This document discusses deploying applications to AWS. It outlines building a cloud strategy by identifying apps ready to move to AWS, like dev/test apps. It recommends a phased approach to migration by first assessing, prototyping, migrating data and apps, deploying, optimizing, and leveraging AWS. The document also covers using AWS services like EC2, EMR, Elastic Beanstalk, and CloudFormation for deployment, and services like IAM, CloudWatch for management and security of apps and infrastructure in AWS.