Description
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) course helps you build the essential knowledge and practical skills needed to design secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized solutions on the AWS Cloud. This self-paced training blends expert-led lessons with hands-on exercises, real-world scenarios, quizzes, and exam prep content to thoroughly cover the latest AWS SAA-C03 exam objectives.
By completing this course, you’ll understand how to architect and deploy scalable applications using core AWS services, apply best practices from the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and confidently prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification.
Who is it for
This course is ideal for:
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Aspiring or current Solutions Architects
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Cloud engineers and IT professionals looking to validate AWS architectural skills
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Developers and DevOps practitioners who design and deploy applications on AWS
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Anyone preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) exam
It’s suited for learners with basic cloud experience seeking in-depth AWS architecture knowledge and certification readiness.
Eligibility & Learning Outcomes
Eligibility
To get the most out of this course, learners should have:
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Some hands-on AWS experience or familiarity with cloud computing basics
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Understanding of networking, databases, and application deployment concepts
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Prior exposure to AWS core services (recommended but not required)
Learning Outcomes
After completing this course, you will be able to:
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Understand AWS architectural principles based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework
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Design secure, resilient, and cost-efficient AWS solutions for real use cases
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Select appropriate AWS services for compute, storage, networking, and databases
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Implement security best practices including IAM and secure access controls
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Configure high availability and fault tolerance using AWS features
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Apply performance and cost optimization strategies
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Confidently prepare for and take the AWS Solutions Architect – Associate exam
Course Syllabus
Lesson 1: Understanding the Foundations of AWS Architecture (1 hour and 48 minutes)
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- Essential Characteristics of AWS Cloud Computing (12 minutes)
- AWS Cloud Computing and NIST (12 minutes)
- Moving to AWS (12 minutes)
- Operational Benefits of AWS (12 minutes)
- Cloud Providers Responsibilities (12 minutes)
- Security at AWS (12 minutes)
- Migrating Applications (12 minutes)
- The AWS Well-Architected Framework (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 2: The AWS Well-Architected Framework (36 minutes)
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- The Well-Architected Framework (12 minutes)
- Designing a Workload SLA (12 minutes)
- Deployment Methodologies (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 3: Designing Secure Access to AWS Resources (1 hour and 24 minutes)
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- Identity and Access Management (IAM) (12 minutes)
- IAM Users and Groups (12 minutes)
- Creating IAM Policies (12 minutes)
- IAM Roles (12 minutes)
- AWS Organizations (12 minutes)
- AWS Resource Access Manager (12 minutes)
- AWS Control Tower (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 4: Designing Secure Workloads and Applications (1 hour and 12 minutes)
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- Securing Network Infrastructure (12 minutes)
- Amazon Cognito (12 minutes)
- External Connections (12 minutes)
- Amazon GuardDuty (12 minutes)
- Amazon Macie (12 minutes)
- Security Services for Securing Workloads (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 5: Determining Appropriate Data Security Controls (1 hour)
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- Data Access and Governance (12 minutes)
- Amazon EBS Encryption (12 minutes)
- Amazon S3 Bucket Security (12 minutes)
- AWS Key Management Service (12 minutes)
- AWS Certificate Manager (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 6: Designing Resilient Architecture (1 hour)
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- Scalable and Resilient Architecture (12 minutes)
- Application Integration Services (12 minutes)
- Amazon API Gateway (12 minutes)
- Automating AWS Infrastructure (12 minutes)
- AWS Elastic Beanstalk (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 7: Designing Highly Available and Fault-Tolerant Architecture (1 hour and 24 minutes)
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- High Availability and Fault Tolerance (12 minutes)
- AWS Regions and Availability Zones (12 minutes)
- Choosing an AWS Region (12 minutes)
- Distributed Design Patterns (12 minutes)
- Failover Strategies (12 minutes)
- AWS Service Quotas (12 minutes)
- Amazon Route 53 (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 8: High-Performing and Scalable Storage Solutions (1 hour and 24 minutes)
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- AWS Storage Options (12 minutes)
- Amazon Elastic Block Store (12 minutes)
- Amazon Elastic File System (12 minutes)
- Amazon FSx for Windows File Server (12 minutes)
- Amazon Simple Storage Service (12 minutes)
- Amazon S3 Glacier (12 minutes)
- AWS Data Lake (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 9: Designing High-Performing and Elastic Compute Solutions (1 hour)
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- AWS Compute Services (12 minutes)
- AWS Lambda (12 minutes)
- Amazon Container Services (12 minutes)
- Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch (12 minutes)
- Auto Scaling Options at AWS (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 10: Determining High-Performing Database Solutions (1 hour and 12 minutes)
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- AWS Cloud Databases (12 minutes)
- Amazon Relational Database Service (12 minutes)
- Amazon Aurora (12 minutes)
- Amazon DynamoDB (12 minutes)
- Amazon ElastiCache (12 minutes)
- Amazon Redshift (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 11: High-Performing and Scalable Networking Architecture (1 hour and 24 minutes)
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- Amazon CloudFront (12 minutes)
- AWS Global Accelerator (12 minutes)
- Elastic Load Balancing Service (12 minutes)
- AWS VPC Networking (12 minutes)
- Subnets (12 minutes)
- IP Address Types (12 minutes)
- Connectivity Options (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 12: Designing Cost-Optimized Storage Solutions (1 hour and 12 minutes)
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- Calculating AWS Costs (12 minutes)
- Cost Management Tools (12 minutes)
- Storage Types and Costs (12 minutes)
- AWS Backup (12 minutes)
- Data Transfer Costs (12 minutes)
- AWS Storage Gateway (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 13: Designing Cost-Effective Compute Solutions (36 minutes)
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- EC2 Instance Types (12 minutes)
- EC2 Instance Purchasing Options (12 minutes)
- Strategies for Optimizing Compute (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 14: Designing Cost-Effective Database Solutions (36 minutes)
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- Database Design Choices (12 minutes)
- Database Data Transfer Costs (12 minutes)
- Database Retention Policies (12 minutes)
- Summary
Lesson 15: Designing Cost-Effective Network Architectures (24 minutes)
- Networking Services and Connectivity Costs (12 minutes)
- Data Transfer Costs (12 minutes)
- Summary