Module 1, “AWS Certified Solutions Architect Overview,” consists of a single lesson that introduces the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification. It summarizes the prerequisites and skills required to be a successful candidate for certification.
Module 2, “Design Resilient Architectures,” is the first discussion of the official exam content and consists of four lessons in which you learn how to design a multi-tier architecture solution, design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures, design decoupling mechanisms using AWS solutions, and choose appropriate resilient storage.
Module 3, “Design High-Performing Architectures,” consists of four lessons, collectively covering the second exam question domain. This topic is split into four lessons that cover identifying elastic and scalable compute solutions for a workload, selecting high-performing and scalable storage solutions for a workload, selecting high-performing networking solutions for a workload, and choosing high-performing database solutions for a workload.
In Module 4, “Specify Secure Applications and Architectures,” you learn that security is important enough that AWS has dedicated an entire certification to it, although it is covered in less depth in Solutions Architect Associate. The lessons in this module cover designing secure access to AWS resources, designing secure application tiers, and selecting appropriate data security options.
Module 5, “Design Cost-Optimized Architectures,” covers the final exam question domain. Lesson 13 details the cost-optimized storage architectures. Lesson 14 discusses compute and database cost optimization, and Lesson 15 finishes the course with strategies for optimizing network architectures.
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Introduction
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02): Introduction
Module 1: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Overview
Module introduction
Lesson 1: Exam Strategies
Learning objectives
1.1 Exam Logistics
1.2 Exam Guide
1.3 Well-Architected Framework
1.4 Exam Question Domains
Module 2: Design Resilient Architectures
Module introduction
Lesson 2: Design a Multi-tier Architecture Solution
Learning objectives
2.1 Resilient VPC Architectures
2.2 Resilient Application Architectures
2.3 Resilient Serverless Architectures
2.4 Question Breakdown
Lesson 3: Design Highly Available and/or Fault-Tolerant Architectures
Learning objectives
3.1 Definitions
3.2 AWS Global Infrastructure
3.3 Question Breakdown
Lesson 4: Design Decoupling Mechanisms Using AWS Services
Learning objectives
4.1 Decoupling with ELB
4.2 Decoupling with AWS Lambda and S3
4.3 Decoupling with SNS, SQS, and Auto Scaling
4.4 Question Breakdown
Lesson 5: Choose Appropriate Resilient Storage
Learning objectives
5.1 EBS Resilience
5.2 EFS Resilience
5.3 S3 Resilience
5.4 Question Breakdown
Module 3: Design High-Performing Architectures
Module introduction
Lesson 6: Identify Elastic and Scalable Compute Solutions for a Workload
Learning objectives
6.1 Elasticity with Unified Auto Scaling
6.2 Elasticity with Managed Services
6.3 Question Breakdown
Lesson 7: Select High-performing and Scalable Storage Solutions for a Workload
Learning objectives
7.1 Block-based Storage Performance
7.2 File-based Storage Performance
7.3 Object-based Storage Performance
7.4 Caching Performance in CloudFront
7.5 Caching Performance in Elasticache
7.6 Question Breakdown
Lesson 8: Select High-performing Networking Solutions for a Workload
Learning objectives
8.1 VPC Performance
8.2 Single-node Performance
8.3 Hybrid Network Performance
8.4 Question Breakdown
Lesson 9: Choose High-performing Database Solutions for a Workload
Learning objectives
9.1 RDS Performance
9.2 DynamoDB Performance
9.3 Question Breakdown
Module 4: Specify Secure Applications and Architectures
Module introduction
Lesson 10: Design Secure Access to AWS Resources
Learning objectives
10.1 Account-based Access Control
10.2 User-based Access Control
10.3 Resource-based Access Control
10.4 Question Breakdown
Lesson 11: Design Secure Application Tiers
Learning objectives
11.1 Designing Secure VPC Internal Networks
11.2 Designing Secure VPC Egress
11.3 Securing Application Access
11.4 Monitoring Application Activity
11.5 Question Breakdown
Lesson 12: Select Appropriate Data Security Options
Learning objectives
12.1 Securing Data At-rest
12.2 Securing Data In-transit with SSL
12.3 Securing Data In-transit with Network Features
12.4 Key Management Solutions
12.5 Question Breakdown
Module 5: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
Module introduction
Lesson 13: Identify Cost-effective Storage Solutions
Learning objectives
13.1 Block and File Storage Costs
13.2 Object Storage Costs
13.3 Question Breakdown
Lesson 14: Identify Cost-effective Compute and Database Services
Learning objectives
14.1 EC2 Cost Optimization
14.2 ECS and Lambda Cost Optimization
14.3 Database Cost Optimization
14.4 Question Breakdown
Lesson 15: Design Cost-optimized Network Architectures
Learning objectives
15.1 VPC Network Cost Optimization
15.2 Regional and Internet Network Transfer Costs
15.3 Question Breakdown
Summary
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C02): Summary