# Resources
Refer to the following resources to learn more about our best practices related to operational excellence.
## Documentation and blogs
+ [Architecture best practices for Game Tech](https://aws.amazon.com/gametech/resources/)
+ [Managing Your Game Studio on AWS pt.1](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/managing-your-game-studio-on-aws-part-1/)
+ [Managing Your Game Studio on AWS pt. 2](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/managing-your-game-studio-on-aws-part-2/)
+ [Managing Your Game Studio on AWS pt. 3](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/managing-your-game-studio-on-aws-part-three/)
+ [Establishing your best practice AWS environment](https://aws.amazon.com/organizations/getting-started/best-practices/)
+ [multi-account strategy for your Control Tower landing zone](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/controltower/latest/userguide/aws-multi-account-landing-zone.html)
+ [Game Analytics Pipeline](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/implementations/game-analytics-pipeline/)
+ [Maximize Your Game Data Insights with Game Analytics Pipeline](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/maximize-your-game-data-insights-with-the-updated-game-analytics-pipeline/)
+ [Leveraging AWS Glue and Amazon Redshift Spectrum for Player Insights](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/gaming-analytics-leveraging-aws-glue-and-amazon-redshift-spectrum-for-player-insights/)
+ [How to set up a CI/CD pipeline on](https://aws.amazon.com/getting-started/projects/set-up-ci-cd-pipeline/)
+ [How Good Job Games Accelerates 43% with AWS Build Pipeline](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/how-good-job-games-accelerates-43-with-aws-build-pipeline/)
+ [Implementing a Build Pipeline for Unity Mobile Apps](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/implementing-a-build-pipeline-for-unity-mobile-apps/)
+ [Other relevant CI/CD blogs](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/tag/ci-cd/)
+ [Game DevOps made easy with Game-Server CD Pipeline blog](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/containers/game-devops-made-easy-with-aws-game-server-cd-pipeline/)
+ [Harmony Games Deploys a Fully Custom Game Backend Utilizing AWS Cloud Development Kit (AWS CDK) (AWS CDK)](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/harmony-games-deploys-a-fully-custom-game-backend-utilizing-aws-cloud-development-kit-aws-cdk/)
+ [GameLift Prepare for launch](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/gamelift/latest/developerguide/gamelift_quickstart_customservers_launch.html)
+ [Hybrid game server hosting with Amazon Gamelift Anywhere](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/hybrid-game-server-hosting-with-amazon-gamelift-anywhere/)
+ [Speed up game server development with Amazon Gamelift Anywhere and the Amazon Gamelift Agent](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/speed-up-game-server-development-with-amazon-gamelift-anywhere-and-the-amazon-gamelift-agent/)
+ [How to host your Unreal Engine game for under $1 per player with Amazon Gamelift](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/how-to-host-your-unreal-engine-game-for-under-1-per-player-with-amazon-gamelift/)
+ [New Solution Guidance for building scalable cross-platform game backends on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/new-solution-guidance-for-building-scalable-cross-platform-game-backends-on-aws/)
+ [Load testing the Pragma backend game engine to 1 million concurrent users on AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/load-testing-the-pragma-backend-game-engine-to-1-million-concurrent-users-on-aws/)
+ [How Code Wizards load tested Heroic Lab's Nakama to two million concurrent players with AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/how-code-wizards-load-tested-heroic-labs-nakama-to-two-million-concurrent-players-with-aws/)
+ [Best practices with Organizational Units](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/organizations/latest/userguide/orgs_best-practices.html)
+ [AWS X-Ray](https://aws.amazon.com/xray/)
+ [AWS Countdown](https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/programs/iem/)
+ [AWS for Games Solutions Hub](https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/games)
## Partner solutions
+ [New Relic](https://newrelic.com/)
+ [Splunk APM](https://www.splunk.com/en_us/devops/application-performance-monitoring.html)
+ [Backtrace.io](https://backtrace.io/)
+ [Sentry](https://sentry.io/welcome/)
+ [Datadog APM](https://www.datadoghq.com/product/apm/)
+ [Honeycomb.io](https://www.honeycomb.io/)
## Whitepapers
+ [Organizing your Environment using multiple accounts](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/organizing-your-aws-environment/organizing-your-aws-environment.html)
+ [Introduction to Scalable Game Development Patterns on AWS](https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-scalable-gaming-patterns.pdf)
## Videos
+ [YouTube series: Building Games on AWS](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuGWzrvNze7LPM6y8vbGTvhbtNxhRokkl)
+ [AWS for Games: Boss LEVEL Podcast](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuGWzrvNze7IDvJplS9JaaFR1ZU8KWpAX)
+ [Re:Invent 2023: Scaling on AWS for the first 10 million users](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzuNJ8OUht0)
+ [Re:Invent 2022: How Riot Games processes 20TB of analytics daily on AWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5L1K_moG-dY)
+ [Re:Invent 2022: How AWS and Riot Games built a governance reporting engine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJIkTH3HMAk)
+ [Re:Invent 2023: Implementing distributed design patterns on AWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfAlmkzyaJQ)
+ [Re:Invent 2023: Scaling a multiplayer game into the millions with Mortal Kombat 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1YqINr8s2o)
+ [Re:Invent 2022: The evolution of chaos engineering at Netflix](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xbn65E-BQhA)
+ [Re:Invent 2023: Best practices for cloud governance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0y9l5V3mMQ)
+ [Re:Invent 2023: Best practices for creating multi-Region architectures on AWS](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vGlnzPZigU&list=PL2yQDdvlhXf8qWcdB_8mKLyAOHk0cVK6B&index=19)
## Training materials
+ [Curriculum – Getting Started with AWS for Games Part 1](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/450/getting-started-with-aws-for-games-part-i)