This course runs for a duration of 3 Days.
The class will run daily from 6:30 AM PT to 2:30 PM ET.
Class Location: Virtual LIVE Instructor Led - Virtual Live Classroom.
Building on concepts introduced in Architecting on AWS, Advanced Architecting on AWS is intended for individuals who are experienced with designing scalable and elastic applications on the AWS platform. Building on concepts introduced in Architecting on AWS, this course covers how to build complex solutions which incorporate data services, governance, and security on AWS. This course introduces specialized AWS services, including AWS Direct Connect and AWS Storage Gateway to support Hybrid architecture. It also covers designing best practices for building scalable, elastic, secure, and highly available applications on AWS.
Course Objectives
In this course, you will be able to:
Review the AWS Well-Architected Framework to ensure understanding of best cloud design practices by responding to poll questions while following a graphic presentation
Demonstrate the ability to secure Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) virtual private cloud (VPC) endpoint connections in a lab environment
Identify how to implement centralized permissions management and reduce risk using AWS Organizations organizational units (OUs) and service control policies (SCPs) with AWS Single Sign-On
Compare the permissions management capabilities of OUs, SCPs, and AWS SSO with and without AWS Control Tower to determine best practices based on use cases
Discuss AWS hybrid network designs to address traffic increases and streamline remote work while ensuring FIPS 140-2 Level 2, or Level 3 security compliance
Explore the solutions and products available to design a hybrid infrastructure, including access to 5G networks, to optimize service and reduce latency while maintaining high security for critical on-premises applications
Explore ways to simplify the connection configurations between applications and high-performance workloads across global networks
Demonstrate the ability to configure a transit gateway in a lab environment
Identify and discuss container solutions and define container management options
Build and test a container in a lab environment
Examine how the AWS developer tools optimize the CI/CD pipeline with updates based on near-real-time data
Identify the anomaly detection and protection services that AWS offers to defend against DDoS attacks
Identify ways to secure data in transit, at rest, and in use with AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) and AWS Secrets Manager
Determine the best data management solution based on frequency of access, and data query and analysis needs
Set up a data lake and examine the advantages of this type of storage configuration to crawl and query data in a lab environment
Identify solutions to optimize edge services to eliminate latency, reduce inefficiencies, and mitigate risks
Identify the components used to automate the scaling of global applications using geolocation and traffic control
Deploy and activate an AWS Storage Gateway file gateway and AWS DataSync in a lab environment
Review AWS cost management tools to optimize costs while ensuring speed and performance
Review migration tools, services, and processes that AWS provides to implement effective cloud operation models based on use cases and business needs
Provide evidence of your ability to apply the technical knowledge and experience gained in the course to improve business practices by completing a Capstone Project
Intended
Audience
This course is intended for cloud architects, solutions architects, and anyone who designs solutions for cloud infrastructures.
Module 1: Reviewing Architecting Concepts
Group Exercise: Review Architecting on AWS core best practices
Lab 1: Securing Amazon S3 VPC Endpoint Communications
Module 2: Single to Multiple Accounts
AWS Organizations for multi-account access and permissions
AWS SSO to simplify access and authentication across AWS accounts and third-party services
AWS Control Tower
Permissions, access, and authentication
Module 3: Hybrid Connectivity
AWS Client VPN authentication and control
AWS Site-to-Site VPN
AWS Direct Connect for hybrid public and private connections
Increasing bandwidth and reducing cost
Basic, high, and maximum resiliency
Amazon Route 53 Resolver DNS resolution
Module 4: Specialized Infrastructure
AWS Storage Gateway solutions
On-demand VMware Cloud on AWS
Extending cloud infrastructure services with AWS Outposts
AWS Local Zones for latency-sensitive workloads
Your 5G network with and without AWS Wavelength
Module 5: Connecting Networks
Simplifying private subnet connections
VPC isolation with a shared services VPC
Transit Gateway Network Manager and VPC Reachability Analyzer
AWS Resource Access Manager
AWS PrivateLink and endpoint services
Lab 2: Configuring Transit Gateways
Module 6: Containers
Container solutions compared to virtual machines
Docker benefits, components, solutions architecture, and versioning
Container hosting on AWS to reduce cost
Managed container services: Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS) and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
AWS Fargate
Lab 3: Deploying an Application with Amazon ECS on Fargate
Module 7: Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)
CI/CD solutions and impact
CI/CD automation with AWS CodePipeline
Deployment models
AWS CloudFormation StackSets to improve deployment management
Module 8: High Availability and DDoS Protection
Common DDoS attack layers
AWS WAF
AWS WAF web access control lists (ACLs), real-time metrics, logs, and security automation
AWS Shield Advanced services and AWS DDoS Response Team (DRT) services
AWS Network Firewall and AWS Firewall Manager to protect accounts at scale
Module 9: Securing Data
What cryptography is, why you would use it, and how to use it
AWS KMS
AWS CloudHSM architecture
FIPS 140-2 Level 2 and Level 3 encryption
AWS Secrets Manager
Module 10: Large-Scale Data Stores
Amazon S3 data storage management including storage classes, inventory, metrics, and policies
Data lake vs. data warehouse: differences, benefits, and examples
AWS Lake Formation solutions, security, and control
Lab 4: Setting Up a Data Lake with Lake Formation
Module 11: Large-Scale Applications
What edge services are and why you would use them
Improve performance and mitigate risk with Amazon CloudFront
Lambda@Edge
AWS Global Accelerator: IP addresses, intelligent traffic distribution, and health checks
Lab 5: Migrating an On-Premises NFS Share Using AWS DataSync and Storage Gateway
Module 12: Optimizing Cost
On-premises and cloud acquisition/deprecation cycles
Cloud cost management tools including reporting, control, and tagging
Examples and analysis of the five pillars of cost optimization
Module 13: Migrating Workloads
Business drivers and the migration process
Successful customer practices
The 7 Rs to migrate and modernize
Migration tools and services from AWS
Migrating databases and large data stores
AWS Schema Conversion Tool (AWS SCT)
Module 14: Capstone Project
Use the Online Course Supplement (OCS) to review use cases, investigate data, and answer architecting design questions about Transit Gateway, hybrid connectivity, migration, and cost optimization.
We recommend that attendees of this course have the following prerequisites:
