AWS Certification

The course is conducted by the expert lecturers in the industry and is the most demanded cloud exam.

This course covers 2 exams

1.  AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner - Exam number (CLF-C02)
2. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate - Exam number (SAA-C03)  

 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner -  (CLF-C02)

The exam has the following content domains and weightings:

• Domain 1: Cloud Concepts (24% of scored content)

• Domain 2: Security and Compliance (30% of scored content)

• Domain 3: Cloud Technology and Services (34% of scored content)

• Domain 4: Billing, Pricing, and Support (12% of scored content)

Domain 1:

Cloud Concepts Task Statement 1.1: Define the benefits of the AWS Cloud. Knowledge of: • Value proposition of the AWS Cloud Skills in: • Understanding the economies of scale (for example, cost savings) • Understanding the benefits of global infrastructure (for example, speed of deployment, global reach) • Understanding the advantages of high availability, elasticity, and agility Task Statement 1.2: Identify design principles of the AWS Cloud. Knowledge of: • AWS Well-Architected Framework Skills in: • Understanding the pillars of the Well-Architected Framework (for example, operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, sustainability) • Identifying differences between the pillars of the Well-Architected Framework Task Statement 1.3: Understand the benefits of and strategies for migration to the AWS Cloud. Knowledge of: • Cloud adoption strategies • Resources to support the cloud migration journey Skills in: • Understanding the benefits of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework (AWS CAF) (for example, reduced business risk; improved environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance; increased revenue; increased operational efficiency) • Identifying appropriate migration strategies (for example, database replication, use of AWS Snowball) Task Statement 1.4: Understand concepts of cloud economics. Knowledge of: • Aspects of cloud economics • Cost savings of moving to the cloud Skills in: • Understanding the role of fixed costs compared with variable costs • Understanding costs that are associated with on-premises environments • Understanding the differences between licensing strategies (for example, Bring Your Own License [BYOL] model compared with included licenses) • Understanding the concept of rightsizing • Identifying benefits of automation (for example, provisioning and configuration management with AWS CloudFormation) • Identifying managed AWS services (for example, Amazon RDS, Amazon Elastic Container Service [Amazon ECS], Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service [Amazon EKS], Amazon DynamoDB)

Domain 2:

Security and Compliance Task Statement 2.1: Understand the AWS shared responsibility model. Knowledge of: • AWS shared responsibility model Skills in: • Recognizing the components of the AWS shared responsibility model • Describing the customer’s responsibilities on AWS • Describing AWS responsibilities • Describing responsibilities that the customer and AWS share • Describing how AWS responsibilities and customer responsibilities can shift, depending on the service used (for example, Amazon RDS, AWS Lambda, Amazon EC2) Task Statement 2.2: Understand AWS Cloud security, governance, and compliance concepts. Knowledge of: • AWS compliance and governance concepts • Benefits of cloud security (for example, encryption) • Where to capture and locate logs that are associated with cloud security Skills in: • Identifying where to find AWS compliance information (for example, AWS Artifact) • Understanding compliance needs among geographic locations or industries (for example, AWS Compliance) • Describing how customers secure resources on AWS (for example, Amazon Inspector, AWS Security Hub, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Shield) • Identifying different encryption options (for example, encryption in transit, encryption at rest) • Recognizing services that aid in governance and compliance (for example, monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch; auditing with AWS CloudTrail, AWS Audit Manager, and AWS Config; reporting with access reports) • Recognizing compliance requirements that vary among AWS services Task Statement 2.3: Identify AWS access management capabilities. Knowledge of: • Identity and access management (for example, AWS Identity and Access Management [IAM]) • Importance of protecting the AWS root user account • Principle of least privilege • AWS IAM Identity Center (AWS Single Sign-On)Skills in: • Understanding access keys, password policies, and credential storage (for example, AWS Secrets Manager, AWS Systems Manager) • Identifying authentication methods in AWS (for example, multi-factor authentication [MFA], IAM Identity Center, cross-account IAM roles) • Defining groups, users, custom policies, and managed policies in compliance with the principle of least privilege • Identifying tasks that only the account root user can perform • Understanding which methods can achieve root user protection • Understanding the types of identity management (for example, federated) Task Statement 2.4: Identify components and resources for security. Knowledge of: • Security capabilities that AWS provides • Security-related documentation that AWS provides Skills in: • Describing AWS security features and services (for example, security groups, network ACLs, AWS WAF) • Understanding that third-party security products are available from AWS Marketplace • Identifying where AWS security information is available (for example, AWS Knowledge Center, AWS Security Center, AWS Security Blog) • Understanding the use of AWS services for identifying security issues (for example, AWS Trusted Advisor)

