Master AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 Exam

This course is an excellent AWS exam prep guide for the Solutions Architect Associate certificate including multiple practice exams and hands-on Cloud Labs.

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271 Lessons

30h

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This course is an excellent AWS exam prep guide for the Solutions Architect Associate certificate including multiple practice exams and hands-on Cloud Labs.

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24 Quizzes

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This course includes

3 Assessments

24 Quizzes

51 Code Snippets

Course Overview

AWS is a popular cloud service provider that offers various services. The course prepares you to design secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized architectures. You’ll learn about services to secure your AWS resources and accounts against external threats. You’ll also cover various load balancing and replication techniques to make AWS applications highly available and resilient against failover. Next, you’ll cover several storage options and analytics tools that help design high-performing arc...Show More

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

Aws

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What You'll Learn

Familiarity with fundamentals of cloud computing and AWS global infrastructure

An understanding of designing secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimized architectures for the cloud-based application

The ability to propose solutions and improvement suggestions in existing cloud architectures according to technical requirements

The ability to simulate AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam conditions using practice exams

Hands-on experience provisioning resources on AWS using Cloud Labs

What You'll Learn

Familiarity with fundamentals of cloud computing and AWS global infrastructure

Course Content

Introduction

This course provides a comprehensive AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification overview, including hands-on practice and exam preparation strategies.

Introduction to the Course

SAA-C03 Domains and Exam Guide

AWS Fundamentals

This chapter explores the cloud computing essentials, AWS account setup, infrastructure, core services, and management tools for effective resource utilization.

Introduction to Cloud Computing

Setting Up AWS Account

Global Infrastructure, Availability Zones, and Regions Overview of Core Services AWS Management Console, CLI, and SDK Summary and Quiz

Understanding Cloud Computing Essentials— From Zero to Hero

Cloud Lab

Identity and Access Management

This chapter covers optimally controlling access to AWS resources using IAM policies, IAM roles, AWS Organizations, Amazon Cognito, and Access Analyzer.

Introduction

What Is IAM?IAM Policies IAM Users and Groups IAM Roles Restricting Policies AWS Organizations Policy Evaluation Logic IAM Identity Center Amazon Cognito Access Analyzer Summary and Quiz

Securing AWS Resources: Managing Access with IAM

Cloud Lab

AWS IAM Permission Boundaries

Cloud Lab

Using AWS IAM Access Analyzer

Cloud Lab

Compute Services

This chapter explores the AWS compute services, including the scalable EC2, ECS for container management, and the Lambda function for serverless deployment.

Introduction

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2)Elastic Container Service

Lambda Functions Summary and Quiz

Understanding AWS Compute Services — From Zero to Hero

Cloud Lab

Amazon EC2: Elastic Compute Cloud

This chapter explores the EC2 essentials, such as instance and storage types, security management, and optimum deployment to meet requirements.

Introduction EC2 Core Concepts Security Groups Connecting to EC2 Instances Elastic Network Interface Placement Groups Purchase Options Storage Options User Data Summary and Quiz

Working with Instances: An Amazon EC2 Walkthrough

Cloud Lab

Managing Instance Volumes Using EBS

Cloud Lab

Networking

14 Lessons

This chapter covers AWS Virtual Private Clouds and how to secure, monitor, and connect isolated VPCs to build a scalable, hybrid, and secure network.

Understanding Networking Services in AWS—From Zero to Hero

Cloud Lab

Controlling VPC Traffic Using Network ACLs

Cloud Lab

Managing Peer Connections between Amazon Virtual Private Clouds

Cloud Lab

Accessing AWS Services over AWS PrivateLink Using VPC Endpoints

Cloud Lab

Monitoring IP Traffic Using VPC Flow Logs

Cloud Lab

Route 53

6 Lessons

This chapter details Route 53 offerings, including domain registration, health monitoring, and diverse routing policies to enhance performance and reliability.

Serverless Computing

12 Lessons

This chapter explores the AWS serverless services like Lambda, Fargate, and API Gateway for efficient architecture and cost savings without server management.

Getting to Know AWS Lambda

Cloud Lab

Building and Deploying Serverless Applications with AWS SAM

Cloud Lab

Developing RESTful Microservices with API Gateway and DynamoDB

Cloud Lab

Building a WebSocket-Based Chat Application Using API Gateway

Cloud Lab

Mastering AWS AppSync Lambda Resolvers

Cloud Lab

Application Integration

11 Lessons

The chapter focuses on AWS services for notification messaging, event-driven architecture, and workflow orchestration to enhance scalability and resilience.

Getting Started with Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)

Cloud Lab

Handling Amazon SNS Notifications with AWS Lambda

Cloud Lab

Build a Fanout Serverless Architecture using SNS, SQS, and Lambda

Cloud Lab

Decoupling Serverless Applications with Amazon EventBridge

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with AWS Step Functions

Cloud Lab

10.

Containers

6 Lessons

The chapter explores AWS container services like ECS and EKS, and best practices for managing containerized applications.

Getting Started with Amazon ECS

Cloud Lab

Create an EKS Cluster and Deploy an Application

Cloud Lab

11.

High Availability and Scalability

12 Lessons

The chapter covers AWS services, such as load balancers and auto-scaling groups, to achieve high availability, scalability, and optimal resource management.

Managing Application Traffic Using Elastic Load Balancers

Cloud Lab

Understanding Auto Scaling Group (ASG) in AWS

Cloud Lab

Mastering Amazon EC2 Dynamic Scaling Policies

Cloud Lab

12.

