Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2025

Introduction – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
1 Course Introduction – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
2 PLEASE READ – Lectures you can skip if you took a course from me before
3 Creating an AWS Account
4 AWS Account Activation Troubleshooting
5 Important Message
6 About your instructor

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Getting started with AWS
7 AWS Cloud Overview – Regions & AZ
8 [Important] AWS Console UI Update
9 Tour of the AWS Console & Services in AWS

IAM & AWS CLI
10 IAM Introduction – Users, Groups, Policies
11 IAM Users & Groups Hands On
12 AWS Console Simultaneous Sign-in
13 IAM Policies
14 IAM Policies Hands On
15 IAM MFA Overview
16 IAM MFA Hands On
17 AWS Access Keys, CLI and SDK
18 AWS CLI Setup on Windows
19 AWS CLI Setup on Mac OS X
20 AWS CLI Setup on Linux
21 AWS CLI Hands On
22 AWS CloudShell – Region Availability
23 AWS CloudShell
24 IAM Roles for AWS Services
25 IAM Roles Hands On
26 IAM Security Tools
27 IAM Security Tools Hands On
28 IAM Best Practices
29 IAM Summary

EC2 Fundamentals
30 AWS Budget Setup
31 EC2 Basics
32 Create an EC2 Instance with EC2 User Data to have a Website Hands On
33 EC2 Instance Types Basics
34 Security Groups & Classic Ports Overview
35 Security Groups Hands On
36 SSH Overview
37 How to SSH using Linux or Mac
38 How to SSH using Windows
39 How to SSH using Windows 10
40 SSH Troubleshooting
41 EC2 Instance Connect
42 EC2 Instance Roles Demo
43 EC2 Instance Purchasing Options
44 Spot Instances & Spot Fleet
45 EC2 Instances Launch Types Hands On

EC2 – Solutions Architect Associate Level
46 Private vs Public vs Elastic IP
47 Private vs Public vs Elastic IP Hands On
48 EC2 Placement Groups
49 EC2 Placement Groups – Hands On
50 Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) – Overview
51 Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) – Hands On
52 ENI – Extra Reading
53 EC2 Hibernate
54 EC2 Hibernate – Hands On

EC2 Instance Storage
55 EBS Overview
56 EBS Hands On
57 EBS Snapshots
58 EBS Snapshots – Hands On
59 AMI Overview
60 AMI Hands On
61 EC2 Instance Store
62 EBS Volume Types
63 EBS Multi-Attach
64 EBS Encryption
65 Amazon EFS
66 Amazon EFS – Hands On
67 EFS vs EBS
68 EBS & EFS – Section Cleanup

High Availability and Scalability – ELB & ASG
69 High Availability and Scalability
70 Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Overview
71 Note – About the Classic Load Balancer (CLB)
72 Application Load Balancer (ALB)
73 Application Load Balancer (ALB) – Hands On – Part 1
74 Application Load Balancer (ALB) – Hands On – Part 2
75 Network Load Balancer (NLB)
76 Network Load Balancer (NLB) – Hands On
77 Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB)
78 Elastic Load Balancer – Sticky Sessions
79 Elastic Load Balancer – Cross Zone Load Balancing
80 Elastic Load Balancer – SSL Certificates
81 Elastic Load Balancer – SSL Certificates – Hands On
82 Elastic Load Balancer – Connection Draining
83 Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) Overview
84 Auto Scaling Groups Hands On
85 Auto Scaling Groups – Scaling Policies
86 Auto Scaling Groups – Scaling Policies Hands On

AWS Fundamentals – RDS + Aurora + ElastiCache
87 Amazon RDS Overview
88 RDS Read Replicas vs Multi AZ
89 Amazon RDS Hands On
90 RDS Custom for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server
91 Amazon Aurora
92 Amazon Aurora – Hands On
93 Amazon Aurora – Advanced Concepts
94 RDS & Aurora – Backup and Monitoring
95 RDS Security
96 RDS Proxy
97 ElastiCache Overview
98 ElastiCache Hands On
99 ElastiCache for Solution Architects
100 List of Ports to be familiar with

Route 53
101 What is a DNS
102 Route 53 Overview
103 Route 53 – Registering a domain
104 Route 53 – Creating our first records
105 Route 53 – EC2 Setup
106 Route 53 – TTL
107 Route 53 CNAME vs Alias
108 Routing Policy – Simple
109 Routing Policy – Weighted
110 Routing Policy – Latency
111 Route 53 – Health Checks
112 Route 53 – Health Checks Hands On
113 Routing Policy – Failover
114 Routing Policy – Geolocation
115 Routing Policy – Geoproximity
116 Routing Policy – IP-based
117 Routing Policy – Multi Value
118 rd Party Domains & Route 53
119 Route 53 Resolvers & Hybrid DNS
120 Route 53 – Section Cleanup

Classic Solutions Architecture Discussions
121 Solutions Architecture Discussions Overview
122 WhatsTheTime.com
123 MyClothes.com
124 MyWordPress.com
125 Instantiating applications quickly
126 Beanstalk Overview
127 Beanstalk Hands On

