AWS Certified Solutions Architect A Complete Guide
You're under pressure. Deadlines are tightening, promotions feel out of reach, and the cloud architecture field moves faster than your current knowledge allows. Others seem to leap ahead while you're stuck deciphering documentation, struggling with design patterns, or preparing for the AWS exam without a clear path forward. The AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification isn't just another line on a resume. It's a career accelerant-a globally recognised benchmark that opens doors to 6-figure salaries, leadership roles, and influence in shaping enterprise infrastructure. But the gap between where you are and where you want to be feels wide. Most resources leave you more confused. Scattered tutorials. Incomplete guides. Outdated advice. You don't have time for guesswork. What you need is a battle-tested, proven system that cuts through the noise and gives you exactly what matters for real-world architecture and certification success. AWS Certified Solutions Architect A Complete Guide bridges that gap. This isn't theory. It's a step-by-step blueprint used by thousands to go from uncertain to certified in as little as six weeks-with the ability to design secure, scalable, and cost-optimised AWS environments from day one. Take it from Priya M., Principal Cloud Engineer in Singapore: I spent months jumping between AWS docs and forums. After just three weeks in this course, I passed the exam and led a multi-region migration at work. The clarity alone was worth ten times the price. You’re not paying for fluff. You're investing in a structured, outcome-driven path that gives you the technical depth, exam mastery, and architectural confidence to stand out in a competitive market. This course is designed to turn uncertainty into certainty. Here’s how this course is structured to help you get there.Course Format & Delivery Details Fully Self-Paced, Immediate Access, Zero Time Pressure
This is not a rigid bootcamp with scheduled lectures or deadlines. AWS Certified Solutions Architect A Complete Guide is designed for professionals who need flexibility without sacrificing results. Once you enrol, you gain immediate access to all course materials. You progress at your own speed, on your own schedule. Whether you study 30 minutes a day or dedicate weekends to deep focus, the structure supports your rhythm. Most learners complete the core curriculum in 6–8 weeks. Many report implementing cloud design principles on the job within the first two weeks. Certification readiness is typically achieved between weeks 4 and 7, depending on prior experience. Lifetime Access | Future Updates Included | Mobile-Friendly
Your investment includes lifetime access to all course content. No expiration. No recurring fees. As AWS evolves, so does this course. All updates are delivered seamlessly at no additional cost, ensuring your knowledge remains current for years to come. Access your materials anytime, anywhere. Built on a modern cloud-based platform, the course is fully responsive and works flawlessly across desktops, tablets, and smartphones. Study during commutes, lunch breaks, or after hours-your progress syncs automatically. Expert-Led Support & Guidance
You’re never alone. Receive structured guidance from AWS-certified architects with over a decade of real-world cloud design experience. Each module includes clear objectives, challenge checkpoints, and detailed feedback mechanisms to reinforce learning. Monthly Q&A cycles and direct instructor oversight ensure your questions are answered with precision. This is not a passive experience-it’s a guided journey with accountability and clarity at every step. Certificate of Completion Issued by The Art of Service
Upon finishing the course, you’ll earn a Certificate of Completion issued by The Art of Service-a globally recognised credential trusted by enterprises, hiring managers, and cloud teams worldwide. This certificate validates your mastery of AWS solution design principles, cost optimisation frameworks, security best practices, and high-availability patterns. It’s shareable on LinkedIn, included in job applications, and frequently cited by alumni during salary negotiations. Transparent Pricing | No Hidden Fees | Trusted Payment Methods
The price you see is the price you pay. There are no hidden fees, no surprise charges, and no upsells. The entire curriculum, tools, and certificate are included upfront. We accept all major payment methods, including Visa, Mastercard, and PayPal, ensuring a frictionless enrolment process no matter where you are in the world. 100% Money-Back Guarantee: Satisfied or Refunded
We eliminate all risk. If you complete the first two modules and feel this course isn’t delivering the clarity, depth, or results you expected, simply request a full refund-no questions asked. Your satisfaction is guaranteed. This isn’t just a promise. It’s our commitment to delivering value that exceeds expectations. Enrolment & Access Process
After enrolment, you’ll receive a confirmation email confirming your registration. Your course access details, including login credentials and onboarding instructions, will be sent separately once your materials are fully provisioned and ready. This ensures a smooth, non-rushed start to your learning journey. Will This Work for Me?
Yes-this works even if you’re new to AWS, transitioning from another cloud provider, or returning to certification after a long break. The course is built on a proven pedagogical framework used by engineers, sysadmins, and IT managers across 127 countries. Whether you have one year or ten years of IT experience, the modular design lets you start at your level and accelerate quickly. Real-world scenarios, hands-on design exercises, and exam simulation tools ensure relevance no matter your background. Thousands of professionals-many with no prior cloud experience-have used this exact method to pass the AWS exam and land promotions. It works because it’s not theoretical. It’s engineered for results.
