The Exam Prep: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate course is available from March 1 to May 31, 2022, as part of the Get AWS Certified: Associate Challenge. In this intermediate-level course from Amazon Web Services (AWS), you will learn how to assess your preparedness for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam. The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam validates technical expertise in designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS.Learn how to prepare for the exam by exploring the exam’s topic areas and how they map to architecting on AWS and to specific areas to study. Throughout this course, you will explore the exam’s various topic domains, and learn how they map to both AWS solutions architect roles and to specific areas of study. You will also review sample certification questions in each domain, practice skills with hands-on exercises, test your knowledge with practice question sets, learn strategies for identifying incorrect responses by interpreting the concepts that are being tested in the exam, and take a full-length official practice test that will help identity your strengths and weaknesses in each domain area.Course level: IntermediateDuration: 6 hours ActivitiesThis course includes the following: Videos by expert instructors, who deliver presentations and review sample questions Hands-on exercises that help validate skills readiness Practice question sets written by the same AWS experts who write certification assessment items. Official AWS Solutions Architect - Associate sample test with certification-scoring logic and detailed score reportCourse objectivesAfter completing this course, you should be able to complete the following tasks: Explain the value of the AWS Cloud Understand and explain the AWS shared responsibility model Understand security best practices Understand AWS Cloud costs, economics, and billing practices Describe and position the core AWS services, including compute, network, databases, and storage. Identify AWS services for common use casesIntended audienceThis course is intended for solutions architects who are preparing to take the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam.PrerequisitesWe recommend that attendees of this course have the following knowledge and experience: At least 1 year of hands-on experience designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS In-depth knowledge of at least one high-level programming language Completed the Architecting on AWS course (or have equivalent knowledge)Course outlineCourse IntroductionModule 1: Resilient Architectures Design a multi-tier architecture solution Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures Design decoupling mechanisms using AWS services Choose appropriate resilient storage Questions walkthroughReading: Resilient ArchitecturesHands-on Exercise: Testing PermissionsResilient Architectures Close Module 2: High-performing Architectures Identify elastic and scalable compute solutions for a workload Select high-performing and scalable storage solutions for a workload Select high-performing networking solutions for a workload Choose high-performing database solutions for a workload Questions walkthroughReading: High-performing ArchitecturesHands-on Exercise: Creating a NetworkHigh-performing Architectures Close Module 3: Secure Applications Design secure access to AWS resources Design secure application tiers Select appropriate data security options Questions walkthroughReading: Secure ApplicationsHands-on Exercise: Comparing DatabasesSecure Applications Close Module 4: Cost-optimized Architectures Identify cost-effective storage solutions Identify cost-effective compute and database services Design cost-optimized network architectures Questions walkthroughReading: Cost-optimized ArchitecturesHands-on Exercise: Implementing ElasticityCost-optimized Architectures Close Benchmark Assessment: Practice Questions Course Close Official Practice Exam