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Master AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 Exam

Become an AWS pro with this course developed by AWS Solution Certified Architects. Get hands-on with secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized architecture design.

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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 architectures. You’ll also cover various cost optimization techniques by choosing appropriate purchasing opinions for compute and storage solutions. Finally, you’ll gauge your understanding with the help of some practice exams. You’ll also get hands-on experience deploying AWS resources using Cloud Labs. This course covers all four domains for the SAA-C03 exam and increases your chances of becoming an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate.

AWS is a popular cloud service provider that offers various services. The course prepares you to design secure, resilient, high-...Show More

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

Familiarity with fundamentals of cloud computing and AWS global infrastructure

TAKEAWAY SKILLS

AWS

Prepare for Certification

Content

271 Lessons24 Quizzes63 Cloud Labs3 Assessments

Introduction

2 Lessons

Get familiar with the exam domains, AWS services, and hands-on Cloud Labs for the SAA-C03.

Introduction to the Course

SAA-C03 Domains and Exam Guide

AWS Fundamentals

6 Lessons

Look at essential AWS concepts, account setup, global infrastructure, core services, and management tools.

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

12 Lessons

Examine key aspects of IAM, including users, roles, policies, and access management tools.

Policy Evaluation Logic

Securing AWS Resources: Managing Access with IAM

Cloud Lab

AWS IAM Permission Boundaries

Cloud Lab

Using AWS IAM Access Analyzer

Cloud Lab

Compute Services

5 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of AWS compute services, including EC2, ECS, and Lambda functions.

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

10 Lessons

Explore Amazon EC2's flexible compute capacity, security, purchasing options, and data management tools.

Introduction

EC2 Core Concepts

Security Groups

Connecting to EC2 Instances

Elastic Network Interface

Working with Instances: An Amazon EC2 Walkthrough

Cloud Lab

Managing Instance Volumes Using EBS

Cloud Lab

Networking

14 Lessons

Simplify complex AWS networking concepts, including VPCs, IP addressing, and security features.

Introduction

Networking Refresher: IP, CIDR, Subnetting

Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

Custom VPC and CIDR Block

Route Tables, Internet Gateways, and NAT Gateways

NACL and Security Groups

VPC Peering and Transit Gateway

AWS PrivateLink and VPC Endpoints

Bastion Hosts and EC2 Instance Connect Endpoint

VPC Flow Logs and VPC Traffic Mirroring

AWS Site-to-Site and Client VPN

Direct Connect

IPv6 in VPC

Summary and Quiz

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

Piece together the parts of Amazon Route 53, DNS, domain registration, routing policies, and health checks.

Serverless Computing

12 Lessons

Get familiar with AWS serverless computing, including Lambda, Fargate, API Gateway, and AppSync.

Introduction

Serverless Architectures

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

Look at AWS services for seamless application integration, messaging, and workflow orchestration.

Introduction

Simple Queue Service (SQS)

Features of SQS

Simple Notification Service (SNS)

Processing SNS Messages

Fanout Architecture using Amazon SNS and SQS

Amazon MQ

Amazon AppFlow

Event-Driven Architectures and AWS EventBridge

AWS Step Functions

Summary and Quiz

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

Work your way through managing containerized applications using AWS ECS, EKS, and ECR.

Introduction

Container and Registry

Elastic Container Service (ECS)

Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS)

EKS On-Premises

Summary and Quiz

Getting Started with Amazon ECS

Cloud Lab

Create an EKS Cluster and Deploy an Application

Cloud Lab

11.

High Availability and Scalability

12 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of high availability and scalability in AWS, covering ELBs, scaling, SSL, and lifecycle hooks.

Introduction

Horizontal vs. Vertical Scalability

Application Load Balancer

Network Load Balancer

Gateway Load Balancer

Cross-Zone Load Balancing

ELB Sticky Sessions

SSL Certificates and SSL Offload

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

Dig deeper into AWS storage: object, block, and file storage with S3, EBS, and EFS.