Module 1: Foundations of AWS and Cloud Architecture - Introduction to cloud computing and the AWS global infrastructure
- Understanding Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
- AWS account setup, security best practices, and root user management
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) fundamentals and user policies
- Introduction to the AWS Management Console and CLI
- Cloud economics: On-demand, Reserved, and Spot pricing models
- Core AWS services overview: EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda
- Understanding service limits and how to request increases
- Introduction to shared responsibility model and security boundaries
- Setting up billing alerts and cost monitoring with AWS Budgets
Module 2: Designing for Scalability and High Availability - Principles of elasticity and horizontal vs. vertical scaling
- Architectural patterns for high availability
- Multi-AZ deployments and failover strategies
- Designing stateless applications for resilience
- Load balancing with Application Load Balancer and Network Load Balancer
- Auto Scaling groups and launch templates
- Capacity planning and performance baselines
- Health checks and recovery mechanisms
- Blue/Green and Canary deployment patterns
- Monitoring scaling events with CloudWatch Alarms
Module 3: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Deep Dive - VPC creation, CIDR blocks, and subnets
- Public, private, and isolated subnets: when to use each
- Internet Gateways and NAT Gateways configuration
- Routing tables and route priorities
- VPC endpoints: PrivateLink and interface endpoints
- VPC peering and its limitations
- Transit Gateway for hub-and-spoke architectures
- Security Groups vs. Network ACLs: differences and use cases
- Flow Logs for traffic monitoring and troubleshooting
- VPC flow control with security rules and subnet isolation
Module 4: Compute Services and Application Hosting - EC2 instance types and selecting the right fit
- Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and custom image creation
- Instance purchasing options: On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans
- Elastic Load Balancing integration with EC2
- EC2 Auto Scaling policies: target tracking, step, and scheduled
- Placement groups: cluster, spread, and partition strategies
- Amazon EC2 Hibernate and instance recovery
- Introduction to containerisation with ECS and Fargate
- Running serverless applications with AWS Lambda
- Choosing between EC2, ECS, EKS, and Lambda
Module 5: Storage Services and Data Management - Amazon S3: buckets, objects, and versioning
- S3 storage classes: Standard, IA, Glacier, Deep Archive
- Life cycle policies for automatic data tiering
- S3 encryption: SSE-S3, SSE-KMS, SSE-C options
- Bucket policies, CORS, and Cross-Region Replication
- Amazon EBS: volume types, snapshots, and performance tuning
- Instance store vs. EBS-backed instances
- Amazon EFS for scalable file storage
- Data Transfer pricing and optimisation techniques
- Import/Export services: Snowball and Snowmobile
Module 6: Database Architectures on AWS - Relational databases with Amazon RDS: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
- Multi-AZ vs. Read Replicas for availability and scaling
- Automated backups, snapshots, and restore procedures
- Amazon Aurora: performance benefits and cluster topology
- Aurora Serverless: use cases and auto-scaling
- NoSQL with Amazon DynamoDB: key-value and document models
- DynamoDB throughput capacity: provisioned vs. on-demand
- Global Tables for multi-region replication
- DAX for in-memory caching and performance acceleration
- Choosing between RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB
Module 7: Security, Compliance, and Identity - AWS IAM: users, groups, roles, and policies
- Policy syntax and JSON structure for custom permissions
- Principle of least privilege and policy simulation
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and best practices
- STS and temporary security credentials
- AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Encryption at rest and in transit using KMS
- Customer Managed Keys (CMKs) and key rotation
- Security Hub for unified compliance dashboard
- Trusted Advisor security checks and recommendations
Module 8: Network Security and Threat Protection - Security Groups: stateful filtering and rule best practices
- Network ACLs: stateless filtering and subnet-level rules
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) for DDoS and OWASP protection
- AWS Shield: Standard vs. Advanced plans
- Firewall Manager for centralised WAF and Shield management
- GuardDuty for intelligent threat detection
- Detective for investigative insights and graph analysis
- Inspector for automated vulnerability assessments
- Macie for data loss prevention and PII discovery
- PrivateLink and endpoint policies for secure service access
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, logs, and dashboards
- Setting up alarms and automated responses
- Custom metrics and dimensions
- CloudTrail for API activity tracking and auditing
- Organisations Trail for multi-account logging
- CloudWatch Logs Insights for fast log analysis
- EventBridge for event-driven architectures
- Service Quotas and monitoring limit usage
- Systems Manager for patching, configuration, and inventory
- Operations best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Module 10: Cost Optimisation and Financial Management - Understanding AWS pricing models by service
- Cost Explorer for visualising spending trends
- Tagging strategies for cost allocation and accountability
- Reserved Instances: commitment types and discounts
- Savings Plans: Compute vs. EC2 Instance Savings Plans
- Spot Instances: interruption handling and use cases
- Right-Sizing recommendations using Trusted Advisor
- Compute Optimizer for performance-aware sizing
- Storage optimisation: S3 lifecycle, EBS snapshots, EFS tiering
- Negotiating enterprise discounts and partnering with AWS
Module 11: Advanced Architectural Patterns - Multi-tier architecture: web, application, and data layers
- Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS provisioning
- CloudFront for global content delivery and caching
- Origin failover and custom error responses
- Route 53: DNS routing policies and health checks
- Hybrid architectures with Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN
- Serverless architecture: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB
- Event-driven workflows using SNS, SQS, and EventBridge
- Microservices design with ECS, EKS, and service mesh
- CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
Module 12: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - RTO and RPO definitions and business impact analysis
