This series is designed to help you pass the AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam, the series follows the official certification blueprint published by Amazon.
Find the schedule and links below will take you to the videos for each section.
Preparation
There are several great resources available to help you prepare for this series and the exam:
- Review the exam blueprint available from Amazon
- AWS QwikLabs
- AWS Associate Exam Whitepapers
- #vBrownBag VPC Private Island for Rent with Sarah Zelechoski
- #vBrownBag IAM with Timothy Patterson
- Chris Williams Study Notes
- Alex Galbraith Study Notes, and Tips & Gotchas
AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam Path
Domain 1.0 Part 1 – Designing highly available, cost-efficent, fault-toleration, scalable systems with Nick Colyer
Objectives
– Identify and recognize cloud architecture considerations, such as fundamental components and effective designs
— How to design cloud services
— Planning and design
Domain 1.0 Part 2 – Designing highly available, cost-efficent, fault-toleration, scalable systems with Timmy Carr
Objectives
– Architectural trade-off decisions
— High Availability (HA) vs cost
— RDS vs installing your own DB on EC2
Domain 1.0 Part 3 – Designing highly available, cost-efficent, fault-toleration, scalable systems with Timothy Patterson
Objectives
– Developing to client specifications, including pricing/cost
— On-Demand vs Reserved vs Spot
— RTO and RPO DR Design
Domain 1.0 Part 4 – Designing highly available, cost-efficent, fault-toleration, scalable systems with Chris Williams
Objectives
– Hybrid IT architectures
— Direct Connect
— Storage Gateway
— VPC
— Directory Services
Domain 1.0 Part 5 – Designing highly available, cost-efficent, fault-toleration, scalable systems with Alastair Cooke
Objectives
– Elasticity and scalability
— Auto Scaling
— SQS
— Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
— Cloud Front
Domain 2.0 – Implementation/Deployment with Bryan Krausen
Objectives
– Identify the appropriate techniques and methods using AWS technologies
— Configure AMI’s and launch instances across AWS infrastructure
— Configure services to support compliance requirements in the cloud
— Configure IAM policies and best practices
— Identify & Configure Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, and OpsWorks for appropriate use cases
Domain 3.0 – Data Security with Anthony Chow
Objectives
– Recognize and implement secure practices for optimum cloud deployment and maintenance
— AWS shared responsibility model, AWS administration and security services, AWS CloudTrail
— Ingress vs. egress filtering, and which AWS services and features fit
— CloudWatch Logs
Domain 4.0 – Troubleshooting with Zach Zeid
Objectives
– General troubleshooting information and questions