

We have also included several example architecture digrams and guidelines on how to use these icons in your diagrams. These icons are simple by design so that you can incorporate them in your whitepapers, presentations and other places that you see fit. Customers and partners can use them to create consistent-looking diagrams and share with us and the rest of the world. They are now available in our Architecture Center for download. Hence, we have created AWS Simple Icons for most of our services and features. We want you to share your AWS-powered cloud architectures with us so we (and our partners) can give you feedback.

Its is one of easiest and simplest ways to communicate quickly about your application, its architectures and its topology. An architecture diagram is probably worth a million to architects and developers. In order to get the maximum benefit of on-demand infrastructure, it is important to invest time in your architectures.Ī diagram is worth a thousand words.

Check out my how-to video below to see how I created these icons and how you can save them out of PowerPoint to use in your own projects.Cloud Computing has shifted the focus more than ever to architecture of an application. It’s just a matter of figuring how to use simple shapes to create the icon you want. Change the colors, change the shapes, or make completely new icons!Ĭreating custom icons in PowerPoint is easy. If you have PowerPoint installed on your computer (which most of us do), you can download and edit these icons in any way you want. These icons, like most icons, have been created using simple shapes and colors. This week, I want to share a new icon set that I created 100% in PowerPoint. I figured, why not create editable icons that anyone could edit directly in PowerPoint? So, that’s what I did!Ĭlick here to download these fully-editable icons (PPT & PNG) However, one of the issues many people encounter with most icons sets is that you can’t edit them and if you can, you have to use a program like Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. Over the past several years, icons have become a popular graphic design asset to use in e-learning courses, presentations, and a lot more. Last year, as a hobby project, I created a simple website ( dedicated to sharing custom icons in PowerPoint. Even as I’ve learned how to use advanced graphic design programs like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, I’ve always believed that PowerPoint can be just as…well, powerful!

PowerPoint has always been my go-to graphic design tool (as I’ve explained in several of my other posts: here, here, and here).