- Backup strategies for EC2, RDS, EBS, and S3
- Snapshot automation using Data Lifecycle Manager
- Disaster recovery patterns: backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site
- Using AWS Backup for centralised management
- Replication strategies: S3 Cross-Region Replication, DynamoDB Global Tables
- Failover testing procedures and validation
- Automated recovery workflows with Lambda and Step Functions
- DR plan documentation and stakeholder communication
- Compliance requirements for data availability and recovery
Module 13: Migration Strategies and Lift-and-Shift Planning - Assessment phase: inventory, dependencies, and readiness
- Application discovery with AWS Application Discovery Service
- Migration Factory approach for large-scale transitions
- Lift-and-Shift using EC2 VM Import/Export
- Database migration with AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool
- Zero-downtime cutover techniques
- Networking considerations during migration
- Performance validation post-migration
- Cost comparison: on-premises vs. cloud
- Post-migration optimisation roadmap
Module 14: Serverless and Modern Application Design - Understanding serverless: benefits and trade-offs
- AWS Lambda execution context and concurrency
- Function configuration: memory, timeout, environment variables
- Event sources: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway
- Error handling and retries in serverless workflows
- API Gateway: REST and HTTP APIs, authorisers, and throttling
- Step Functions for orchestrating multi-step processes
- SAM (Serverless Application Model) for infrastructure as code
- Security best practices for serverless applications
- Monitoring and tracing Lambda with X-Ray
Module 15: Containerisation and Orchestration - Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- Introduction to cloud computing and the AWS global infrastructure
- Understanding Regions, Availability Zones, and Edge Locations
- AWS account setup, security best practices, and root user management
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) fundamentals and user policies
- Introduction to the AWS Management Console and CLI
- Cloud economics: On-demand, Reserved, and Spot pricing models
- Core AWS services overview: EC2, S3, VPC, RDS, Lambda
- Understanding service limits and how to request increases
- Introduction to shared responsibility model and security boundaries
- Setting up billing alerts and cost monitoring with AWS Budgets
Module 2: Designing for Scalability and High Availability - Principles of elasticity and horizontal vs. vertical scaling
- Architectural patterns for high availability
- Multi-AZ deployments and failover strategies
- Designing stateless applications for resilience
- Load balancing with Application Load Balancer and Network Load Balancer
- Auto Scaling groups and launch templates
- Capacity planning and performance baselines
- Health checks and recovery mechanisms
- Blue/Green and Canary deployment patterns
- Monitoring scaling events with CloudWatch Alarms
Module 3: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Deep Dive - VPC creation, CIDR blocks, and subnets
- Public, private, and isolated subnets: when to use each
- Internet Gateways and NAT Gateways configuration
- Routing tables and route priorities
- VPC endpoints: PrivateLink and interface endpoints
- VPC peering and its limitations
- Transit Gateway for hub-and-spoke architectures
- Security Groups vs. Network ACLs: differences and use cases
- Flow Logs for traffic monitoring and troubleshooting
- VPC flow control with security rules and subnet isolation
Module 4: Compute Services and Application Hosting - EC2 instance types and selecting the right fit
- Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and custom image creation
- Instance purchasing options: On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans
- Elastic Load Balancing integration with EC2
- EC2 Auto Scaling policies: target tracking, step, and scheduled
- Placement groups: cluster, spread, and partition strategies
- Amazon EC2 Hibernate and instance recovery
- Introduction to containerisation with ECS and Fargate
- Running serverless applications with AWS Lambda
- Choosing between EC2, ECS, EKS, and Lambda
Module 5: Storage Services and Data Management - Amazon S3: buckets, objects, and versioning
- S3 storage classes: Standard, IA, Glacier, Deep Archive
- Life cycle policies for automatic data tiering
- S3 encryption: SSE-S3, SSE-KMS, SSE-C options
- Bucket policies, CORS, and Cross-Region Replication
- Amazon EBS: volume types, snapshots, and performance tuning
- Instance store vs. EBS-backed instances
- Amazon EFS for scalable file storage
- Data Transfer pricing and optimisation techniques
- Import/Export services: Snowball and Snowmobile
Module 6: Database Architectures on AWS - Relational databases with Amazon RDS: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
- Multi-AZ vs. Read Replicas for availability and scaling
- Automated backups, snapshots, and restore procedures
- Amazon Aurora: performance benefits and cluster topology
- Aurora Serverless: use cases and auto-scaling
- NoSQL with Amazon DynamoDB: key-value and document models
- DynamoDB throughput capacity: provisioned vs. on-demand
- Global Tables for multi-region replication
- DAX for in-memory caching and performance acceleration
- Choosing between RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB
Module 7: Security, Compliance, and Identity - AWS IAM: users, groups, roles, and policies
- Policy syntax and JSON structure for custom permissions
- Principle of least privilege and policy simulation
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and best practices
- STS and temporary security credentials
- AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Encryption at rest and in transit using KMS
- Customer Managed Keys (CMKs) and key rotation
- Security Hub for unified compliance dashboard
- Trusted Advisor security checks and recommendations
Module 8: Network Security and Threat Protection - Security Groups: stateful filtering and rule best practices
- Network ACLs: stateless filtering and subnet-level rules
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) for DDoS and OWASP protection
- AWS Shield: Standard vs. Advanced plans
- Firewall Manager for centralised WAF and Shield management
- GuardDuty for intelligent threat detection
- Detective for investigative insights and graph analysis
- Inspector for automated vulnerability assessments
- Macie for data loss prevention and PII discovery
- PrivateLink and endpoint policies for secure service access
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, logs, and dashboards
