AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2022 - Hands On!

Practice exam included! AWS DAS-C01 certification prep course with exercises. Kinesis, EMR, DynamoDB, Redshift and more!

  • Sundog Education by Frank Kane
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  • (11586 reviews)
  • 16.5 hrs
  • 183 lectures
  • Udemy
AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty 2022 - Hands On!

What you will learn?

  • Maximize your odds of passing the AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty exam
  • Move and transform massive data streams with Kinesis
  • Store big data with S3 and DynamoDB in a scalable, secure manner
  • Process big data with AWS Lambda and Glue ETL
  • Use the Hadoop ecosystem with AWS using Elastic MapReduce
  • Apply machine learning to massive data sets with Amazon ML, SageMaker, and deep learning
  • Analyze big data with Kinesis Analytics, Amazon Elasticsearch Service, Redshift, RDS, and Aurora
  • Visualize big data in the cloud using AWS QuickSight

Your trainer

Sundog Education by Frank Kane

Sundog Education's mission is to make highly valuable career skills in big data, data science, and machine learning accessible to everyone in the world. Our consortium of expert instructors shares our knowledge in these emerging fields with you, at prices anyone can afford.

Sundog Education is led by Frank Kane and owned by Frank's company, Sundog Software LLC. Frank spent 9 years at Amazon and IMDb, developing and managing the technology that automatically delivers product and movie recommendations to hundreds of millions of customers, all the time. Frank holds 17 issued patents in the fields of distributed computing, data mining, and machine learning. In 2012, Frank left to start his own successful company, Sundog Software, which focuses on virtual reality environment technology, and teaching others about big data analysis.

183 lessons

Easy to follow lectures and videos covering subject details.

16.5 hours

This course includes hours of video material. Watch on-demand, anytime, anywhere.

Certificate of Completion

You will earn a Certificate of Completion at the end of this course.

Course curriculum

Introduction11:07

  • Course Overview02:53
  • Introducing our Hands-On Case Study: Cadabra.com03:11
  • Udemy 10102:10
  • Get the Course Materials00:07
  • Important Note00:24
  • Cost of the Course + AWS Budget Setup02:22

  • Collection Section Introduction01:29
  • Kinesis Data Streams Overview05:56
  • Kinesis Producers11:12
  • Kinesis Consumers08:12
  • Kinesis Data Streams - Hands On09:38
  • Kinesis Enhanced Fan Out03:30
  • Kinesis Scaling07:36
  • Kinesis - Handling Duplicate Records03:32
  • Kinesis Security01:15
  • Kinesis Data Firehose08:58
  • CloudWatch Subscription Filters with Kinesis02:56
  • [Exercise] Kinesis Firehose, Part 104:51
  • [Exercise] Kinesis Firehose, Part 207:39
  • [Exercise] Kinesis Firehose, Part 309:24
  • Troubleshooting Info for the Following Exercise00:24
  • [Exercise] Kinesis Data Streams08:11
  • SQS Overview06:59
  • Kinesis Data Streams vs SQS04:42
  • IoT Overview09:27
  • IoT Components Deep Dive07:12
  • Database Migration Service (DMS)04:12
  • Direct Connect06:36
  • Snow Family11:14
  • MSK: Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka06:43
  • MSK Connect01:30
  • MSK Serverless01:04
  • Kinesis vs MSK02:03
  • Collection Quiz19 questions

  • S3 Overview05:06
  • S3 Hands On05:55
  • S3 Security: Bucket Policy05:03
  • S3 Security: Bucket Policy Hands On03:32
  • S3 Versioning01:13
  • S3 Versioning - Hands On04:17
  • S3 Replication01:25
  • S3 Replication Notes00:57
  • S3 Replication - Hands On06:29
  • S3 Storage Classes Overview06:12
  • S3 Storage Classes Hands On03:37
  • S3 Lifecycle Rules (with S3 Analytics)04:25
  • S3 Lifecycle Rules - Hands On02:24
  • S3 Event Notifications02:28
  • S3 Event Notifications - Hands On05:42
  • S3 Performance04:54
  • S3 Select & Glacier Select01:17
  • S3 Encryption06:47
  • S3 Encryption - Hands On05:54
  • S3 Default Encryption01:21
  • S3 Access Points & Object Lambda05:48
  • DynamoDB Overview07:47
  • DynamoDB Basics - Hands On08:42
  • DynamoDB In Big data01:24
  • DynamoDB RCU & WCU - Throughput11:05
  • DynamoDB RCU & WCU - Hands On04:06
  • DynamoDB Basic APIs05:28
  • DynamoDB Basic APIs - Hands On03:10
  • DynamoDB Indexes (GSI + LSI)04:09
  • DynamoDB Indexes (GSI + LSI) - Hands On03:51
  • DynamoDB PartiQL03:11
  • DynamoDB DAX02:45
  • DynamoDB DAX - Hands On04:08
  • DynamoDB Streams04:26
  • DynamoDB Streams - Hands On05:38
  • DynamoDB TTL05:20
  • DynamoDB Patterns with S302:46
  • DynamoDB Security00:58
  • [Exercise] DynamoDB09:56
  • ElastiCache Overview02:04
  • Storage Quiz19 questions

