AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course prepares you for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-CO3) exam while helping demonstrate knowledge of how to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS technologies. This course focuses on designing secure architectures, designing resilient architectures, designing high-performing architectures, and designing cost-optimized architectures.

This course is to provide you with all the tools you need to prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:

Display knowledge and skills in the AWS services: compute, networking, storage and database and deployment and management services
Demonstrate knowledge and skills deploying, managing and operating AWS workloads and implementing security controls and compliance requirements
Identify which AWS service meets technical requirements
Define technical requirements for AWS-based applications
Identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement

The exam voucher is included in the course package.

Duration

4 Days

Certificate

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Governing Body

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Lesson 1: Understanding the Foundations of AWS Architecture

Essential Characteristics of AWS Cloud Computing
AWS Cloud Computing and NIST
Moving to AWS
Operational Benefits of AWS
Cloud Providers Responsibilities
Security at AWS
Migrating Applications
The AWS Well-Architected Framework
Summary

Lesson 2: The AWS Well-Architected Framework

The Well-Architected Framework
Designing a Workload SLA
Deployment Methodologies
Summary

Lesson 3: Designing Secure Access to AWS Resources

Identity and Access Management (IAM)
IAM Users and Groups
Creating IAM Policies
IAM Roles
AWS Organizations
AWS Resource Access Manager
AWS Control Tower
Summary

Lesson 4: Designing Secure Workloads and Applications

Securing Network Infrastructure
Amazon Cognito
External Connections
Amazon GuardDuty
Amazon Macie
Security Services for Securing Workloads
Summary

Lesson 5: Determining Appropriate Data Security Controls

Data Access and Governance
Amazon EBS Encryption
Amazon S3 Bucket Security
AWS Key Management Service
AWS Certificate Manager
Summary

Lesson 6: Designing Resilient Architecture

Scalable and Resilient Architecture
Application Integration Services
Amazon API Gateway
Automating AWS Infrastructure
AWS Elastic Beanstalk
Summary

Lesson 7: Designing Highly Available and Fault-Tolerant Architecture

High Availability and Fault Tolerance
AWS Regions and Availability Zones
Choosing an AWS Region
Distributed Design Patterns
Failover Strategies
AWS Service Quotas
Amazon Route 53
Summary

Lesson 8: High-Performing and Scalable Storage Solutions

AWS Storage Options
Amazon Elastic Block Store
Amazon Elastic File System
Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
Amazon Simple Storage Service
Amazon S3 Glacier
AWS Data Lake
Summary

Lesson 9: Designing High-Performing and Elastic Compute Solutions

AWS Compute Services
AWS Lambda
Amazon Container Services
Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch
Auto Scaling Options at AWS
Summary

Lesson 10: Determining High-Performing Database Solutions

AWS Cloud Databases
Amazon Relational Database Service
Amazon Aurora
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon ElastiCache
Amazon Redshift
Summary

Lesson 11: High-Performing and Scalable Networking Architecture

Amazon CloudFront
AWS Global Accelerator
Elastic Load Balancing Service
AWS VPC Networking
Subnets
IP Address Types
Connectivity Options
Summary

Lesson 12: Designing Cost-Optimized Storage Solutions

Calculating AWS Costs
Cost Management Tools
Storage Types and Costs
AWS Backup
Data Transfer Costs
AWS Storage Gateway
Summary

Lesson 13: Designing Cost-Effective Compute Solutions

EC2 Instance Types
EC2 Instance Purchasing Options
Strategies for Optimizing Compute
Summary

Lesson 14: Designing Cost-Effective Database Solutions

Database Design Choices
Database Data Transfer Costs
Database Retention Policies
Summary

Lesson 15: Designing Cost-Effective Network Architectures

Networking Services and Connectivity Costs
Data Transfer Costs
Summary

Suitable for

Individuals working as solutions architects, designing AWS solutions using AWS services.

Pre-requisite

At least 1 year of experience solving problems and implementing AWS services
Experience in AWS technology
Strong on-premises IT experience
Understanding of mapping on-premises technology to the cloud
Experience with other cloud services