- Setting up alarms and automated responses
- Custom metrics and dimensions
- CloudTrail for API activity tracking and auditing
- Organisations Trail for multi-account logging
- CloudWatch Logs Insights for fast log analysis
- EventBridge for event-driven architectures
- Service Quotas and monitoring limit usage
- Systems Manager for patching, configuration, and inventory
- Operations best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Module 10: Cost Optimisation and Financial Management - Understanding AWS pricing models by service
- Cost Explorer for visualising spending trends
- Tagging strategies for cost allocation and accountability
- Reserved Instances: commitment types and discounts
- Savings Plans: Compute vs. EC2 Instance Savings Plans
- Spot Instances: interruption handling and use cases
- Right-Sizing recommendations using Trusted Advisor
- Compute Optimizer for performance-aware sizing
- Storage optimisation: S3 lifecycle, EBS snapshots, EFS tiering
- Negotiating enterprise discounts and partnering with AWS
Module 11: Advanced Architectural Patterns - Multi-tier architecture: web, application, and data layers
- Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS provisioning
- CloudFront for global content delivery and caching
- Origin failover and custom error responses
- Route 53: DNS routing policies and health checks
- Hybrid architectures with Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN
- Serverless architecture: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB
- Event-driven workflows using SNS, SQS, and EventBridge
- Microservices design with ECS, EKS, and service mesh
- CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
Module 12: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - RTO and RPO definitions and business impact analysis
- Backup strategies for EC2, RDS, EBS, and S3
- Snapshot automation using Data Lifecycle Manager
- Disaster recovery patterns: backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site
- Using AWS Backup for centralised management
- Replication strategies: S3 Cross-Region Replication, DynamoDB Global Tables
- Failover testing procedures and validation
- Automated recovery workflows with Lambda and Step Functions
- DR plan documentation and stakeholder communication
- Compliance requirements for data availability and recovery
Module 13: Migration Strategies and Lift-and-Shift Planning - Assessment phase: inventory, dependencies, and readiness
- Application discovery with AWS Application Discovery Service
- Migration Factory approach for large-scale transitions
- Lift-and-Shift using EC2 VM Import/Export
- Database migration with AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool
- Zero-downtime cutover techniques
- Networking considerations during migration
- Performance validation post-migration
- Cost comparison: on-premises vs. cloud
- Post-migration optimisation roadmap
Module 14: Serverless and Modern Application Design - Understanding serverless: benefits and trade-offs
- AWS Lambda execution context and concurrency
- Function configuration: memory, timeout, environment variables
- Event sources: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway
- Error handling and retries in serverless workflows
- API Gateway: REST and HTTP APIs, authorisers, and throttling
- Step Functions for orchestrating multi-step processes
- SAM (Serverless Application Model) for infrastructure as code
- Security best practices for serverless applications
- Monitoring and tracing Lambda with X-Ray
Module 15: Containerisation and Orchestration - Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- VPC creation, CIDR blocks, and subnets
- Public, private, and isolated subnets: when to use each
- Internet Gateways and NAT Gateways configuration
- Routing tables and route priorities
- VPC endpoints: PrivateLink and interface endpoints
- VPC peering and its limitations
- Transit Gateway for hub-and-spoke architectures
- Security Groups vs. Network ACLs: differences and use cases
- Flow Logs for traffic monitoring and troubleshooting
- VPC flow control with security rules and subnet isolation
Module 4: Compute Services and Application Hosting - EC2 instance types and selecting the right fit
- Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) and custom image creation
- Instance purchasing options: On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans
- Elastic Load Balancing integration with EC2
- EC2 Auto Scaling policies: target tracking, step, and scheduled
- Placement groups: cluster, spread, and partition strategies
- Amazon EC2 Hibernate and instance recovery
- Introduction to containerisation with ECS and Fargate
- Running serverless applications with AWS Lambda
- Choosing between EC2, ECS, EKS, and Lambda
Module 5: Storage Services and Data Management - Amazon S3: buckets, objects, and versioning
- S3 storage classes: Standard, IA, Glacier, Deep Archive
- Life cycle policies for automatic data tiering
- S3 encryption: SSE-S3, SSE-KMS, SSE-C options
- Bucket policies, CORS, and Cross-Region Replication
- Amazon EBS: volume types, snapshots, and performance tuning
- Instance store vs. EBS-backed instances
- Amazon EFS for scalable file storage
- Data Transfer pricing and optimisation techniques
- Import/Export services: Snowball and Snowmobile
Module 6: Database Architectures on AWS - Relational databases with Amazon RDS: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
- Multi-AZ vs. Read Replicas for availability and scaling
- Automated backups, snapshots, and restore procedures
- Amazon Aurora: performance benefits and cluster topology
- Aurora Serverless: use cases and auto-scaling
- NoSQL with Amazon DynamoDB: key-value and document models
- DynamoDB throughput capacity: provisioned vs. on-demand
- Global Tables for multi-region replication
- DAX for in-memory caching and performance acceleration
- Choosing between RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB
Module 7: Security, Compliance, and Identity - AWS IAM: users, groups, roles, and policies
- Policy syntax and JSON structure for custom permissions
- Principle of least privilege and policy simulation
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and best practices
- STS and temporary security credentials
- AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Encryption at rest and in transit using KMS
- Customer Managed Keys (CMKs) and key rotation
- Security Hub for unified compliance dashboard
- Trusted Advisor security checks and recommendations
Module 8: Network Security and Threat Protection - Security Groups: stateful filtering and rule best practices
- Network ACLs: stateless filtering and subnet-level rules
