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AWS holds 32% of cloud market share. EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS are skills required in virtually every cloud job description worldwide.
Azure holds 23% market share. Dominant in enterprise Microsoft/Windows shops. AKS, Azure AD, and ARM templates are essential for enterprise DevOps.
AWS CLI + boto3 and Azure CLI + Azure SDK automate everything — from spinning up VMs to deploying functions to analyzing costs.
AWS SAA, AWS DevOps Pro, AZ-900, AZ-104 are among the highest-value and best-paying certifications in tech. This chapter is your foundation.
Run AWS:
# AWS CLI pip install awscli boto3 aws configure aws sts get-caller-identity # Azure CLI az login az account set --subscription "My Sub" pip install azure-identity azure-mgmt-compute azure-storage-blob # Key commands aws ec2 describe-instances --output table aws s3 ls aws lambda list-functions az vm list --output table az storage account list
