AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02) Exam Prep Course - 2021 UPDATED!

1. Introduction

This video provides a brief introduction to the course.

1. What is Amazon Web Services (AWS)?

This video briefly introduces you to AWS. You will also learn its basic robust set of services.

2. Why Use Amazon Web Services (AWS)?

This video explains the features of AWS. You will also be able to decide whether your business should transition to AWS. Finally, you will discover the costs and benefits of AWS.

3. Get Started with Amazon Web Services (AWS)?

This video explains how to set up a free AWS account and provides all the information you need to know before working on it.

4. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certifications

This video illustrates the different type of AWS certifications offered and explains which type is best for you.

5. Preparing Resources

This video focuses on the resources you will need before you begin your journey on the AWS certification path.

6. Benefits of Certification

This video explains the benefits of AWS certification.

7. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (CSA-A) Overview

This video provides an overview of the AWS -CSA-A certification.

8. What's New on the 2020 Updated Exam?

This video provides details of the 2020 updated exam.

9. AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (CSA-A) Exam Objectives

This video illustrates the AWS CSA-A exam objectives.

10. The Four Key Areas (Compute, Networking, Storage, and Database) of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains the four main components used in the making of AWS. You will also learn the use of each component in the AWS environment.

11. Master the Knowledge Areas of the Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (CSA-A) Exam

This video explains the various domains and objectives covered in the CSA-A exam.

12. Familiarize Yourself with the System

This video helps you familiarize yourself with the system so that you can study and pass the Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (CSA-A) exam.

13. How to Take Notes?

This video demonstrates how to take notes while watching the training videos.

14. Be Mentally and Physically Prepared

This video explains how to prepare your mind and body while studying for an exam.

15. Take the Exam

This video provides a few good exam tips to help you pass with confidence.

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing

This video provides an introduction to cloud computing.

2. Key Services of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains the key services offered by AWS and how Amazon makes these services available all over the world.

3. Creating a Free Amazon Web Services (AWS) Account

This video demonstrates how to create a free AWS account, which you can use to explore and learn all about this cloud service.

4. Exploring the Management Console

This video provides an understanding of the console and its components so that you can navigate the interface with ease.

5. Creating an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Bucket

This video explains how Amazon S3 provides storage in the cloud at any scale and varying costs. This video also demonstrates the creation of an Amazon S3 bucket (a storage container in the cloud).

6. Creating an Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) Instance

This video demonstrates how to run a server in the cloud and manage it with EC2 instances.

7. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Databases

This video focuses on AWS and its rich database solution.

8. Other Services of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains the various other services (apart from storage, computing, database services) offered by AWS in the cloud, such as scalability and monitoring.

1. Identity and Access Management (IAM) Services

This video introduces you to IAM services that allow you to manage multiple Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts. You will also learn some basic concepts in this video.

2. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Costs

This video allows you to explore the cost options within AWS and how to keep those costs down.

3. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Documentation

This video provides information on AWS documentation.

4. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certification Path

This video explains the various certifications available and their differences.

1. Cloud Computing Defined

This video introduces you to the concept of cloud computing and presents some examples of its service providers.

2. Benefits of Cloud Computing

This video provides an overview of the benefits of cloud computing. You can save money, time, and headaches while moving to the Cloud.

3. Cloud Computing Models

This video explains how to use cloud computing and some of its terminologies, such as IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.

4. History of Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains the history of AWS.

5. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Platform

This video introduces you to the AWS platform and its various services, such as computing services, storage services, database services, and networking services.

6. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Services - Part 1

This video is the first part of the two-part video that allows you to explore the different AWS services by browsing the services list in the AWS console.

7. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Services - Part 2

This video is the second part of the two-part video that provides an overview of the AWS services.

8. Security and Compliance

This video explains how you can secure the solutions that run on AWS.

9. Regions and Availability Zones (AZs)

This video explains the concepts of Regions and AZs.

