AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Curriculum 1. Introduction to AWS • Overview of cloud computing • Benefits of AWS • AWS global infrastructure: Regions and Availability Zones • AWS Management Console and AWS CLI basics 2. Designing Resilient Architectures • Principles of fault tolerance and high availability • Designing multi-tier architectures • Load balancing with Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) • Implementing Auto Scaling for dynamic workloads 3. Designing High-Performing Architectures • Selecting the appropriate instance types (EC2, ECS, Lambda) • Optimizing performance through caching with Amazon CloudFront and AWS Global Accelerator • Storage solutions: EBS, EFS, S3, Glacier • Database solutions: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Redshift 4. Designing Secure Applications and Architectures • AWS Shared Responsibility Model • Identity and Access Management (IAM) • Securing data at rest and in transit • Implementing security groups and network ACLs • Using AWS Key Management Service (KMS) for encryption • AWS Security Services: Shield, WAF, Macie, GuardDuty 5. Designing Cost-Optimized Architectures • Understanding AWS pricing models • Cost-effective storage solutions • Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and Spot Instances • Cost management tools: AWS Cost Explorer, AWS Budgets • Monitoring costs with AWS CloudWatch and Trusted Advisor 6. Designing Operationally Excellent Architectures • Best practices for operational excellence • Using AWS CloudFormation for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) • Monitoring and logging: AWS CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail • Automating deployments with AWS CodeDeploy, CodePipeline 7. Migration to AWS • AWS Migration Hub and AWS Application Discovery Service • Strategies for migrating applications and databases • Using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) • Managing hybrid cloud architectures 8. Architecting for the Cloud • AWS Well-Architected Framework • Reliability, performance efficiency, security, cost optimization, and operational excellence • Implementing disaster recovery strategies: RTO and RPO • Backup and recovery solutions with AWS Backup and Storage Gateway 9. Advanced Networking Architectures • VPC design and subnetting • Implementing VPN and Direct Connect • Route 53 for DNS management • Using AWS Transit Gateway for large-scale network architectures Hands-On Labs and Projects • Deploying a multi-tier application using EC2, ELB, and RDS • Setting up a serverless application with AWS Lambda and API Gateway • Implementing a secure VPC architecture with public and private subnets • Configuring Auto Scaling and Load Balancing for high availability