Amazon S3 Introduction
128 S3 Overview
129 S3 Hands On
130 S3 Security – Bucket Policy
131 S3 Security – Bucket Policy Hands On
132 S3 Website Overview
133 S3 Website Hands On
134 S3 Versioning
135 S3 Versioning – Hands On
136 S3 Replication
137 S3 Replication Notes
138 S3 Replication – Hands On
139 S3 Storage Classes Overview
140 S3 Storage Classes Hands On
141 S3 Express One Zone

Advanced Amazon S3
142 S3 Lifecycle Rules (with S3 Analytics)
143 S3 Lifecycle Rules – Hands On
144 S3 Requester Pays
145 S3 Event Notifications
146 S3 Event Notifications – Hands On
147 S3 Performance
148 S3 Batch Operations
149 S3 Storage Lens

Amazon S3 Security
150 S3 Encryption
151 About DSSE-KMS
152 S3 Encryption – Hands On
153 S3 Default Encryption
154 S3 CORS
155 S3 CORS Hands On
156 S3 MFA Delete
157 S3 MFA Delete Hands On
158 S3 Access Logs
159 S3 Access Logs – Hands On
160 S3 Pre-signed URLs
161 S3 Pre-signed URLs – Hands On
162 Glacier Vault Lock & S3 Object Lock
163 S3 Access Points
164 S3 Object Lambda

CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator
165 CloudFront Overview
166 CloudFront with S3 – Hands On
167 CloudFront – ALB – EC2 as an Origin
168 CloudFront – Geo Restriction
169 CloudFront – Price Classes
170 CloudFront – Cache Invalidation
171 AWS Global Accelerator – Overview
172 AWS Global Accelerator – Hands On

AWS Storage Extras
173 AWS Snow Family Overview
174 AWS Snow Family Hands On
175 Architecture – Snowball into Glacier
176 Amazon FSx
177 Amazon FSx – Hands On
178 Storage Gateway Overview
179 Storage Gateway Hands On
180 AWS Transfer Family
181 DataSync – Overview
182 All AWS Storage Options Compared

Decoupling applications – SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Active MQ
183 Introduction to Messaging
184 Amazon SQS – Standard Queues Overview
185 SQS – Standard Queue Hands On
186 SQS – Message Visibility Timeout
187 SQS – Long Polling
188 SQS – FIFO Queues
189 SQS + Auto Scaling Group
190 Amazon Simple Notification Service (AWS SNS)
191 SNS and SQS – Fan Out Pattern
192 SNS – Hands On
193 Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
194 Amazon Kinesis Data Streams – Hands On
195 Amazon Data Firehose
196 Amazon Data Firehose – Hands On
197 SQS vs SNS vs Kinesis
198 Amazon MQ

Containers on AWS – ECS, Fargate, ECR & EKS
199 Docker Introduction
200 Amazon ECS
201 IMPORTANT – ECS UI CHANGES
202 Creating ECS Cluster – Hands On
203 Creating ECS Service – Hands On
204 Amazon ECS – Auto Scaling
205 Amazon ECS – Solutions Architectures
206 Amazon ECS – Clean Up – Hands On
207 Amazon ECR
208 Amazon EKS – Overview
209 Amazon EKS – Hands On
210 AWS App Runner
211 AWS App Runner – Hands On
212 AWS App2Container

Serverless Overviews from a Solution Architect Perspective
213 About the Serverless Section
214 Serverless Introduction
215 Lambda Overview
216 Lambda Hands-On
217 Lambda Limits
218 Lambda Concurrency
219 Lambda Concurrency – Hands On
220 Lambda SnapStart
221 Lambda@Edge & CloudFront Functions
222 Lambda in VPC
223 RDS – Invoking Lambda & Event Notifications
224 Amazon DynamoDB
225 Amazon DynamoDB – Hands-On
226 Amazon DynamoDB – Advanced Features
227 API Gateway Overview
228 API Gateway Basics Hands-On
229 Step Functions
230 Amazon Cognito Overview

Serverless Solution Architecture Discussions
231 Mobile Application – MyTodoList
232 Serverless Website – MyBlog.com
233 MicroServices Architecture
234 Software updates distribution

Databases in AWS
235 Choosing the right database
236 RDS
237 Aurora
238 ElastiCache
239 DynamoDB
240 S3
241 DocumentDB
242 Neptune
243 Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)
244 Timestream

Data & Analytics
245 Athena
246 Athena Hands On
247 Redshift
248 OpenSearch (ex – ElasticSearch)
249 EMR
250 QuickSight
251 Glue
252 Lake Formation
253 Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
254 Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink – Hands On
255 MSK – Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
256 Big Data Ingestion Pipeline

Machine Learning
257 Rekognition Overview
258 Transcribe Overview
259 Polly Overview
260 Translate Overview
261 Lex + Connect Overview
262 Comprehend Overview
263 Comprehend Medical Overview
264 SageMaker AI Overview
265 Kendra Overview
266 Personalize Overview
267 Textract Overview
268 Machine Learning Summary

