AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification Training

As businesses are moving toward cloud platforms, cloud based web sites and apps are the future of information technology. The focus of AWS Architect Associate Certification training is to assist learners and professionals in leveraging the immense opportunities of cloud computing and Amazon Web Services (AWS) by becoming proficient in cloud development.

This course will prepare you for everything you need to learn while gaining the practical experience mandated to set up and host your own applications on cloud based platforms. You will benefit from the knowledge of the core services as well as gain deep understanding of the concepts covered in the exam.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate:

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) exam is designed for the role of the Solutions Architect and you are required to have one or more years of hands-on experience in designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, scalable distributed systems and applications on AWS. It is important that you demonstrate your ability to design, manage and implement applications using tools and services on the AWS platform. Updated recently, this exam now includes more AWS services and best practices.

Enroll now and enhance your competence and knowledge in cloud computing.

1. Cloud Computing Fundamentals

Learning Objective:

Understanding of Cloud Computing and AWS Overview



Topics Covered:

• What is Cloud Computing
• AWS Fundamentals
• AWS Platform & Services
• AWS Regions & Availability Zones



2. AWS IAM Fundamentals

Learning Objective:

Understand the fundamentals of AWS IAM



Topics Covered:

• Setup of AWS Account
• Principles
• Creating Users
• Roles
• Enabling Credentials
• Access Keys & Secret Keys
• Security & Policies
• Exam Essentials



Hands-on:

Lab Exercise (Create IAM Role, Users, Access/Secret Key, attaching policies)


3. AWS EC2

Learning Objective:

Understand EC2 compute service of AWS and Launch Instances with Volumes and Images



Topics Covered:

• EC2 Types
• Launching EC2 Instances
• EBS Volumes & Types
• EBS Encryption
• Creating AMIs
• EBS Snapshots & AMIs
• Summary of EC2 Services
• Exam Essentials



Hands-on:

• Lab Exercise 1: Launch EC2 instance (Linux) with Standard SSD Provisioned
• Lab Exercise 2: Launch EC2 Instance with multiple EBS Volumes Attached Lab
• Lab Exercise 3: Launch EC2 (windows instance and create RAID Configuration)



4. AWS VPC

Learning Objective:

Create your own private Cloud and manage infrastructure in the cloud



Topics Covered:

• Virtual Private Cloud Basics
• Subnets
• Route Tables
• Security Groups (ACLs & NACL)
• Internet Gateways
• Bastion Host/NAT Instances
• NAT Gateways
• Lab Exercise Create a NAT Gateway and associate it with EC2 instances
• EIP & ENIs
• VPG, CGW, VPN
• VPC Peering
• AWS Direct Connect
• Summary
• Exam Essentials



Hands-on:

• Lab Exercise Create VPC, Public, Private Subnets and Route Tables
• Lab Exercise Launch instances in Private & Public Subnets and attach a Internet Gateway
• Lab Exercise Launch a Bastion Host/NAT Instance
• Exercise VPC Peering within same account [ Instructor Demo ]



5. AWS Elastic Load Balancing

Learning Objective:

Use Load Balancing in creation of highly available systems



Topics Covered:

• LB Types : Classic & Application LB
• Load Balancer Configurations



Hands-on:

Lab Exercise on Attaching a Load Balancer to VPC and launching instances.



6. AWS Cloud Watch

Learning Objective:

Learn how to monitor services using Cloud Watch



Topics Covered:

• Standard Vs Detailed
• Exam Tips



7. AWS Auto Scaling

Learning Objective:

Learn scaling applications/systems with auto scaling and its use in building fault tolerant networks.



Topics Covered:

• Launch Configurations
• Bootstrapping
• Scaling Groups
• Scaling Policies
• Building Fault Tolerant & Highly available Applications
• Summary of Auto scaling and Cloud watch
• Exam Essentials



Hands-on:

Lab Exercise: Launch EC2 instances and use Auto scaling & Cloud watch metrics



8. AWS S3

Learning Objective:

Understand S3 as storage service



Topics Covered:

• Object Vs Block Storage
• S3 Basics
• Bucket Policies & Access Control Lists
• Versioning & Transfer Acceleration
• Static Web Hosting
• S3 Advanced Features
• Versioning
• Cross Region Replication
• CORS
• Transfer Acceleration
• Multipart Upload
• LifeCycle Policies
• AWS Glacier
• Archives
• Vaults
• AWS Cloud Front (CDN)



Hands-on:

• Lab Exercise 1: Create your own S3 Bucket and use of bucket policies and control lists
• Lab Exercise 2: Create your own Static Website
• Lab Exercise 3: S3 with lifecycle policies and Versioning with Cross Region Replication
• Lab Exercise 4: Using CloudFront with S3 [Instructor Demo]



9. AWS Route53

Learning Objective:

Understand Amazons domain services



Topics Covered:

• Domain Name Services
• Amazons Route53 Overview
• Hosted Zones
• Record Sets
• Routing Policies
• DNS Failover with S3 and CDN
• Exam Essentials



Hands-on:

Lab Demo Route53, Routing Policies and DNS Failover


10. Database Services

Learning Objective:

Understand AWS database services and their use cases



Topics Covered:

