AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)

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Course Description

This course prepares learners for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) exam and for real-world solution design on AWS. It covers core AWS services, architectural best practices, cost optimization, high availability, and security principles. Learners will gain hands-on experience with AWS console, CLI, and architecture scenarios.


Target Audience

  • IT Professionals moving to Cloud Architect roles

  • System Administrators / Developers wanting AWS skills

  • Solution Designers & Pre-Sales Engineers

  • Anyone preparing for AWS SAA-C03 certification


Prerequisites

  • Basic understanding of IT infrastructure (networking, databases, servers)

  • Familiarity with cloud concepts (recommended: AWS Cloud Practitioner)

  • Willingness to do hands-on labs

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What Will You Learn?

  • Capstone Project:
  • Project: Design and deploy a highly available, secure, and cost-optimized web application on AWS using:
  • EC2, RDS, and S3 for backend storage
  • Elastic Load Balancing + Auto Scaling for resiliency
  • CloudFront + Route 53 for performance
  • IAM + Security Groups for access control

Course Content

Module 1: Introduction to AWS & Exam Overview
Content to be covered: AWS Global Infrastructure (Regions, AZs, Edge Locations), Shared Responsibility Model, AWS Free Tier & Pricing Models, Exam Domains & Question Types

  • Online Live Session 1 : 3 Hours
  • Online Live Session 2 : 3 Hours
  • Practice/Doubt: 30 Minutes

Module 2: Designing Resilient Architectures
Content to be covered: Core compute services (EC2, Auto Scaling, Load Balancer, Elastic Beanstalk), Storage options (S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier), Databases (RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, ElastiCache), High availability & fault tolerance design, Lab: Build a multi-AZ web application with load balancer & auto scaling

Module 3: Designing High-Performing Architectures
Content to be covered: Optimizing compute (EC2 instance types, Spot vs On-Demand vs Reserved), Optimizing storage (S3 storage classes, lifecycle policies, Intelligent-Tiering), Networking fundamentals (VPC, Subnets, NAT Gateway, Route 53, CloudFront), Lab: Create a content delivery system with S3 + CloudFront + Route 53

Module 4: Designing Secure Applications & Architectures
Content to be covered: AWS IAM (users, groups, roles, policies, MFA, best practices), KMS & Encryption basics, AWS Shield, WAF, Security Groups vs NACLs, Secrets Manager & Parameter Store

Module 5: Designing Cost-Optimized Architectures
Content to be covered: AWS Pricing Calculator, Trusted Advisor & Cost Explorer, Right-sizing instances, Savings Plans vs Reserved Instances, Lab: Optimize costs for an existing AWS workload

Module 6: Migration, Monitoring & Deployment
Content to be covered: Migration tools (Snowball, DMS, Application Migration Service), Monitoring with CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation basics), CI/CD integration with CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, Lab: Deploy a serverless app with Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB

Module 7: Practice & Exam Preparation
Content to be covered: Hands-on scenario case studies, Whiteboard architecture exercises, 2 full-length practice tests with review, Exam tips, tricks, and time management

Proctored Assessment
MCQs & Scenario Questions after each module Hands-on labs evaluated by instructor Final Mock Exam (SAA-C03 style, 65 questions)

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