AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)

Become an expert in architecting and deploying secure, resilient applications on AWS. This 32-hour masterclass covers designing secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized architectures — preparing you to confidently pass the SAA-C03 exam and take on real-world solutions architect responsibilities. 

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)

This course prepares you for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) exam while helping you demonstrate the knowledge needed to architect and deploy secure, robust applications on AWS. The course focuses on four core design pillars: designing secure architectures, designing resilient architectures, designing high-performing architectures, and designing cost-optimized architectures — giving you all the tools you need, including text explanations, video demos, lab activities, self-assessment questions, and a full practice exam, to pass the exam on your first try. 

Key Learning Specs

Level

Associate

Duration

32 Hours (self-paced) / 4 Days (instructor-led)

Experience

1+ Yr AWS Implementation Experience

Labs

Hands-on Live Labs (15 Lessons)

Goal

SAA-C03 Exam Mastery

Training Details

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course prepares you for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) exam while helping demonstrate your knowledge of how to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS technologies. This course focuses on designing secure architectures, designing resilient architectures, designing high-performing architectures, and designing cost-optimized architectures. 

The goal of this course is to provide you with all the tools you need to prepare for the exam — including text explanations, video demos, lab activities, self-assessment questions, and a practice exam — to increase your chances of passing on your first try. 

Duration: 

  • Instructor-led: 4 days 
  • Self-paced: 32 hours (approximate) 

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 

  • Display knowledge and skills in AWS compute, networking, storage, database, and deployment and management services 
  • Demonstrate knowledge and skills deploying, managing, and operating AWS workloads, and implementing security controls and compliance requirements 
  • Identify which AWS service meets technical requirements 
  • Define technical requirements for AWS-based applications 
  • Identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement 

Required course materials: 

  • Pearson CertPREP AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Courseware 
  • Essential Characteristics of AWS Cloud Computing 
  • AWS Cloud Computing and NIST 
  • Moving to AWS 
  • Operational Benefits of AWS 
  • Cloud Providers’ Responsibilities 
  • Security at AWS 
  • Migrating Applications 
  • The AWS Well-Architected Framework 
  • Summary 
  • The Well-Architected Framework 
  • Designing a Workload SLA 
  • Deployment Methodologies 
  • Summary 
  • Identity and Access Management (IAM) 
  • IAM Users and Groups 
  • Creating IAM Policies 
  • IAM Roles 
  • AWS Organizations 
  • AWS Resource Access Manager 
  • AWS Control Tower 
  • Summary 
  • Securing Network Infrastructure 
  • Amazon Cognito 
  • External Connections 
  • Amazon GuardDuty 
  • Amazon Macie 
  • Security Services for Securing Workloads 
  • Summary 
  • Data Access and Governance 
  • Amazon EBS Encryption 
  • Amazon S3 Bucket Security 
  • AWS Key Management Service 
  • AWS Certificate Manager 
  • Summary 
  • Scalable and Resilient Architecture 
  • Application Integration Services 
  • Amazon API Gateway 
  • Automating AWS Infrastructure 
  • AWS Elastic Beanstalk 
  • Summary 
  • High Availability and Fault Tolerance 
  • AWS Regions and Availability Zones 
  • Choosing an AWS Region 
  • Distributed Design Patterns 
  • Failover Strategies 
  • AWS Service Quotas 
  • Amazon Route 53 
  • Summary 
  • AWS Storage Options 
  • Amazon Elastic Block Store 
  • Amazon Elastic File System 
  • Amazon FSx for Windows File Server 
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service 
  • Amazon S3 Glacier 
  • AWS Data Lake 
  • Summary 
  • AWS Compute Services 
  • AWS Lambda 
  • Amazon Container Services 
  • Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch 
  • Auto Scaling Options at AWS 
  • Summary 
  • AWS Cloud Databases 
  • Amazon Relational Database Service 
  • Amazon Aurora 
  • Amazon DynamoDB 
  • Amazon ElastiCache 
  • Amazon Redshift 
  • Summary 
  • Amazon CloudFront 
  • AWS Global Accelerator 
  • Elastic Load Balancing Service 
  • AWS VPC Networking 
  • Subnets 
  • IP Address Types 
  • Connectivity Options 
  • Summary 
  • Calculating AWS Costs 
  • Cost Management Tools 
  • Storage Types and Costs 
  • AWS Backup 
  • Data Transfer Costs 
  • AWS Storage Gateway 
  • Summary 
  • EC2 Instance Types 
  • EC2 Instance Purchasing Options 
  • Strategies for Optimizing Compute 
  • Summary 
  • Database Design Choices 
  • Database Data Transfer Costs 
  • Database Retention Policies 
  • Summary 
  • Networking Services and Connectivity Costs 
  • Data Transfer Costs 
  • Summary

This course is ideal for: 

  • Individuals working as (or aspiring to be) solutions architects who design AWS solutions using AWS services 

 

  • To get the most out of this course, we recommend you have: 

    • At least 1 year of experience solving problems and implementing solutions using AWS services 
    • Experience in AWS technology 
    • Strong on-premises IT experience 
    • An understanding of mapping on-premises technology to the cloud 
    • Experience with other cloud services 

    Target certification exam: SAA-C03