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) for DDoS and OWASP protection
- AWS Shield: Standard vs. Advanced plans
- Firewall Manager for centralised WAF and Shield management
- GuardDuty for intelligent threat detection
- Detective for investigative insights and graph analysis
- Inspector for automated vulnerability assessments
- Macie for data loss prevention and PII discovery
- PrivateLink and endpoint policies for secure service access
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, logs, and dashboards
- Setting up alarms and automated responses
- Custom metrics and dimensions
- CloudTrail for API activity tracking and auditing
- Organisations Trail for multi-account logging
- CloudWatch Logs Insights for fast log analysis
- EventBridge for event-driven architectures
- Service Quotas and monitoring limit usage
- Systems Manager for patching, configuration, and inventory
- Operations best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Module 10: Cost Optimisation and Financial Management - Understanding AWS pricing models by service
- Cost Explorer for visualising spending trends
- Tagging strategies for cost allocation and accountability
- Reserved Instances: commitment types and discounts
- Savings Plans: Compute vs. EC2 Instance Savings Plans
- Spot Instances: interruption handling and use cases
- Right-Sizing recommendations using Trusted Advisor
- Compute Optimizer for performance-aware sizing
- Storage optimisation: S3 lifecycle, EBS snapshots, EFS tiering
- Negotiating enterprise discounts and partnering with AWS
Module 11: Advanced Architectural Patterns - Multi-tier architecture: web, application, and data layers
- Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS provisioning
- CloudFront for global content delivery and caching
- Origin failover and custom error responses
- Route 53: DNS routing policies and health checks
- Hybrid architectures with Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN
- Serverless architecture: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB
- Event-driven workflows using SNS, SQS, and EventBridge
- Microservices design with ECS, EKS, and service mesh
- CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
Module 12: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - RTO and RPO definitions and business impact analysis
- Backup strategies for EC2, RDS, EBS, and S3
- Snapshot automation using Data Lifecycle Manager
- Disaster recovery patterns: backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site
- Using AWS Backup for centralised management
- Replication strategies: S3 Cross-Region Replication, DynamoDB Global Tables
- Failover testing procedures and validation
- Automated recovery workflows with Lambda and Step Functions
- DR plan documentation and stakeholder communication
- Compliance requirements for data availability and recovery
Module 13: Migration Strategies and Lift-and-Shift Planning - Assessment phase: inventory, dependencies, and readiness
- Application discovery with AWS Application Discovery Service
- Migration Factory approach for large-scale transitions
- Lift-and-Shift using EC2 VM Import/Export
- Database migration with AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool
- Zero-downtime cutover techniques
- Networking considerations during migration
- Performance validation post-migration
- Cost comparison: on-premises vs. cloud
- Post-migration optimisation roadmap
Module 14: Serverless and Modern Application Design - Understanding serverless: benefits and trade-offs
- AWS Lambda execution context and concurrency
- Function configuration: memory, timeout, environment variables
- Event sources: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway
- Error handling and retries in serverless workflows
- API Gateway: REST and HTTP APIs, authorisers, and throttling
- Step Functions for orchestrating multi-step processes
- SAM (Serverless Application Model) for infrastructure as code
- Security best practices for serverless applications
- Monitoring and tracing Lambda with X-Ray
Module 15: Containerisation and Orchestration - Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- Amazon S3: buckets, objects, and versioning
- S3 storage classes: Standard, IA, Glacier, Deep Archive
- Life cycle policies for automatic data tiering
- S3 encryption: SSE-S3, SSE-KMS, SSE-C options
- Bucket policies, CORS, and Cross-Region Replication
- Amazon EBS: volume types, snapshots, and performance tuning
- Instance store vs. EBS-backed instances
- Amazon EFS for scalable file storage
- Data Transfer pricing and optimisation techniques
- Import/Export services: Snowball and Snowmobile
Module 6: Database Architectures on AWS - Relational databases with Amazon RDS: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, SQL Server
- Multi-AZ vs. Read Replicas for availability and scaling
- Automated backups, snapshots, and restore procedures
- Amazon Aurora: performance benefits and cluster topology
- Aurora Serverless: use cases and auto-scaling
- NoSQL with Amazon DynamoDB: key-value and document models
- DynamoDB throughput capacity: provisioned vs. on-demand
- Global Tables for multi-region replication
- DAX for in-memory caching and performance acceleration
- Choosing between RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB
Module 7: Security, Compliance, and Identity - AWS IAM: users, groups, roles, and policies
- Policy syntax and JSON structure for custom permissions
- Principle of least privilege and policy simulation
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and best practices
- STS and temporary security credentials
- AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Encryption at rest and in transit using KMS
- Customer Managed Keys (CMKs) and key rotation
- Security Hub for unified compliance dashboard
- Trusted Advisor security checks and recommendations
Module 8: Network Security and Threat Protection - Security Groups: stateful filtering and rule best practices
- Network ACLs: stateless filtering and subnet-level rules
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) for DDoS and OWASP protection
- AWS Shield: Standard vs. Advanced plans
- Firewall Manager for centralised WAF and Shield management
- GuardDuty for intelligent threat detection
- Detective for investigative insights and graph analysis
- Inspector for automated vulnerability assessments
- Macie for data loss prevention and PII discovery
- PrivateLink and endpoint policies for secure service access
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, logs, and dashboards
- Setting up alarms and automated responses
- Custom metrics and dimensions
- CloudTrail for API activity tracking and auditing
- Organisations Trail for multi-account logging
