Another crucial part of the operation team's job is being able to deploy and provision resources in a timely and correct manner. In AWS, there are several technologies that can help you provision resources and deploy applications and that provide you with complete control of the infrastructure components. The exam will test your knowledge of deployment and provisioning practices and will try to determine whether you are able to identify the right solution to use for the right type of application. Sometimes, the driver for selecting a certain tool would also be what the enterprise is currently using or the need to reduce the management overhead, increase automation, or integrate with other environments. Crucial aspects to remember about deployment and provisioning would be as follows:

• Understand the differences between Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, and OpsWorks
• Understand the basic practices that are used in cloud and on-premise orchestration
• Make sure you are able to select the right solution—the cheapest, easiest, or most compatible with the current setup