AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Learn to design secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective cloud architectures on AWS while preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification.
About this course
Build the skills to design reliable, secure, and scalable cloud solutions with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in this comprehensive course designed to prepare you for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) exam. Explore the fundamentals of cloud architecture, including the AWS Well-Architected Framework, global infrastructure, networking, compute, storage, and database services. Learn how to select the right AWS services and design solutions that meet real-world business and technical requirements. Discover how to build secure cloud environments using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Amazon VPC, encryption, and network security controls. Explore essential AWS services such as Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, AWS Lambda, Elastic Load Balancing, and Amazon Route 53. You'll also learn how to design highly available and fault-tolerant applications, implement auto scaling, develop disaster recovery strategies, and build resilient architectures across multiple Availability Zones and AWS Regions. Understand how to optimize cloud performance and costs by selecting appropriate compute, storage, database, and networking solutions. Learn to evaluate architectural trade-offs and apply AWS best practices to create efficient, scalable, and cost-effective systems. Through short, focused lessons, visual explanations, real-world architecture scenarios, and interactive challenges, you'll reinforce essential concepts, test your knowledge, and develop confidence in making cloud architecture decisions. Whether you're a software developer, systems administrator, cloud engineer, or IT professional looking to advance into solutions architecture, this course will help you strengthen your AWS expertise and prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification.
What you will learn
AWS Fundamentals and Well-Architected Framework
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect Exam Domains and BlueprintFree
- Cloud Computing Models and Architectural Concepts
- AWS Global Infrastructure and Cloud Value Proposition
- The AWS Shared Responsibility Model
- The AWS Well-Architected Framework Pillars
- Cloud Architectural Best Practices and Disaster Recovery Strategies
Compute Services: EC2, Containers, and Serverless
- Amazon EC2 Architecture, Instance Types, and Purchasing Models
- EC2 Placement Groups, Health Checks, and Hardware Attestation
- Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling and Dynamic Scaling Policies
- Auto Scaling Lifecycle Hooks and Event Notifications
- Hybrid and Specialized Compute: Outposts, Wavelength, VMware Cloud, and Batch
- Container Management with Amazon ECS and Amazon ECR
- Kubernetes on AWS with Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)
- Serverless Execution with AWS Lambda and Lambda@Edge
Storage Services and Hybrid Data Transfer
- Amazon S3 Architecture and Storage Classes
- Amazon S3 Security, Access Management, and Advanced Bucket Features
- Archival Storage with Amazon S3 Glacier and Deep Archive
- Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) Volumes and Snapshots
- Shared File Storage with Amazon Elastic File System (EFS)
- High-Performance File Storage: Amazon FSx for Windows and FSx for Lustre
- Hybrid Storage Integration: AWS Storage Gateway and AWS DataSync
- Storage Architecture Decisions: S3 vs. EBS vs. EFS
Database Services and Caching Solutions
- Amazon RDS Architecture, High Availability, and Read Replicas
- Amazon RDS Security, Monitoring, and RDS Proxy
- Amazon Aurora Architecture, Serverless Scaling, and Global Databases
- Amazon DynamoDB NoSQL Architecture, Streams, and Global Tables
- In-Memory Caching: DynamoDB DAX and Amazon ElastiCache
- Data Warehousing with Amazon Redshift and Redshift Spectrum
- Specialized AWS Databases: DocumentDB, Keyspaces, and Timestream
- Database Selection: Amazon RDS vs. Amazon DynamoDB
Virtual Private Cloud and Networking
- Amazon VPC Architecture, Subnetting, and Gateways
- VPC Security: Security Groups, NACLs, and AWS Network Firewall
- VPC Connectivity: NAT Solutions, VPC Peering, and VPC Endpoints
- Amazon Route 53 DNS Routing, Health Checks, and Failover
- AWS Elastic Load Balancing: ALB, NLB, and GWLB Architecture
- Amazon CloudFront and Edge Content Delivery
- Hybrid and Global Network Acceleration: Direct Connect, VPN, and Global Accelerator
Security, Identity, and Access Management
- AWS IAM Identities, Policy Evaluation, and Permission Boundaries
- Temporary Credentials and Identity Federation with AWS STS
- Key Management and Data Encryption: AWS KMS and AWS CloudHSM
- Edge and Web Application Protection: AWS WAF, AWS Shield, and Firewall Manager
- Automated Threat Detection and Data Security: GuardDuty, Inspector, and Macie
- User Authentication and Resource Sharing: Amazon Cognito and AWS RAM
- Secrets Management and Compliance Auditing: Secrets Manager and Audit Manager
Application Integration and Event-Driven Services
- Pub/Sub Messaging and Filtering with Amazon SNS
- Message Queuing and Worker Decoupling with Amazon SQS
- Event-Driven Orchestration: Amazon EventBridge and AWS Step Functions
- Application Integration: AWS AppSync, Amazon AppFlow, and Amazon MQ
- Real-Time Streaming Analytics: Amazon Kinesis Suite vs. SQS
Management, Monitoring, and Governance
- API Auditing and Governance with AWS CloudTrail
- Resource Monitoring and Alerting with Amazon CloudWatch
- Observability and Distributed Tracing: AWS X-Ray, Grafana, and Prometheus
- Infrastructure as Code and Automated Deployments: CloudFormation, SAM, and Beanstalk
- Operational Management with AWS Systems Manager (SSM)
- Centralized Governance: AWS Organizations, Config, and Service Catalog
- Centralized Data Protection with AWS Backup
- Workload and Database Migration to AWS
Analytics, Machine Learning, and Cost Optimization
- Big Data Processing and Analytics: AWS Glue, Lake Formation, and OpenSearch
- Cloud Cost Governance: AWS Budgets, Cost Explorer, and CUR
- Application Development and Testing: AWS Amplify and AWS Device Farm
- Pre-Trained AI and Machine Learning Services on AWS