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Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2026
https://www.udemy.com/course/aws-certified-solutions-architect-
associate-saa-c03/
Year : 2026
Language : English
Level : All Levels
Category : IT & Software
Subcategory : IT Certifications
Duration : 27h 9m
Lectures : 399
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Students : 1,225,959
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Full Practice Exam | Learn Cloud Computing | Pass the AWS
Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification
SAA-C03!
WHAT YOU'LL 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
REQUIREMENTS
* Know the basics of IT
* No AWS Cloud experience is necessary, we'll use the AWS Free
Tier
* Windows / Linux / Mac OS X Machine
WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR
* Anyone wanting to acquire the knowledge to pass the AWS
Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03
Certification
* Solutions Architects who want to know how to leverage all
AWS
services for their solution architecture
DESCRIPTION
Welcome! I'm here to help you prepare and PASS the NEWEST
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 exam
[Course
FULLY updated] ** Updates List ** [May 2023 Update]: Over 20
videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI
changes and exam changes [September 2022 Update -
SAA-C03]: Over
80 videos have been updated to reflect the NEW SAA-C03 exam
[April 2022 Update]: Over 30 videos have been refreshed/added
to
keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes [October 2021
Update]: Over 100 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up
with the AWS UI changes and exam changes [April 2021 Update]:
Over 100 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the
AWS UI changes and exam changes [Dec 2020 Update]: The S3
section has been entirely re-recorded to accommodate for the
AWS UI changes [May 2020 Update]: 20+ videos have been updated
to keep up with AWS UI changes. [February 2020 Update -
SAA-C02]: The course has been updated for the NEW 2020 exam
version. Overall, 80 videos have been added or updated, and
the
course is now 22 hours long. Happy learning! [July 2019
Update]: Few lectures refreshed, including AWS Budgets and EC2
placement groups. Beginners welcome: no need to know anything
about AWS! The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
SAA-C03 certification is one of the most challenging exams.
It's
great at assessing how well you understand not just AWS, but
making sure you are making the best architectural decisions
based on situations, which makes this certification incredibly
valuable to have and pass. Rest assured, I've passed it myself
with a score of 982 out of 1000. Yes, you read that right,
I only made one mistake! Next, I want to help YOU pass the
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification with
flying colors. This is going to be a long journey, but passing
the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam will be
worth it! This AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
course is different from the other ones you'll find on Udemy.
Dare I say, better (but you'll judge!) We will spend over
three
hours discussing solution architecture on AWS in depth. It
covers in-depth all the new topics on the AWS Certified
Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C02 exam It's packed with
practical knowledge on how to use AWS inside and out as a
solutions architect It teaches you how to prepare for the
AWS exam AND how to prepare for the real world It's a logical
progression of topics, not a laundry list of random services
It's fast-paced and to the point It has professional subtitles
All 800+ slides available as downloadable PDF Concretely,
here's
what we'll learn to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Associate exam: The AWS Fundamentals: IAM, EC2, Load
Balancing,
Auto Scaling, EBS, EFS, Route 53, RDS, ElastiCache, S3,
CloudFront The AWS CLI: CLI setup, usage on EC2, best
practices,
SDK, advanced usage In-Depth Database comparison: RDS, Aurora,
DynamoDB, ElastiCache, DocumentDB, Neptune, Keyspaces, QLDB,
Timestream Analytics services comparison: Athena, EMR,
Redshift,
OpenSearch, Lake Formation, Kinesis Data Analytics, MSK,
QuickSight, Glue Machine Learning services: Rekognition,
Transcribe, Polly, Translate, Lex, Comprehend, SageMaker,
Forecast, Kendra, Personalize, Textract. Monitoring,
Troubleshooting & Audit: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EventBridge,
Config AWS Integration & Messaging: SQS, SNS, Kinesis Amazon
MQ
AWS Serverless: AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Step
Functions AWS Containers Services: ECS, ECR, EKS, App Runner
AWS Security best practices: KMS, SSM Parameter Store, Secrets
Manager, IAM Policies, Cognito, Shield, WAF, Firewall Manager,
SSO, Certificate Manager, GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie
VPC & Networking in depth Disaster Recovery & Migrations: DMS,
Aurora & RDS Migrations, AWS Backup, Application Migration
Service, VMware Cloud on AWS AWS Other Services
Overview: CloudFormation, SES, Pinpoint, SSM Session Manager,
Elastic Transcoder, Batch, AppFlow... Tips to ROCK the exam
This
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course is full of
opportunities to apply your knowledge: There are many hands-on
lectures in every section There are quizzes at the end of
every
section There's an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
practice exam at the end of the course We'll be using the
AWS Free Tier most of the time I'll be showing you how to go
beyond the AWS Free Tier (you know... the real world!)
Instructor My name is Stéphane Maarek, I am passionate about
Cloud Computing, and I will be your instructor in this course.