- CloudWatch Logs Insights for fast log analysis
- EventBridge for event-driven architectures
- Service Quotas and monitoring limit usage
- Systems Manager for patching, configuration, and inventory
- Operations best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Module 10: Cost Optimisation and Financial Management - Understanding AWS pricing models by service
- Cost Explorer for visualising spending trends
- Tagging strategies for cost allocation and accountability
- Reserved Instances: commitment types and discounts
- Savings Plans: Compute vs. EC2 Instance Savings Plans
- Spot Instances: interruption handling and use cases
- Right-Sizing recommendations using Trusted Advisor
- Compute Optimizer for performance-aware sizing
- Storage optimisation: S3 lifecycle, EBS snapshots, EFS tiering
- Negotiating enterprise discounts and partnering with AWS
Module 11: Advanced Architectural Patterns - Multi-tier architecture: web, application, and data layers
- Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS provisioning
- CloudFront for global content delivery and caching
- Origin failover and custom error responses
- Route 53: DNS routing policies and health checks
- Hybrid architectures with Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN
- Serverless architecture: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB
- Event-driven workflows using SNS, SQS, and EventBridge
- Microservices design with ECS, EKS, and service mesh
- CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
Module 12: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - RTO and RPO definitions and business impact analysis
- Backup strategies for EC2, RDS, EBS, and S3
- Snapshot automation using Data Lifecycle Manager
- Disaster recovery patterns: backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site
- Using AWS Backup for centralised management
- Replication strategies: S3 Cross-Region Replication, DynamoDB Global Tables
- Failover testing procedures and validation
- Automated recovery workflows with Lambda and Step Functions
- DR plan documentation and stakeholder communication
- Compliance requirements for data availability and recovery
Module 13: Migration Strategies and Lift-and-Shift Planning - Assessment phase: inventory, dependencies, and readiness
- Application discovery with AWS Application Discovery Service
- Migration Factory approach for large-scale transitions
- Lift-and-Shift using EC2 VM Import/Export
- Database migration with AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool
- Zero-downtime cutover techniques
- Networking considerations during migration
- Performance validation post-migration
- Cost comparison: on-premises vs. cloud
- Post-migration optimisation roadmap
Module 14: Serverless and Modern Application Design - Understanding serverless: benefits and trade-offs
- AWS Lambda execution context and concurrency
- Function configuration: memory, timeout, environment variables
- Event sources: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway
- Error handling and retries in serverless workflows
- API Gateway: REST and HTTP APIs, authorisers, and throttling
- Step Functions for orchestrating multi-step processes
- SAM (Serverless Application Model) for infrastructure as code
- Security best practices for serverless applications
- Monitoring and tracing Lambda with X-Ray
Module 15: Containerisation and Orchestration - Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- AWS IAM: users, groups, roles, and policies
- Policy syntax and JSON structure for custom permissions
- Principle of least privilege and policy simulation
- Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and best practices
- STS and temporary security credentials
- AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies (SCPs)
- Encryption at rest and in transit using KMS
- Customer Managed Keys (CMKs) and key rotation
- Security Hub for unified compliance dashboard
- Trusted Advisor security checks and recommendations
Module 8: Network Security and Threat Protection - Security Groups: stateful filtering and rule best practices
- Network ACLs: stateless filtering and subnet-level rules
- Web Application Firewall (WAF) for DDoS and OWASP protection
- AWS Shield: Standard vs. Advanced plans
- Firewall Manager for centralised WAF and Shield management
- GuardDuty for intelligent threat detection
- Detective for investigative insights and graph analysis
- Inspector for automated vulnerability assessments
- Macie for data loss prevention and PII discovery
- PrivateLink and endpoint policies for secure service access
Module 9: Monitoring, Logging, and Operational Excellence - Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, logs, and dashboards
- Setting up alarms and automated responses
- Custom metrics and dimensions
- CloudTrail for API activity tracking and auditing
- Organisations Trail for multi-account logging
- CloudWatch Logs Insights for fast log analysis
- EventBridge for event-driven architectures
- Service Quotas and monitoring limit usage
- Systems Manager for patching, configuration, and inventory
- Operations best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Module 10: Cost Optimisation and Financial Management - Understanding AWS pricing models by service
- Cost Explorer for visualising spending trends
- Tagging strategies for cost allocation and accountability
- Reserved Instances: commitment types and discounts
- Savings Plans: Compute vs. EC2 Instance Savings Plans
- Spot Instances: interruption handling and use cases
- Right-Sizing recommendations using Trusted Advisor
- Compute Optimizer for performance-aware sizing
- Storage optimisation: S3 lifecycle, EBS snapshots, EFS tiering
- Negotiating enterprise discounts and partnering with AWS
Module 11: Advanced Architectural Patterns - Multi-tier architecture: web, application, and data layers
- Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS provisioning
- CloudFront for global content delivery and caching
- Origin failover and custom error responses
- Route 53: DNS routing policies and health checks
- Hybrid architectures with Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN
- Serverless architecture: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB
- Event-driven workflows using SNS, SQS, and EventBridge
- Microservices design with ECS, EKS, and service mesh
- CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
Module 12: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - RTO and RPO definitions and business impact analysis
- Backup strategies for EC2, RDS, EBS, and S3
- Snapshot automation using Data Lifecycle Manager
- Disaster recovery patterns: backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site
- Using AWS Backup for centralised management
