AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) Training – Infrastructure, Serverless, and Certification

Module 1 – AWS Foundations and Cloud Concepts

• Introduction to Cloud Computing
• IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS Models
• Overview of Amazon Web Services
• AWS Regions and Availability Zones
• Edge Locations and AWS Global Infrastructure
• AWS Shared Responsibility Model
• AWS Management Console, AWS CLI, and Core Concepts
• Overview of the AWS Cost Structure

Module 2 – AWS Security, IAM, and Governance

• AWS Identity and Access Management
• IAM Users, Groups, Roles, and Policies
• Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA)
• Permissions and the Principle of Least Privilege
• AWS Organizations
• AWS KMS and Data Encryption
• AWS WAF and AWS Shield
• Security Best Practices for the SAA-C03 Exam

Module 3 – AWS Networking and Connectivity

• Amazon VPC
• Public and Private Subnets
• Route Tables
• Internet Gateway and NAT Gateway
• Security Groups and Network ACLs
• Amazon Route 53 and DNS Management
• Amazon CloudFront and Content Distribution
• Introduction to AWS VPN and Hybrid Architectures
• Hands-On Workshop: Creating a Complete Secure VPC

Module 4 – AWS Compute Services

• Amazon EC2
• Instance Types and Use Cases
• Amazon Machine Images
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Auto Scaling Groups
• Bastion Hosts and Secure Access
• Introduction to Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS, and AWS Fargate
• Comparing EC2, Containers, and Serverless
• Hands-On Workshop: Deploying a Highly Available Web Infrastructure

Module 5 – AWS Storage and Databases

• Amazon S3 and Storage Classes
• Versioning, Lifecycle Policies, and Archiving
• Amazon S3 Glacier
• Amazon EBS, Amazon EFS, and Amazon FSx
• Amazon RDS
• Amazon Aurora
• Amazon DynamoDB
• AWS Backup and AWS Storage Gateway
• Comparing S3, EBS, EFS, FSx, RDS, and DynamoDB
• Hands-On Workshop: Deploying a Secure Amazon RDS Database

Module 6 – Serverless Architectures on AWS

• Introduction to Serverless Computing
• AWS Lambda
• Event Management
• IAM Permissions for Lambda
• Amazon API Gateway
• Deploying REST APIs
• Environment Variables
• Monitoring Lambda Functions
• Hands-On Workshop: Creating a Serverless API with Lambda and API Gateway

Module 7 – Event-Driven Architecture and Application Integration

• Amazon SNS
• Amazon SQS
• Amazon EventBridge
• AWS Step Functions
• Amazon S3 Triggers
• DynamoDB Streams
• Amazon Cognito
• Comparing SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and Step Functions
• Hands-On Workshop: Creating a Simple Event-Driven Architecture

Module 8 – High Availability, Resilience, and Architecture Best Practices

• AWS Well-Architected Framework
• The Six Pillars of the Well-Architected Framework
• High Availability and Multi-AZ Architectures
• Scalability and Elasticity
• Resilience and Fault Tolerance
• Disaster Recovery and Backup Strategies
• AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery
• Performance Optimization
• Cost Optimization
• Architecture Scenarios for the SAA-C03 Certification

Module 9 – Monitoring, Auditing, and Automation

• Amazon CloudWatch
• AWS CloudTrail
• AWS Config
• AWS Health Dashboard
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• Introduction to Infrastructure as Code
• AWS CloudFormation
• Introduction to Terraform
• Monitoring, Logging, and Auditing the AWS Environment

Module 10 – Preparation for the AWS SAA-C03 Certification

• Overview of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Exam
• Domains Covered in the SAA-C03 Exam
• Analyzing Scenario-Based Questions
• Methodology for Selecting the Best AWS Service
• Comparing Frequently Tested AWS Services
• Common Exam Pitfalls
• Review Quizzes
• Practice Exam and Detailed Review

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