From .NET to Cloud – AWS Engineer Journey (Day 1: Foundations)

As a Software Engineer with a background in .NET and enterprise application systems, I’ve started my structured transition into Cloud & DevOps engineering. Instead of jumping directly into advanced tools and automation, I chose to begin where every strong cloud engineer begins — the fundamentals . Because scalable systems are never built on weak foundations. ☁️ Understanding Cloud Computing Cloud computing is the delivery of computing services — servers, storage, databases, networking, and software — over the internet on a pay-as-you-go model. What makes it powerful: On-demand resource provisioning Elastic scalability High availability Cost efficiency No physical infrastructure management Leading cloud providers include: Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Google Cloud Platform This shifts the mindset from simply deploying applications to designing systems that are scalable and resilient by architecture. 🏗 Cloud Service Models – Understanding Responsibility One of the most important co