Introduction

Types of Storage

S3 Bucket

Elastic Block Store (EBS)

Elastic File System (EFS)

Summary and Quiz

Understanding AWS Storage Options—From Zero to Hero

Cloud Lab

13.

Simple Storage Service (S3)

14 Lessons

Simplify complex topics on S3 storage, access management, replication, performance, and security.

Introduction

S3 Access Management

S3 Static Website Hosting

Object Versioning

S3 Replication

Performance Optimization

Presigned URLs

S3 Events and Batch Operations

Object Storage Classes

S3 Lifecycle Rules

Access Points and Object Lambda

Select and Glacier Select

Secure Objects in an S3 Bucket

Summary and Quiz

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

Master the steps to efficiently manage file storage and transfer using AWS services.

Getting Started with Amazon FSx for Windows File Server

Cloud Lab

15.

Databases

11 Lessons

Step through AWS database services, their features, use cases, and optimization strategies.

Introduction

Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)

Aurora and Aurora Serverless

Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB)

Amazon MemoryDB for Redis

Amazon ElastiCache for Redis

Summary and Quiz

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

Get started with various AWS tools for efficient data migration and transfer.

Introduction

AWS Application Discovery Service

AWS Migration Hub

AWS Application Migration Service

AWS Database Migration Service

Use of AWS Database Migration Service from Aurora MySQL to S3

Cloud Lab

17.

Security and Compliance

19 Lessons

Break apart essential AWS security services for effective cloud resource protection and compliance.

Introduction

AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS)

Encrypting S3 Buckets and EBS Volumes Using KMS

Web Application Firewall

Amazon Detective

AWS Directory Service

AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

AWS CloudHSM

AWS Audit Manager and Artifact

Summary and Quiz

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

Apply your skills to deploying applications with AWS Elastic Beanstalk and App Runner.

Introduction

AWS Elastic Beanstalk

AWS App Runner

Summary and Quiz

Mastering AWS Deployment Services—From Zero to Hero

Cloud Lab

19.

CloudFormation

8 Lessons

Take a look at AWS CloudFormation for automating and managing infrastructure as code using templates.

Introduction

What Is CloudFormation?

Working with CloudFormation Templates

Example CloudFormation Template

Change Sets

Stack Policies

CloudFormation Helper Scripts

Summary and Quiz

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

Investigate AWS's robust machine learning services for text, image, speech, and predictive modeling tasks.

Amazon Fraud Detector

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

Master the steps to optimize content delivery and security using AWS CloudFront and Global Accelerator.

Introduction

Amazon CloudFront Architecture

TTL and Invalidations

Secure Sockets Layer

Securing Origins in CloudFront

Functions at Edge

Global Accelerator

Summary and Quiz

22.

Analytics

13 Lessons

Learn how to use AWS analytics services for data processing, integration, and real-time streaming.

Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka

AWS Data Pipeline

AWS Data Exchange

Amazon OpenSearch Service

Summary and Quiz

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

Walk through essential AWS monitoring and auditing tools for efficient and secure resource management.

CloudWatch vs. CloudTrail vs. Config

Summary and Quiz

Monitoring EC2 Instances Using AWS CloudWatch

Cloud Lab

Getting Started with AWS Config

Cloud Lab

24.

Management and Governance

9 Lessons

Work your way through AWS management tools for resource optimization, compliance, and efficiency.

AWS Compute Optimizer

Amazon Managed Services for Grafana and Prometheus

AWS Well-Architected Tool and AWS Trusted Advisor

Summary and Quiz

Getting Started with AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store

Cloud Lab

25.

AWS Billing and Cost Management

6 Lessons

Grasp the fundamentals of AWS Billing and Cost Management to optimize AWS expenses.

AWS Cost Anomaly Detection

Summary and Quiz

Practice Exam - 1

Assessment

26.

Practice Exam Solution - 1

14 Lessons

Take a closer look at AWS strategies for resilient, secure, cost-optimized, and high-performing architectures.