I
teach about AWS certifications, focusing on helping my
students
improve their professional proficiencies in AWS. I have
already
taught 1,500,000+ students and gotten 500,000+ reviews
throughout my career in designing and delivering these
certifications and courses! With AWS becoming the centerpiece
of
today's modern IT architectures, I've decided it's time for
students to learn how to be an AWS Solutions Architect
Associate
properly. So, let?s kick start the course! You are in good
hands! This course also comes with: Lifetime access to all
future updates A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section
Udemy
Certificate of Completion Ready for Download A 30 Day "No
Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee! Join me in this course
if
you want to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Associate
Certification SAA-C03 Exam and master the AWS platform!
COURSE CONTENT
Chapter 1: 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
Chapter 2: Code & Slides Download
7. Slides and Code Download
Chapter 3: Getting started with AWS
8. AWS Cloud Overview - Regions & AZ
9. [Important] AWS Console UI Update
10. Tour of the AWS Console & Services in AWS
Chapter 4: IAM & AWS CLI
11. IAM Introduction: Users, Groups, Policies
12. IAM Users & Groups Hands On
13. AWS Console Simultaneous Sign-in
14. IAM Policies
15. IAM Policies Hands On
16. IAM MFA Overview
17. IAM MFA Hands On
18. AWS Access Keys, CLI and SDK
19. AWS CLI Setup on Windows
20. AWS CLI Setup on Mac OS X
21. AWS CLI Setup on Linux
22. AWS CLI Hands On
23. AWS CloudShell: Region Availability
24. AWS CloudShell
25. IAM Roles for AWS Services
26. IAM Roles Hands On
27. IAM Security Tools
28. IAM Security Tools Hands On
29. IAM Best Practices
30. IAM Summary
Chapter 5: EC2 Fundamentals
31. AWS Budget Setup
32. EC2 Basics
33. Create an EC2 Instance with EC2 User Data to have a
Website Hands On
34. EC2 Instance Types Basics
35. Security Groups & Classic Ports Overview
36. Security Groups Hands On
37. SSH Overview
38. How to SSH using Linux or Mac
39. How to SSH using Windows
40. How to SSH using Windows 10
41. SSH Troubleshooting
42. EC2 Instance Connect
43. EC2 Instance Roles Demo
44. EC2 Instance Purchasing Options
45. Spot Instances & Spot Fleet
46. EC2 Instances Launch Types Hands On
Chapter 6: EC2 - Solutions Architect Associate Level
47. Private vs Public vs Elastic IP
48. Private vs Public vs Elastic IP Hands On
49. EC2 Placement Groups
50. EC2 Placement Groups - Hands On
51. Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) - Overview
52. Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) - Hands On
53. ENI - Extra Reading
54. EC2 Hibernate
55. EC2 Hibernate - Hands On
Chapter 7: EC2 Instance Storage
56. EBS Overview
57. EBS Hands On
58. EBS Snapshots
59. EBS Snapshots - Hands On
60. AMI Overview
61. AMI Hands On
62. EC2 Instance Store
63. EBS Volume Types
64. EBS Multi-Attach
65. EBS Encryption
66. Amazon EFS
67. Amazon EFS - Hands On
68. EFS vs EBS
69. EBS & EFS - Section Cleanup
Chapter 8: High Availability and Scalability: ELB & ASG
70. High Availability and Scalability
71. Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Overview
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
Chapter 9: 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
Chapter 10: 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. 3rd Party Domains & Route 53
119. Route 53 Resolvers & Hybrid DNS
120. Route 53 - Section Cleanup
Chapter 11: 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
Chapter 12: 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
Chapter 13: 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
Chapter 14: 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
Chapter 15: 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
Chapter 16: 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
Chapter 17: 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
Chapter 18: Containers on AWS: ECS, Fargate, ECR & EKS
199. Docker Introduction
200. Amazon ECS
201. Creating ECS Cluster - Hands On
202. Creating ECS Service - Hands On
203. Amazon ECS - Auto Scaling
204. Amazon ECS - Solutions Architectures
205. Amazon ECS - Clean Up - Hands On
206. Amazon ECR
207. Amazon EKS - Overview
208. Amazon EKS - Hands On
209. AWS App Runner
210. AWS App Runner - Hands On
211. AWS App2Container
Chapter 19: Serverless Overviews from a Solution Architect
Perspective
212. About the Serverless Section
213. Serverless Introduction
214. Lambda Overview
215. Lambda Hands-On
216. Lambda Limits
217. Lambda Concurrency
218. Lambda Concurrency - Hands On
219. Lambda SnapStart
220. Lambda@Edge & CloudFront Functions
221. Lambda in VPC
222. RDS - Invoking Lambda & Event Notifications
223. Amazon DynamoDB
224. Amazon DynamoDB - Hands-On
225. Amazon DynamoDB - Advanced Features
226. API Gateway Overview
227. API Gateway Basics Hands-On
228. Step Functions
229. Amazon Cognito Overview
Chapter 20: Serverless Solution Architecture Discussions
230. Mobile Application: MyTodoList
231. Serverless Website: MyBlog.com