AWS Monitoring & Audit – CloudWatch, CloudTrail & Config
269 AWS Monitoring – Section Introduction
270 CloudWatch Metrics
271 CloudWatch Logs
272 CloudWatch Logs – Hands On
273 CloudWatch Logs – Live Tail – Hands On
274 CloudWatch Agent & CloudWatch Logs Agent
275 CloudWatch Alarms
276 CloudWatch Alarms Hands On
277 EventBridge Overview (formerly CloudWatch Events)
278 Amazon EventBridge – Hands On
279 CloudWatch Insights and Operational Visibility
280 CloudTrail Overview
281 CloudTrail Hands On
282 CloudTrail – EventBridge Integration
283 AWS Config – Overview
284 AWS Config – Hands On
285 CloudTrail vs CloudWatch vs Config

Identity and Access Management (IAM) – Advanced
286 Organizations – Overview
287 Organizations – Hands On
288 Organizations – Tag Policies
289 IAM – Advanced Policies
290 IAM – Resource-based Policies vs IAM Roles
291 IAM – Policy Evaluation Logic
292 AWS IAM Identity Center
293 AWS Directory Services
294 AWS Directory Services – Hands On
295 AWS Control Tower

AWS Security & Encryption – KMS, SSM Parameter Store, Shield, WAF
296 AWS Security – Section Introduction
297 Encryption 101
298 KMS Overview
299 KMS Hands On w – CLI
300 KMS – Multi-Region Keys
301 S3 Replication with Encryption
302 Encrypted AMI Sharing Process
303 SSM Parameter Store Overview
304 SSM Parameter Store Hands On (CLI)
305 AWS Secrets Manager – Overview
306 AWS Secrets Manager – Hands On
307 AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
308 Web Application Firewall (WAF)
309 Shield – DDoS Protection
310 Firewall Manager
311 WAF & Shield – Hands On
312 DDoS Protection Best Practices
313 Amazon GuardDuty
314 Amazon Inspector
315 Amazon Macie

Networking – VPC
316 Section Introduction
317 CIDR, Private vs Public IP
318 Default VPC Overview
319 VPC Overview
320 VPC Hands On
321 Subnet Overview
322 Subnet Hands On
323 Internet Gateways & Route Tables
324 Internet Gateways & Route Tables Hands On
325 Bastion Hosts
326 Bastion Hosts Hands On
327 NAT Instances
328 NAT Instances Hands On
329 NAT Gateways
330 NAT Gateways Hands On
331 NACL & Security Groups
332 NACL & Security Groups Hands On
333 VPC Peering
334 VPC Peering Hands On
335 VPC Endpoints
336 VPC Endpoints Hands On
337 VPC Flow Logs
338 VPC Flow Logs Hands On + Athena
339 Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway
340 Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway Hands On
341 Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway
342 Direct Connect + Site to Site VPN
343 Transit Gateway
344 VPC Traffic Mirroring
345 IPv6 for VPC
346 IPv6 for VPC – Hands On
347 Egress Only Internet Gateway
348 Egress Only Internet Gateway Hands On
349 Section Cleanup
350 VPC Section Summary
351 Networking Costs in AWS
352 AWS Network Firewall

Disaster Recovery & Migrations
353 Disaster Recovery in AWS
354 Database Migration Service (DMS)
355 Database Migration Service (DMS) – Hands On
356 RDS & Aurora Migrations
357 On-Premises Strategies with AWS
358 AWS Backup
359 AWS Backup – Hands On
360 Application Migration Service (MGN)
361 Transferring Large Datasets into AWS
362 VMware Cloud on AWS

More Solution Architectures
363 Event Processing in AWS
364 Caching Strategies in AWS
365 Blocking an IP Address in AWS
366 High Performance Computing (HPC) on AWS
367 EC2 Instance High Availability

Other Services
368 Other Services Section Introduction
369 CloudFormation Intro
370 CloudFormation – Hands On
371 CloudFormation – Service Role
372 Amazon SES
373 Amazon Pinpoint
374 SSM Session Manager
375 SSM Other Services
376 AWS Cost Explorer
377 AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
378 AWS Outposts
379 AWS Batch
380 Amazon AppFlow
381 AWS Amplify
382 Instance Scheduler on AWS

WhitePapers and Architectures – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
383 WhitePaper Section Introduction
384 AWS Well-Architected Framework & Well-Architected Tool
385 AWS Trusted Advisor Overview + Hands-On
386 Examples of Architecture – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Preparing for the Exam + Practice Exam – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Assoc
387 Exam Preparation – Section Introduction
388 State of Learning Checkpoint – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
389 Exam Tips – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
390 Links to Whitepapers
391 Exam Walkthrough and Signup
392 Save 50% on your AWS Exam Cost!
393 Get an Extra 30 Minutes on your AWS Exam – Non Native English Speakers only
394 How does the exam work

Congratulations – AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
395 AWS Certification Paths
396 Congratulations
397 Bonus Lecture