AWS is a vast cloud computing platform and at its core there is EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) service. It provides resizable compute capacity in the cloud, making web-scale cloud computing easier for developers as it allows to launch virtual servers on demand, manage its security, networking, and storage.

Key features?

• Scalability - Quickly scale capacity up or down according to your needs.
• Control - Have complete control over your virtual servers, including choices of OS, storage, and much more.
• Security - Offers robust networking features and integrated security mechanisms to protect your data.

Dive deeper into EC2 with the hands-on YouTube video below, showing how to quickly set up and run an EC2 instance.