Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03

Full Practice Exam | Learn Cloud Computing | Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification SAA-C03!

  • Stephane Maarek
  • 4.71
  • (155315 reviews)
  • 27 hrs
  • 388 lectures
  • Udemy
Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03

What you will learn?

  • FULLY UPDATED FOR SAA-C03: Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification
  • Full Practice Exam with Explanations included!
  • All 800+ slides available as downloadable PDF
  • Perform Real-World Solution Architecture on AWS
  • Learn the AWS Fundamentals (EC2, ELB, ASG, RDS, ElastiCache, S3)
  • Learn the Serverless Fundamentals (Lambda, DynamoDB, Cognito, API Gateway)
  • Analyze 10+ Solution Architectures (traditional & serverless)
  • Understand the Well Architected Framework, Disaster Recovery
  • Master all the differences of Databases on AWS
  • Secure your entire AWS Cloud using KMS, IAM Policies & SSM

Your trainer

Stephane Maarek

Stephane is a solutions architect, consultant and software developer that has a particular interest in all things related to Big Data, Cloud & API. He's also a many-times best seller instructor on Udemy for his courses in Apache Kafka and AWS.

Stéphane is recognized as an AWS Hero and is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional & AWS Certified DevOps Professional. He loves to teach people how to use the AWS properly, to get them ready for their AWS certifications, and most importantly for the real world.

He also loves Apache Kafka. He sits on the 2019 Program Committee organizing the Kafka Summit in New York, London and San Francisco. He is also an active member of the Apache Kafka community, authoring blogs on Medium and a guest blog for Confluent.

During his spare time he enjoys cooking, practicing yoga, surfing, watching TV shows, and traveling to awesome destinations!

388 lessons

Easy to follow lectures and videos covering subject details.

27 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

Introduction - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate12:48

  • Course Introduction - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate03:50
  • PLEASE READ: Lectures you can skip if you took a course from me before01:20
  • Creating an AWS Account01:48
  • AWS Account Activation Troubleshooting02:05
  • Important Message00:59
  • About your instructor02:45

  • Slides and Code Download00:15

  • AWS Cloud Overview - Regions & AZ08:08
  • Tour of the AWS Console & Services in AWS03:52
  • About the UI changes in the course01:50

  • IAM Introduction: Users, Groups, Policies03:22
  • IAM Users & Groups Hands On06:51
  • IAM Policies02:50
  • IAM Policies Hands On06:09
  • IAM MFA Overview04:18
  • IAM MFA Hands On03:17
  • AWS Access Keys, CLI and SDK04:03
  • AWS CLI Setup on Windows01:45
  • AWS CLI Setup on Mac OS X01:28
  • AWS CLI Setup on Linux01:30
  • AWS CLI Hands On03:42
  • AWS CloudShell: Region Availability00:18
  • AWS CloudShell03:53
  • IAM Roles for AWS Services01:39
  • IAM Roles Hands On02:04
  • IAM Security Tools00:54
  • IAM Security Tools Hands On02:25
  • IAM Best Practices01:30
  • IAM Summary01:48
  • IAM & AWS CLI Quiz9 questions

  • AWS Budget Setup05:44
  • EC2 Basics05:08
  • Create an EC2 Instance with EC2 User Data to have a Website Hands On13:48
  • EC2 Instance Types Basics05:51
  • Security Groups & Classic Ports Overview07:26
  • Security Groups Hands On04:45
  • SSH Overview02:47
  • How to SSH using Linux or Mac07:05
  • How to SSH using Windows06:08
  • How to SSH using Windows 1005:01
  • SSH Troubleshooting01:23
  • EC2 Instance Connect03:15
  • EC2 Instance Roles Demo04:19
  • EC2 Instance Purchasing Options09:48
  • Spot Instances & Spot Fleet09:32
  • EC2 Instances Launch Types Hands On08:52
  • EC2 Fundamentals Quiz11 questions

