
AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate
Exam SAA-C03 AWS Intermediate
Design resilient, cost-effective architectures on AWS. The most in-demand AWS certification by job-advert volume.
The path
Step 1 — Learn architecture on AWS
Design for resilience, performance, security and cost.
1 course
Learn
- CourseTOTAL: AWS Solutions Architect Associate 🔒 StationX Unlimited
21 sections · 205 lectures
- Training Overview 2
- Introduction 1
- Exam Tips and Tricks 15
- ESSENTIALS Chapter 1 - AWS Foundations and Services 8
- ESSENTIALS Chapter 2 - AWS Security & Costs 5
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 1 - AWS Cloud Services Overview 11
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 2 - AWS Storage Design 22
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 3 - Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) 13
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 4 - Compute Services Design 5
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 5 - Compute Services Implementation 8
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 6 - Compute Services Management 9
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 7 - Identity and Access Management (IAM) 14
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 8 - IAM Best Practices 13
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 9 - Auto Scaling Solutions 8
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 10 - Virtual Network Services 6
- SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT Ch 11 - AWS Application Deployment 23
- Solutions Architect Chapter 12 - AWS Database Design 11
- Solutions Architect Chapter 13 - Database Deployment 8
- Solutions Architect Chapter 14 - Additional AWS Services 11
- Solutions Architect Chapter 15 - Operational Excellence with AWS 11
- Audio Version of Training 1
Step 2 — Build the core services
Compute, storage and networking, hands on.
23 labs
Learn
- CourseCovered in TOTAL: AWS Solutions Architect Associate — compute, storage and networking sections 🔒 StationX Unlimited
Practise
- Labs+AWS Elastic Cloud Compute EC2 — 10 labs 🔒 StationX Labs+
- Can You Automate the Build of EC2 Instances Behind an Elastic Load Balancer? [Advanced]
- Can You Configure a Resilient EC2 Server Farm? [Expert]
- Can You Create a Custom AMI Based on a New EC2 Instance? [Advanced]
- Can You Create a Resilient System by Using a Launch Template and an Auto Scaling Group? [Advanced]
- Configure an Elastic Load Balancer [Guided]
- Create an Auto Scaling Group [Guided]
- Create an EC2 Instance by Using a Launch Template [Guided]
- Create an Instance by Using a Custom AMI [Guided]
- Create and Configure an EC2 Instance That Uses a User Data Script [Guided]
- Install a Web Server by Using AWS System Manager Run Command [Guided]
- Labs+AWS Simple Storage Service S3 — 10 labs 🔒 StationX Labs+
- Can You Create a Website with Cross Region Replication and Logging? [Expert]
- Can You Enable Cross-Region Replication and Archiving? [Advanced]
- Can You Serve a Simple, Static Website with Amazon S3? [Advanced]
- Can You Use Access Logging for Bucket Management and Monitoring? [Advanced]
- Configure Cross Region Replication for an S3 Bucket [Guided]
- Configure File Encryption and Access Logging [Guided]
- Configure an Amazon S3 Notification [Guided]
- Create Buckets, Versioning, and Permissions with Amazon S3 [Guided]
- Create an Object Lifecycle Policy for Amazon S3 Documents [Guided]
- Hosting a Static Website with Amazon S3 [Guided]
- Labs+AWS VPCs and Networking — 3 labs 🔒 StationX Labs+
Free resources
Step 3 — Operate and secure it
Monitor, automate and lock it down.
26 labs
Learn
- CourseCovered in TOTAL: AWS Solutions Architect Associate — monitoring, automation and security sections 🔒 StationX Unlimited
Practise
- Labs+AWS Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation SOA.1 — 12 labs 🔒 StationX Labs+
- Can You Configure a Resilient Website That Uses Monitoring and Automatic Remediation? [Expert]
- Can You Implement Metrics, Alarms, and Filters? [Advanced]
- Can You Remediate Issues by Using Monitoring and Availability Metrics? [Advanced]
- Collect Metrics and Logs by Using the CloudWatch Agent [Guided]
- Configure an Amazon EventBridge Rule That Triggers an Action [Guided]
- Configure an SNS Notification for a CloudWatch Alarm [Guided]
- Create Metric Filters [Guided]
- Create a CloudWatch Alarm [Guided]
- Create a CloudWatch Dashboard [Guided]
- Manage AWS Logs by Using CloudTrail [Guided]
- Perform Automatic Remediation by Using an AWS Config Rule [Guided]
- Troubleshoot an EC2 Instance by Using a CloudWatch Alarm [Guided]
- Labs+AWS Reliability and Business Continuity SOA.2 — 6 labs 🔒 StationX Labs+
- Labs+AWS Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation SOA.3 — 8 labs 🔒 StationX Labs+
- Can You Automate Processes by Using AWS Services? [Advanced]
- Configure AWS Systems Manager Patch Manager [Guided]
- Configure Maintenance Windows by Using AWS Systems Manager [Guided]
- Configure an Amazon EventBridge Rule That Sends an Automated Email by Using the Simple Notification Service [Guided]
- Evaluate AWS Config Rules [Guided]
- Execute Commands and Automation Documents by Using the AWS Systems Manager Service [Guided]
- Migrate a Load Balanced Application by Using a Blue/Green and Canary Deployment Strategy [Guided]
- Provision and Maintain AWS Resources by Using CloudFormation [Guided]
Where this leads
- AWS Certified Security — Specialty — Advanced