Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03

Full Practice Exam | Learn Cloud Computing | Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification SAA-C03!

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What you will learn

FULLY UPDATED FOR SAA-C03: Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification

Full Practice Exam with Explanations included!

All 800+ slides available as downloadable PDF

Perform Real-World Solution Architecture on AWS

Learn the AWS Fundamentals (EC2, ELB, ASG, RDS, ElastiCache, S3)

Learn the Serverless Fundamentals (Lambda, DynamoDB, Cognito, API Gateway)

Analyze 10+ Solution Architectures (traditional & serverless)

Understand the Well Architected Framework, Disaster Recovery

Master all the differences of Databases on AWS

Secure your entire AWS Cloud using KMS, IAM Policies & SSM

Description

Welcome! I'm here to help you prepare and PASS the NEWEST AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 exam [Course FULLY updated]


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[May 2023 Update]: Over 20 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[September 2022 Update - SAA-C03]: Over 80 videos have been updated to reflect the NEW SAA-C03 exam

[April 2022 Update]: Over 30 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[October 2021 Update]: Over 100 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[April 2021 Update]: Over 100 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[Dec 2020 Update]: The S3 section has been entirely re-recorded to accommodate for the AWS UI changes

[May 2020 Update]: 20+ videos have been updated to keep up with AWS UI changes.

[February 2020 Update - SAA-C02]: The course has been updated for the NEW 2020 exam version. Overall, 80 videos have been added or updated, and the course is now 22 hours long. Happy learning!

[July 2019 Update]: Few lectures refreshed, including AWS Budgets and EC2 placement groups.

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Beginners welcome: no need to know anything about AWS!

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 certification is one of the most challenging exams. It's great at assessing how well you understand not just AWS, but making sure you are making the best architectural decisions based on situations, which makes this certification incredibly valuable to have and pass. Rest assured, I've passed it myself with a score of 982 out of 1000. Yes, you read that right, I only made one mistake! Next, I want to help YOU pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification with flying colors.

This is going to be a long journey, but passing the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam will be worth it!


This AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course is different from the other ones you'll find on Udemy. Dare I say, better (but you'll judge!)

  • We will spend over three hours discussing solution architecture on AWS in depth. 

  • It covers in-depth all the new topics on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C02 exam

  • It's packed with practical knowledge on how to use AWS inside and out as a solutions architect

  • It teaches you how to prepare for the AWS exam AND how to prepare for the real world

  • It's a logical progression of topics, not a laundry list of random services

  • It's fast-paced and to the point

  • It has professional subtitles

  • All 800+ slides available as downloadable PDF


Concretely, here's what we'll learn to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam:

  • The AWS Fundamentals: IAM, EC2, Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, EBS, EFS, Route 53, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, CloudFront

  • The AWS CLI: CLI setup, usage on EC2, best practices, SDK, advanced usage

  • In-Depth Database comparison: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, DocumentDB, Neptune, Keyspaces, QLDB, Timestream

  • Analytics services comparison: Athena, EMR, Redshift, OpenSearch, Lake Formation, Kinesis Data Analytics, MSK, QuickSight, Glue

  • Machine Learning services: Rekognition, Transcribe, Polly, Translate, Lex, Comprehend, SageMaker, Forecast, Kendra, Personalize, Textract.

  • Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Audit: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EventBridge, Config

  • AWS Integration & Messaging: SQS, SNS, Kinesis Amazon MQ

  • AWS Serverless: AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Step Functions

  • AWS Containers Services: ECS, ECR, EKS, App Runner

  • AWS Security best practices: KMS, SSM Parameter Store, Secrets Manager, IAM Policies, Cognito, Shield, WAF, Firewall Manager, SSO, Certificate Manager, GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie

  • VPC & Networking in depth

  • Disaster Recovery & Migrations: DMS, Aurora & RDS Migrations, AWS Backup, Application Migration Service, VMware Cloud on AWS

  • AWS Other Services Overview: CloudFormation, SES, Pinpoint, SSM Session Manager, Elastic Transcoder, Batch, AppFlow...