  • Private vs Public vs Elastic IP04:42
  • Private vs Public vs Elastic IP Hands On05:19
  • EC2 Placement Groups06:06
  • EC2 Placement Groups - Hands On01:42
  • Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) - Overview02:15
  • Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) - Hands On05:23
  • ENI - Extra Reading00:21
  • EC2 Hibernate03:12
  • EC2 Hibernate - Hands On04:07
  • EC2 SAA Level Quiz6 questions

  • EBS Overview04:57
  • EBS Hands On05:34
  • EBS Snapshots02:08
  • EBS Snapshots - Hands On03:41
  • AMI Overview02:45
  • AMI Hands On04:59
  • EC2 Instance Store02:47
  • EBS Volume Types05:32
  • EBS Multi-Attach01:45
  • EBS Encryption03:47
  • Amazon EFS04:59
  • Amazon EFS - Hands On11:15
  • EFS vs EBS02:56
  • EBS & EFS - Section Cleanup01:31
  • EC2 Data Management Quiz9 questions

  • High Availability and Scalability05:05
  • Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Overview06:15
  • Classic Load Balancer (CLB)00:53
  • Classic Load Balancer (CLB) - Hands On10:24
  • Application Load Balancer (ALB)05:49
  • Application Load Balancer (ALB) - Hands On06:50
  • Network Load Balancer (NLB)03:35
  • Network Load Balancer (NLB) - Hands On05:11
  • Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB)03:47
  • Elastic Load Balancer - Sticky Sessions05:41
  • Elastic Load Balancer - Cross Zone Load Balancing04:47
  • Elastic Load Balancer - SSL Certificates07:49
  • Elastic Load Balancer - Connection Draining02:22
  • Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) Overview04:42
  • Auto Scaling Groups Hands On09:10
  • Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies05:00
  • Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies Hands On09:15
  • High Availability & Scalability Quiz22 questions

  • Amazon RDS Overview03:46
  • RDS Read Replicas vs Multi AZ07:22
  • Amazon RDS Hands On10:30
  • RDS Custom for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server01:49
  • Amazon Aurora06:29
  • Amazon Aurora - Hands On06:42
  • Amazon Aurora - Advanced Concepts06:31
  • RDS & Aurora - Backup and Monitoring05:11
  • RDS Security02:32
  • RDS Proxy04:32
  • ElastiCache Overview04:11
  • ElastiCache Hands On04:34
  • ElastiCache for Solution Architects03:13
  • List of Ports to be familiar with00:29
  • RDS, Aurora, & ElastiCache Quiz25 questions

  • What is a DNS ?06:24
  • Route 53 Overview06:18
  • Route 53 - Registering a domain02:59
  • Route 53 - Creating our first records03:56
  • Route 53 - EC2 Setup05:40
  • Route 53 - TTL05:28
  • Route 53 CNAME vs Alias07:00
  • Routing Policy - Simple04:05
  • Routing Policy - Weighted05:02
  • Routing Policy - Latency04:39
  • Route 53 - Health Checks04:54
  • Route 53 - Health Checks Hands On04:39
  • Routing Policy - Failover04:12
  • Routing Policy - Geolocation04:14
  • Routing Policy - Geoproximity03:21
  • Routing Policy - Multi Value03:42
  • 3rd Party Domains & Route 5302:24
  • Route 53 - Section Cleanup01:21
  • Route 53 Quiz7 questions

  • Solutions Architecture Discussions Overview01:12
  • WhatsTheTime.com12:39
  • MyClothes.com09:38
  • MyWordPress.com04:37
  • Instantiating applications quickly02:53
  • Beanstalk Overview04:31
  • Beanstalk Hands On04:58
  • Classic Solutions Architecture Discussions Quiz6 questions

