Architecting on AWS (AWS120)
Design secure, resilient, high-performing AWS architectures with the Well-Architected Framework, core services, and hands-on labs for SAA Associate prep.
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- Private class for your team
- Live expert instructor
- Online or on‑location
- Customizable agenda
- Proposal turnaround within 1–2 business days
Course Overview
In this course, you will gain hands-on experience and technical knowledge to design secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient cloud infrastructure on AWS. You will apply best practices using the AWS Well-Architected Framework while building real-world solutions that align with business objectives.
Topics include core AWS services for compute, networking, storage, and databases (including Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, and Amazon DynamoDB), plus modern architectures such as containers and serverless. You will also cover automation, monitoring, scaling, edge services, and backup and recovery strategies.
This course also helps prepare you for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam and is intended for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, developers, and others seeking the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification.
Course Benefits
- Identify AWS services and features commonly used in core solutions.
- Apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework to make sound architecture decisions.
- Design scalable, secure, and resilient AWS environments aligned with business objectives.
- Select appropriate compute, networking, storage, and database services for workload requirements (including Amazon EC2, Amazon RDS, and Amazon DynamoDB).
- Implement monitoring and scaling using AWS services such as Amazon CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail.
- Automate provisioning and operations using AWS CloudFormation and AWS Systems Manager.
- Design modern application architectures using containers and serverless services.
- Plan for backup and recovery to support business continuity on AWS.
Delivery Methods
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Delivered for your team at your site or online.
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Course Outline
- Introductions & Course Map Review
- Architecting Fundamentals Review
- Hands-on Lab: Deploy an EC2 instance using the AWS CLI
- Account Security
- Networking Part 1
- Compute
- Hands-on Lab: Build a VPC and deploy EC2 resources
- Storage
- Database Services
- Hands-on Lab: Create a highly available RDS instance
- Monitoring and Scaling
- Automation
- Containers
- Networking Part 2
- Serverless Architecture
- Hands-on Lab: Design and deploy a serverless architecture
- Edge Services
- Hands-on Lab: Deploy CloudFront with an S3 backend
- Backup and Recovery
Class Materials
Each student receives a comprehensive set of materials, including course notes and all class examples.
Class Prerequisites
Experience in the following is required for this AWS class:
- AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials (classroom or digital training) or equivalent AWS cloud fundamentals.
Experience in the following would be useful for this AWS class:
- Working knowledge of distributed systems.
- Familiarity with general networking concepts.
- Familiarity with IP addressing.
- Working knowledge of multi-tier architectures.
- Familiarity with cloud computing concepts.
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