AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Guide, 2nd Edition

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Guide, 2nd Edition

by Mark Wilkins
Released June 2023
Publisher(s): Pearson IT Certification
ISBN: 9780137941483

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Book description

Trust the best-selling Cert Guide series from Pearson IT Certification to help you learn, prepare, and practice for exam success. They are built with the objective of providing assessment, review, and practice to help ensure you are fully prepared for your certification exam.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Guide presents you with an organized test preparation routine using proven series elements and techniques. “Do I Know This Already?” quizzes open each chapter and enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly.

  • Master AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) exam topics

  • Assess your knowledge with chapter-opening quizzes

  • Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks

  • Practice with realistic exam questions in the practice test software

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Guide from Pearson IT Certification prepares you to succeed on the exam by directly addressing the exam’s official objectives as stated by Amazon. Leading Cloud expert Mark Wilkins shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills.

This complete study package includes

  • A test-preparation routine proven to help you pass the exams

  • Do I Know This Already? quizzes, which enable you to decide how much time you need to spend on each section

  • Chapter-ending Key Topic tables, which help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly

  • The powerful Pearson Test Prep Practice Test software, complete with hundreds of well-reviewed, exam-realistic questions, customization options, and detailed performance reports

  • An online, interactive Flash Cards application to help you drill on Key Terms by chapter

  • A final preparation chapter, which guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your review and test-taking strategies

  • Study plan suggestions and templates to help you organize and optimize your study time

Well regarded for its level of detail, study plans, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this study guide helps you master all the topics on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) exam, including

  • Secure Architectures: Secure access to AWS resources, secure workloads and applications, data security controls

  • Resilient Architectures: Scalable and loosely coupled architectures, highly available and fault-tolerant architectures

  • High-Performing Architectures: High-performing and scalable storage solutions; high-performing and elastic compute solutions; high-performing database solutions, scalable network architecture, data ingestion, and transformations solutions

  • Cost-Optimized Architectures: Cost-optimized storage solutions, compute solutions, and database solutions; cost-effective network architectures

Also available from Pearson IT Certification for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) study is the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Guide Premium Edition eBook and Practice Test. This digital-only certification preparation product combines an eBook with enhanced Pearson Test Prep Practice Tests.

This integrated learning package

  • Enables you to focus on individual topic areas or take complete, timed exams

  • Includes direct links from each question to detailed tutorials to help you understand the concepts behind the questions