232. MicroServices Architecture
233. Software updates distribution
Chapter 21: Databases in AWS
234. Choosing the right database
235. RDS
236. Aurora
237. ElastiCache
238. DynamoDB
239. S3
240. DocumentDB
241. Neptune
242. Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)
243. Timestream
Chapter 22: Data & Analytics
244. Athena
245. Athena Hands On
246. Redshift
247. OpenSearch (ex: ElasticSearch)
248. EMR
249. QuickSight
250. Glue
251. Lake Formation
252. Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink
253. Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink - Hands On
254. MSK - Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka
255. Big Data Ingestion Pipeline
Chapter 23: Machine Learning
256. Rekognition Overview
257. Transcribe Overview
258. Polly Overview
259. Translate Overview
260. Lex + Connect Overview
261. Comprehend Overview
262. Comprehend Medical Overview
263. SageMaker AI Overview
264. Kendra Overview
265. Personalize Overview
266. Textract Overview
267. Machine Learning Summary
Chapter 24: AWS Monitoring & Audit: CloudWatch, CloudTrail &
Config
268. AWS Monitoring - Section Introduction
269. CloudWatch Metrics
270. CloudWatch Logs
271. CloudWatch Logs - Hands On
272. CloudWatch Logs - Live Tail - Hands On
273. CloudWatch Agent & CloudWatch Logs Agent
274. CloudWatch Alarms
275. CloudWatch Alarms Hands On
276. CloudWatch Network Synthetic Monitor
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
Chapter 25: 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
Chapter 26: 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. AWS CloudHSM
309. Web Application Firewall (WAF)
310. Shield - DDoS Protection
311. Firewall Manager
312. WAF & Shield - Hands On
313. DDoS Protection Best Practices
314. Amazon GuardDuty
315. Amazon Inspector
316. Amazon Macie
Chapter 27: Networking - VPC
317. Section Introduction
318. CIDR, Private vs Public IP
319. Default VPC Overview
320. VPC Overview
321. VPC Hands On
322. Subnet Overview
323. Subnet Hands On
324. Internet Gateways & Route Tables
325. Internet Gateways & Route Tables Hands On
326. Bastion Hosts
327. Bastion Hosts Hands On
328. NAT Instances
329. NAT Instances Hands On
330. NAT Gateways
331. NAT Gateways Hands On
332. NACL & Security Groups
333. NACL & Security Groups Hands On
334. VPC Peering
335. VPC Peering Hands On
336. VPC Endpoints
337. VPC Endpoints Hands On
338. VPC Flow Logs
339. VPC Flow Logs Hands On + Athena
340. Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer
Gateway
341. Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer
Gateway Hands On
342. Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway
343. Direct Connect + Site to Site VPN
344. Transit Gateway
345. VPC Traffic Mirroring
346. IPv6 for VPC
347. IPv6 for VPC - Hands On
348. Egress Only Internet Gateway
349. Egress Only Internet Gateway Hands On
350. Section Cleanup
351. VPC Section Summary
352. Networking Costs in AWS
353. AWS Network Firewall
Chapter 28: Disaster Recovery & Migrations
354. Disaster Recovery in AWS
355. Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS)
356. Database Migration Service (DMS)
357. Database Migration Service (DMS) - Hands On
358. RDS & Aurora Migrations
359. On-Premises Strategies with AWS
360. AWS Backup
361. AWS Backup - Hands On
362. Application Migration Service (MGN)
363. Transferring Large Datasets into AWS
364. VMware Cloud on AWS
Chapter 29: More Solution Architectures
365. Event Processing in AWS
366. Caching Strategies in AWS
367. Blocking an IP Address in AWS
368. High Performance Computing (HPC) on AWS
369. EC2 Instance High Availability
Chapter 30: Other Services
370. Other Services Section Introduction
371. CloudFormation Intro
372. CloudFormation - Hands On
373. CloudFormation - Service Role
374. Amazon SES
375. Amazon Pinpoint
376. SSM Session Manager
377. SSM Other Services
378. AWS Cost Explorer
379. AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
380. AWS Outposts
381. AWS Batch
382. Amazon AppFlow
383. AWS Amplify
384. Instance Scheduler on AWS
Chapter 31: WhitePapers and Architectures - AWS Certified
Solutions Architect Associate
385. WhitePaper Section Introduction
386. AWS Well-Architected Framework & Well-Architected Tool
387. AWS Trusted Advisor Overview + Hands-On
388. Examples of Architecture - AWS Certified Solutions
Architect Associate
Chapter 32: Preparing for the Exam + Practice Exam - AWS
Certified Solutions Architect Assoc
389. Exam Preparation - Section Introduction
390. State of Learning Checkpoint - AWS Certified Solutions
Architect Associate
391. Exam Tips - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
392. Links to Whitepapers
393. Exam Walkthrough and Signup
394. Save 50% on your AWS Exam Cost!
395. Get an Extra 30 Minutes on your AWS Exam - Non Native
English Speakers only
396. How does the exam work?
Chapter 33: Congratulations - AWS Certified Solutions
Architect Associate
397. AWS Certification Paths
398. Congratulations
399. Bonus Lecture
DATES
Published : 2019-02-19
Last Updated : 2026-01-02
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