AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Prep
21h 1mIntermediate2025-08-20
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Course details
Those who earn the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification have displayed the ability to design cost- and performance-optimized solutions leveraging AWS. This course covers fundamental AWS cloud services and the skills needed to pass the required certification exam. The course begins with discussion on the benefits of cloud computing and the AWS platform. It then dives into specific AWS services and security/compliance considerations and discusses AWS regions and availability zones. This course provides foundational instruction for anyone beginning their journey as an AWS architect, and also provides essential instruction for anyone prepping for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam.
Skills covered
Enterprise ArchitectureCloud DevelopmentAmazon Web Services (AWS)AmazonCloud ServicesCloud PlatformsCert PrepCloud ComputingSoftware Development
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Exam overview
- 02 - Exam domain
1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Basics
- 03 - AWS overview
- 04 - AWS global infrastructure
- 05 - AWS shared responsibility
- 06 - AWS Well-Architected Framework
- 07 - The pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
2. AWS Service Categories
- 08 - AWS services overview
- 09 - AWS compute services
- 10 - AWS container services
- 11 - AWS storage services
- 12 - AWS database services
- 13 - AWS deployment services
- 14 - AWS monitoring services
- 15 - AWS audit and compliance services
- 16 - AWS networking and content delivery services
- 17 - AWS application integration services
- 18 - AWS security services
- 19 - AWS management and governance services
- 20 - AWS identity services
- 21 - AWS machine learning services
- 22 - AWS transfer and migration services
- 23 - AWS analytics services
3. AWS Identity and Management (AWS IAM)
- 24 - IAM overview
- 25 - IAM identities
- 26 - IAM policy types
- 27 - IAM policy basics
- 28 - IAM policy evaluation logic
- 29 - IAM Access Analyzer
- 30 - AWS IAM Identity Center
4. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
- 31 - Amazon VPC overview
- 32 - The anatomy of an Amazon VPC
- 33 - Amazon VPC network architectures
- 34 - Hands-on lab - Exploring the Amazon VPC console
- 35 - Hands-on lab - Launching an Amazon VPC
5. Amazon EC2
- 36 - Amazon EC2 overview
- 37 - Instance purchasing options
- 38 - Spot Instances
- 39 - On-Demand EC2 Instances
- 40 - Reserved Instances
- 41 - Dedicated Hosts and Instances
- 42 - Savings Plans
- 43 - Capacity reservation
- 44 - Instance types
- 45 - Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
- 46 - EC2 Image Builder
- 47 - Instance user data
- 48 - Instance metadata
- 49 - Amazon EC2 networking
- 50 - Amazon EC2 network security
- 51 - Launch an Amazon EC2 instance
- 52 - Hands-on lab - Vertically scale an Amazon EC2 instance
- 53 - Hands-on lab - Connect to your instance with EC2 Instance Connect
- 54 - Hands-on lab - Create an AMI from an EBS-backed EC2 instance
- 55 - Hands-on lab - Create placement groups
- 56 - Hands-on lab - Launch an EC2 Spot Instance
- 57 - Hands-on lab - Set up a web server on an EC2 instance
6. Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling
- 58 - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling overview
- 59 - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling types
- 60 - Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks
- 61 - Scaling Amazon EC2 instances using ASG
7. AWS Storage Services
- 62 - Amazon EBS overview
- 63 - Amazon EBS types
- 64 - Amazon S3 overview
- 65 - Amazon S3 storage classes
- 66 - Amazon S3 minimum storage duration
- 67 - Amazon S3 event notifications
- 68 - Amazon EFS overview
- 69 - Amazon FSx for Lustre
- 70 - Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
- 71 - Amazon FSx for OpenZFS
- 72 - Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP
- 73 - Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager
- 74 - AWS Backup
- 75 - AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
- 76 - Hands-on lab - Explore the Amazon S3 console
- 77 - Hands-on lab - Create an Amazon S3 bucket
- 78 - Hands-on lab - Upload and download objects in Amazon S3
- 79 - Hands-on lab - Create an EFS file system
8. AWS Databases
- 80 - Amazon RDS overview
- 81 - Amazon RDS Read Replicas
- 82 - Amazon RDS Multi-AZ deployments
- 83 - Amazon RDS event notification
- 84 - Amazon RDS Proxy
- 85 - Amazon Aurora overview
- 86 - Amazon DynamoDB overview
- 87 - Amazon DynamoDB core components
- 88 - Global secondary index
- 89 - Local secondary index
9. Amazon CloudWatch
- 90 - Amazon CloudWatch overview
- 91 - CloudWatch metrics for EC2 instances
- 92 - CloudWatch alarms
- 93 - CloudWatch logs and metric filters
- 94 - Amazon CloudWatch Events (Amazon EventBridge)
10. AWS Systems Manager
- 95 - Systems Manager Parameter Store
- 96 - Systems Manager AppConfig
- 97 - Systems Manager Automation
- 98 - Systems Manager Run Command
- 99 - Systems Manager Change Manager
- 100 - Systems Manager Patch Manager
- 101 - Hands-on lab - AWS Systems Manager Parameter Store
11. AWS CloudFormation
- 102 - CloudFormation overview
- 103 - The anatomy of a CloudFormation template
- 104 - CloudFormation helper scripts
- 105 - DependsOn and WaitCondition
- 106 - CloudFormation - StackSets
- 107 - CloudFormation - Nested stacks
- 108 - CloudFormation - Custom resource
12. AWS Networking and Application Integration Services
- 109 - Route 53 overview
- 110 - Route 53 routing policies
- 111 - CloudFront overview
- 112 - CloudFront security features
- 113 - Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) overview
- 114 - Amazon ELB types
- 115 - Application integration overview
- 116 - Amazon SQS overview
- 117 - Amazon SNS overview
- 118 - AWS Step Functions overview
13. Other AWS Services
- 119 - Serverless computing overview
- 120 - Serverless architectures
- 121 - AWS Lambda overview
- 122 - Amazon API Gateway overview
- 123 - AWS Audit Manager overview
- 124 - AWS Amplify overview
- 125 - AWS Amplify demo
- 126 - AWS Elastic Beanstalk overview
- 127 - AWS Config overview
- 128 - Amazon Detective overview
- 129 - AWS Compute Optimizer overview
- 130 - Amazon Directory Service overview
- 131 - AWS Organizations overview
- 132 - AWS CloudTrail overview
- 133 - CloudTrail integrations
- 134 - Amazon Macie hands-on
- 135 - AWS Network Firewall
- 136 - AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
- 137 - AWS Secrets Manager
- 138 - AWS Security Hub overview
- 139 - Amazon OpenSearch Service
- 140 - Amazon QuickSight
- 141 - Hands-on lab - Set up an AWS Organization
14. Cost and Billing Management
- 142 - AWS Budgets overview
- 143 - AWS Cost and Usage Report overview
- 144 - AWS Cost Explorer overview
- 145 - AWS Billing Conductor
- 146 - AWS Trusted Advisor overview
15. Comparison of AWS Services and Topics
- 147 - Amazon S3 vs. EFS vs. EBS
- 148 - High availability vs. fault tolerance
- 149 - File Gateway vs. Volume Gateway vs. Tape Gateway
- 150 - RTO vs. RPO
- 151 - Security group vs. network ACL
- 152 - Storage Gateway vs. DataSync
- 153 - SSM Parameter Store vs. AWS Secrets Manager
- 154 - Global secondary index vs. local secondary index
16. AWS SageMaker Series
- 155 - SageMaker Clarify
- 156 - SageMaker model endpoints
- 157 - SageMaker JumpStart
- 158 - SageMaker model registry
- 159 - SageMaker model cards
- 160 - SageMaker Feature Store
17. AWS Machine Learning Services
- 161 - Amazon Comprehend
- 162 - Amazon Fraud Detector
- 163 - Amazon Lex
- 164 - Hands-on lab - Amazon Polly
- 165 - Amazon Rekognition
- 166 - Amazon Textract
- 167 - Amazon Transcribe
- 168 - Amazon Translate
- 169 - Amazon Q
- 170 - Amazon Bedrock