  • Tips to ROCK the exam


This AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course is full of opportunities to apply your knowledge:

  • There are many hands-on lectures in every section

  • There are quizzes at the end of every section

  • There's an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate practice exam at the end of the course

  • We'll be using the AWS Free Tier most of the time

  • I'll be showing you how to go beyond the AWS Free Tier (you know... the real world!)


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Instructor

My name is Stéphane Maarek, I am passionate about Cloud Computing, and I will be your instructor in this course. I teach about AWS certifications, focusing on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies in AWS.

I have already taught 1,500,000+ students and gotten 500,000+ reviews throughout my career in designing and delivering these certifications and courses!

With AWS becoming the centerpiece of today's modern IT architectures, I've decided it's time for students to learn how to be an AWS Solutions Architect Associate properly. So, let’s kick start the course! You are in good hands!


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This course also comes with:

  • Lifetime access to all future updates

  • A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section

  • Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download

  • A 30 Day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee!

Join me in this course if you want to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification SAA-C03 Exam and master the AWS platform!

Content

Introduction - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Course Introduction - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Creating an AWS Account
AWS Account Activation Troubleshooting
AWS Budget Setup
Important Message
About your instructor
SAA-C01 vs SAA-C02

Code & Slides Download

Slides and Code Download

AWS Fundamentals: IAM & EC2

AWS Fundamentals - Section Introduction
AWS Regions and AZs
IAM Introduction
IAM Hands On
EC2 Introduction
SSH Overview
How to SSH using Linux or Mac
How to SSH using Windows
How to SSH using Windows 10
SSH Troubleshooting
EC2 Instance Connect
Introduction to Security Groups
Security Groups Deep Dive
Private vs Public vs Elastic IP
Private vs Public vs Elastic IP Hands On
Install Apache on EC2
EC2 User Data
EC2 Mid Way Quiz
EC2 Instances Launch Types
EC2 Instances Launch Types Hands On
EC2 Instance Types Deep Dive
EC2 AMIs
EC2 AMI Hands On
Cross Account AMI Copy
EC2 Placement Groups
Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) with Hands On
[SAA-C02] EC2 Hibernate
[SAA-C02] EC2 Hibernate - Hands On
EC2 for the Solution Architect
EC2 Final Quiz

High Availability and Scalability: ELB & ASG

High Availability and Scalability
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Overview
Classic Load Balancer (CLB) with Hands On
Application Load Balancer (ALB) with Hands On
Network Load Balancer (NLB) with Hands On
Elastic Load Balancer - Stickiness
Elastic Load Balancer - Cross Zone Load Balancing
Elastic Load Balancer - SSL Certificates
Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) Overview
Auto Scaling Groups Hands On
Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies
Auto Scaling Groups - for Solutions Architects
Fundamentals 2 Quiz

EC2 Storage - EBS & EFS

EBS Intro
EBS Intro Hands On
EBS Volume Types Deep Dive
EBS Operation: Snapshots
EBS Operation: Volume Migration
EBS Operation: Volume Encryption
EBS vs Instance Store
EBS RAID configurations
EFS Overview
EFS Hands On
EBS & EFS - Section Cleanup
EBS & EFS For Solutions Architect
EC2 Data Management - EBS & EFS Quiz

AWS Fundamentals: RDS + Aurora + ElastiCache

AWS RDS Overview
RDS Read Replicas vs Multi AZ
AWS RDS Hands On
RDS Encryption + Security
Aurora Overview
Aurora Hands On
AWS ElastiCache Overview
AWS ElastiCache Hands On
ElastiCache for Solution Architect
RDS / Aurora / ElastiCache Quiz

Route 53

Route 53 Overview
Route 53 Hands On
Route 53 - EC2 Setup
Route 53 - TTL
CNAME vs Alias
Routing Policy - Simple
Routing Policy - Weighted
Routing Policy - Latency
Route 53 Health Checks
Routing Policy - Failover
Routing Policy - Geolocation
Routing Policy - Multi Value
3rd Party Domains & Route 53
Section Cleanup
Route 53 Quiz

Classic Solutions Architecture Discussions

Solutions Architecture Discussions Overview
WhatsTheTime.com
MyClothes.com
MyWordPress.com
Instantiating applications quickly
Beanstalk Overview
Beanstalk Hands On
Solutions Architecture Discussions - Classic