Resilient Architecture I

Resilient Architecture II

Resilient Architecture III

Secure Architecture I

Secure Architecture II

Secure Architecture III

Secure Architecture IV

Cost-Optimized Architecture I

Cost-Optimized Architecture II

Cost-Optimized Architecture III

High-Performing Architecture I

High-Performing Architecture II

High-Performing Architecture III

High-Performing Architecture IV

Practice Exam - 2

Assessment

27.

Practice Exam Solution - 2

15 Lessons

Tackle resilient and secure AWS architectures while optimizing cost and high-performance solutions.

Resilient Architecture I

Resilient Architecture II

Resilient Architecture III

Resilient Architecture IV

Secure Architecture I

Secure Architecture II

Secure Architecture III

Secure Architecture IV

Secure Architecture V

Cost-Optimized Architecture I

Cost-Optimized Architecture II

High-Performing Architecture I

High-Performing Architecture II

High-Performing Architecture III

High-Performing Architecture IV

Practice Exam - 3

Assessment

28.

Practice Exam Solution - 3

14 Lessons

Test your understanding of resilient, secure, cost-optimized, and high-performing AWS architectures.

Resilient Architecture I

Resilient Architecture II

Resilient Architecture III

Resilient Architecture IV

Secure Architecture I

Secure Architecture II

Secure Architecture III

Secure Architecture IV

Cost-Optimized Architecture I

Cost-Optimized Architecture II

Cost-Optimized Architecture III

High-Performing Architecture I

High-Performing Architecture II

High-Performing Architecture III

29.

Wrapping Up

1 Lessons

Get familiar with essential skills for designing secure, high-performing, cost-optimized AWS architectures.

Conclusion

AWS Solutions Architect Role

Mock Interview

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How difficult is AWS Solution Architect Associate certification?

AWS Certified Solutions Architect—Associate is a challenging exam, with the difficulty largely depending on your background. If you’re new to the cloud, the learning curve can be steep, but you can pass it easily with the right amount of study, practice exams, and hands-on labs.

How much is the cost of AWS Solution Architect certification?

The AWS Solutions Architect—Associate exam fee is $150.

How much time is required for AWS Solution Architect certification?

There is no defined timeline for this. It all depends on your previous experience, dedication, hands-on practice to better understand services, and daily learning time. The AWS Cloud Practitioner exam should take a few weeks for preparation; the AWS Solutions Architect associate and professional might take a few months, depending on your AWS knowledge, background, and daily time you dedicate to your studies.

How to prepare for AWS Solution Architect certification

Preparing for the certification exam includes learning key AWS concepts, practicing hands-on, and testing your knowledge through practice exams. Here is a step-by-step guide to prepare for AWS Solutions Architect certification:

Get familiar with the content and type of questions in the exam.
Follow a structured and guided course to learn the key concepts of AWS services.
Practice hands-on with Cloud Labs.
Take practice exams to gauge your understanding and boost your confidence for the exam.

How to renew the AWS Solution Architect certification?

The AWS certification is valid for three years. After that, you must recertify to maintain your certificate and ensure your knowledge stays updated with the latest AWS technologies and best practices. You can either pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect—Associate exam again or pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect—Professional exam. In either case, remember to avail yourself of the 50% discount AWS offers while rectifying your certificate!

Is AWS Solution Architect certification worth it?

AWS certifications can advance your career by providing better-hiring prospects and higher salaries, and reinforcing and sharpening your skills in AWS services and architectural patterns.

Who should do the AWS Solution Architect certification?

The AWS solutions Architect certification is ideal for IT professionals transitioning to the cloud, developers building cloud-native applications, and even technical managers overseeing cloud projects.

What jobs can I get with AWS Solutions architect certification?

After passing the AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification, you can become a cloud consultant or solutions architect. If you go for a Professional certification, you can become a cloud architect and enhance your skillset for the solutions architect post.