  • Provides unique sets of exam-realistic practice questions

  • Tracks your performance and provides feedback on a module-by-module basis, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. About This eBook
  3. Half Title Page
  4. Companion Website and Pearson Test Prep Access Code
  5. Title Page
  6. Copyright Page
  7. Pearson’s Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  8. Contents at a Glance
  9. Table of Contents
  10. About the Author
  11. Dedications
  12. Acknowledgments
  13. About the Technical Reviewers
  14. We Want to Hear from You!
  15. Reader Services
  16. Introduction
    1. The Goals of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Certification
    2. Recommended Prerequisite Skills
    3. The Exam Domains
    4. Steps to Becoming an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
    5. How to Use This Book
  17. Companion Website
  18. Pearson Test Prep Practice Test Software
  19. How to Access the Pearson Test Prep (PTP) App
  20. Figure Credits
  21. Chapter 1. Understanding the Foundations of AWS Architecture
    1. Essential Characteristics of AWS Cloud Computing
    2. AWS Cloud Computing and NIST
    3. Moving to AWS
    4. Operational Benefits of AWS
    5. Cloud Provider Responsibilities
    6. Security at AWS
    7. Migrating Applications
    8. The AWS Well-Architected Framework
    9. AWS Services Cheat Sheet
    10. In Conclusion
  22. Chapter 2. The AWS Well-Architected Framework
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. The Well-Architected Framework
    4. Designing a Workload SLA
    5. Deployment Methodologies
    6. Exam Preparation Tasks
    7. Review All Key Topics
    8. Define Key Terms
    9. Q&A
  23. Chapter 3. Designing Secure Access to AWS Resources
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. Identity and Access Management (IAM)
    4. IAM Users and Groups
    5. Creating IAM Policies
    6. IAM Roles
    7. AWS Organizations
    8. AWS Resource Access Manager
    9. AWS Control Tower
    10. Exam Preparation Tasks
    11. Review All Key Topics
    12. Define Key Terms
    13. Q&A
  24. Chapter 4. Designing Secure Workloads and Applications
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. Securing Network Infrastructure
    4. Amazon Cognito
    5. External Connections
    6. Amazon GuardDuty
    7. Amazon Macie
    8. Security Services for Securing Workloads
    9. Exam Preparation Tasks
    10. Review All Key Topics
    11. Define Key Terms
    12. Q&A
  25. Chapter 5. Determining Appropriate Data Security Controls
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. Data Access and Governance
    4. Amazon EBS Encryption
    5. Amazon S3 Bucket Security
    6. AWS Key Management Service
    7. AWS Certificate Manager
    8. Exam Preparation Tasks
    9. Review All Key Topics
    10. Define Key Terms
    11. Q&A
  26. Chapter 6. Designing Resilient Architecture
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. Scalable and Resilient Architecture
    4. Application Integration Services
    5. Amazon API Gateway
    6. Automating AWS Infrastructure
    7. AWS Elastic Beanstalk
    8. Exam Preparation Tasks
    9. Review All Key Topics
    10. Define Key Terms
    11. Q&A
  27. Chapter 7. Designing Highly Available and Fault-Tolerant Architecture
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. High Availability and Fault Tolerance
    4. AWS Regions and Availability Zones
    5. Choosing an AWS Region
    6. Distributed Design Patterns
    7. Failover Strategies
    8. AWS Service Quotas
    9. Amazon Route 53
    10. Exam Preparation Tasks
    11. Review All Key Topics
    12. Define Key Terms
    13. Q&A
  28. Chapter 8. High-Performing and Scalable Storage Solutions
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. AWS Storage Options
    4. Amazon Elastic Block Store
    5. Amazon Elastic File System
    6. Amazon FSx for Windows File Server
    7. Amazon Simple Storage Service
    8. Amazon S3 Glacier
    9. AWS Data Lake
    10. Exam Preparation Tasks
    11. Review All Key Topics
    12. Define Key Terms
    13. Q&A
  29. Chapter 9. Designing High-Performing and Elastic Compute Solutions
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. AWS Compute Services
    4. AWS Lambda
    5. Amazon Container Services
    6. Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch
    7. Auto Scaling Options at AWS
    8. Exam Preparation Tasks
    9. Review All Key Topics
    10. Define Key Terms
    11. Q&A
  30. Chapter 10. Determining High-Performing Database Solutions
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. AWS Cloud Databases
    4. Amazon Relational Database Service
    5. Amazon Aurora
    6. Amazon DynamoDB
    7. Amazon ElastiCache
    8. Amazon Redshift
    9. Exam Preparation Tasks
    10. Review All Key Topics
    11. Define Key Terms
    12. Q&A
  31. Chapter 11. High-Performing and Scalable Networking Architecture
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. Amazon CloudFront
    4. AWS Global Accelerator
    5. Elastic Load Balancing Service
    6. AWS VPC Networking
    7. Subnets
    8. IP Address Types
    9. Connectivity Options
    10. Exam Preparation Tasks
    11. Review All Key Topics
    12. Define Key Terms
    13. Q&A
  32. Chapter 12. Designing Cost-Optimized Storage Solutions
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. Calculating AWS Costs
    4. Cost Management Tools
    5. Storage Types and Costs
    6. AWS Backup
    7. Data Transfer Costs
    8. AWS Storage Gateway
    9. Exam Preparation Tasks
    10. Review All Key Topics
    11. Define Key Terms
    12. Q&A
  33. Chapter 13. Designing Cost-Effective Compute Solutions
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. EC2 Instance Types
    4. EC2 Instance Purchasing Options
    5. Strategies for Optimizing Compute
    6. Exam Preparation Tasks
    7. Review All Key Topics
    8. Define Key Terms
    9. Q&A
  34. Chapter 14. Designing Cost-Effective Database Solutions
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. Database Design Choices
    4. Database Data Transfer Costs
    5. Database Retention Policies
    6. Exam Preparation Tasks
    7. Review All Key Topics
    8. Define Key Terms
    9. Q&A
  35. Chapter 15. Designing Cost-Effective Network Architectures
    1. “Do I Know This Already?”
    2. Foundation Topics
    3. Networking Services and Connectivity Costs
    4. Data Transfer Costs
    5. Exam Preparation Tasks
    6. Review All Key Topics
    7. Define Key Terms
    8. Q&A
  36. Chapter 16. Final Preparation
    1. Exam Information
    2. Tips for Getting Ready for the Exam
    3. Scheduling Your Exam
    4. Tools for Final Preparation
    5. Suggested Plan for Final Review/Study
    6. Summary
  37. Appendix A: Answers to the “Do I Know This Already?” Quizzes and Q&A Sections
    1. Chapter 2
    2. Chapter 3
    3. Chapter 4
    4. Chapter 5
    5. Chapter 6
    6. Chapter 7
    7. Chapter 8
    8. Chapter 9
    9. Chapter 10
    10. Chapter 11
    11. Chapter 12
    12. Chapter 13
    13. Chapter 14
    14. Chapter 15
  38. Appendix B: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Guide Exam Updates
    1. Always Get the Latest at the Book’s Product Page
    2. Technical Content
  39. Glossary of Key Terms
  40. Index
  41. Appendix C: Study Planner
  42. Access Card
  43. Where are the companion content files? - Register
  44. Inside Front Cover
  45. Inside Back Cover
  46. Code Snippets

Product information

  • Title: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Cert Guide, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Mark Wilkins
  • Release date: June 2023
  • Publisher(s): Pearson IT Certification
  • ISBN: 9780137941483