Amazon S3 Introduction

Amazon S3 - Section Introduction
AWS S3 Buckets and Objects
AWS S3 Versioning
AWS S3 Encryption
AWS S3 Security & Bucket Policies
AWS S3 Websites
AWS S3 CORS
AWS S3 Consistency Model
AWS S3 Quiz

AWS CLI, SDK, IAM Roles & Policies

Developing on AWS Introduction
AWS CLI Setup on Windows
AWS CLI Setup on Mac OS X
AWS CLI Setup on Linux
AWS CLI Configuration
AWS CLI on EC2
AWS CLI Practice with S3
IAM Roles and Policies Hands On
AWS Policy Simulator
AWS EC2 Instance Metadata
AWS SDK Overview
CLI & SDK Quiz

Advanced Amazon S3 & Athena

S3 MFA Delete
S3 Default Encryption
S3 Access Logs
S3 Cross Region Replication
S3 Pre-signed URLs
S3 Storage Tiers + Glacier
[SAA-C02] S3 Lifecycle Policies
[SAA-C02] S3 Performance
[SAA-C02] S3 Select & Glacier Select
Athena Overview
Athena Hands On
[SAA-C02] S3 Lock Policies & Glacier Vault Lock
Section Cleanup
S3 Advanced - Quiz

CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator

CloudFront Overview
CloudFront with S3 - Hands On
[SAA-C02] CloudFront Signed URL / Cookies
[SAA-C02] AWS Global Accelerator - Overview
[SAA-C02] AWS Global Accelerator - Hands On
CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator Quiz

AWS Storage Extras

Snowball Overview
Snowball Hands On
Storage Gateway Overview
Storage Gateway Hands On
[SAA-C02] Amazon FSx - Overview
[SAA-C02] Amazon FSx - Hands On
[SAA-C02] All AWS Storage Options Compared
AWS Storage Extras - Quiz

Decoupling applications: SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Active MQ

Introduction to Messaging
AWS SQS
AWS SQS Console Hands On
AWS SQS FIFO Queues
SQS + Auto Scaling Group
AWS SNS
AWS SNS Hands On
Kinesis Data Streams Overview
Kinesis Data Streams Hands On
Kinesis Firehose & Kinesis Data Analytics
SQS vs SNS vs Kinesis
Amazon MQ
Messaging and Integration Quiz

Serverless Overviews from a Solution Architect Perspective

Serverless Introduction
Lambda Overview
Lambda Hands-On
Lambda Configuration
AWS Lambda Limits
AWS Lambda@Edge
DynamoDB Overview
DynamoDB Hands-On
[SAA-C02] DynamoDB Advanced Features
API Gateway Overview
API Gateway Basics Hands-On
API Gateway Stages and Deployments Hands-On
API Gateway Security
AWS Cognito Overview
[SAA-C02] Serverless Application Model (SAM) Overview
Serverless Quiz

Serverless Solution Architecture Discussions

Mobile Application: MyTodoList
Serverless Website: MyBlog.com
MicroServices Architecture
Distributing Paid Content
Software updates distribution
Big Data Ingestion Pipeline
Serverless Architectures Quiz

Databases in AWS

Choosing the right database
RDS
Aurora
ElastiCache
DynamoDB
S3
Athena
Redshift
Neptune
ElasticSearch
Databases Quiz

AWS Monitoring & Audit: CloudWatch, CloudTrail & Config

AWS Monitoring - Section Introduction
AWS CloudWatch Metrics
AWS CloudWatch Dashboards
AWS CloudWatch Logs
AWS CloudWatch Alarms
AWS CloudWatch Events
AWS CloudTrail
[SAA-C02] AWS Config - Overview
[SAA-C02] AWS Config - Hands On
[SAA-C02] CloudTrail vs CloudWatch vs Config
Monitoring Quiz

Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Advanced

Security Token Service (STS) Overview
Identity Federation & Cognito
[SAA-C02] Directory Services - Overview
Organizations - Overview
Organizations - Hands On
IAM - Advanced
[SAA-C02] Resource Access Manager (RAM)
[SAA-C02] AWS Single Sign On (SSO) - Overview
[SAA-C02] AWS Single Sign On (SSO) - Hands On
Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Advanced - Quiz