1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Storage Services

This video explains the advanced storage services and other computing services offered by AWS

2. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Storage Class

This video explains the basic concepts of Amazon S3 storage and management.

3. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Terminology

This video defines some key Amazon S3 terms and how to implement them.

4. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Advanced Features

This video explains some of the most advanced features of Amazon S3.

5. Creating Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Buckets Lab

This video demonstrates the process of creating Amazon S3 buckets and using those buckets for object (file) storage.

6. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Bucket Properties

This video explains Amazon S3 bucket and the collection or properties associated with it.

7. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Managing Objects Lab

This video explains how Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides several management functions for the objects in Amazon S3 buckets.

8. Glacier

This explains how Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides a less expensive storage solution for accessing immediate data.

9. Setting up a Glacier Vault Lab

This video demonstrates how to create and use Glacier storage.

10. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Tape Gateway

This video explains how the Tape gateway acts as a physical tape to back up a server.

11. Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) Enhanced Features

This video focuses on intelligent tiering, S3 object lock, and batch operations.

12. Elastic Block Store (EBS)

This video introduces the concepts of EBS.

13. Creating Elastic Block Store (EBS) Volumes Lab

This video explains the EBS concepts and demonstrates the creation and usage of EBS volumes.

14. Elastic File System (EFS)

This video explains the EFS services and its features. You will also learn how to store data in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud that can be accessed by multiple AWS virtual machines using the Storage Area Network (SAN).

15. Creating an Elastic File System (EFS) File System Lab

This video demonstrates the creation of an EFS file system.

16. Elastic File System (EFS) and PrivateLink

This video explains how you can ensure secure connections between your Amazon Virtual Private Clouds (Amazon VPCs), services, and applications in AWS using PrivateLink.

17. Introduction to Amazon FSx

This video provides an introduction to Amazon FSx and how it can be configured to work with Windows file server or Lustre, the high-performing filesystem from AWS.

18. Hands on with FSx

This video demonstrates how to set up an Amazon FSx filesystem.

19. Integrating On-Premises Storage

This video introduces the AWS features that allow you to integrate storage at your location with Amazon Web Services (AWS) storage.

20. Storage Access Security Lab

This video explains the storage security features of AWS, including the console and CLI.

21. Storage Performance

This video focuses on storage performance. You will learn how you can manage to have the storage space you require. You must also be able to access at the speed you desire. The key is in selecting the proper volume type (for EBS) or storage class (for S3) and this video gives you the information required to make this decision.

1. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Overview

This video introduces the VPC concept and provides an overview.

2. Creating a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Lab

This video explains you how to create and use a VPC.

3. Configuring DHCP Options Lab

This video demonstrates how to configure DHCP options for the devices participating in VPC.

4. Elastic IP Addresses

This video introduces you to Elastic IP addresses that allow you to work directly on the Internet without a Network Address Translation (NAT) device.

5. Elastic Network Interfaces (ENIs)

This video introduces you to the concept and use of ENIs.

6. Endpoints

This video explains how AWS uses the term endpoint to access other services indirectly.

7. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Peering

This video demonstrates how to use VPC peering to connect one VPC to another so that the instances in one can talk to instances in another.

8. Creating a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Peering Connection Lab

This video provides an overview of the VPC peer creation process.

9. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Groups Overview

This video provides an overview of security groups in AWS and explains how they are different from the traditional concept.

10. Network Address Translation (NAT)

This video introduces you to the concept of NAT in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

11. Virtual Private Gateways (VPGs) and Customer Gateways (CGWs)

This video focuses on VPGs and CGWs, which allow you to connect your local network to Amazon Web Services (AWS) in a permanent and secure manner.

12. Virtual Private Cloud (VPN) Configuration Option

This video illustrates the various VPN configuration options, such as split-tunnels, direct connect, and adding certificates for authentication.

1. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Overview

This video provides an overview of Amazon EC2 and its services.

2. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2 Instance Types)

When you launch an EC2 instance, you must consider more than just the Amazon Machine Image (AMI) to use. You must also determine the instance type or class to use so that you can achieve optimum performance. For this reason, it is important to understand the contents of this episode.

3. Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Pricing

This video explains how factors such as instance types and pricing category impact the Amazon EC2 pricing.

4. Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

This video explains the use of Amazon EBS volume in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

1. Launching an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Linux Instance Lab

This video shows how to create a Linux-based Amazon EC2 instance in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

2. Configuring an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Linux Instance Lab

This video demonstrates some important instance configuration tasks.

3. Setting up an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Windows Instance Lab

This video provides a demonstration of how to instantiate a Windows instance in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

4. Shared Tenancy in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains the concept of shared instance and how to implement it in AWS.

5. Dedicated Hosts in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains the concept of dedicated hosts in AWS.

6. Dedicated Instances in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains the concept of dedicated instances and their operation in AWS.

7. Amazon Machine Images (AMI) Virtualization

This video explores the details of AMIs and how to create them.

1. Instance Management of Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)

This video will let you explore the ongoing management of Amazon EC2 instances.

2. Connecting to Instances Lab

This video explains how to remotely connect to the instance guest operating system and manage it.

3. Working with Security Groups

This video focuses on access control to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances that you implement with the help of security groups.

4. Working with Security Groups Lab

This video demonstrates how to control who has access to the Amazon EC2 instances that you implement with the help of security groups.

5. Advanced Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Management

This video illustrates the various Amazon EC2 management options, such as resource optimization in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cost management, host recovery for EC2 instances, and traffic monitoring.

6. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Batch

This video focuses on AWS batch that automatically runs the slick scripts created in the AWS environment.

7. Elastic Container Service (ECS)

This video explains the concept of ECS and how it helps to run a code in Amazon Web Services (AWS) without having to launch, configure, upgrade, and manage Amazon EC2 instances.

8. Elastic Beanstalk Environment

This video explains how Elastic Beanstalk environment can be used to launch and merge Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances for you.

1. Identity and Access Management (IAM) Overview

This video introduces the fundamental concepts of IAM.

2. Principals

This video introduces you to the principals you will manage in Amazon Web Services (AWS), such as users and groups.

3. Root User

This video explains the importance of the root user account and the implications it introduces to the management and use of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

4. Authentication

This video introduces you to the basics of authentication and explains the two primary authentication methods.

5. Authorization Policies

This video explains the concept of authorization policies and how to manage the permissions.

6. Multi-Factor Authentication

This video explains the multi-factor authentication process.

7. Key Rotation

This video covers the principles of key rotation and the processes involved in key rotation.

8. Multiple Permissions

This video explains the concept of multiple permissions, which include practical and applied permissions.

9. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Compliance Program

This video introduces the compliance program in AWS and explains where you can get detailed information about the compliance regulations.

10. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Security Hub

This video explains how the AWS Security Hub offers a single console for a number of useful security options, such as IDS with Amazon GuardDuty, vulnerability scans with Amazon Inspector, and automatic policy compliance scans with Amazon Macie.

11. Shared Responsibility Model

This video explains the concept of shared responsibility model.

1. User Accounts

This video discusses the best practices and tasks involved in user account creation and management.

2. Password Policies in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video demonstrates how to use and implement password policies in AWS.

3. Credential Rotation

This video explains the concept of credential rotation and how to configure password rotation policies.

4. Principle of Least Privilege

This video explains how the principle of least privilege can be implemented to restrict permission to a user.

5. Identity and Access Management (IAM) Roles in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explores the process used to create and manage roles in AWS.

6. Creating and Defining Identity and Access Management (IAM) Policy Conditions

This video explains how to create an IAM policy and define policy conditions.

7. CloudTrail

This video explains the concept of AWS CloudTrail and how it can help you to monitor and even be alerted of the security events in your account.

1. Auto Scaling Overview

This video provides an overview of the auto scaling capabilities of Amazon Web Services (AWS).