• AWS RDS
• Read Replica
• Snapshots
• Restoring Snapshots
• Multi-AZ Deployment
• Exam Tips on RDS
• AWS DynamoDB (NoSQL DB)
• AWS RedShift
• AWS Storage Gateways
• AWS EFS
• Summary of Database Services
• Exam Tips on Database Services



Hands-on:

• Exercise Amazon RDS [creating an RDS instance, creating snapshots and read replicas and launching new instance using them]
• Exercise - DynamoDb table creation and working with Queries



11. AWS Other Services

Learning Objective:

Understand other AWS Services



Topics Covered:

• AWS SQS
• AWS SWF
• AWS SNS
• Exam Tips on SQS, SNS, SWF
• AWS Elastic ache
• Redis
• Me cached
• Exam Tips on Elastic ache
• Storage & Content Delivery
• Analytics
• Elastic MapReduce
• DevOps
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk
• AWS Cloud Formation
• AWS ElasticContainerServices (ECS)
• AWS ElasticContainerServices (ECS)
• Exam Tips on DevOps services
• AWS CloudTrail
• AWS ElasticSearch
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• AWS Workspace
• Exam Essentials



Hands-on:

Lab Exercise: Creating a SQS and using SNS

• Linux Basic Skills
• Knowledge of at least 1 programming language
• Computer Configuration Requirement: Inteet Connectivity (2 mbps+) and Laptop/PC (Windows/Mac) with 4GB RAM

• IT Managers, Developers, Testers, System Architects, Administrators
• Anyone having passion to learn AWS

• AWS Solutions Architect Associate exam includes 65 questions (multiple-choice & multiple-response) across 5 domains, with 130 minutes to complete the test.
• Exam name & code: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) - current version focused on AWS architectural skills.
• Cost: $150 USD (may vary by region).
• Languages: Multiple including English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and others.
• Certification validity: 3 years (after which recertification is required).
• Delivery: Online proctoring or in a testing center (e.g., Pearson VUE).
• No formal prerequisites: AWS recommends but does not require prior AWS exams or hands-on experience - though at least ~1 year of real AWS architecture experience is strongly recommended.
• Earn an AWS Associate-level certification that validates your ability to design secure, resilient, cost-efficient, and scalable cloud architectures on AWS.
• Gain hands-on skills in compute, storage, networking, databases, and security services, plus architectural best practices aligned with the SAA-C03 exam.
• Learn from expert trainers who guide you step-by-step through designing highly available, fault-tolerant, and enterprise-scale solutions using AWS services.
• Practice with full-length mock exams, scenario-based questions, and real-world labs to build confidence and exam readiness.
• Build the recommended experience for the exam with structured content that helps you understand how to select the right AWS services, define technical requirements, and apply AWS Well-Architected best practices.

Cloud computing is transforming the way organizations operate, making scalable, secure and cost-effective IT solutions essential. The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) certification is one of the most recognized cloud certifications globally, validating your ability to design and deploy reliable, secure and scalable applications on AWS.

This certification equips professionals with the skills to architect cloud solutions using AWS services, optimize performance, ensure security and manage cost-effective infrastructure. It is highly valuable for roles in IT, software development, DevOps, finance, healthcare and other industries adopting cloud technologies.

The AWS Solutions Architect - Associate certification offers strong career and salary benefits. AWS-certified professionals are in high demand as organizations migrate workloads to the cloud and adopt modern cloud architectures.

• 1. AWS Certified Solutions Architects typically earn 20–30% higher salaries compared to non-certified IT professionals.
• 2. In the United States, AWS Solutions Architect - Associate professionals often earn between $110,000 and $145,000+ per year, depending on experience and industry.
• 3. Senior roles such as Cloud Solutions Architect, Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer and Cloud Consultant can command salaries exceeding $160,000 per year.

Beyond salary, AWS certification enhances professional credibility, strengthens cloud architecture and design skills, and demonstrates expertise in deploying secure, scalable and cost-efficient solutions on the world's leading cloud platform.

By earning the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification, you position yourself as a highly skilled cloud professional capable of designing robust solutions that drive business value in today’s cloud-first world.

He is an experienced and certified cloud architect and AWS specialist with extensive hands‑on experience designing, deploying and optimizing scalable solutions on the AWS platform. With deep expertise across core AWS services, infrastructure automation and architectural best practices, he helps learners build the skills needed to succeed in real‑world cloud environments and achieve AWS Solution Architect certification. Known for his clear and practical training style, he simplifies complex concepts into actionable insights and guided exercises. His guidance equips professionals to design resilient, secure and cost‑effective AWS architectures while advancing their cloud careers.

Learning Outcomes:

• Explain the core principles of cloud computing and the AWS global infrastructure, including regions, availability zones and edge locations.
• Identify and use key AWS services for compute, storage, networking, database and security to build scalable cloud solutions.
• Design resilient and highly available architectures that meet performance, reliability and fault‑tolerance requirements.
• Apply AWS best practices for security, including IAM, encryption, security groups, and network access controls.
• Implement cost‑optimized cloud architectures and choose appropriate pricing models for workloads.
• Configure VPCs, subnets, routing and connectivity to support secure and efficient network designs.
• Deploy and manage serverless applications using AWS Lambda, API Gateway and associated services.
• Use monitoring and management tools such as AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail and AWS Config to ensure operational visibility and compliance.
• Design application integration solutions using services like SQS, SNS and Step Functions.
• Prepare comprehensively for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam through practice questions, mock tests and exam strategy techniques.