# Prerequisite Knowledge
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## Amazon Services
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Before you follow the configuration instructions in this guide, we recommend that you become familiar with the following Amazon services. (If you are new to Amazon, see [Getting Started with Amazon](https://www.amazonaws.cn/getting-started/).)
+  [Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)](https://www.amazonaws.cn/documentation/ec2/) 
+  [Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/AmazonEBS.html) 
+  [Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)](https://www.amazonaws.cn/documentation/vpc/) 
+  [Amazon CloudFormation](https://www.amazonaws.cn/documentation/cloudformation/) 
+  [Amazon FSx](https://www.amazonaws.cn/fsx/) 
+  [Amazon RDS](https://www.amazonaws.cn/documentation/rds/) 

## SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform on Amazon
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This guide assumes that you’re already familiar with implementing and operating SAP solutions on Amazon. Please read the SAP notes listed in the following table before continuing. SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform is supported on Amazon as described in [SAP Note 2438592](https://me.sap.com/notes/2438592). All Amazon guides for SAP BusinessObjects BI Platform can be found on the [SAP on Amazon website](https://www.amazonaws.cn/sap/whitepapers/).


| SAP Note | Description | 
| --- | --- | 
|  [1588667](https://me.sap.com/notes/1588667)  | SAP on Amazon: Overview of related SAP notes and web links | 
|  [1656099](https://me.sap.com/notes/1656099)  | SAP on Amazon: Supported products, platforms, and landscapes | 
|  [2442979 ](https://me.sap.com/notes/2442979)  |  `Amazon S3` recommendations for SAP BusinessObjects Business Intelligence Platform | 
|  [2438592](https://me.sap.com/notes/2438592)  | BI Platform 4.2 Cloud Support |