2. Auto Scaling Groups

This video explores the concept of auto scaling groups and how they fit into any implementation or design.

3. Termination Policies

This video explores the concept of termination policies.

4. Auto Scaling Configuration Lab

This video explains how to configure and manage auto scaling so that you can design it.

5. Launch Methods

This video explores the various methods available to you so that you can select the right method for your design.

6. Load Balancer Concepts

This video will let you explore the load balancer concepts applicable to any solution.

7. Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

This video explains how to use ELB to implement multiple servers to enhance performance or fault tolerance.

1. Domain Name System (DNS)

This video explores the basic operations and capabilities of DNS, including name resolution and DNS services.

2. Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) Lab

This video explains how the DNS options are configured within Amazon Web Services (AWS). With this understanding, you will be able to plan well for DNS and DHCP in your AWS solution designs.

3. Configuring Route 53 Lab

This video explores the capabilities and features of Route 53.

4. Configuring Access Control Lists (ACLs) and Network Access Control Lists (NACLs) Lab

This video demonstrates how ACLs and NACLs are implemented within Amazon Web Services (AWS).

5. Flow Logs

This video explains how to implement and use the flow logs, which allow you to monitor network traffic and receive traffic alerts with CloudWatch.

1. Application and Deployment Services

This video explains the different application and deployment services and their importance.

2. Lambda

This video explains how Lambda can be used to execute code in the Cloud without building a server infrastructure.

3. Application Programming Interface (API) Gateway

This video explains the concept of API gateway and how it can be used to wrap a code and execute it in the cloud.

4. Kinesis in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video introduces you to the Kinesis solution, which allows you to analyze data on the fly in AWS.

5. Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Firehose

This video explores the concept of Amazon Kinesis Data Streams and Kinesis Firehose to understand what they offer and how they differ. As an AWS architect, it is important to know the options so you can select the best one you need.

6. Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics

This video explains the creation of the data with Kinesis Data Streams or Kinesis Firehose and how to analyze the data.

7. Reference Architectures

This video explains the concept of reference architectures.

8. CloudFront

This video focuses on CloudFront and how you can use it to make application available on the Web for the end users.

9. Web Application Firewall (WAF)

This video demonstrates how WAF is used to ensure proper security of web applications with respect to restricting access based on source IP address or request type.

10. Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS)

This video focuses on Amazon SQS and how to use it to queue requests.

11. Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains how Amazon SNS is used in AWS to notify other applications of an activity or a workload that needs to be executed.

12. Amazon Simple Workflow (SWF)

This video explains how the AWS SWF helps you to implement workflows management, which allows you to have logic in a processing flow.

13. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Step Functions

This video explains the concept of AWS Step Functions, which is likely to be focused on in the exams.

14. Amazon Web Services (AWS) OpsWorks

This video explores the features and capabilities of AWS OpsWorks.

15. Amazon Cognito

This video explains how Amazon Cognito, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution for user identity and data synchronization or single sign-on (SSO), is used to integrate local Active Directory or another identity management system with AWS.

16. Amazon Elastic MapReduce (EMR)

This video explains how Amazon EMR can be used to process massive amounts of data for business analytics and upload data to Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) buckets for automatic processing.

17. Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation

This video explains how CloudFormation can be used to launch solutions, including multiple instances, databases, or services, fast based on templates.

18. Amazon Web Services (AWS) CloudFormation Properties

This video reviews the latest updates that can be configured in AWS CloudFormation.

19. Amazon CloudWatch

This video explains what CloudWatch has to offer so that you can design for it well.

20. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Trusted Advisor

This video explains how AWS Trusted Advisor can be used to evaluate your AWS implementation for problems in security, performance, and cost management.

21. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Organizations

This video explains how AWS Organizations can be used to manage multiple accounts.

1. Database Types

This video explains the different database types and their requirements.

2. Relational Databases

This video explains the fundamental concepts and terminologies of relational databases.