AWS Security & Encryption: KMS, SSM Parameter Store, CloudHSM, Shield, WAF

AWS Security - Section Introduction
Encryption 101
KMS Overview + Encryption in Place
KMS and AWS Lambda Practice
SSM Parameter Store Overview
SSM Parameter Store Hands On (CLI)
SSM Parameter Store Hands On (AWS Lambda)
AWS Secrets Manager - Overview
AWS Secrets Manager - Hands On
[SAA-C02] CloudHSM
[SAA-C02] Shield - DDoS Protection
[SAA-C02] Web Application Firewall (WAF)
[SAA-C02] WAF & Shield - Hands On
Shared Responsibility Model
Security & Encryption Quiz

Networking - VPC

Section Introduction
CIDR, Private vs Public IP
Default VPC Overview
VPC Overview and Hands On
Subnet Overview and Hands On
Internet Gateways & Route Tables
NAT Instances
NAT Gateways
DNS Resolution Options & Route 53 Private Zones
NACL & Security Groups
VPC Peering
VPC Endpoints
VPC Flow Logs + Athena
Bastion Hosts
Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway
Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway
Egress Only Internet Gateway
[SAA-C02] AWS PrivateLink - VPC Endpoint Services
[SAA-C02] AWS ClassicLink
[SAA-C02] VPN CloudHub
VPC Section Summary
Section Cleanup
Quiz on VPC

Disaster Recovery & Migrations

Disaster Recovery in AWS
[SAA-C02] Database Migration Service (DMS)
[SAA-C02] Database Migration Service (DMS) - Hands On
[SAA-C02] On-Premise Strategies with AWS
[SAA-C02] DataSync - Overview
[SAA-C02] Transferring Large Datasets into AWS
Disaster Recovery Quiz

More Solution Architectures

[SAA-C02] Event Processing in AWS
[SAA-C02] Caching Strategies in AWS
[SAA-C02] Blocking an IP Address in AWS
[SAA-C02] High Performance Computing (HPC) on AWS
More Solution Architectures - Quiz

Other Services

Other Services Section Introduction
CICD Introduction
CloudFormation Intro
CloudFormation Hands-On
[SAA-C02] CloudFormation - Extras
ECS Introduction
[SAA-C02] ECS - Extras
Step Functions & SWF
EMR
AWS Glue
OpsWorks
ElasticTranscoder
AWS Workspaces
AppSync
Other Services: Cheat Sheet
Other Services: Quiz

WhitePapers and Architectures - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

WhitePaper Section Introduction
Well Architected Framework Overview + Well Architected Tool
1st pillar: Operational Excellence
2nd pillar: Security
3rd pillar: Reliability
4th pillar: Performance Efficiency
5th pillar: Cost Optimization
AWS Trusted Advisor Overview + Hands-On
Examples of Architecture - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
WhitePaper Quiz

Preparing for the Exam + Practice Exam - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Assoc

Exam Preparation - Section Introduction
State of Learning Checkpoint - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Exam Tips - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Exam Walkthrough and Signup
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Practice Exam - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Congratulations - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Congratulations - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
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Reviews

