In this course, students will be able to:

• Identify AWS architecting basic practices.
• Explore using the AWS management tools: The AWS Console, Command Line Interface (CLI), and CloudFormation in a lab environment.
• Examine the enforcement of account security using policies.
• Identify the elements that build an elastic, secure, virtual network that includes private and public subnets.
• Practice building an AWS core networking infrastructure.
• Determine strategies for a layered security approach to Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) subnets.
• Identify strategies for selecting appropriate compute resources based on business use cases.
• Practice building a VPC and adding an Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2) instance in a lab environment.
• Practice installing an Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) instance and an Application Load Balancer (ALB) in the VPC you created.
• Compare and contrast AWS storage products and services based on business scenarios.
• Compare and contrast the different types of AWS database services based on business needs.
• Practice building a highly available, auto-scaling database layer in a lab.
• Explore the business value of AWS monitoring solutions.
• Identify and discuss AWS automation tools to help you build, maintain and evolve your infrastructure.
• Discuss network peering, VPC endpoints, gateway, and routing solutions based on use cases.
• Discuss hybrid networking configurations to extend and secure your infrastructure.
• Discuss the benefits of microservices as an effective decoupling strategy to power highly available applications at scale.
• Explore AWS container services for the rapid implementation of an infrastructure-agnostic, portable application environment.
• Identify the business and security benefits of AWS serverless services based on business examples.
• Practice building a serverless infrastructure in a lab environment.
• Discuss the ways in which AWS edge services address latency and security.
• Practice building a CloudFront deployment with an S3 backend in a lab environment.
• Explore AWS backup, recovery solutions, and best practices to ensure resiliency and business continuity.
• Build a highly available and secure cloud architecture based on a business problem in a project-based facilitator-guided lab 
• Practice the skills learned in an AWS Jam

Day 1

Module 0: Introductions & Course Map review

• Welcome and course outcomes

Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals Review

• AWS Services and Infrastructure
• Infrastructure Models
• AWS API Tools
• Securing your infrastructure
• The Well-Architected Framework

Module 2: Account Security

• Security Principals
• Identity and Resource-Based Policies
• Account Federation
• Introduction to Managing Multiple Accounts

Module 3: Networking, Part 1

• IP Addressing
• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Patterns and Quotas
• Routing
• Internet Access
• Network Access Control Lists (NACLs)
• Security Groups

Module 4: Compute

• Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute (EC2)
• EC2 Instances and Instance Selection
• High Performance Computing on AWS
• Lambda and EC2, When to Use Which
• Hands-On Lab: Build Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

Day 2

Module 5: Storage

• Shared File Systems
• Shared EBS Volumes
• Amazon S3, Security, Versioning and Storage Classes
• Data Migration Tools

Module 6: Database Services

• AWS Database Solutions
• Amazon Relational Database Services (RDS)
• DynamoDB, Features and Use Cases
• Redshift, Features, Use Cases and Comparison with RDS
• Scaling
• Caching and Migrating Data
• Hands-on Lab: Create a Database Layer in Your Amazon VPC Infrastructure

Module 7: Monitoring and Scaling

• Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and VPC Flow Logs
• Invoking Events
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Auto Scaling Options and Monitoring Cost
• Hands-on Lab: Configure High Availability in Your Amazon VPC

Module 8: Automation

• CloudFormation
• AWS Systems Manager

Module 9: Containers

• Microservices
• Monitoring Microservices with X-Ray
• Containers

Day 3

Module 10: Networking Part 2

• VPC Peering & Endpoints
• Transit Gateway
• Hybrid Networking
• Route 53

Module 11: Serverless Architecture

• Amazon API Gateway
• Amazon SQS, Amazon SNS
• Amazon Kinesis Data Streams & Kinesis Firehose
• Step Functions
• Compare Amazon SQS to Amazon MQ
• Hands-on Lab: Build a Serverless Architecture

Module 12: Edge Services

• Amazon CloudFront
• AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF), DDoS and Firewall Manager
• Compare AWS Global Accelerator and Amazon CloudFront
• AWS Outposts
• Hands-On Lab: Configure an Amazon CloudFront Distribution with an Amazon S3 Origin

Module 13: Backup and Recovery

• Planning for Disaster Recovery
• AWS Backup
• Recovery Strategies

Capstone Lab: Build an AWS Multi-Tier Architecture

Participants review the concepts and services learned in class and build a solution based on a scenario. The lab environment provides partial solutions to promote analysis and reflection. Participants deploy a highly available architecture. The instructor is available for consultation

Day 4

AWS Jam

• Play: Work to complete challenges across common AWS use-cases and operational tasks to earn points. Compete with rivals for the coveted top place on the leaderboard.
• Apply: Advance your cloud adoption journey by solving challenges designed to teach and reinforce AWS best practices taught in the class.
• Validate: Get points for solving challenges using AWS provided infrastructure. Confirm your learning to apply established best practices. Compare your performance against your peers!

We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:

• AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials
• 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

This course teaches you how to:

• Make architectural decisions based on the AWS-recommended architectural principles and best practices.
• Leverage AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available.
• Leverage AWS managed services to enable greater flexibility and resiliency in an infrastructure.
• Make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient in order to increase performance and reduce costs.
• Use the Well-Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions.

This course is intended for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting and individuals seeking the AWS Solutions Architect-Associate certification.