Advanced Architecting on AWS
Course description
This Advanced Architecting course is an professional level course and is preceded by the Architecting on AWS-Associate course. Each lesson in this Advanced Architecting on AWS course provides a scenario that must be handled architecturally.
As potential solutions, you will look at the AWS capabilities and services offered. Participating in problem-based conversations and learning about the AWS services you may use to tackle the difficulties will help you obtain new perspectives.
The course spans three days and goes beyond the fundamentals of cloud infrastructure to address a range of needs for AWS customers. Multiple AWS accounts management, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) automation tools and cost management are the main topics covered in the course modules. You will be presented with situations at the end of the course, and you will be required to choose the best answers. The AWS Solution Architect – Professional credential is earned after taking the Advanced Architecting on AWS Course.
Activities
This AWS course will include the following activities:
- Demonstrations
- Presentations
- Group Discussions
- Hands-On Labs
- Video assessments
- Use cases
Course Objectives
Intended Audience
Prerequisites
Module Breakdown
Module 1: Reviewing Architecting Concepts
- Group Exercise: Review Architecting on AWS core best practices
- Lab 1: Securing Amazon S3 VPC Endpoint Communications
Module 2: Single to Multiple Accounts
- AWS Organizations for multi-account access and permissions
- AWS SSO to simplify access and authentication across AWS accounts and third-party services
- AWS Control Tower
- Permissions, access, and authentication
Module 3: Hybrid Connectivity
- AWS Client VPN authentication and control
- AWS Site-to-Site VPN
- AWS Direct Connect for hybrid public and private connections
- Increasing bandwidth and reducing cost
- Basic, high, and maximum resiliency
- Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS resolution
Module 4: Specialized Infrastructure
- AWS Storage Gateway solutions
- On-demand VMware Cloud on AWS
- Extending cloud infrastructure services with AWS Outposts
- AWS Local Zones for latency-sensitive workloads
- Your 5G network with and without AWS Wavelength
Module 5: Connecting Networks
- Simplifying private subnet connections
- VPC isolation with a shared services VPC
- Transit Gateway Network Manager and VPC Reachability Analyzer
- AWS Resource Access Manager
- AWS PrivateLink and endpoint services
- Lab 2: Configuring Transit Gateways
Module 6: Containers
- Container solutions compared to virtual machines
- Docker benefits, components, solutions architecture, and versioning
- Container hosting on AWS to reduce cost
- Managed container services: Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
- AWS Fargate
- Lab 3: Deploying an Application with Amazon EKS on Fargate
Module 7: Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
- CI/CD solutions and impact
- CI/CD automation with AWS CodePipeline
- Deployment models
- AWS CloudFormation StackSets to improve deployment management
Module 8: High Availability and DDoS Protection
- Common DDoS attacks layers
- AWS WAF
- AWS WAF web access control lists (ACLs), real-time metrics, logs, and security automation
- AWS Shield Advanced services and AWS DDoS Response Team (DRT) services
- AWS Network Firewall and AWS Firewall Manager to protect accounts at scale
Module 9: Securing Data
- What cryptography is, why you would use it, and how to use it
- AWS KMS
- AWS CloudHSM architecture
- FIPS 140-2 Level 2 and Level 3 encryption
- Secrets Manager
Module 10: Large-Scale Data Stores
- Amazon S3 data storage management including storage class, inventory, metrics, and policies
- Data lake vs. data warehouse: Differences, benefits, and examples
- AWS Lake Formation solutions, security, and control
- Lab 4: Setting Up a Data Lake with Lake Formation
Module 11: Large-Scale Applications
- What edge services are and why you would use them
- Improve performance and mitigate risk with Amazon CloudFront
- Lambda@Edge
- AWS Global Accelerator: IP addresses, intelligent traffic distribution, and health checks
- Lab 5: Migrating an On-Premises NFS Share Using AWS DataSync and Storage Gateway
Module 12: Optimizing Cost
- On-premises and cloud acquisition/deprecation cycles
- Cloud cost management tools including reporting, control, and tagging
- Examples and analysis of the five pillars of cost optimization
Module 13: Migrating Workloads
- Business drivers and the process for migration
- Successful customer practices
- The 7 Rs to migrate and modernize
- Migration tools and services from AWS
- Migrating databases and large data stores
- AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT)
Module 14: Capstone Project
- Use the Online Course Supplement (OCS) to review use cases, investigate data, and answer architecting design questions about Transit Gateway, hybrid connectivity, migration, and cost optimization
CERTIFICATION : AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT - PROFESSIONAL
This certification enables businesses to find and nurture personnel with the essential competencies to carry out cloud activities. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional status attests to the holder’s proficiency in developing, deploying, and assessing applications on the platform under various challenging conditions.
Read MoreEXAM READINESS : AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT - PROFESSIONAL
With regard to creating distributed applications on the AWS platform, the AWS-Certified Solutions Architect – Professional examination attests to the candidate’s advanced technical knowledge and experience. Before enrolling in this course, which examines the exam’s topic areas, demonstrates how they relate to Advanced Architecting on AWS, and identifies them to specific areas for future self-study, it is advised that participants have two or more years of practical experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS. To help test-takers more effectively eliminate incorrect answers, it also includes the sample examination questions from each domain and discussions of concepts that are being tested.
Read MoreFAQ's
Is Cloud Wizard Consulting an official AWS training partner?
Yes, we have been since 2015.
Who should take up this course?
You can take on this course if you belong to the following category of individuals:
- Solution architects
- Cloud architects
- An individual looking t design infrastructures for AWS
What prior experience do you need for this course?
To qualify for taking up this course, you’ll need the following:
- AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) expertise and familiarity with the basic computing, storage, networking, and AWS services a minimum of one of the following
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate credential OR attended the Architecting on AWS classroom course
- possess a minimum of one year of experience managing AWS workloads
How do I enroll in this course?
To enroll in this course, choose the starting date and make an online payment. Once your payment is confirmed, our team will reach out to you.
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Course Schedule
| Course Name | Date | Register |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Architecting on AWS | 26 Sep - 28 Sep | Register |
| Advanced Architecting on AWS | 03 Oct - 05 Oct | Register |
| Advanced Architecting on AWS | 17 Oct - 19 Oct | Register |
| Advanced Architecting on AWS | 07 Nov - 09 Nov | Register |
| Advanced Architecting on AWS | 21 Nov - 23 Nov | Register |
| Advanced Architecting on AWS | 05 Dec - 07 Dec | Register |
| Advanced Architecting on AWS | 26 Dec - 28 Dec | Register |