Andreas
November 13, 2023
Thanks to this course i was able to get my certification! I repeated the tests twice and also used the additional package with 6 mock tests to prepare myself.
Chandra
November 13, 2023
This is an amazing course. Stephane made it extremely simple for anyone to understand. The concepts have been explained really well. Coupled with hands-on exercise, it becomes really easy. I would recommend this to everyone planning to get into AWS journey. Great work Stephane......YOU GOT THIS RIGHT Chandra Bose India
Ahmed
November 11, 2023
Thank you Stephane Maarek for the wonderful course, It explained all the topics very nicely. Recommended!
Rinki
November 9, 2023
Course & trainer are very interesting. However we should have some link to read the topics from author side. Like to explore region, AZ some kind of notes to remember and refer for future.
Vinicio
November 9, 2023
Stephane has an outstanding ability to explain concepts in a very simple and manageable way. It's amazing how easy you can learn with his courses.
Pradeep
November 8, 2023
Amazing content by Stephane. I like his way of teaching. Best thing of his course was to take various examples and start architecting around them from scratch and then taking it to better levels by adding more and more services/resources from AWS. I'd highly recommend this course to anyone who is interested in clearing architect-associate certification or gaining just the knowledge and hands-on experience..
David
November 7, 2023
So far, the course has been great at providing details related to setting up my own AWS account and begin the configuration phase.
Alon
November 7, 2023
I wanted to give a big THANKS to Stephane for this course. I took my AWS Solution Architect Associate exam today and passed! I got a 777 score on the test and I can't be more happy right now. I had zero background in AWS or IT in general, but I am signing up for school and a friend told me to try get this cert so I decided to try and get it on my own. I started in September to study for it and this course was the biggest help. What I personally did to pass the exam is finish this course, I took the practice test in which I got like 56% and then I bought 6 more practice test on Udemy by Jon Bonso and failed those too. I then re-watched this course on 1.5x/2x two more times just so I completely understand each topic and kept retaking the practice test until I was passing with varying scores of 72%-96% (make sure you don't memorize these test). Best of luck to everyone else, you can do it!
Gl
November 7, 2023
You are fantastic Stephane. Your course is so easy to digest with lots of diagrams to illustrate idea. Your course has the exam in mind and have lots of exam tips that really help and remind us what we need to pay attention to. Thanks again Stephane!
Matt
November 6, 2023
This course is exactly what you need to prepare for the SAA-C03! I took the exam this past Saturday and passed! I also used the practice exams Stephane offers as well as the exams from Neal Davis. My advice: watch all the course material, take notes, take practice exams, take notes on wrong answers, and go back through all the slides before the exam. Good Luck and Thank you to Stephane for a great course!
Trevor
November 5, 2023
This course helped me pass. I have a few years of devops experience but this helped me fill some gaps. Only thing is (this is probably my test) I had zero machine learning questions. I had lots and lots of VPC related questions regarding Guard Duty, Control Tower, Organizational management, VPC connectivity using Direct Connect (3 questions about this alone!) and some oddly extremely basic EC2 questions. Again this was my test, yours may have several machine learning questions and 1 or 2 direct connect / control tower questions. Thank you Stephane!
Sandeep
November 5, 2023
Most topics are explained nicely but some topics haven't been explained properly. Sometimes while explaining he tells long sentences so fast that it doesn't make any sense even after referring the transcript. ex in video 326 he tells "Well, to do so, we're going to launch a NAT instance with its own security group in a public subnet, then what we're going to do is attach an Elastic IP to this NAT instance, and then we're going to edit the route tables from the private subnet to the public subnet to be allowed to send traffic from the EC2 instances between the two subnets to the NAT instance." This sentence is way too long and he just drags through it and for new learners it will be tough to grasp it. And not everthing is told in a step wise manner. But if these few things are kept aside its a good course for starters
NAH
November 5, 2023
I passed the certification yesterday with 849 marks after ~3months of studying, without any prior knowledge of AWS. This was a really compact course with all the necessary information needed for your exams. The practice exams are extremely important for your preparation though, as they are structured in a certain way and you have to learn to extract key information from the questions. I suggest Neal Davis' practice exam questions as they are the closest in difficulty to the actual exam. But if you are able to pass Stephane's questions, you are definitely ready for the exam. Neal Davis Practice Questions: Paper 1 - Attempt 1: 72%, Attempt 2: 83% Paper 2 - Attempt 1: 80% Paper 3 - Attempt 1: 70% , Attempt 2: 86% Paper 4 - Attempt 1: 66%, Attempt 2: 89% Paper 5 - Attempt 1: 66%, Attempt 2: 87% Paper 6- Attempt 1: 73% Stephane Maarek Practice Questions Paper 1 - Attempt 1: 69% Paper 2 - Attempt 1: 56% Paper 3 - Attempt 1: 80% (Final practice paper I did!)
Nilesh
November 4, 2023
cleared exam on 03-nov. Thanks Stefane for this course and training. In exam there were multiple questions where you can answer only if you know more than udemy course you explained. If possible try to add more details here onwards. May be 1 min more for that each should be enough.
Maximilian
November 3, 2023
Got me well through this difficult exam. Really comprehensive and detailed, covers most of the stuff one needs to know for the exam. Definitely going to go with Stephane again for the AWS certification!

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