team would be responsible
for the execution of the plan.
If you need more help,
you can leverage one of AWS's certified partners
that can help you end-to-end,
from the review to the creation of the plan
and finally implementation of the remediations.
So what are the benefits of leveraging
an AWS Well-Architected partner?
Partners sit down with you to review the questions
and deep dive into your infrastructure.
This makes sure best practices are evaluated
in the context of your business,
with your constraints in mind.
And partners bring a fresh eye,
sharing their experiences of other reviews
they're conducted.
Partners can help you implement the remediations as well.
It's very likely that your team is already busy
with a tight roadmap.
Probably do not have yet the required skillset
to implement the remediation.
Extra hands' experience with AWS can help you
keep the roadmap commitments you made
and deliver on the needed improvement at the same time.
Also, Well-Architected partners working on your workload
have access to potential funding of $5,000,
which can cover the implementation of the first improvements
at no cost for you.
Some conditions apply.
Qualifying workloads are production workloads.
This may also cover environments needed
to push to production,
such as development or QA environments.
Review needs to be run by your Well-Architected partner,
and you will be asked to complete a survey.
Also, in 2022, a minimum of 45% of high risk issues
found during the review need to be fixed.
Once done, credits are sent to you directly
within six months of exploration.
Program is available once per workload.
Still, if you have multiple production workloads,
you may be eligible for each of them.
So now that you know the benefits
of leveraging an AWS partner,
where can you find the right partner for you?
Head to partnerfinder.amazonaws.com
and then look for "Partner Program," "Well-Architected."
You'll find a list of partners.
You can filter by location and industry or vertical.
So what's next?
Reach out to our certified partners to plan a review.
Also, don't hesitate to ask for guidance
to your account team.
Your solutions architect is here to help.
If you're looking for more information
on the Well-Architected framework,
you can learn more on our YouTube channel,
called AWS Well-Architected for Startups.
This concludes our presentation.
Thank you for watching,
and all the best on your Well-Architected journey.