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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.

AWS Technical Essentials

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AWS Technical Essentials

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

Course description

AWS Technical Essentials introduces you to essential AWS services and common solutions. The course covers the fundamental AWS concepts related to compute, database, storage, networking, monitoring, and security. You will start working in AWS through hands-on course experiences. The course covers the concepts necessary to increase your understanding of AWS services, so that you can make informed decisions about solutions that meet business requirements. Throughout the course, you will gain information on how to build, compare, and apply highly available, fault tolerant, scalable, and cost-effective cloud solutions.

Course objectives

In this course, you will learn to:

  • Describe terminology and concepts related to AWS services
  • Navigate the AWS Management Console
  • Articulate key concepts of AWS security measures and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
  • Distinguish among several AWS compute services, including Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Container Service (Amazon ECS), and Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
  • Understand AWS database and storage offerings, including Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), Amazon DynamoDB, and Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3)
  • Explore AWS networking services
  • Access and configure Amazon CloudWatch monitoring features

Intended audience

This course is intended for:

  • Individuals responsible for articulating the technical benefits of AWS services to customers
  • Individuals interested in learning how to get started with AWS
  • SysOps administrators
  • Solutions architects
  • Developers

Activities

This course includes:

  • presentations
  • hands-on labs
  • demonstrations
  • videos
  • knowledge checks

This course provides activities that allow you to test new skills and apply knowledge through hands-on exercises.

Course duration / Price

  • 1 day / € 775.00 (excl. tax) per person (DE)

Course outline

Module 1: Introduction to Amazon Web Services

  • Introduction to AWS Cloud
  • Security in the AWS Cloud
  • Hosting the employee directory application in AWS
  • Hands-On Lab: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)

Modul 2: AWS Compute

  • Compute as a service in AWS
  • Introduction to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
  • Amazon EC2 instance lifecycle
  • AWS container services
  • What is serverless?
  • Introduction to AWS Lambda
  • Choose the right compute service
  • Hands-On Lab: Launch the Employee Directory Application on Amazon EC2

Modul 3: AWS Networking

  • Networking in AWS
  • Introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
  • Amazon VPC routing
  • Amazon VPC security
  • Hands-On Lab: Create a VPC and Relaunch the Corporate Directory Application in Amazon EC2

Modul 4: AWS Storage

  • AWS storage types
  • Amazon EC2 instance storage and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
  • Object storage with Amazon S3
  • Choose the right storage service
  • Hands-On Lab: Create an Amazon S3 Bucket

Modul 5: Databases

  • Explore databases in AWS
  • Amazon Relational Database Service
  • Purpose-built databases
  • Introduction to Amazon DynamoDB
  • Choose the right AWS database service
  • Hands-On Lab: Implement and manage Amazon DynamoDB

Module 6: Monitoring, Optimization, and Serverless

  • Monitoring
  • Optimization
  • Alternate serverless employee directory application architecture
  • Hands-On Lab: Configure High Availability for Your Application

Module 7: 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.

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.