  • S3 Overview05:06
  • S3 Hands On05:55
  • S3 Security: Bucket Policy05:03
  • S3 Security: Bucket Policy Hands On03:32
  • S3 Website Overview01:07
  • S3 Website Hands On01:58
  • 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
  • Amazon S3 Quiz8 questions

  • IAM Roles and Policies Hands On07:22
  • AWS Policy Simulator01:59
  • AWS EC2 Instance Metadata04:53
  • AWS SDK Overview01:40
  • AWS IAM, CLI, & SDK Quiz3 questions

  • S3 Lifecycle Rules (with S3 Analytics)04:25
  • S3 Lifecycle Rules - Hands On02:24
  • S3 Requester Pays01:38
  • S3 Event Notifications02:28
  • S3 Event Notifications - Hands On05:42
  • S3 Performance04:54
  • S3 Select & Glacier Select01:16
  • S3 Batch Operations02:01
  • Amazon S3 Advanced Quiz9 questions

  • S3 Encryption06:47
  • S3 Encryption - Hands On05:54
  • S3 Default Encryption01:21
  • S3 CORS04:19
  • S3 CORS Hands On07:23
  • S3 MFA Delete01:24
  • S3 MFA Delete Hands On06:25
  • S3 Access Logs01:16
  • S3 Access Logs - Hands On02:49
  • S3 Pre-signed URLs01:50
  • S3 Pre-signed URLs - Hands On01:48
  • Glacier Vault Lock & S3 Object Lock04:13
  • S3 Access Points & Object Lambda05:48
  • Amazon S3 Security Quiz12 questions

  • CloudFront Overview05:11
  • CloudFront with S3 - Hands On05:06
  • CloudFront - ALB as an Origin01:35
  • CloudFront - Geo Restriction00:58
  • CloudFront - Price Classes02:14
  • CloudFront - Cache Invalidation02:40
  • AWS Global Accelerator - Overview06:06
  • AWS Global Accelerator - Hands On10:48
  • CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator Quiz6 questions

  • AWS Snow Family Overview11:14
  • AWS Snow Family Hands On05:36
  • Architecture: Snowball into Glacier00:37
  • Amazon FSx08:22
  • Amazon FSx - Hands On02:56
  • Storage Gateway Overview10:22
  • Storage Gateway Hands On02:12
  • AWS Transfer Family02:19
  • DataSync - Overview04:45
  • All AWS Storage Options Compared03:34
  • AWS Storage Extras Quiz16 questions

  • Introduction to Messaging02:45
  • Amazon SQS - Standard Queues Overview10:35
  • SQS - Standard Queue Hands On06:45
  • SQS - Message Visibility Timeout05:18
  • SQS - Long Polling01:40
  • SQS - FIFO Queues03:35
  • SQS + Auto Scaling Group04:33
  • Amazon Simple Notification Service (AWS SNS)04:18
  • SNS and SQS - Fan Out Pattern05:48
  • SNS - Hands On04:36
  • Amazon Kinesis - Overview01:16
  • Kinesis Data Streams Overview05:56
  • Kinesis Data Streams Hands On09:38
  • Kinesis Data Firehose Overview04:56
  • Kinesis Data Firehose Hands On07:52
  • Kinesis Data Analytics00:04
  • Data Ordering for Kinesis vs SQS FIFO07:14
  • SQS vs SNS vs Kinesis03:00
  • Amazon MQ02:42
  • Messaging & Integration Quiz12 questions

  • Docker Introduction05:10
  • Amazon ECS06:43
  • IMPORTANT: ECS UI CHANGES00:10
  • Creating ECS Cluster - Hands On04:45
  • Creating ECS Service - Hands On10:06
  • Amazon ECS - Auto Scaling03:21
  • Amazon ECS - Solutions Architectures02:31
  • Amazon ECR01:38
  • Amazon EKS - Overview03:58
  • Amazon EKS - Hands On06:50
  • AWS App Runner01:39
  • AWS App Runner - Hands On03:59
  • Containers on AWS Quiz8 questions

