AWS - 10,000 Foot Overview AWS Global Infrastructure Availability Zone Think of an Availability Zone as a Data Center A Data Center is just a building filled with Servers! An Availability Zone may be several data centers, but because they are so close together, they are counted as 1 Availability Zone Region A Geographical area Each Region consists of 2 (or more) Availability Zones US East (N. Virginia) is the region where all the new services come out! Edge Locations Edge Locations are endpoints for AWS which are used for caching content There are many more Edge Locations than Regions Currently there are 205 Edge Locations What to Know to Pass Solutions Architect Exam