- Replication strategies: S3 Cross-Region Replication, DynamoDB Global Tables
- Failover testing procedures and validation
- Automated recovery workflows with Lambda and Step Functions
- DR plan documentation and stakeholder communication
- Compliance requirements for data availability and recovery
Module 13: Migration Strategies and Lift-and-Shift Planning - Assessment phase: inventory, dependencies, and readiness
- Application discovery with AWS Application Discovery Service
- Migration Factory approach for large-scale transitions
- Lift-and-Shift using EC2 VM Import/Export
- Database migration with AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool
- Zero-downtime cutover techniques
- Networking considerations during migration
- Performance validation post-migration
- Cost comparison: on-premises vs. cloud
- Post-migration optimisation roadmap
Module 14: Serverless and Modern Application Design - Understanding serverless: benefits and trade-offs
- AWS Lambda execution context and concurrency
- Function configuration: memory, timeout, environment variables
- Event sources: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway
- Error handling and retries in serverless workflows
- API Gateway: REST and HTTP APIs, authorisers, and throttling
- Step Functions for orchestrating multi-step processes
- SAM (Serverless Application Model) for infrastructure as code
- Security best practices for serverless applications
- Monitoring and tracing Lambda with X-Ray
Module 15: Containerisation and Orchestration - Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- Amazon CloudWatch: metrics, logs, and dashboards
- Setting up alarms and automated responses
- Custom metrics and dimensions
- CloudTrail for API activity tracking and auditing
- Organisations Trail for multi-account logging
- CloudWatch Logs Insights for fast log analysis
- EventBridge for event-driven architectures
- Service Quotas and monitoring limit usage
- Systems Manager for patching, configuration, and inventory
- Operations best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Module 10: Cost Optimisation and Financial Management - Understanding AWS pricing models by service
- Cost Explorer for visualising spending trends
- Tagging strategies for cost allocation and accountability
- Reserved Instances: commitment types and discounts
- Savings Plans: Compute vs. EC2 Instance Savings Plans
- Spot Instances: interruption handling and use cases
- Right-Sizing recommendations using Trusted Advisor
- Compute Optimizer for performance-aware sizing
- Storage optimisation: S3 lifecycle, EBS snapshots, EFS tiering
- Negotiating enterprise discounts and partnering with AWS
Module 11: Advanced Architectural Patterns - Multi-tier architecture: web, application, and data layers
- Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS provisioning
- CloudFront for global content delivery and caching
- Origin failover and custom error responses
- Route 53: DNS routing policies and health checks
- Hybrid architectures with Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN
- Serverless architecture: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB
- Event-driven workflows using SNS, SQS, and EventBridge
- Microservices design with ECS, EKS, and service mesh
- CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
Module 12: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - RTO and RPO definitions and business impact analysis
- Backup strategies for EC2, RDS, EBS, and S3
- Snapshot automation using Data Lifecycle Manager
- Disaster recovery patterns: backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site
- Using AWS Backup for centralised management
- Replication strategies: S3 Cross-Region Replication, DynamoDB Global Tables
- Failover testing procedures and validation
- Automated recovery workflows with Lambda and Step Functions
- DR plan documentation and stakeholder communication
- Compliance requirements for data availability and recovery
Module 13: Migration Strategies and Lift-and-Shift Planning - Assessment phase: inventory, dependencies, and readiness
- Application discovery with AWS Application Discovery Service
- Migration Factory approach for large-scale transitions
- Lift-and-Shift using EC2 VM Import/Export
- Database migration with AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool
- Zero-downtime cutover techniques
- Networking considerations during migration
- Performance validation post-migration
- Cost comparison: on-premises vs. cloud
- Post-migration optimisation roadmap
Module 14: Serverless and Modern Application Design - Understanding serverless: benefits and trade-offs
- AWS Lambda execution context and concurrency
- Function configuration: memory, timeout, environment variables
- Event sources: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway
- Error handling and retries in serverless workflows
- API Gateway: REST and HTTP APIs, authorisers, and throttling
- Step Functions for orchestrating multi-step processes
- SAM (Serverless Application Model) for infrastructure as code
- Security best practices for serverless applications
- Monitoring and tracing Lambda with X-Ray
Module 15: Containerisation and Orchestration - Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- Multi-tier architecture: web, application, and data layers
- Certificate Manager for SSL/TLS provisioning
- CloudFront for global content delivery and caching
- Origin failover and custom error responses
- Route 53: DNS routing policies and health checks
- Hybrid architectures with Direct Connect and Site-to-Site VPN
- Serverless architecture: API Gateway, Lambda, DynamoDB
- Event-driven workflows using SNS, SQS, and EventBridge
- Microservices design with ECS, EKS, and service mesh
- CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
Module 12: Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - RTO and RPO definitions and business impact analysis
- Backup strategies for EC2, RDS, EBS, and S3
- Snapshot automation using Data Lifecycle Manager
- Disaster recovery patterns: backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby, multi-site
- Using AWS Backup for centralised management
- Replication strategies: S3 Cross-Region Replication, DynamoDB Global Tables
- Failover testing procedures and validation
- Automated recovery workflows with Lambda and Step Functions
- DR plan documentation and stakeholder communication
- Compliance requirements for data availability and recovery
Module 13: Migration Strategies and Lift-and-Shift Planning - Assessment phase: inventory, dependencies, and readiness
- Application discovery with AWS Application Discovery Service
- Migration Factory approach for large-scale transitions
- Lift-and-Shift using EC2 VM Import/Export
