CloudWatch Investigations

CloudWatch Investigations is a comprehensive course designed to teach you how to leverage Amazon's AI-powered assistant for efficient incident response and troubleshooting in AWS environments. This course provides hands-on experience with CloudWatch Investigations, teaching you how to initiate investigations through multiple entry points, navigate the console, and analyze AI-generated insights. You'll learn to interpret and act on suggestions related to metrics, logs, deployment events, and root-cause hypotheses, ultimately enabling you to reduce troubleshooting time and respond to incidents more effectively.

• Initiating CloudWatch Investigations from multiple entry points, such as alarms, the CloudWatch console (AI Operations section), or integrated tools like Amazon Q.
• Interpreting AI-generated outputs including root cause hypotheses, correlated telemetry (metrics/logs/traces/events), and remediation recommendations provided by the feature.
• Configuring and managing investigations (e.g., setting up investigation groups for persistent access, cross-account support, encryption, permissions, and integrations with services like Amazon EKS or CloudTrail).
• Applying best practices for effective use, such as enabling necessary data sources, handling ephemeral vs. configured investigations, and troubleshooting complex multi-service or multi-account incidents with reduced manual effort.

• Understand how CloudWatch Investigations leverages generative AI (via Amazon Q Developer) to automate root cause hypothesis generation, telemetry correlation, and actionable insights for faster operational troubleshooting.
• Gain proficiency in initiating and interacting with investigations in real-time scenarios, including viewing suggestions, continuing analysis, and integrating findings into workflows (e.g., Slack/Teams via AWS Chatbot).
• Be prepared to apply CloudWatch Investigations in production environments to minimize mean time to resolution (MTTR), enhance observability, and support proactive issue remediation in cloud workloads.

• Hands-on digital course content with practical demonstrations, step-by-step guidance, and examples focused on using CloudWatch Investigations (including console walkthroughs and scenario-based learning).
• Intermediate-level training in the Cloud Operations (SysOps) domain, aligned with AWS observability best practices and the launch of CloudWatch Investigations (generally available since mid-2025).
• Coverage of key integrations, security considerations (e.g., IAM permissions, data access), and supported AWS services for comprehensive incident response.
• Certificate of completion issued.