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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional Workshop Details

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Workshop AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

Designed to complement Advanced Architecting on AWS, this full-day workshop is intended for individuals preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional exam. The workshop provides an overview of the concepts and knowledge areas covered on the exam and walks you through the exam structure and question formats. Labs provide hands-on practice with advanced use cases, while practice exam questions test your understanding of key architectural concepts.

Workshop objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Understand the content domains and how AWS services map to them
  • Combine multiple AWS services to solve complex architectural requirements
  • Understand advanced concepts of core AWS services and associated use cases
  • Identify how questions are written to test AWS architectural concepts

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

  • Attended the Advanced Architecting on AWS course (or have equivalent knowledge)
  • Two or more years hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS

Activities

This course includes:

  • Training with instructor
  • Practical exercises
  • Group discussions
  • Sample Exam Questions

Course duration / Price

  • 1 day / € 950.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

This course covers the following concepts:

  • Introduction to content domains and exam structure
  • Detailed discussion of content domains
  • Hands-on labs to reinforce specific use cases
  • Example questions and scenarios for group discussion
  • Practice exam questions

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Workshop Details

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Workshop AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

Designed as a complement to Architecting on AWS, this half-day workshop is for attendees preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam. In this workshop, we explain what to expect at the testing center and during the exam. We will introduce you to the structure of the exam, such as the format of the questions, the content areas, and the distribution of questions related to these areas. We will also instruct you on how to interpret the concepts tested by a question so that you can better avoid wrong answers. During the workshop, you will be able to demonstrate your knowledge and test concepts through a series of sample exercise questions.

Workshop objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Navigate the logistics of the examination process
  • Understand the exam structure and question types
  • Identify how questions relate to AWS architectural concepts
  • Interpret the concepts being tested by an exam question
  • Allocate your time studying for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

Activities

This course includes:

  •  presentations
  • group discussion
  • sample exercise questions

Course duration / Price

  • 1/2 day / € 750.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

  • Testing center information and expectations
  • Exam overview and structure
  • Content domains and question breakdown
  • Topics and concepts within content domains
  • Question structure and interpretation techniques
  • Practice exam questions

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

Cloud Operations on AWS Training

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Cloud Operations on AWS

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

This course teaches systems operators and anyone performing system operations functions how to install, configure, automate, monitor, secure, maintain and troubleshoot the services, networks, and systems on AWS necessary to support business applications. The course also covers specific AWS features, tools, and best practices related to these functions.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Recognize the AWS services that support the different phases of Operational Excellence, a Well-Architected Framework pillar.
  • Manage access to AWS resources using AWS Accounts and Organizations and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
  • Maintain an inventory of in-use AWS resources using AWS services such as AWS Systems Manager, AWS CloudTrail, and AWS Config.
  • Develop a resource deployment strategy utilizing metadata tags, Amazon Machine Images, and Control tower to deploy and maintain an AWS cloud environment.
  • Automate resource deployment using AWS services such as AWS CloudFormation and AWS Service Catalog.
  • Use AWS services to manage AWS resources through SysOps lifecycle processes such as deployments and patches.
  • Configure a highly available cloud environment that leverages AWS services such as Amazon Route 53 and Elastic Load Balancing to route traffic for optimal latency and performance.
  • Configure AWS Auto Scaling and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud auto scaling to scale your cloud environment based on demand.
  • Use Amazon CloudWatch and associated features such as alarms, dashboards, and widgets to monitor your cloud environment.
  • Manage permissions and track activity in your cloud environment using AWS services such as AWS CloudTrail and AWS Config.
  • Deploy your resources to an Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), establish necessary connectivity to your Amazon VPC, and protect your resources from disruptions of service.
  • State the purpose, benefits, and appropriate use cases for mountable storage in your AWS cloud environment.
  • Explain the operational characteristics of object storage in the AWS cloud, including Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and Amazon S3 Glacier.
  • Build a comprehensive costing model to help gather, optimize, and predict your cloud costs using services such as AWS Cost Explorer and the AWS Cost & Usage Report.

