About AWS Solution Architect - Associate Course

This lesson explains cloud infrastructure design differences and how to build cloud systems effectively. · Planning and Designing · What is Cloud? · Why we use Cloud · Types of Cloud (Public, Private, Hybrid, Community) · Deployment Models of Cloud (IAAS, PAAS, SAAS)

This lesson will provide users with a history and background of AWS along with an overview of all products and services that are offered. · Description of AWS · History and Evolution of AWS · Overview of AWS Products and Services

This lesson will provide users with information about how to control and secure user access to your AWS resources using the AWS Access and Identity Management service. · IAM Overview · IAM Policies · IAM Users · IAM Groups · IAM Roles · IAM best practices · Practice Assignment: Configuring IAM Access · Demos Included: a. Creating an IAM Policy b. Creating an IAM User c. Creating an IAM Group d. Creating an IAM Role e. AWS Command Line Interface

This lesson will help users understand the many uses, types and concepts of Amazon S3 storage and how it can be integrated with CloudFront. · Amazon S3 Overview · S3 Buckets · Version Control · Amazon S3 Lifecycle Management · CloudFront and CDNs · Security and Encryption · Amazon S3 Best Practices · Amazon S3 Costs · Practice Assignment: Create an Amazon S3 bucket · Demos Included: a. Create and access an Amazon S3 Bucket b. Amazon S3 Version Control c. Amazon S3 Lifecycle Management d. Amazon CloudFront e. Security and Encryption

This lesson will help users understand what the EC2 service is and its many uses. The lesson will also provide an overview of the other compute services that AWS offers. · Amazon EC2 Overview · Amazon Machine Images (AMI) · EC2 Instance Types · Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) · EBS Snapshots · EC2 Instance Pricing · Practice Assignment: Configure ELB (elastic block storage) · Demos Included: a. Launch and connect to an EC2 Linux instance Launch and connect to an EC2 Windows instance. b. Create an AMI of EC2 Instance. c. Launching different type of EC2 · EC2 Best Practices

In this lesson Users will learn the EC2 launch process and Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling all operate together. Design an architecture that auto-scales the traffic with the Elastic load balancer. Configure and deploy the web application using Beanstalk service. · Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) · Auto Scaling · AWS Elastic Beanstalk · AWS CloudFormation · Demos Included: a. Elastic Load Balancing b. Auto Scaling c. Elastic Beanstalk d. Cloud Formation

This lesson will provide users with details of Amazon Virtual Private Cloud, which allows the creation of custom cloud-based networks. Users will become familiar with all concepts of VPC, for example subnets, Internet Gateways, etc. · Amazon VPC Overview · Amazon VPC · IP Addresses · Subnets · Internet Gateway · Route Tables . NAT (Network Address translation) · Security Groups · Network ACL’s · VPC Best Practices · Practice Assignment: Designing a Custom VPC · Demos Included: a. Creating a custom VPC b. Creating an Elastic IP Address c. Creating Subnets d. Creating Internet Gateways e. Creating Route Tables f. Creating a NAT Gateway g. Creating a Security Group h. Network ACL Overview

This lesson will provide users with an overview of the Amazon DNS service; Route 53. Users will be introduced to the concepts and uses of Route 53 and will learn how it can be used to host your own domain names. · Amazon Route 53 Overview · Route 53 Routing Policies · Route 53 best practices · Route 53 costs and prices · Practice Assignment: Amazon Route 53 Hosted Zone · Demo Included: a. Route 53 Hosted Zones Demo b. Configure and deploy the web application with domain name.

This lesson will help users understand all the different types of databases that are available in today’s IT environment and will demonstrate the services that AWS provides to simplify database administration, management and migration. · Databases Overview · Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) · AMI Databases · Amazon DynamoDB · Amazon Redshift · Amazon ElastiCache · Amazon Aurora · Databases best practices · Databases costs · Practice Assignment: Amazon RDS · Demos Included: a. Amazon RDS b. Launching databases from an AMI c. Amazon DynamoDB

In this lesson, we will discuss server vs serverless services and how to use them in different case scenarios. . Introduction to Server vs Serverless . lambda functions. Why Lambda . Demo Included: a. Lambda

This lesson will inform and demonstrate to users how Amazon's suite of Application Services can be used to integrate your AWS resources and will tie together concepts learnt in previous lessons about designing cloud services. · Simple Queue Service-SQS · Simple Workflow Service-SWF · Simple Notification Service-SNS . Elastic Transcoder · Practice Assignment: Amazon SNS . Demo Included: a. Amazon SNS

This lesson will show users the measures that AWS takes to secure its cloud resources and what your responsibilities are in the AWS Shared Responsibility Model. The lesson will also demonstrate the AWS services available to help you secure your environment. · AWS shared responsibility model · AWS CloudTrail · AWS CloudWatch · Trusted Advisor · Practice Assignment: AWS CloudWatch . Demos Included: a. Amazon CloudWatch b. Trusted Advisor

This lesson shows users where to look for assistance when they need AWS information and support. Also, how to register for the exam and its requirements. Users will also learn some study and exam tips. · AWS Support · Typical AWS Problems · Overview of AWS Solutions Architect Exam · Study tips