  • About the Serverless Section00:21
  • Serverless Introduction02:19
  • Lambda Overview07:19
  • Lambda Hands-On09:49
  • Lambda Limits01:44
  • Lambda@Edge & CloudFront Functions05:38
  • Lambda in VPC03:12
  • Amazon DynamoDB05:21
  • Amazon DynamoDB - Hands-On04:47
  • Amazon DynamoDB - Advanced Features08:34
  • API Gateway Overview06:37
  • API Gateway Basics Hands-On09:32
  • Step Functions01:32
  • Serverless Overview Quiz14 questions

  • Mobile Application: MyTodoList04:49
  • Serverless Website: MyBlog.com05:38
  • MicroServices Architecture03:51
  • Software updates distribution02:09
  • Serverless Solutions Architecture Discussions Quiz9 questions

  • Choosing the right database03:21
  • RDS02:48
  • Aurora02:54
  • ElastiCache01:43
  • DynamoDB03:41
  • S302:50
  • DocumentDB01:17
  • Neptune01:23
  • Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)01:22
  • QLDB02:03
  • Timestream02:17
  • Databases in AWS Quiz10 questions

  • Athena05:27
  • Athena Hands On05:16
  • Redshift06:42
  • OpenSearch (ex: ElasticSearch)03:36
  • EMR02:47
  • QuickSight03:59
  • Glue04:31
  • Lake Formation04:06
  • Kinesis Data Analytics03:33
  • Kinesis Data Analytics - Hands On02:03
  • MSK - Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka03:50
  • Big Data Ingestion Pipeline04:14
  • Data & Analytics Quiz14 questions

  • Rekognition Overview03:46
  • Transcribe Overview02:56
  • Polly Overview04:12
  • Translate Overview00:35
  • Lex + Connect Overview01:55
  • Comprehend Overview01:48
  • Comprehend Medical Overview02:04
  • SageMaker Overview03:29
  • Forecast Overview00:59
  • Kendra Overview01:22
  • Personalize Overview01:36
  • Textract Overview00:56
  • Machine Learning Summary01:09
  • Machine Learning Quiz14 questions

  • AWS Monitoring - Section Introduction00:38
  • CloudWatch Metrics04:09
  • CloudWatch Logs03:31
  • CloudWatch Logs Hands On05:09
  • CloudWatch Agent & CloudWatch Logs Agent03:16
  • CloudWatch Alarms04:01
  • CloudWatch Alarms Hands On04:38
  • EventBridge Overview (formerly CloudWatch Events)06:59
  • Amazon EventBridge - Hands On07:11
  • CloudWatch Insights and Operational Visibility05:38
  • CloudTrail Overview06:32
  • CloudTrail Hands On10:34
  • AWS Config - Overview04:44
  • AWS Config - Hands On09:37
  • CloudTrail vs CloudWatch vs Config02:29
  • Monitoring & Auditing Quiz16 questions

  • Organizations - Overview07:05
  • Organizations - Hands On09:59
  • IAM - Advanced Policies04:16
  • IAM - Resource-based Policies vs IAM Roles03:15
  • IAM - Policy Evaluation Logic06:50
  • Amazon Cognito Overview06:32
  • AWS IAM Identity Center06:46
  • AWS Directory Services05:58
  • AWS Directory Services - Hands On01:19
  • AWS Control Tower02:48
  • IAM Advanced Quiz7 questions

