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Utilisateurs, dévelopeurs & ingénieurs de systèmes, joignez vous à notre dynamique communauté d'utilisateurs d' Amazon Web Services. Echangez, partagez and apprenez sur les services AWS et la meilleurs façon de les utiliser.
Les meetups prennent places tous les mois, et y sont invités divers présentateurs avec une expérience pratique de AWS incluant les technologies de l'écosystème AWS.
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Users, developers & system engineers, come join a growing and dynamic community of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users. Interact with others to answer questions, share ideas, and learn about AWS' services and best practices.
Meetups are usually held every months featuring speakers with hands on AWS experience and including technology in the AWS ecosystem.
Upcoming events
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Game Night: Learn AWS Architecture with AWS BuilderCards
McGill University, Arts Building, Room 150, 853 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, CA🗓️ Agenda
18:00 – Welcome & Table Assignments
18:15 – Introduction & How to Play (guided first turns together)
18:45 – Complete Your First Game & Extra Games
19:50 – Survey, Quiz & Feedback
20:00 – ClosingAbout This Session
This time, we're doing something different. We're playing AWS BuilderCards, a deckbuilding card game created by AWS that teaches you how AWS services fit together to build well-architected cloud workloads. Think strategy meets architecture diagrams, but way more fun.First glance? Looks intimidating. But my 11-year-old daughter plays it — and wins. 😄 The game is designed for ages 14+ and you absolutely don't need AWS experience to enjoy it. Though if you do have it, you'll have a blast debating architecture choices with the person sitting next to you.
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What is AWS BuilderCards?
You start as a freshly hired IT architect. Your mission: migrate away from on-premises infrastructure, adopt AWS services, build cloud-native architectures, and score Well-Architected Points before your competitors do.
Each turn you'll:- Deploy cards from your hand — single services or combos that unlock bonus effects
- Build Architectures — pair services like Lambda + SQS, or EC2 + CloudWatch — real combos, real synergies
- Adopt new Builder Cards from the Console (the shared marketplace) using your TCO and AWS Credits
The player with the most Well-Architected Points when the stack runs out wins. A game typically lasts 20–30 minutes — perfect for an evening like this.
Watch Before You Arrive — Seriously, Please Do!
We'll walk through the mechanics together at the event, but watching this short video beforehand will make your first turn much smoother and a lot more fun:
👉 How to Play AWS BuilderCards (YouTube) — by the AWS for Games team
You can also grab the Quick Reference Card to print or keep open on your phone during the game.How the Evening Will Run
We'll introduce you the games, the cards, the dynamics
Then We'll start play together — the first couple of turns will be guided as a group so everyone gets comfortable with the mechanics: how to deploy cards, build an architecture, spend credits, and grab Well-Architected cards from the Console.
Then you take over — complete the first game at your own pace, apply combos, debate choices, ....
After that, free play — start a new game and keep going.🪑 Table Assignments
To make sure every table has a rich mix of experience and that there's genuine sharing happening each turn, we'll assign seats based on your background. When you RSVP, please let us know:- Your AWS experience level (Beginner / Intermediate / Expert)
- Whether you've played deckbuilding games before (Dominion, Clank, etc.) — even a yes/no helps!
We'll mix AWS veterans with newcomers, and card game veterans with first-timers, so that every table has someone who can help explain a combo and someone who'll ask the question everyone was thinking.
👥 Who Should Attend
This event is perfect for anyone who wants to have fun with their cloud knowledge — or build some new knowledge without realizing it. Whether you're a developer, architect, student, or AWS-curious, you'll find your rhythm quickly. The game rewards curiosity more than memorization.64 attendees
AWS Terraform GameDay
McGill University Trottier Building Room 0100, 3630 Rue University, Montreal, QC, CAJoin us on Thursday, May 21st at 6:00 PM for an AWS Terraform GameDay — a hands-on, team-based challenge where you'll sharpen your real-world AWS and Terraform skills in a fast-paced, gamified environment. Picture this: you're the cloud engineer for a booming startup, your Terraform code is looking clean… and then something breaks. It's a race against time (and the leaderboard) to recover your infrastructure before the clock runs out.
No step-by-step instructions. No hand-holding. Just you, your team, and a live cloud infrastructure scenario where every decision counts.
We're thrilled to welcome two incredible guests for this event: Chris Williams, Developer Relations Manager at HashiCorp and AWS Hero, and Allen-Michael (AM) Grobelny, Principal Developer Advocate for GameDay at AWS — bringing their combined GameDay expertise straight to Montreal!***
⚠️ IMPORTANT: Workshop Requirements ⚠️
This is a hands-on, competitive workshop!- 💻 Bring your laptop (fully charged — power outlets may be limited)
- 🛠️ Terraform CLI installed on your machine (installation guide)
- 🧠 Basic familiarity with Terraform and AWS is recommended — you don't need to be an expert, but knowing your way around a `.tf` file will help!
- 👥 Teams of 2–4 people — come with a crew or we'll help you find one at the door
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Agenda
🕕 18:00 — Welcoming participants & Networking
🕡 18:30 — Introduction & Speaker Welcomes
🕞 18:35 — "AWS Terraform GameDay"
🕟 19:45 — Leaderboard reveal, Quiz & Survey
🕗 20:00 — Closing***
What You'll Learn
- How to deploy real AWS infrastructure using Terraform CLI under pressure
- How to troubleshoot and fix misconfigurations in a live environment
- Best practices in cloud security, scalability, and high availability
- How to recover from simulated cloud failures like a seasoned engineer
- How to collaborate effectively as a team during fast-moving technical challenges
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Who Should Attend
- Cloud engineers, DevOps practitioners, and SREs looking to level up their Terraform and AWS skills
- Developers curious about infrastructure as code in a hands-on setting
- Students and early-career practitioners wanting real-world cloud experience
- Anyone who loves a good challenge and a leaderboard 🏆
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Speakers
Chris Williams — Chris Williams is a Developer Relations Manager at HashiCorp, where he helps developers and operators design and run modern public, private, and multi‑cloud infrastructures with tools like Terraform and Vault. An AWS Hero and former enterprise architect, he brings years of hands‑on experience with AWS, VMware, and large‑scale cloud migrations to his talks and workshops. Based in the U.S. Northeast, Chris co‑founded the AWS Portsmouth User Group and hosts the vBrownBag podcast, sharing practical “cloud therapy” and mentoring practitioners at all stages of their careersAllen-Michael (AM) Grobelny — Principal Developer Advocate for GameDay at Amazon Web Services, where he helps developers learn and level up through hands‑on AWS GameDay events and real‑world scenarios. With a background in cloud solutions architecture and software development, AM focuses on creating engaging, practical experiences that teach core AWS concepts and best practices in a fun, collaborative way. At this AWS Terraform GameDay meetup, he’ll lend his GameDay expertise to help teams build, break, and fix cloud infrastructure in a safe, interactive environment
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