AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Training Course Course

Module 2: Identity & Access Management

⏳ 4.5 hours

• IAM users, groups, roles, policies, MFA, and least-privilege best practices.

• Create custom IAM policies and enable MFA for both root and IAM users.

Module 3: Networking & VPC

⏳ 5 hours

• VPC subnets, route tables, NAT gateways, peering, and CIDR planning.

• Build a multi-AZ VPC with segmented public and private subnets.

Module 4: Compute Services

⏳ 5.5 hours

• EC2 instance types and pricing models, Auto Scaling groups, and Lambda fundamentals.

• Configure an Auto Scaling group and deploy a serverless Lambda function.

Module 5: Storage Services

⏳ 5 hours

• S3 versioning and lifecycle policies, EBS volume management, and EFS basics.

• Apply S3 bucket policies and perform EBS snapshot operations.

Module 6: Database Services

⏳ 4.5 hours

• RDS engine selection and configuration, DynamoDB design, and backup/restore strategies.

• Launch an RDS instance and execute CRUD operations in DynamoDB.

Module 7: Security, Monitoring & Logging

⏳ 4 hours

• CloudWatch metrics, alarms, dashboards, CloudTrail logging, and AWS Config rules.

• Build a CloudWatch dashboard and enforce compliance checks with AWS Config.

Module 8: Deployment & Automation

⏳ 5 hours

• CloudFormation template authoring and CI/CD orchestration with CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and CodePipeline.

• Write a CloudFormation template and construct a CI/CD pipeline for a sample application.

Module 9: High Availability & Scalability

⏳ 5 hours

• ELB configuration, Route 53 routing policies, health checks, and Auto Scaling strategies.

• Deploy a load-balanced, multi-region setup and simulate a failover scenario.

Module 10: Exam Preparation & Capstone Projects

⏳ 4.5 hours

• SAA-C03 exam blueprint, sample questions, and Well-Architected review best practices.

• Architect and present an end-to-end multi-tier application design for peer review.