AWS Solutions Architect - Associate

(INEW-2020)

Syllabus

Course: INEW-2020 AWS Solutions Architect - Associate 64 hours

Course Description:
Targeted for information systems or engineering students seeking cloud computing
expertise, Cloud Computing Architecture is an AWS Academy provided curriculum
designed to help students develop technical expertise in cloud computing using the
AWS framework including web monitoring and analytical tools to improve and report
site functionality, and prepare them for the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
certification exam. The curriculum is taught through e-learning, instructor-led classes,
hands-on labs, online knowledge assessments, and project work. The student kit
includes course manuals, access to labs, a practice exam.
Prerequisite:
AWS Cloud Computing Architecture requires a strong conceptual foundation in
multiple computing, software development, and IT concepts and skills.
• Understand how modern applications—especially web-hosted applications—are
built, and the tools and methods used to manage development.
• Conceptual understanding of common database technologies and solutions,
including: relational, NoSQL, and distributed frameworks
• Understand the design philosophies, architecture, and operation of modern data
centers, including: hardware, software, infrastructure, processes (change
management), connectivity (backbones and peering), offsite backup services,
scalability, availability, durability, and elasticity
• Understand typical networking devices, protocols, and services, know how to
configure IP settings on common operating systems and devices, understand and
apply Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) addressing, explain how TCP
sessions are established and maintained, describe common network appliances
and their functions
• Comfortable reading and writing scripts.
• Understand common methods used to secure data centers, including: access
control and identity management, cryptography algorithms and how they’re
applied, PKI to create trusted relationships, securing data in transit and at rest.
• Install and manage operating systems manually or unattended, manage storage by
partitioning disks and formatting and mounting/attaching volumes, install
applications, manually and via packaged deployments, manage system security by
administering users and groups, assigning permissions to resources, and
configuring personal firewalls, understand distributed systems concepts including
fault tolerance, high availability, configuration management, and automation
• Understand common storage concepts and solutions related to servers and
application environments.

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Course Objectives:
Upon successful completion of AWS Solutions Architect - Associate, the students will be
able to:
• Identify the value and benefits of cloud computing and AWS
• Understand methods and tools to maintain security and protect data
• Explain the financial advantages of the AWS cloud
• Navigate the AWS Management Console
• Differentiate between AWS storage options
• Understand AWS compute and networking options
• Describe and use AWS database options
• Identify deployment and management options
• Make decisions based on recommended architectural principles and best
practices
• Create a cloud migration roadmap and plan
• Use AWS to make infrastructure scalable
• Create a business continuity plan and achieve high availability
• Use the AWS framework including web monitoring and analytical tools to improve
site functionality, generate data-mining reports for marketing and usability, and
collect and evaluate dynamic data to deliver personalized site content.
• Understand the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam structure and
questions

Rationale:
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam is intended for individuals
who perform an AWS Solutions Architect role. This is a vendor specific course which
will earn the student an established industry credential that validates an examinee’s
ability to:
• Identify and gather requirements in order to define a solution to be built using
AWS architectural best practices.
• Provide guidance on AWS architectural best practices to developers and
system administrators throughout the lifecycle of the project.

Evaluation:
Given the goal of student preparedness for the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
certification exam, those who participate in class discussions, complete labs and
assessments, and miss no more than four class meetings will be awarded 6.4
continuing education units. (Certification exam not required, nor included with the
course)

Books Required:
Student kit provided. Materials include course manuals, access to labs, a practice exam.

Curriculum Outline

AWS Business Essentials

• Introduction to the AWS Cloud
• Using the AWS Platform
• Security and Compliance
• Cloud Financials

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 • Migrating to the Cloud: Next Steps
AWS Technical Essentials
• Introduction to and History of AWS
• AWS Storage and Content Delivery
• Compute Services and Networking
• AWS Managed Services and Database
• Deployment and Management
Architecting on AWS
• Leveraging Global Infrastructure
• Extending On-Premises into the Cloud
• Computing in the Cloud
• Designing Storage Subsystems
• Distributed Environments
• Choosing a Data Store
• Designing Web-Scale Media Hosting
• Event-Driven Scaling
• Infrastructure as Code
• Orchestrating Batch Processing
• Reviewing Large-Scale Design Patterns
• Designing for Cost
• Planning for High Availability and Disaster Recovery
AWS Certification Exam Readiness Workshop
• Testing Center Information and Expectations
• Exam Overview and Structure
• Content Domains and Question Breakdown
• Topics and Concepts with Content Domains
• Question Structure and Interpretation Techniques
• Practice Exam Questions
Project Work
• Cloud Computing Challenge

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