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AWS Additional Services & Operational Excellence

This course is part of AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Specialization

Instructor: Tom Carpenter

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Advanced level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

Advanced level

Recommended experience

4 hours to complete

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Identify and select additional AWS services for analytics, caching, media delivery, DevOps, backup, and cost management
Apply the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework to evaluate and improve cloud architectures
Optimize AWS architectures for operational excellence, including automation, observability, and continuous improvement

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This course is part of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Specialization

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There are 4 modules in this course

Extend your AWS toolkit and learn to evaluate any architecture against industry best practices. Through the industry-proven lens of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) exam, you'll explore AWS media delivery, application streaming, ElastiCache caching, analytics engines, DevOps tooling, Transit Gateway for large-scale network connectivity, AWS Backup, and Cost Explorer for financial visibility. You'll then review architectures against the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization.

Not planning to take the exam? These skills still apply on the job. Reviewing an architecture against proven best practices is a valuable skill for anyone who designs or supports cloud workloads. Expert instruction and a worked scenario help you finish able to recommend appropriate AWS services for specialized use cases and improve an architecture's resilience, performance, security, and cost. Expert instruction ties each service to a specific business need, and the scenario-based review shows how the pillars apply to a real architecture.

This chapter adds on context for additional AWS services.

What's included

5 videos1 reading1 assignment

This chapter adds on context for additional AWS services.

What's included

6 videos1 assignment

This chapter teaaches operational excellence in all things AWS.

What's included

11 videos1 reading1 assignment

11 videosTotal 76 minutes

The Operational Excellence Process8 minutes
Widget Makers Scenario7 minutes
Resilient Design8 minutes
Resilient Design Scenario5 minutes
Performant Design9 minutes
Performant Design Scenario6 minutes
Secure Design8 minutes
Cost Optimization7 minutes
Cost Optimization Scenario5 minutes
Secure Design Scenario5 minutes
General Best Practices7 minutes

1 readingTotal 2 minutes

Operational Excellence with AWS Slide Handout2 minutes

1 assignmentTotal 18 minutes

Operational Excellence with AWS18 minutes

Final graded assessment

What's included

1 assignment

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Instructor

Tom Carpenter

Total Seminars

7 Courses463 learners

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Frequently asked questions

A: It covers additional AWS services for analytics, caching, media delivery, DevOps, backup, and cost management, plus the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

A: Working knowledge of core AWS services and solutions architecture concepts.

A: The course includes about 2.5 hours of material: videos, quizzes, and optional assignments. How long it takes you depends on your starting knowledge and how you like to study, so here are some typical ranges. If you already have experience with these topics, you may finish in about 2 to 2.5 hours by skimming familiar lessons. If you have some background, plan on about 3 to 4 hours. If you are new to the topic, plan on about 4 to 5 hours, because you may want to rewatch lessons and review quizzes. At the recommended 4 to 5 hours per week, this works out to about 1 week. The course is self-paced, so you can rewatch any lesson as often as you need.

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