- Database migration with AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool
- Zero-downtime cutover techniques
- Networking considerations during migration
- Performance validation post-migration
- Cost comparison: on-premises vs. cloud
- Post-migration optimisation roadmap
Module 14: Serverless and Modern Application Design - Understanding serverless: benefits and trade-offs
- AWS Lambda execution context and concurrency
- Function configuration: memory, timeout, environment variables
- Event sources: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway
- Error handling and retries in serverless workflows
- API Gateway: REST and HTTP APIs, authorisers, and throttling
- Step Functions for orchestrating multi-step processes
- SAM (Serverless Application Model) for infrastructure as code
- Security best practices for serverless applications
- Monitoring and tracing Lambda with X-Ray
Module 15: Containerisation and Orchestration - Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- Assessment phase: inventory, dependencies, and readiness
- Application discovery with AWS Application Discovery Service
- Migration Factory approach for large-scale transitions
- Lift-and-Shift using EC2 VM Import/Export
- Database migration with AWS DMS and Schema Conversion Tool
- Zero-downtime cutover techniques
- Networking considerations during migration
- Performance validation post-migration
- Cost comparison: on-premises vs. cloud
- Post-migration optimisation roadmap
Module 14: Serverless and Modern Application Design - Understanding serverless: benefits and trade-offs
- AWS Lambda execution context and concurrency
- Function configuration: memory, timeout, environment variables
- Event sources: S3, DynamoDB, SQS, API Gateway
- Error handling and retries in serverless workflows
- API Gateway: REST and HTTP APIs, authorisers, and throttling
- Step Functions for orchestrating multi-step processes
- SAM (Serverless Application Model) for infrastructure as code
- Security best practices for serverless applications
- Monitoring and tracing Lambda with X-Ray
Module 15: Containerisation and Orchestration - Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- Introduction to Docker and container packaging
- Amazon ECS: tasks, services, and launch types
- Fargate: serverless containers with no EC2 management
- ECS task definitions and service scaling
- Amazon EKS: Kubernetes control plane management
- Node groups and worker node configuration
- Service discovery and load balancing in EKS
- Add-ons for logging, monitoring, and networking
- Security best practices for containerised workloads
- CI/CD for containers using CodePipeline and ECR
Module 16: Automation and Infrastructure as Code - Importance of IaC for reproducibility and version control
- AWS CloudFormation: templates, stacks, and change sets
- Nested stacks and cross-stack references
- Custom resources and macros
- Deployment strategies: canary, rolling, automated rollbacks
- Introduction to Terraform and its AWS provider
- State management and remote backends
- Modules and reusable components
- Security scanning for IaC templates
- GIT integration and CI/CD for infrastructure
Module 17: Governance, Compliance, and Audit Readiness - AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- AWS Well-Architected Framework: five pillars overview
- Running Well-Architected Reviews across workloads
- Automating reviews with AWS Trusted Advisor
- Config Rules for continuous compliance checking
- AWS Config: configuration history and change notifications
- Tagging strategies for governance and automation
- Service Catalog for approved IT services
- Control Tower for multi-account governance
- Compliance standards: HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO, SOC
- Preparing for external audits with AWS Artifact
Module 18: Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Architectures - Extending on-premises to AWS with Direct Connect
- Site-to-Site VPN configuration and failover
- AWS Outposts for on-premises AWS infrastructure
- Local Zones and Wavelength for edge computing
- Design considerations for latency-sensitive apps
- Active-Active vs. Active-Passive hybrid patterns
- Data synchronisation strategies
- Authentication and identity federation across environments
- Monitoring and logging in hybrid setups
- Evaluating multi-cloud vs. single-cloud strategies
Module 19: Performance Efficiency and Optimisation - Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- Performance pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
- Right-sizing compute and memory resources
- Optimising database queries and indexing strategies
- Caching layers: ElastiCache with Redis and Memcached
- CDN configuration and cache invalidation
- Latency measurement and reduction techniques
- Throughput optimisation for S3 and EBS
- Network performance: enhanced networking, placement groups
- Monitoring bottlenecks with CloudWatch and X-Ray
- Load testing methodologies and tools
Module 20: Exam Preparation and Certification Strategy - Understanding the AWS Certified Solutions Architect exam format
- Exam domains: design, deployment, security, troubleshooting
- Time management strategies during the test
- Practicing scenario-based and multiple-choice questions
- Elimination techniques for ambiguous options
- Reviewing high-yield topics: VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda
- Common exam traps and how to avoid them
- Using AWS whitepapers and FAQs effectively
- Scheduling your exam through Pearson VUE
- Final checklist: knowledge gaps, confidence, readiness
Module 21: Real-World Architecture Projects - Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template
Module 22: Career Advancement and Certification Next Steps - Updating your LinkedIn profile with AWS certification
- Writing a compelling AWS-focused resume
- Salary negotiation using certification as leverage
- Preparing for AWS Solutions Architect interviews
- Common technical interview questions and answers
- Architectural whiteboarding practice
- Next certifications: DevOps Pro, Security Specialist, etc
- Joining AWS user groups and communities
- Contributing to open-source AWS projects
- Continuing education with The Art of Service advanced guides
- Designing a scalable e-commerce platform on AWS
- Building a serverless image processing pipeline
- Architecting a secure multi-account environment
- Creating a disaster recovery solution for a legacy app
- Designing a global content delivery system
- Implementing zero-trust security model
- Cost model for a 10,000-user SaaS product
- Hybrid integration with on-premises ERP
- Microservices migration roadmap
- Creating a Well-Architected Review template