  • AWS Security - Section Introduction00:44
  • Encryption 10105:18
  • KMS Overview07:22
  • KMS Hands On w/ CLI09:13
  • KMS - Multi-Region Keys06:11
  • S3 Replication with Encryption01:44
  • Encrypted AMI Sharing Process01:33
  • SSM Parameter Store Overview04:16
  • SSM Parameter Store Hands On (CLI)07:11
  • SSM Parameter Store Hands On (AWS Lambda)10:02
  • AWS Secrets Manager - Overview02:10
  • AWS Secrets Manager - Hands On04:00
  • AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)08:00
  • Web Application Firewall (WAF)03:01
  • Shield - DDoS Protection02:04
  • Firewall Manager02:42
  • WAF & Shield - Hands On04:21
  • DDoS Protection Best Practices05:53
  • Amazon GuardDuty02:16
  • Amazon Inspector02:12
  • Amazon Macie01:03
  • AWS Security & Encryption Quiz25 questions

  • Section Introduction01:05
  • CIDR, Private vs Public IP06:40
  • Default VPC Overview05:24
  • VPC Overview01:10
  • VPC Hands On02:08
  • Subnet Overview01:40
  • Subnet Hands On03:53
  • Internet Gateways & Route Tables01:13
  • Internet Gateways & Route Tables Hands On07:02
  • Bastion Hosts02:41
  • Bastion Hosts Hands On05:01
  • NAT Instances03:41
  • NAT Instances Hands On05:58
  • NAT Gateways03:47
  • NAT Gateways Hands On03:03
  • NACL & Security Groups10:43
  • NACL & Security Groups Hands On06:32
  • VPC Peering02:05
  • VPC Peering Hands On05:47
  • VPC Endpoints05:45
  • VPC Endpoints Hands On06:40
  • VPC Flow Logs03:56
  • VPC Flow Logs Hands On + Athena09:21
  • Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway03:57
  • Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway Hands On01:54
  • Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway06:36
  • Direct Connect + Site to Site VPN01:00
  • Transit Gateway05:10
  • VPC Traffic Mirroring02:10
  • IPv6 for VPC03:20
  • IPv6 for VPC - Hands On03:48
  • Egress Only Internet Gateway03:08
  • Egress Only Internet Gateway Hands On01:00
  • Section Cleanup02:22
  • VPC Section Summary05:25
  • Networking Costs in AWS09:17
  • AWS Network Firewall03:00
  • VPC Quiz22 questions

  • Disaster Recovery in AWS11:30
  • Database Migration Service (DMS)04:12
  • Database Migration Service (DMS) - Hands On03:21
  • RDS & Aurora Migrations02:34
  • On-Premises Strategies with AWS03:17
  • AWS Backup03:10
  • AWS Backup - Hands On04:23
  • Application Migration Service (MGN)03:03
  • Transferring Large Datasets into AWS03:00
  • VMware Cloud on AWS01:48
  • Disaster Recovery & Migration Quiz12 questions

  • Event Processing in AWS05:40
  • Caching Strategies in AWS03:03
  • Blocking an IP Address in AWS06:08
  • High Performance Computing (HPC) on AWS06:45
  • EC2 Instance High Availability06:49
  • More Solution Architectures Quiz3 questions

  • Other Services Section Introduction00:36
  • CloudFormation Intro03:33
  • CloudFormation Hands-On09:02
  • Amazon SES01:20
  • Amazon Pinpoint01:52
  • SSM Session Manager05:45
  • SSM Other Services04:31
  • AWS Cost Explorer02:10
  • Elastic Transcoder01:12
  • AWS Batch03:08
  • Amazon AppFlow01:23

  • WhitePaper Section Introduction00:53
  • AWS Well-Architected Framework & Well-Architected Tool06:07
  • AWS Trusted Advisor Overview + Hands-On04:42
  • Examples of Architecture - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate03:45
  • WhitePapers & Architectures Quiz1 question

  • Exam Preparation - Section Introduction00:31
  • State of Learning Checkpoint - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate04:22
  • Exam Tips - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate03:24
  • Links to Whitepapers00:07
  • 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
  • How does the exam work?01:40
  • Practice Exam - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate65 questions

  • Congratulations - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate00:48
  • THANK YOU!01:32
  • Bonus Lecture00:49
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