This course is part of the AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional Certificate

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Are you looking to get more technical? Are you looking to begin working in the cloud, but don’t know where to go next? Are you looking to up your game by prepping for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam? Do you see yourself as a cloud consultant, but can’t quite envision how your days would be? Are you puzzled how to match a customer’s requirements with the right AWS services/solutions? If so, you are in the right place!! You’ll learn how to plan, think, and act like a Solution Architect in a real-life customer scenario.
In this course, you’ll get prepared to begin your career architecting solutions on AWS. Through a series of use case scenarios and practical learning, you’ll learn to identify services and features to build resilient, secure, and highly available IT solutions in the AWS Cloud. Each week, a fictional customer will present a different need. We will then review the options, choose the best one for the use case and walk you through the architecture design on a whiteboard. You’ll learn about event-driven architectures with a focus on performance efficiency and cost. You’ll then gain knowledge on how to architect a solution using many purpose-built AWS services. With this understanding, you’ll get a sense of hybrid architectures with a refined focus on reliability and operational efficiency. Finally, you’ll wrap up your learning by understanding a multi-account strategy centered on security and cost.

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Approx. 20 hours to complete

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Software Architecture
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AWS Account Management

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Rafael Lopes

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

6 hours to complete

Designing a serverless web backend on AWS

The first week in this course follows a customer use case where an ecommerce company needs to migrate a backend web service to AWS. You will first hear from the customer about their requirements and the problems that they are trying to solve with this migration. Then, you will learn how to design the solution for this use case, step by step, by using services such as Amazon API Gateway, AWS Lambda, Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS), Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), and Amazon DynamoDB.

6 hours to complete

16 videos (Total 116 min), 10 readings, 1 quiz

16 videos

Course Introduction3mCourse Feedback1mWeek 1 Introduction3mCustomer #1: Use Case and Requirements8mCustomer #1: Requirements Breakdown3mSelecting a Serverless Compute Service9mAWS Lambda Exploration7mChoosing an AWS Database Service10mDynamoDB Exploration6mBuilding Event-Driven Architectures9mSNS Exploration3mDecoupling AWS Solutions7mSQS Exploration5mCustomer #1: Solution Overview4mWeek Wrap-up: Taking this Architecture to the Next Level6mExercise 1 Walkthrough 24m

10 readings

Welcome to the Course10mPre-Course Survey1mIntroduction25mCompute on AWS25mDatabases on AWS25mEvent-Driven Architectures on AWS25mDecoupling Solutions on AWS25mArchitecture Optimizations for Week 125mChallenge: Building a Proof of Concept10mMid-Course Survey1m

1 practice exercise

Week 1 Assessment30m

Week2

Week 2

5 hours to complete

Designing a serverless data analytics solution on AWS

The second week in this course follows a customer use case where a software company needs a data analytics solution in AWS so that they can derive insights from clickstream data. You will first hear from the customer about their requirements and the problems that they are trying to solve with this solution. Then, you will learn how to design the solution for this use case, step by step, by using services such as Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose, Amazon Athena, Amazon QuickSight, and more.

5 hours to complete

15 videos (Total 105 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz

15 videos

Week 2 Introduction1mCustomer #2: Use Case and Requirements5mCustomer #2: Requirements Breakdown4mAn Overview of Data Analytics on AWS4mWhy Amazon S3 for Storage?5mExploring Amazon S35mChoosing a Service for Data Ingestion9mExploring Amazon Kinesis3mAccessing the Ingested Data7mExploring Amazon Athena2mVisualizing the Data5mCustomer #2: Solution Overview8mWeek Wrap-Up: Taking this Architecture to the Next Level7mExercise 2 Walkthrough Part 122mExercise 2 Walkthrough Part 210m

6 readings

A Look into AWS Data Services25mAmazon S3 Cross-Region Replication and Object Lifecycle25mDifferences Between Amazon Kinesis Services25mAmazon QuickSight Features25mArchitecture Optimizations for Week 225mChallenge: Build a Proof of Concept10m

1 practice exercise

Week 2 Assessment30m

Week3

Week 3

4 hours to complete

Designing a hybrid solution for container based workloads on AWS

The third week in this course follows a customer use case where an enterprise insurance company needs to migrate some of their container workloads to AWS by using a hybrid model. You will first hear from the customer about their requirements and the problems that they are trying to solve with this migration. Then, you will learn how to design the solution for this use case, step by step, by using services such as AWS Direct Connect, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), Amazon ECS Anywhere, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), AWS Systems Manager, and more.

4 hours to complete

13 videos (Total 74 min), 6 readings, 1 quiz

13 videos

Week 3 Introduction59sCustomer #3: Use Case and Requirements4mCustomer #3: Requirements Breakdown2mHybrid Networking and Connectivity Services5mRunning Containers on AWS9mAmazon Relational Database Service6mAmazon RDS Exploration5mWhere Should Our Customer Store Their Data?10mStorage Gateway Exploration3mHybrid Solutions on AWS8mAWS Systems Manager Exploration6mCustomer #3: Solution Overview5mWeek Wrap-Up: Taking this Architecture to the Next Level5m

6 readings

Hybrid Networking and Connectivity25mRunning Containers on AWS and NAT Gateways25mAmazon RDS25mAWS Storage Services25mAWS Services for Hybrid Deployments25mArchitecture Optimizations for Week 325m

1 practice exercise

Week 3 Assessment30m

Week4

Week 4

6 hours to complete

Designing a solution following account governance and management best practices

The fourth week in this course follows a customer use case where a startup company needs guidance about how to set up an account-management strategy that follows best practices for account governance and standards. You will first hear from the customer about their requirements and the problems that they are trying to solve with this strategy. Then, you will learn how to design the solution for this use case, step by step, by using services such as AWS Organizations, AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On), AWS CloudTrail, and more.

6 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 62 min), 7 readings, 2 quizzes

12 videos

Week 4 Introduction1mCustomer #4: Use Case and Requirements5mCustomer #4: Requirements Breakdown2mWhy Multi-Account Strategies?3mIAM Roles - The AWS Authentication Core Mechanism6mOrganizing Your Accounts Together Using OUs (Organizational Units)10mMoving from One Account to Another6mChoosing Services for Logging7mAutomating Account Provisioning and Maintenance5mCustomer #4: Solution Overview2mWeek Wrap-Up: Taking this Architecture to the Next Level6mCourse Closing2m

7 readings

Multi-Account Strategies25mIAM Roles, Trust Relationships, and Permissions25mAWS IAM Identity Center25mLogging Services25mAutomatic Account Provisioning25mMulti-Account Best Practices25mPost-Course Survey1m

1 practice exercise

Final Assessment30m

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About the AWS Cloud Solutions Architect Professional Certificate

This professional certificate provides the knowledge and skills you need to start building your career in cloud architecture and helps you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam. You will start by learning key AWS Services for compute, storage, database, networking, monitoring, and security, then dive into how to design architectural solutions, how to create and operate a data lake, and how to prepare for the certification exam.

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification showcases knowledge and skills in AWS technology across a wide range of AWS services. The certification focuses on the design of cost and performance optimized solutions and demonstrating a strong understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. This AWS Certification is one of the top-paying IT certifications, per the SkillSoft IT Skills and Salary report. Per Enterprise Strategy Group, surveyed AWS Certification holders credited their certification for their higher earnings (74%), increased confidence (87%), and increased influence among coworkers (79%). To prepare for your AWS Certification exam, we recommend that — in addition to attaining this professional certificate — candidates review the free exam guide, sample questions, and AWS technical documentation (e.g. white papers and product FAQs) on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam page to understand what content and services are covered by the exam.

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