The video tutorial guides users through setting up a Redshift cluster, creating an external schema using AWS Glue, and running SQL queries on data stored in an S3 data lake. It emphasizes the importance of managing costs by shutting down the cluster when not in use. The tutorial also prepares users for the next steps in the course, which involve using QuickSight to build upon the Redshift cluster.

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