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • System administrators
  • Software developers, especially those with a DevOps role

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

  • Successfully completed the AWS Technical Essentials course
  • Background in either software development or systems administration
  • Proficiency in maintaining operating systems at the command line, such as shell scripting in Linux environments or cmd/PowerShell in Windows
  • Basic knowledge of networking protocols (TCP/IP, HTTP)

Activities

This course includes:

  • Training with instructor
  • Practical exercises

Course duration / Price

  • 3 days / € 1,845.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Day 1

  • Cloud Operations on AWS Overview
  • Networking in the Cloud
  • Computing in the Cloud

Day 2

  • Storage and archiving in the cloud
  • Monitoring in the cloud
  • Manage resource usage in the cloud

Day 3

  • Configuration management in the cloud
  • scalable deployments in the cloud
  • automated and repeatable deployments

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

AWS DevOps Engineering on AWS

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DevOps Engineering on AWS

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

DevOps Engineering on AWS teaches you how to use the combination of DevOps cultural philosophies, practices, and tools to increase your organization’s ability to develop, deliver, and maintain applications and services at high velocity on AWS. This course covers Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD), infrastructure as code, microservices, monitoring and logging, and communication and collaboration.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Use DevOps best practices to develop, deliver, and maintain applications and services at high velocity on AWS
  • List the advantages, roles and responsibilities of small autonomous DevOps teams
  • Design and implement an infrastructure on AWS that supports DevOps development projects
  • Leverage AWS Cloud9 to write, run and debug your code
  • Deploy various environments with AWS CloudFormation
  • Host secure, highly scalable, and private Git repositories with AWS CodeCommit
  • Integrate Git repositories into CI/CD pipelines
  • Automate build, test, and packaging code with AWS CodeBuild
  • Securely store and leverage Docker images and integrate them into your CI/CD pipelines
  • Build CI/CD pipelines to deploy applications on Amazon EC2, serverless applications, and container-based applications
  • Implement common deployment strategies such as “all at once,” “rolling,” and “blue/green”
  • Integrate testing and security into CI/CD pipelines
  • Monitor applications and environments using AWS tools and technologies

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • System administrators
    Software developers

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

  • Previous attendance at the System Operations on AWS or Developing on AWS courses
  • Working knowledge of one or more high-level programing languages, such as C#, Java, PHP, Ruby, Python
  • Intermediate knowledge of administering Linux or Windows systems at the command-line level
  • Two or more years of experience provisioning, operating, and managing AWS environments

Activities

This course includes:

  • Training with instructor
  • Practical exercises

Course duration / Price

  • 3 days – € 2,095.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Note: Course content may vary slightly depending on location and/or language.

Day 1

  • Introduction to DevOps
  • AWS command line interface
  • Introduction to DevSecOps
  • Deployment strategies and developer tools

Day 2

  • Infrastructure as code
  • In-depth knowledge of AWS developer tools
  • Automated testing on AWS

Day 3

  • Configuration Management
  • Development with AMI and Amazon EC2 Systems Manager
  • Containers: Docker and Amazon ECS
  • DevOps – customer case studies
  • Course Summary

IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
Course language is German, on request also in English.

Architecting on AWS

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  • Aws Advanced Training Partner

  • Aws Premium Consuting Partner

  • Cert 200

Architecting on AWS 

current course dates can be found at the bottom of this page … company training available on request!

Course description

Architecting on AWS is for solutions architects, solution-design engineers, and developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting. In this course, you will learn to identify services and features to build resilient, secure, and highly available IT solutions on the AWS Cloud.

Architectural solutions differ depending on industry, types of applications, and business size. AWS Authorized Instructors emphasize best practices using the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and guide you through the process of designing optimal IT solutions based on real-life scenarios.

