Foundations of AWS Solutions Architect Associate
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Foundations of AWS Solutions Architect Associate

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Prepare for one of the most respected cloud certifications in the industry while building practical, real-world AWS skills. The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate: Complete Hands-On Bootcamp is designed for aspiring cloud architects, software developers, system administrators, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals who want to design, deploy, and manage secure, scalable, and highly available applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Through engaging video lessons, step-by-step demonstrations, and hands-on labs, you'll gain the confidence to work with essential AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, Auto Scaling, Load Balancing, and much more. Whether you're new to AWS or looking to strengthen your cloud architecture skills, this course provides a practical path to success. Unlike courses that focus only on memorizing exam objectives, this bootcamp emphasizes learning by doing. You'll complete hands-on labs using your own AWS Free Tier account, build real-world cloud solutions, and explore the architectural best practices used by modern organizations. The course also includes practice quizzes, certification-focused review materials, and a comprehensive capstone project that brings together the concepts covered throughout the course. By the end of the bootcamp, you'll be well prepared for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam and, more importantly, you'll have the practical cloud experience employers are looking for.

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Course Content

58 lessons
Module 1: Introduction to AWS and This Course 5 items
1.1
What Is AWS and Cloud Computing?
Video
1.2
About the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam
Video
1.3
Getting Started with the Destin Learning Lab
Video
1.4
Verifying Your Lab Environment and Running Your First AWS CLI Commands
Lab
1.5
Introduction to AWS and This Course Quiz
Quiz
Module 2: Design Secure Architectures 11 items
2.1
IAM Foundations for Secure Access
Video
2.2
Securing Data at Rest and in Transit
Video
2.3
Network Security Fundamentals
Video
2.4
Multi-Account Security and Governance
Video
2.5
Monitoring and Auditing for Security
Video
2.6
Implementing Least-Privilege IAM Policies and Roles
Lab
2.7
Encrypting Data with KMS and Enforcing HTTPS-Only Access
Lab
2.8
Protecting an API Gateway Endpoint with AWS WAF
Lab
2.9
Assuming Cross-Account IAM Roles with AWS STS
Lab
2.10
Auditing Account Activity with CloudTrail and AWS Config
Lab
2.11
Design Secure Architectures Quiz
Quiz
Module 3: Design Resilient Architectures 11 items
3.1
Multi-AZ and Multi-Region Fundamentals
Video
3.2
Decoupling Applications
Video
3.3
Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing
Video
3.4
Backup, Disaster Recovery, and RTO/RPO
Video
3.5
Resilient Storage and Database Patterns
Video
3.6
Building a Fault-Tolerant Architecture with Auto Scaling and an ALB
Lab
3.7
Decoupling a Workload with SQS and Lambda
Lab
3.8
Modeling a Multi-AZ Architecture with CloudFormation
Lab
3.9
Backing Up and Restoring an RDS Database for Disaster Recovery
Lab
3.10
Creating and Validating an RDS Read Replica
Lab
3.11
Design Resilient Architectures Quiz
Quiz
Module 4: Design High-Performing Architectures 15 items
4.1
Choosing the Right Compute
Video
4.2
High-Performing Storage Solutions
Video
4.3
Database Performance Options
Video
4.4
Networking for Performance
Video
4.5
Elasticity and Performance Monitoring
Video
4.6
Data Ingestion and Transformation for Analytics
Video
4.7
Container Services: ECS, EKS, and Fargate
Video
4.8
Accelerating Content Delivery with CloudFront and S3
Lab
4.9
Caching Database Queries with ElastiCache
Lab
4.10
Comparing EC2 and Lambda for the Same Workload
Lab
4.11
Adding Route 53 DNS Routing to a CloudFront Distribution
Lab
4.12
Configuring Target-Tracking Auto Scaling with CloudWatch Alarms
Lab
4.13
Streaming and Querying Data with Kinesis, Glue, and Athena
Lab
4.14
Deploying a Containerized Application with ECS and Fargate
Lab
4.15
Design High-Performing Architectures Quiz
Quiz
Module 5: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures 11 items
5.1
EC2 Pricing Models
Video
5.2
Storage Cost Optimization
Video
5.3
Cost Visibility and Governance Tools
Video
5.4
Cost-Optimized Database Solutions
Video
5.5
Cost-Optimized Network Architectures
Video
5.6
Architecting for Cost Efficiency
Video
5.7
Optimizing S3 Storage Costs with Lifecycle Policies
Lab
5.8
Analyzing and Reducing Costs with Cost Explorer and Budgets
Lab
5.9
Comparing EC2 Purchase Options and Right-Sizing for Cost
Lab
5.10
Comparing Cost-Optimized Database Options
Lab
5.11
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures Quiz
Quiz
Module 6: Exam Preparation and Next Steps 5 items
6.1
Registering for and Scheduling the SAA-C03 Exam
Video
6.2
Exam Strategy and Test-Taking Tips
Video
6.3
Final Review and Next Steps
Video
6.4
Capstone: Deploying a Cost-Optimized Multi-Service Application
Lab
6.5
Exam Preparation and Next Steps Quiz
Quiz