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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

By Elias Khnaser
AWS is the most popular and most widely used IaaS cloud in the world. This course will teach you advanced design principles, including strategies for consolidated billing, AWS cross account access, and various connectivity methods to AWS.
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Level
Advanced
Updated
Jun 2, 2016
Duration
7h 6m
Table of contents
Course Overview
Course Overview 2m
Course Introduction
Course Introduction 0m AWS Certification Tracks 6m Exam Highlights 4m Strategy for Success 4m Summary 1m
Designing AWS Networking Services: Elastic Load Balancer
Introduction 1m ELB Characteristics 9m ELB Diagrams 7m Summary 2m
Designing AWS Networking Services: VPC and Direct Connect
Introduction 1m Virtual Private Cloud Overview 5m VPC Peering 5m AWS VPC Types 4m AWS VPC Access 3m AWS Direct Connect 9m AWS VPN CloudHub 2m Summary 2m
Designing AWS Networking Services: NAT Instances and NAT Gateways
Introduction 1m VPC NAT Bottlenecks 4m NAT Instances vs. NAT Gateways 3m Demo: Creating a VPC 7m Demo: Deploying EC2 Instances 8m Demo: Configuring a NAT Instance 7m Demo: Configuring NAT Gateway 3m Summary 1m
Designing AWS Networking Services: Domain Name System
Introduction 1m Route 53 8m Demo: Private Hosted Zone 15m Demo: Extend On-premises DNS to EC2 Instances 10m Summary 1m
Designing AWS Networking Services: High Performance Computing
Introduction 1m High Performance Computing (HPC) 8m Placement Groups 6m Summary 2m
Designing and Optimizing AWS Data Storage Services
Introduction 1m Storage and Archive 6m Optimizing for PUTs 4m Optimizing for GETs 10m Securing Amazon S3 3m Amazon EBS 3m AWS Storage Gateway 3m Summary 3m
Understanding AWS Database Services
Introduction 1m RDS Characteristics 8m Multi-AZ Failover 4m Amazon DynamoDB 6m Amazon DynamoDB Features 4m Summary 2m
Managing AWS Security Strategies: Directory Service
Introduction 1m AWS Directory Service Types 5m Simple AD 4m Demo: AD Connector and Simple AD 10m Microsoft AD 2m Demo: Microsoft AD 6m Summary 2m
Managing AWS Security Strategies: STS and Cross Account Access
Introduction 1m Security Token Service (STS) 7m Cross Account Access 10m Summary 1m
Managing AWS Security Strategies: CloudTrail and CloudWatch
Introduction 1m CloudTrail vs. CloudWatch 3m CloudWatch 7m Summary 3m
Managing AWS Security Strategies: CloudHSM, DDoS, and IDS/IPS
Introduction 1m Hardware Security Module (HSM) 5m Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) 10m Protecting Exposed Resources 7m Reference Architecture 6m Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) 2m Summary 2m
Managing Billing Strategies: EC2 Standard and Reserved Instances
Introduction 1m EC2 Instance Types 6m EC2 Instances In-depth 6m Standard Reserved Instances Attributes 7m Summary 2m
Managing Billing Strategies: Consolidated Billing and Resource Groups
Introduction 1m Consolidated Billing 11m Paying Accounts 2m Resource Groups 3m Demo: Creating and Working with Resource Groups 6m Summary 2m
Understanding CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, and OpsWorks
Introduction 1m AWS CloudFormation 5m Template Elements 5m AWS Elastic Beanstalk 5m AWS OpsWorks 2m Summary 2m
Understanding CloudFront, Kinesis Streams, & SNS Mobile Push Notifications
Introduction 1m CloudFront 5m ElastiCache 2m Kinesis Streams 6m Partition Keys 2m SNS Mobile Push Notification 2m Summary 2m
Understanding AWS High Availability and BC/DR Options
Introduction 1m RTO and RPO 10m DR Scenarios 12m Import/Export 3m Automated Backups 2m Summary 1m
Understanding AWS Data Pipeline and Integration with VMware
Introduction 1m AWS Data Pipeline 5m Integration with VMware 2m Summary 2m
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Duration
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Description

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the most popular and most widely used Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) cloud in the world. If you're an administrator, engineer, architect or consultant looking to familiarize yourself with AWS, this is the course for you. In AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional, you will learn advanced design principles, such as strategies for consolidated billing. You'll also learn about AWS cross account access and various connectivity methods to AWS. Finally, you'll also cover Directory services, data management, analytics, and much more. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge needed to securely design advanced implementations using various AWS services, and you'll also be highly prepared for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification exam.

Course FAQ
Course FAQ
What is AWS certified solutions architect?

AWS Certified Solutions Architect is a category of technical certifications offered by Amazon Web Services for beginners and professionals who run enterprise architecture programs.

What is AWS certified solutions architect professional?

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional is an exam that is intended for individuals who perfrom a solutions architect role with two or more years of hands on experience.

What will you learn in this AWS tutorial?

In this course, you will learn about consolidated billing, cross account access, AWS directory service, and CloudHSM, DDoS and IPS/IDS. By the end of this course you will be prepared to pass the certification exam.

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who has AWS experience and wants to further their education by learning AWS Certified Solutions Architect and pass the professional certification exam.

About the author
Elias Khnaser
About the author

Elias Khnaser is a Research Vice President with Gartner for Technical Professionals (GTP). He covers public cloud computing and hybrid cloud computing. Mr. Khnaser's coverage is primarily focused on Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) along with platform as a service (PaaS) as it intersects with IaaS. Areas of focus include cloud computing adoption strategy, trends, technology, platforms and providers, exit strategy and multicloud. Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Khnaser was the CTO for Sigma Solutions. In that role, he directed the company's technical strategy and was a customer-facing executive engaging with client CIOs, architects and engineers on cloud, EUC and virtualization strategies. He is well-published with six books and hundreds of blogs on Forbes, InformationWeek and VirtualizationReview.com. He has also presented at various Gartner and industry conferences.

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Course Overview
Welcome to Pluralsight. My name is Elias Khnaser, and I'd like to welcome you to my course, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional. AWS is the world's leading cloud platform provider. It has revolutionized and modernized the way we do IT. Today, AWS's certifications are the hottest and most sought after in the industry, especially for individuals interesting in the role of cloud architect and cloud engineering. Some of the major topics that we'll cover in this course include Consolidated Billing, Cross Account Access, AWS Directory Service, CloudHSM, Distributed Denial of Service, IPS and IDS, Direct Connect, and much, much more. By the end of this course, you'll be well prepared to sit and pass the certification exam. And you'll have the knowledge needed to design advanced AWS deployment. However, before beginning this course, you should have a solid working knowledge of AWS. A great first step to acquiring this knowledge is to complete the other AWS courses offered on Pluralsight, namely Amazon Web Services Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Fundamentals for System Administrators. I hope you'll join me on this journey to learn how to design advanced AWS environments with the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional course at Pluralsight.

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Duration
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