The AWS management console

The AWS management console is the central location from where you can access all the Amazon services. The management console has links to the following:

• Amazon Web Services: This is a dashboard view that lists all the AWS services currently available in a specific Amazon region. Clicking on any one of these launches the dashboard for the selected service, as shown in the following screenshot:
  
• Shortcuts for Amazon Web Services: On the console management screen, you can create shortcuts of frequently accessed services via the Edit option, as shown in the following screenshot:
  
• Account related information: This allows you to access your account-related data. This includes security credentials needed to access the AWS resources by your application. The Billing & Cost Management option gives you real-time information on your current month's billing; this helps in managing costs, as shown in the following screenshot:
  
• Amazon regions: This option allows you to access the AWS in a specific region. In the following screenshot, all the Amazon Web Services are located in the US East (N. Virginia) region:
  
• Support: You can navigate to the Help, Forums, and support pages:
  
• Service Health: Launches the health dashboard of all the Amazon Web Services across all regions, and not of your deployed service: