Course Highlights
  • FULLY UPDATED FOR SAA-C03: Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification
  • Full Practice Exam with Explanations included!
  • All 800+ slides available as downloadable PDF
  • Perform Real-World Solution Architecture on AWS
  • Learn the AWS Fundamentals (EC2, ELB, ASG, RDS, ElastiCache, S3)
  • Learn the Serverless Fundamentals (Lambda, DynamoDB, Cognito, API Gateway)
  • Analyze 10+ Solution Architectures (traditional & serverless)
  • Understand the Well Architected Framework, Disaster Recovery
  • Master all the differences of Databases on AWS
  • Secure your entire AWS Cloud using KMS, IAM Policies & SSM
Curriculum

6 Topics
Course Introduction - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
PLEASE READ: Lectures you can skip if you took a course from me before
Creating an AWS Account
AWS Account Activation Troubleshooting
Important Message
About your instructor

1 Topic
Slides and Code Download

3 Topics
AWS Cloud Overview - Regions & AZ
Tour of the AWS Console & Services in AWS
About the UI changes in the course

20 Topics
IAM Introduction: Users Groups Policies
IAM Users & Groups Hands On
IAM Policies
IAM Policies Hands On
IAM MFA Overview
IAM MFA Hands On
AWS Access Keys CLI and SDK
AWS CLI Setup on Windows
AWS CLI Setup on Mac OS X
AWS CLI Setup on Linux
AWS CLI Hands On
AWS CloudShell: Region Availability
AWS CloudShell
IAM Roles for AWS Services
IAM Roles Hands On
IAM Security Tools
IAM Security Tools Hands On
IAM Best Practices
IAM Summary
IAM & AWS CLI Quiz

17 Topics
AWS Budget Setup
EC2 Basics
Create an EC2 Instance with EC2 User Data to have a Website Hands On
EC2 Instance Types Basics
Security Groups & Classic Ports Overview
Security Groups Hands On
SSH Overview
How to SSH using Linux or Mac
How to SSH using Windows
How to SSH using Windows 10
SSH Troubleshooting
EC2 Instance Connect
EC2 Instance Roles Demo
EC2 Instance Purchasing Options
Spot Instances & Spot Fleet
EC2 Instances Launch Types Hands On
EC2 Fundamentals Quiz

10 Topics
Private vs Public vs Elastic IP
Private vs Public vs Elastic IP Hands On
EC2 Placement Groups
EC2 Placement Groups - Hands On
Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) - Overview
Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) - Hands On
ENI - Extra Reading
EC2 Hibernate
EC2 Hibernate - Hands On
EC2 SAA Level Quiz

15 Topics
EBS Overview
EBS Hands On
EBS Snapshots
EBS Snapshots - Hands On
AMI Overview
AMI Hands On
EC2 Instance Store
EBS Volume Types
EBS Multi-Attach
EBS Encryption
Amazon EFS
Amazon EFS - Hands On
EFS vs EBS
EBS & EFS - Section Cleanup
EC2 Data Management Quiz

19 Topics
High Availability and Scalability
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Overview
Note: About the Classic Load Balancer (CLB)
Application Load Balancer (ALB)
Application Load Balancer (ALB) - Hands On - Part 1
Application Load Balancer (ALB) - Hands On - Part 2
Network Load Balancer (NLB)
Network Load Balancer (NLB) - Hands On
Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB)
Elastic Load Balancer - Sticky Sessions
Elastic Load Balancer - Cross Zone Load Balancing
Elastic Load Balancer - SSL Certificates
Elastic Load Balancer - SSL Certificates - Hands On
Elastic Load Balancer - Connection Draining
Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) Overview
Auto Scaling Groups Hands On
Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies
Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies Hands On
High Availability & Scalability Quiz

15 Topics
Amazon RDS Overview
RDS Read Replicas vs Multi AZ
Amazon RDS Hands On
RDS Custom for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Aurora - Hands On
Amazon Aurora - Advanced Concepts
RDS & Aurora - Backup and Monitoring
RDS Security
RDS Proxy
ElastiCache Overview
ElastiCache Hands On
ElastiCache for Solution Architects
List of Ports to be familiar with
RDS Aurora & ElastiCache Quiz

20 Topics
What is a DNS ?
Route 53 Overview
Route 53 - Registering a domain
Route 53 - Creating our first records
Route 53 - EC2 Setup
Route 53 - TTL
Route 53 CNAME vs Alias
Routing Policy - Simple
Routing Policy - Weighted
Routing Policy - Latency
Route 53 - Health Checks
Route 53 - Health Checks Hands On
Routing Policy - Failover
Routing Policy - Geolocation
Routing Policy - Geoproximity
Routing Policy - IP-based
Routing Policy - Multi Value
3rd Party Domains & Route 53
Route 53 - Section Cleanup
Route 53 Quiz

8 Topics
Solutions Architecture Discussions Overview
WhatsTheTime.com
MyClothes.com
MyWordPress.com
Instantiating applications quickly
Beanstalk Overview
Beanstalk Hands On
Classic Solutions Architecture Discussions Quiz

14 Topics
S3 Overview
S3 Hands On
S3 Security: Bucket Policy
S3 Security: Bucket Policy Hands On
S3 Website Overview
S3 Website Hands On
S3 Versioning
S3 Versioning - Hands On
S3 Replication
S3 Replication Notes
S3 Replication - Hands On
S3 Storage Classes Overview
S3 Storage Classes Hands On
Amazon S3 Quiz

9 Topics
S3 Lifecycle Rules (with S3 Analytics)
S3 Lifecycle Rules - Hands On
S3 Requester Pays
S3 Event Notifications
S3 Event Notifications - Hands On
S3 Performance
S3 Select & Glacier Select
S3 Batch Operations
Amazon S3 Advanced Quiz

16 Topics
S3 Encryption
About DSSE-KMS
S3 Encryption - Hands On
S3 Default Encryption
S3 CORS
S3 CORS Hands On
S3 MFA Delete
S3 MFA Delete Hands On
S3 Access Logs
S3 Access Logs - Hands On
S3 Pre-signed URLs
S3 Pre-signed URLs - Hands On
Glacier Vault Lock & S3 Object Lock
S3 Access Points
S3 Object Lambda
Amazon S3 Security Quiz

9 Topics
CloudFront Overview
CloudFront with S3 - Hands On
CloudFront - ALB as an Origin
CloudFront - Geo Restriction
CloudFront - Price Classes
CloudFront - Cache Invalidation
AWS Global Accelerator - Overview
AWS Global Accelerator - Hands On
CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator Quiz

11 Topics
AWS Snow Family Overview
AWS Snow Family Hands On
Architecture: Snowball into Glacier
Amazon FSx
Amazon FSx - Hands On
Storage Gateway Overview
Storage Gateway Hands On
AWS Transfer Family
DataSync - Overview
All AWS Storage Options Compared
AWS Storage Extras Quiz

20 Topics
Introduction to Messaging
Amazon SQS - Standard Queues Overview
SQS - Standard Queue Hands On
SQS - Message Visibility Timeout
SQS - Long Polling
SQS - FIFO Queues
SQS + Auto Scaling Group
Amazon Simple Notification Service (AWS SNS)
SNS and SQS - Fan Out Pattern
SNS - Hands On
Amazon Kinesis - Overview
Kinesis Data Streams Overview
Kinesis Data Streams Hands On
Kinesis Data Firehose Overview
Kinesis Data Firehose Hands On
Kinesis Data Analytics
Data Ordering for Kinesis vs SQS FIFO
SQS vs SNS vs Kinesis
Amazon MQ
Messaging & Integration Quiz

14 Topics
Docker Introduction
Amazon ECS
IMPORTANT: ECS UI CHANGES
Creating ECS Cluster - Hands On
Creating ECS Service - Hands On
Amazon ECS - Auto Scaling
Amazon ECS - Solutions Architectures
Amazon ECS - Clean Up - Hands On
Amazon ECR
Amazon EKS - Overview
Amazon EKS - Hands On
AWS App Runner
AWS App Runner - Hands On
Containers on AWS Quiz

17 Topics
About the Serverless Section
Serverless Introduction
Lambda Overview
Lambda Hands-On
Lambda Limits
Lambda SnapStart
Lambda@Edge & CloudFront Functions
Lambda in VPC
RDS - Invoking Lambda & Event Notifications
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB - Hands-On
Amazon DynamoDB - Advanced Features
API Gateway Overview
API Gateway Basics Hands-On
Step Functions
Amazon Cognito Overview
Serverless Overview Quiz

5 Topics
Mobile Application: MyTodoList
Serverless Website: MyBlog.com
MicroServices Architecture
Software updates distribution
Serverless Solutions Architecture Discussions Quiz

12 Topics
Choosing the right database
RDS
Aurora
ElastiCache
DynamoDB
S3
DocumentDB
Neptune
Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)
QLDB
Timestream
Databases in AWS Quiz

13 Topics
Athena
Athena Hands On
Redshift
OpenSearch (ex: ElasticSearch)
EMR
QuickSight
Glue
Lake Formation
Kinesis Data Analytics
Kinesis Data Analytics - Hands On
MSK - Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
Big Data Ingestion Pipeline
Data & Analytics Quiz

14 Topics
Rekognition Overview
Transcribe Overview
Polly Overview
Translate Overview
Lex + Connect Overview
Comprehend Overview
Comprehend Medical Overview
SageMaker Overview
Forecast Overview
Kendra Overview
Personalize Overview
Textract Overview
Machine Learning Summary
Machine Learning Quiz

18 Topics
AWS Monitoring - Section Introduction
CloudWatch Metrics
CloudWatch Logs
CloudWatch Logs - Hands On
CloudWatch Logs - Live Tail - Hands On
CloudWatch Agent & CloudWatch Logs Agent
CloudWatch Alarms
CloudWatch Alarms Hands On
EventBridge Overview (formerly CloudWatch Events)
Amazon EventBridge - Hands On
CloudWatch Insights and Operational Visibility
CloudTrail Overview
CloudTrail Hands On
CloudTrail - EventBridge Integration
AWS Config - Overview
AWS Config - Hands On
CloudTrail vs CloudWatch vs Config
Monitoring & Auditing Quiz

10 Topics
Organizations - Overview
Organizations - Hands On
IAM - Advanced Policies
IAM - Resource-based Policies vs IAM Roles
IAM - Policy Evaluation Logic
AWS IAM Identity Center
AWS Directory Services
AWS Directory Services - Hands On
AWS Control Tower
IAM Advanced Quiz

22 Topics
AWS Security - Section Introduction
Encryption 101
KMS Overview
KMS Hands On w/ CLI
KMS - Multi-Region Keys
S3 Replication with Encryption
Encrypted AMI Sharing Process
SSM Parameter Store Overview
SSM Parameter Store Hands On (CLI)
SSM Parameter Store Hands On (AWS Lambda)
AWS Secrets Manager - Overview
AWS Secrets Manager - Hands On
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Shield - DDoS Protection
Firewall Manager
WAF & Shield - Hands On
DDoS Protection Best Practices
Amazon GuardDuty
Amazon Inspector
Amazon Macie
AWS Security & Encryption Quiz

38 Topics
Section Introduction
CIDR Private vs Public IP
Default VPC Overview
VPC Overview
VPC Hands On
Subnet Overview
Subnet Hands On
Internet Gateways & Route Tables
Internet Gateways & Route Tables Hands On
Bastion Hosts
Bastion Hosts Hands On
NAT Instances
NAT Instances Hands On
NAT Gateways
NAT Gateways Hands On
NACL & Security Groups
NACL & Security Groups Hands On
VPC Peering
VPC Peering Hands On
VPC Endpoints
VPC Endpoints Hands On
VPC Flow Logs
VPC Flow Logs Hands On + Athena
Site to Site VPN Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway
Site to Site VPN Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway Hands On
Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway
Direct Connect + Site to Site VPN
Transit Gateway
VPC Traffic Mirroring
IPv6 for VPC
IPv6 for VPC - Hands On
Egress Only Internet Gateway
Egress Only Internet Gateway Hands On
Section Cleanup
VPC Section Summary
Networking Costs in AWS
AWS Network Firewall
VPC Quiz

11 Topics
Disaster Recovery in AWS
Database Migration Service (DMS)
Database Migration Service (DMS) - Hands On
RDS & Aurora Migrations
On-Premises Strategies with AWS
AWS Backup
AWS Backup - Hands On
Application Migration Service (MGN)
Transferring Large Datasets into AWS
VMware Cloud on AWS
Disaster Recovery & Migration Quiz

6 Topics
Event Processing in AWS
Caching Strategies in AWS
Blocking an IP Address in AWS
High Performance Computing (HPC) on AWS
EC2 Instance High Availability
More Solution Architectures Quiz

11 Topics
Other Services Section Introduction
CloudFormation Intro
CloudFormation Hands-On
Amazon SES
Amazon Pinpoint
SSM Session Manager
SSM Other Services
AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Batch
Amazon AppFlow
AWS Amplify

5 Topics
WhitePaper Section Introduction
AWS Well-Architected Framework & Well-Architected Tool
AWS Trusted Advisor Overview + Hands-On
Examples of Architecture - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
WhitePapers & Architectures Quiz

9 Topics
Exam Preparation - Section Introduction
State of Learning Checkpoint - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Exam Tips - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Links to Whitepapers
Exam Walkthrough and Signup
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Practice Exam - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

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