Domain 3:

Cloud Technology and Services Task Statement 3.1: Define methods of deploying and operating in the AWS Cloud. Knowledge of: • Different ways of provisioning and operating in the AWS Cloud • Different ways to access AWS services • Types of cloud deployment models • Connectivity options Skills in: • Deciding between options such as programmatic access (for example, APIs, SDKs, CLI), the AWS Management Console, and infrastructure as code (IaC) • Evaluating requirements to determine whether to use one-time operations or repeatable processes • Identifying different deployment models (for example, cloud, hybrid, onpremises) • Identifying connectivity options (for example, AWS VPN, AWS Direct Connect, public internet) Task Statement 3.2: Define the AWS global infrastructure. Knowledge of: • AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations • High availability • Use of multiple Regions • Benefits of edge locations • AWS Wavelength Zones and AWS Local Zones Skills in: • Describing relationships among Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations • Describing how to achieve high availability by using multiple Availability Zones • Recognizing that Availability Zones do not share single points of failure • Describing when to use multiple Regions (for example, disaster recovery, business continuity, low latency for end users, data sovereignty) • Describing at a high level the benefits of edge locations (for example, Amazon CloudFront, AWS Global Accelerator) Task Statement 3.3: Identify AWS compute services. Knowledge of: • AWS compute services Skills in: • Recognizing the appropriate use of different EC2 instance types (for example, compute optimized, storage optimized) • Recognizing the appropriate use of different container options (for example, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS) • Recognizing the appropriate use of different serverless compute options (for example, AWS Fargate, Lambda) • Recognizing that auto scaling provides elasticity • Identifying the purposes of load balancers Task Statement 3.4: Identify AWS database services. Knowledge of: • AWS database services • Database migration Skills in: • Deciding when to use EC2 hosted databases or AWS managed databases • Identifying relational databases (for example, Amazon RDS, Amazon Aurora) • Identifying NoSQL databases (for example, DynamoDB) • Identifying memory-based databases • Identifying database migration tools (for example AWS Database Migration Service [AWS DMS], AWS Schema Conversion Tool [AWS SCT]) Task Statement 3.5: Identify AWS network services. Knowledge of: • AWS network services Skills in: • Identifying the components of a VPC (for example, subnets, gateways) • Understanding security in a VPC (for example, network ACLs, security groups) • Understanding the purpose of Amazon Route 53 • Identifying edge services (for example, CloudFront, Global Accelerator) • Identifying network connectivity options to AWS (for example AWS VPN, Direct Connect)

Task Statement 3.6: Identify AWS storage services. Knowledge of: • AWS storage services Skills in: • Identifying the uses for object storage • Recognizing the differences in Amazon S3 storage classes • Identifying block storage solutions (for example, Amazon Elastic Block Store [Amazon EBS], instance store) • Identifying file services (for example, Amazon Elastic File System [Amazon EFS], Amazon FSx) • Identifying cached file systems (for example, AWS Storage Gateway) • Understanding use cases for lifecycle policies • Understanding use cases for AWS Backup Task Statement 3.7: Identify AWS artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) services and analytics services. Knowledge of: • AWS AI/ML services • AWS analytics services Skills in: • Understanding the different AI/ML services and the tasks that they accomplish (for example, Amazon SageMaker, Amazon Lex, Amazon Kendra) • Identifying the services for data analytics (for example, Amazon Athena, Amazon Kinesis, AWS Glue, Amazon QuickSight)