Storage

6 Lessons

This chapter covers AWS’s data storage solutions, such as object, block, and file storage, for optimal performance and management.

Understanding AWS Storage Options—From Zero to Hero

Cloud Lab

13.

Simple Storage Service (S3)

14 Lessons

This chapter covers Amazon S3, which prioritizes security, cost efficiency, and performance using versioning, lifecycle management, and access control.

Working with AWS S3 Cross-Region Replication

Cloud Lab

Resizing Images with S3 Batch Operations and AWS Lambda

Cloud Lab

Managing Data Access with Amazon S3 Access Points

Cloud Lab

14.

File Storage and Transfer

5 Lessons

This chapter covers file storage and transfer solutions, including Amazon FSx, Storage Gateway, and Backup, enhancing data management, protection, and recovery.

Getting Started with Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Cloud Lab

15.

Databases

11 Lessons

The chapter outlines key AWS database services, emphasizing their functionalities, use cases, and importance for developers and architects.

Working with Relational Databases: A Beginner's Guide to AWS RDS

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with Amazon Aurora Database Engine

Cloud Lab

Working with NoSQL Databases: A Beginner's Guide to AWS DynamoDB

Cloud Lab

Exploring Graphs with Amazon Neptune

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with Amazon Keyspaces

Cloud Lab

Achieving Ultra-Fast Performance Using Amazon MemoryDB for Redis

Cloud Lab

Improving Database Performance with Amazon ElastiCache for Redis

Cloud Lab

16.

Migration and Transfer

9 Lessons

The chapter outlines various AWS services designed to facilitate secure data migration and transfer to the cloud, ensuring efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Use of AWS Database Migration Service from Aurora MySQL to S3

Cloud Lab

17.

Security and Compliance

19 Lessons

This chapter covers several AWS security services that assess, monitor, and protect cloud resources, ensuring regulation compliance across environments.

Getting Started with AWS Key Management Service (KMS)

Cloud Lab

Encrypting S3 Buckets and EBS Volumes Using KMS

Cloud Lab

Protecting Web Applications Using AWS WAF

Cloud Lab

Managing Aurora DB Credentials and API Keys Using Secrets Manager

Cloud Lab

Finding Vulnerabilities on EC2 Instances Using AWS Inspector

Cloud Lab

18.

Deployment Services

4 Lessons

The chapter explores AWS deployment services, emphasizing Elastic Beanstalk and App Runner for efficient application deployment, management, and scaling.

Mastering AWS Deployment Services—From Zero to Hero

Cloud Lab

19.

CloudFormation

8 Lessons

This chapter covers AWS CloudFormation, which automates resource provisioning and configuration with IaC using templates and ensures security and scalability.

Getting to Know AWS CloudFormation

Cloud Lab

AWS CloudFormation Updates: Change Sets and Stack Policies

Cloud Lab

Mastering AWS CloudFormation Helper Scripts

Cloud Lab

20.

Machine Learning

13 Lessons

This chapter covers AWS machine learning services that gather insights from data, images, and videos to improve business applications across various sectors.

Understanding Machine Learning Services on AWS—From Zero to Hero

Cloud Lab

Deploying a Machine Learning Model with Amazon SageMaker

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with Amazon Fraud Detector

Cloud Lab

Build an Educative Chatbot with Conversational AI Using AWS Lex

Cloud Lab

21.

Content Delivery and Optimization

8 Lessons

The chapter focuses on optimizing content delivery through Amazon CloudFront and Global Accelerator, emphasizing caching strategies, security, and performance.

22.

Analytics

13 Lessons

The chapter explores AWS analytics services, highlighting tools for data processing, visualization, and integration to enhance decision-making and insights.

Analyzing S3 Data and CloudTrail Logs Using Amazon Athena

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with Amazon EMR

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with Amazon Redshift

Cloud Lab

Building ETL Pipelines on AWS

Cloud Lab

Create a Data Lake with Lake Formation and Analyze It with Athena

Cloud Lab

Building a Logs Processing Pipeline with Amazon Kinesis

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

Cloud Lab

23.

Monitoring and Auditing

6 Lessons

This chapter covers effective monitoring and auditing of cloud resources through CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Config, which enhances performance and compliance.

Monitoring EC2 Instances Using AWS CloudWatch

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with AWS Config

Cloud Lab

24.

Management and Governance

9 Lessons

This chapter covers various AWS services to effectively manage and govern AWS services to streamline operations, ensure compliance, and optimize resource usage.

Getting Started with AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

Cloud Lab

25.

AWS Billing and Cost Management

6 Lessons

This chapter covers effective ways to financial management of AWS services through tools like Cost Explorer, Budgets, Savings Plans, and Cost Anomaly Detection.

Practice Exam - 1

Assessment

26.

Practice Exam Solution - 1

14 Lessons

This chapter provides solutions and guidelines to the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam preparation questions to help you prepare for the exam.

Practice Exam - 2

Assessment

27.

Practice Exam Solution - 2

15 Lessons

This chapter provides solutions and guidelines to the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam preparation questions to help you prepare for the exam.

Practice Exam - 3

Assessment

28.

Practice Exam Solution - 3

14 Lessons

This chapter provides solutions and guidelines to the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam preparation questions to help you prepare for the exam.

29.

Wrapping Up

1 Lesson

The course equips learners with skills to design optimized AWS architectures, focusing on security, availability, performance, and cost efficiency.

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