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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

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Intermediate 8.4 hours English Professional Certificate

About this course

This course walks through the core AWS infrastructure building blocks tested on the Solutions Architect Associate exam: VPC configuration, NAT gateways and VPC peering, EC2, load balancing and auto scaling, EBS/EFS storage, S3 and CloudFront, RDS, DynamoDB and Redshift, AWS security fundamentals, and Route 53, structured around real design tradeoffs (networking, storage, DNS, DBaaS, monitoring) rather than just exam trivia.

The honest take: this course was last substantively updated in March 2018, so while the underlying AWS architecture concepts (VPC, EC2, S3, load balancing) remain fundamentally sound, the current SAA exam version (SAA-C03) covers services and nuances introduced well after this recording — treat it as a solid conceptual foundation, not a complete up-to-date exam-prep course on its own.

What you'll learn

Configure Amazon VPC, including NAT gateways, peering, and VPN/Direct Connect

Design EC2-based architectures with load balancing and auto scaling

Choose appropriate storage (EBS, EFS, S3, CloudFront) for different workloads

Compare AWS database services: RDS, DynamoDB, and Redshift

Apply core AWS security fundamentals

Use Route 53 and AWS monitoring tools in architecture design

This course includes

8.4h

On-demand video

Yes

Mobile access

English

Language

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Instructor

Elias Khnaser

Pluralsight instructor

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Elias Khnaser is a cloud architecture instructor focused on AWS design principles, networking, and infrastructure-as-a-service patterns.

Requirements

Basic familiarity with cloud computing concepts is helpful

Who this course is for

Cloud engineers building foundational AWS architecture knowledge
Learners wanting AWS design-tradeoff reasoning, not just exam trivia

About this provider

Pluralsight

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Frequently asked questions

No — it was last updated in 2018, so while the core architecture concepts remain valid, it doesn't cover newer services or exam changes since then.

The course is lecture and demo-based, walking through AWS console configuration for each topic.

Intermediate — basic cloud computing familiarity is assumed.

Through a Pluralsight subscription, starting from $21/month billed annually, with a free trial available.

8 hours 21 minutes across 16 modules.