Task Statement 3.8: Identify services from other in-scope AWS service categories. Knowledge of: • Application integration services of Amazon EventBridge, Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS), and Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS) • Business application services of Amazon Connect and Amazon Simple Email Service (Amazon SES) • Customer engagement services of AWS Activate for Startups, AWS IQ, AWS Managed Services (AMS), and AWS Support • Developer tool services and capabilities of AWS AppConfig, AWS Cloud9, AWS CloudShell, AWS CodeArtifact, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodeCommit, AWS CodeDeploy, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeStar, and AWS X-Ray • End-user computing services of Amazon AppStream 2.0, Amazon WorkSpaces, and Amazon WorkSpaces Web • Frontend web and mobile services of AWS Amplify and AWS AppSync • IoT services of AWS IoT Core and AWS IoT Greengrass Skills in: • Choosing the appropriate service to deliver messages and to send alerts and notifications • Choosing the appropriate service to meet business application needs • Choosing the appropriate service for AWS customer support • Choosing the appropriate option for business support assistance • Identifying the tools to develop, deploy, and troubleshoot applications • Identifying the services that can present the output of virtual machines (VMs) on end-user machines • Identifying the services that can create and deploy frontend and mobile services • Identifying the services that manage IoT devices

Domain 4:

Billing, Pricing, and Support Task Statement 4.1: Compare AWS pricing models. Knowledge of: • Compute purchasing options (for example, On-Demand Instances, Reserved Instances, Spot Instances, Savings Plans, Dedicated Hosts, Dedicated Instances, Capacity Reservations) • Data transfer charges • Storage options and tiers Skills in: • Identifying and comparing when to use various compute purchasing options • Describing Reserved Instance flexibility • Describing Reserved Instance behavior in AWS Organizations • Understanding incoming data transfer costs and outgoing data transfer costs (for example, from one Region to another Region, within the same Region) • Understanding different pricing options for various storage options and tiers Task Statement 4.2: Understand resources for billing, budget, and cost management. Knowledge of: • Billing support and information • Pricing information for AWS services • AWS Organizations • AWS cost allocation tags Skills in: • Understanding the appropriate uses and capabilities of AWS Budgets, AWS Cost Explorer, and AWS Billing Conductor • Understanding the appropriate uses and capabilities of AWS Pricing Calculator • Understanding AWS Organizations consolidated billing and allocation of costs • Understanding various types of cost allocation tags and their relation to billing reports (for example, AWS Cost and Usage Report)

Task Statement 4.3: Identify AWS technical resources and AWS Support options. Knowledge of: • Resources and documentation available on official AWS websites • AWS Support plans • Role of the AWS Partner Network, including independent software vendors and system integrators • AWS Support Center Skills in: • Locating AWS whitepapers, blogs, and documentation on official AWS websites • Identifying and locating AWS technical resources (for example AWS Prescriptive Guidance, AWS Knowledge Center, AWS re:Post) • Identifying AWS Support options for AWS customers (for example, customer service and communities, AWS Developer Support, AWS Business Support, AWS Enterprise On-Ramp Support, AWS Enterprise Support) • Identifying the role of Trusted Advisor, AWS Health Dashboard, and the AWS Health API to help manage and monitor environments for cost optimization • Identifying the role of the AWS Trust and Safety team to report abuse of AWS resources • Understanding the role of AWS Partners (for example AWS Marketplace, independent software vendors, system integrators) • Identifying the benefits of being an AWS Partner (for example, partner training and certification, partner events, partner volume discounts) • Identifying the key services that AWS Marketplace offers (for example, cost management, governance and entitlement) • Identifying technical assistance options available at AWS (for example, AWS Professional Services, AWS Solutions Architects

1. AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate - Exam number (SAA-C03)  

The exam has the following content domains and weightings:

• Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures (30% of scored content)

• Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures (26% of scored content)

• Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures (24% of scored content)

• Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (20% of scored content)

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