  • Section Introduction: Processing01:22
  • What is AWS Lambda?04:49
  • Lambda Integration - Part 105:25
  • Lambda Integration - Part 206:04
  • Lambda Costs, Promises, and Anti-Patterns04:51
  • [Exercise] AWS Lambda08:39
  • Quiz: AWS Lambda5 questions
  • What is Glue? + Partitioning your Data Lake06:03
  • Glue, Hive, and ETL13:51
  • Modifying the Glue Data Catalog from ETL Scripts01:49
  • Glue ETL: Developer Endpoints, Running ETL Jobs with Bookmarks03:45
  • Glue Costs and Anti-Patterns03:02
  • Quiz: AWS Glue5 questions
  • AWS Glue Studio05:27
  • AWS Glue DataBrew09:03
  • AWS Glue Elastic Views (coming soon...)01:37
  • AWS Lake Formation09:07
  • Elastic MapReduce (EMR) Architecture and Usage08:38
  • EMR, AWS integration, and Storage07:44
  • EMR Promises; Intro to Hadoop08:08
  • EMR Serverless09:59
  • Intro to Apache Spark08:54
  • Spark Integration with Kinesis and Redshift03:46
  • Hive on EMR07:33
  • Pig on EMR02:10
  • HBase on EMR04:01
  • Presto on EMR03:00
  • Zeppelin and EMR Notebooks04:34
  • Hue, Splunk, and Flume04:05
  • S3DistCP and Other Services04:37
  • EMR Security and Instance Types05:31
  • [Exercise] Elastic MapReduce, Part 110:28
  • [Exercise] Elastic MapReduce, Part 210:32
  • [Quiz] EMR and the Hadoop Ecosystem5 questions
  • AWS Data Pipeline05:15
  • AWS Step Functions03:55

  • Section Introduction: Analysis01:17
  • Intro to Kinesis Analytics08:26
  • Kinesis Analytics Costs; RANDOM_CUT_FOREST02:19
  • [Exercise] Kinesis Analytics, Part 107:21
  • [Exercise] Kinesis Analytics, Part 211:24
  • [Exercise] Kinesis Analytics, Part 316:56
  • [Exercise] Kinesis Analytics, Part 404:31
  • Quiz: Kinesis Analytics5 questions
  • Note: Amazon Elasticsearch has been renamed to "Amazon OpenSearch"00:27
  • Intro to Opensearch (formerly Elasticsearch)11:25
  • Amazon Opensearch Service07:51
  • Opensearch Index Management and Designing for Stability10:54
  • Amazon Opensearch Service Performance01:29
  • [Exercise] Amazon Opensearch Service28:36
  • Quiz: Amazon ES5 questions
  • Intro to Athena04:48
  • Athena and Glue, Costs, and Security07:45
  • Athena Performance01:52
  • Athena ACID Transactions02:58
  • [Exercise] AWS Glue and Athena13:42
  • Quiz: Amazon Athena5 questions
  • Redshift Intro and Architecture08:38
  • Redshift Spectrum and Performance Tuning04:50
  • Redshift Durability and Scaling03:33
  • Redshift Distribution Styles02:52
  • Redshift Sort Keys03:08
  • Redshift Data Flows and the COPY command07:37
  • Redshift Integration / WLM / Vacuum / Anti-Patterns10:49
  • Redshift Resizing (elastic vs. classic) and new Redshift features in 202003:41
  • Newer Redshift Features, AQUA04:10
  • Redshift Security Concerns01:31
  • Redshift Serverless07:18
  • Note, a free trial of Redshift is available.00:16
  • [Exercise] Redshift Spectrum, Pt. 107:54
  • [Exercise] Redshift Spectrum, Pt. 206:24
  • Quiz: Amazon Redshift5 questions
  • Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) and Aurora04:08

  • Section Introduction: Visualization00:52
  • Intro to Amazon Quicksight11:07
  • Quicksight Pricing and Dashboards; ML Insights06:38
  • Quicksight Q02:04
  • Choosing Visualization Types11:59
  • [Exercise] Amazon Quicksight10:12
  • Quiz: Amazon Quicksight5 questions
  • Other Visualization Tools (HighCharts, D3, etc)02:44

  • Encryption 10103:59
  • S3 Encryption (Reminder)07:48
  • KMS Overview06:03
  • KMS Key Rotation03:09
  • Cloud HSM Overview02:24
  • AWS Services Security Deep Dive (1/3)05:54
  • AWS Services Security Deep Dive (2/3)05:09
  • AWS Services Security Deep Dive (3/3)08:37
  • STS and Cross Account Access02:29
  • Identity Federation09:45
  • Policies - Advanced05:59
  • CloudTrail05:58
  • VPC Endpoints03:18
  • Security Quiz18 questions

  • AWS Services Integrations10:41
  • Instance Types for Big Data02:45
  • EC2 for Big Data02:04
  • Interacting with Data with AWS AppSync and Amazon Kendra03:14
  • AWS Data Exchange02:09
  • Amazon AppFlow01:23
  • AWS Cleanup00:27

  • Exam Tips09:12
  • State of Learning Checkpoint06:29
  • Exam Walkthrough and Signup04:02
  • Save 50% on your AWS Exam Cost!01:41
  • Get an Extra 30 Minutes on your AWS Exam - Non Native English Speakers only01:09

  • AWS Certified Data Analytics Specialty Practice Exam65 questions

  • Should you take this section of the course?00:31
  • Machine Learning 10106:39
  • Classification Models06:13
  • Amazon ML Service05:54
  • SageMaker07:39
  • Deep Learning 10109:42
  • Note: Amazon Machine Learning Service is now deprecated!00:21
  • [Exercise] Amazon Machine Learning, Part 108:29
  • [Exercise] Amazon Machine Learning, Part 206:24
  • Quiz: Amazon Machine Learning and SageMaker5 questions

  • Congratulations! Now make sure you're ready.01:22
  • THANK YOU!01:32
  • Bonus Lecture01:18
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