3. Database Hosting Methods

This video explains how you can host databases in Amazon Web Services (AWS) using two methods one that is managed by AWS and the other that is managed by your organization. This video will present the pros and cons of each database hosting method.

4. High Availability Solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video lets you explore the high availability solutions for databases in AWS.

5. Scalability Solutions in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains the different scalability solutions available in AWS, which will help the architect in selecting the best option.

6. Database Security

This video focuses on database security.

7. Amazon Aurora

This video focuses on Amazon Aurora, which is the Online Transactional Processing (OLTP) database solution. This video also covers its features and capabilities.

8. Amazon Redshift

This video focuses on Amazon Redshift, a custom-built database solution offered in Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also explains how well it works on massive data stores and allows you to quickly analyze the data.

9. Amazon DynamoDB

This video introduces the concept of DynamoDB, which is a database solution that is frequently used for data stream capture and small, fast reads and writes.

1. Amazon DynamoDB Tables Lab

This video demonstrates the process of creating DynamoDB tables.

2. MySQL Lab in the Amazon Wed Services (AWS) Cloud

This video demonstrates how to create a MYSQL database, which is a popular open source, web database solution that is compatible with the SQL language and relational database concepts.

3. Configuration Lab

This video provides an overview of the configuration options for your Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).

4. Backups Lab in Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)

This video explains how to backup databases regularly in Amazon RDS.

5. Restore Lab

This video shows you how to restore a database in case of a database failure.

6. Snapshot Lab

This video demonstrates how Snapshot methods are used in Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS).

7. Monitoring Lab

This video lets you explore the options for database monitoring so that you can plan for alerts and other automated capabilities that will assist the database managers in their processes.

1. Media Content Delivery

This video explores the various media creation, management and distribution services of AWS.

2. Desktop and App streaming

This video explains how to run an entire user desktops or application in the Cloud and stream with the users internally.

3. Amazon ElastiCache

This video focuses on Amazon ElastiCache and how databases can perform faster when portions of the data frequently accessed are stored in memory.

4. Security Services Lab

This video explores some of the additional security services available in Amazon Web Services (AWS).

5. Analytics Engines

This video provides a quick tour of the various analytic services provided in Amazon Web Services (AWS), such as CloudSearch, AWS Glue, QuickSight, Athena, and many more for the solutions architect.

6. Development Operations (DevOps)

This video describes various programming process management services, such as code creation, code management, code debugging, and code packaging and development.

7. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solutions

This video introduces you to AWS Solutions that offers professionally-architected solutions for your every AWS need.

8. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Transit Gateway

This video focuses on AWS Transit Gateway and how it enables the system to connect all your Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), remote networks, and on-premises devices through a single gateway.

9. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Backup

This video explains how AWS Backup offers backup solutions for both your cloud and on-premises data.

10. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Explorer

This video focuses on AWS Cost Explorer and how it provides granular details about your spending in AWS.

1. Amazon Web Services (AWS) Operational Excellence Process

This video explains the importance of the AWS operational excellence process and a well-architected framework.

2. Widget Makers Scenario

This video provides a scenario that will be used throughout this chapter. Widget Makers needs an Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution and you can help them implement it with some solid design recommendations.

3. Resilient Design

This video explores the concepts and practical implementation methods available to architect a resilient Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution.

4. Resilient Design Scenario

This video explains how to apply resilient design to the Widget Makers requirements.

5. Performant Design

This video explains the best practices used for performant design.

6. Performant Design Scenario

This video demonstrates how to implement a well-performing solution for the intended AWS uses of Widget Makers.

7. Secure Design

This video explores the AWS best practices for secure design.

8. Secure Design Scenario

This video explains how you can implement the secure design scenario to Widget Makers.

9. Cost Optimization in Amazon Web Services (AWS)

This video explains how to design for cost optimization in AWS.

10. Cost Optimization Scenario

This video explains how to keep costs down while accomplishing availability, performance, and security for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) solution.

11. General Best Practices

This video explains how to review best practices related to high availability, scaling, and continued learning.