The modules focus on account security, networking, compute, storage, databases, monitoring, automation, containers, serverless architecture, edge services, and backup and recovery. At the end of the course, you will practice building a solution and apply what you have learned.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn:

  • AWS architecting basic practices
  • Fundamentals of account security
  • Strategies to build a secure virtual network that includes private and public subnets
  • Practice building a multi-tier architecture in AWS
  • Strategies to select the appropriate compute resources based on business use cases
  • Compare and contrast AWS storage products and services based on business scenarios
  • Compare and contrast AWS database services based on business needs
  • The role of monitoring, load balancing, and auto scaling responses based on business needs
  • AWS automation tools that will help you build, maintain, and evolve your infrastructure
  • Hybrid networking, network peering, and gateway and routing solutions to extend and
    secure your infrastructure
  • Explore AWS container services for the rapid implementation of an infrastructure-agnostic,
    portable application environment
  • Business and security benefits of AWS serverless services based on business examples
  • The ways in which AWS edge services address latency and security
  • AWS backup, recovery solutions, and best practices to ensure resiliency and business
    continuity

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Solutions Architects
  • Solution Design Engineers
  • Developers seeking an understanding of AWS architecting
  • Individuals seeking the AWS Solutions Architect-Associate certification

Prerequisites

We recommend that attendees of this course have:

Activities

This course includes:

  • Training with instructor
  • Practical exercises
  • group discussions
  • demonstrations
  • assessments
  • hands-on labs

    Course duration / Price

    • 3 days
    • € 1,845.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)
    • CHF 2,500.00 (excl. tax) per person (CH)

    Course outline

    • Day 1

      • Module 1: Architecting Fundamentals
        • AWS services
        • AWS infrastructure
        • AWS Well-Architected Framework
        • Hands-on lab: Explore and interact with the AWS Management Console and AWS Command Line Interface
      • Module 2: Account Security
        • Principals and identities
        • Security policies
        • Managing multiple accounts
      • Module 3: Networking 1
        • IP addressing
        • VPC fundamentals
        • VPC traffic security
      • Module 4: Compute
        • Compute services
        • EC2 instances
        • Storage for EC2 instances
        • Amazon EC2 pricing options
        • AWS Lambda
        • Hands-On Lab: Build your Amazon VPC infrastructure

    • Day 2

      • Module 5: Storage
        • Storage services
        • Amazon S3
        • Shared file systems
        • Data migration tools
      • Module 6: Database Services
        • Database services
        • Amazon RDS
        • Amazon DynamoDB
        • Database caching
        • Database migration tools
        • Hands-on Lab: Create a database layer in your Amazon VPC infrastructure
      • Module 7: Monitoring and Scaling
        • Monitoring
        • Alarms and events
        • Load balancing
        • Auto scaling
        • Hands-on Lab: Configure high availability in your Amazon VPC
      • Module 8: Automation
        • AWS CloudFormation
        • Infrastructure management
      • Module 9: Containers
        • Microservices
        • Containers
        • Container services

    • Day 3

      • Module 10: Networking 2
        • VPC endpoints
        • VPC peering
        • Hybrid networking
        • AWS Transit Gateway
      • Module 11: Serverless
        • What is serverless?
        • Amazon API Gateway
        • Amazon SQS
        • Amazon SNS
        • Amazon Kinesis
        • AWS Step Functions
        • Hands-on Lab: Build a serverless architecture
      • Module 12: Edge Services
        • Edge fundamentals
        • Amazon Route 53
        • Amazon CloudFront
        • DDoS protection
        • AWS Outposts
        • Hands-On Lab: Configure an Amazon CloudFront distribution with an Amazon S3 origin
      • Module 13: Backup and Recovery
        • Disaster planning
        • AWS Backup
        • Recovery strategies
        • Hands-on Lab: Capstone lab – Build an AWS Multi-Tier architecture. Participants review the concepts and services learned in class and build a solution based on a scenario. The lab environment provides partial solutions to promote analysis and reflection. Participants deploy a highly available architecture. The instructor is available for consultation.

    IMPORTANT: Please bring your notebook (Windows, Linux or Mac) to our trainings. If this is not possible, please contact us in advance.

    Course materials are in English, on request also in German (if available).
    Course language is German, on request also in English.

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