TOTAL: AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03) (Udemy.com)
BEST VALUE: Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 exam + AWS Essentials & 2 FREE practice exams
Created by: Total Seminars
Last updated February 2023
What you will learn
- This course covers all the basics of AWS, from understanding the cloud and setting up a FREE AWS account to learning how to run an instance.
- A 3-for-1* course! You'll gain access to both the AWS Essentials & AWS Cert. Solutions Architect - Assoc (SAA-C03) certification prep course. + 2 practice tests
- Learn about the AWS Management Console, S3 buckets, EC2 instances, database services, security in the cloud, and the costs associated with AWS.
- Prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) exam with 2 FREE Practice Exams.
- Over 21 hours of content and 20 downloadable resources, including PDF notes on every chapter.
How it compares
Against the other 235 rated Udemy courses in AWS on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.6 out of 5higher than 64% of them
- Reviews1,523#95 of 236 by number of reviews
- Length23.4 hourslonger than 86% of them
- Last updatedFebruary 2023earlier than 68% of them
Course Description
Mike Meyers and the Total Seminars Team bring you this AWS Essentials & Solutions Architect course with your instructor, Tom Carpenter.
3-for-1 course! This course includes:
· AWS Technical Essentials (learn the basics of AWS)
· AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (prepare to pass the SAA-C03 exam)
· 2 BONUS practice tests from our AWS Solutions Architect - Associate: Practice Tests course
This is NOT a boring voice over PowerPoint course. Tom speaks to you and presents the material in an engaging interactive style that will keep you interested and make it easier to understand. Check out the free sample lectures and you will see the difference.
Are you looking to learn more about AWS and what it can do for you or your company? Maybe you've heard this buzzword, but don't know what it means to take your business and network solutions into the AWS cloud. Or, perhaps you're a seasoned network tech looking to become an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate.
Did you know the average annual salary for AWS Solutions Architect certification holders is $167,366 per year*? There aren't enough AWS-trained people in the job market, so the demand for AWS Solutions Architect trained employees is high right now. Start your next career today with this course.
Take a look at these student reviews:
"This was a really good learning process, the concepts taught in the course were 100% in line with working hands-on with AWS. Thank you, Tom Carpenter, for doing a wonderful job!" - Anirban De
"I love Tom's enthusiasm for the cloud! He has an ability to explain the concepts in way that anyone, even a child, could understand. I hope Total Seminars continues to make cloud courses! Thanks!!" - Tracey Osborn
"Thank you Tom. This course really helped me a lot in successfully clearing the AWS CSA - Associate certificate with a good score. The way you explained things helped in memorizing the content and recalling it during the exam! - Vibhor Agarwal
"Thank you very much for the easy to understand explanation and exam tips, was able to pass successfully with your guidance!" - Ramakrishnan Venkataramani
Not sure which AWS course to choose on Udemy? Check out our features and benefits:
FEATURES & BENEFITS
· 3-for-1 course! This course includes AWS Technical Essentials, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, PLUS 2 free practice tests
· Over 18 hours of content
· 20 downloadable resources, including PDF notes on every chapter
· 2 FREE practice tests (from our AWS Solutions Architect-Associate: Practice Test course) at the end of the course, each 65 questions and the domains are weighted just like the real exam
· End-of-chapter quizzes to test your knowledge
· Q&A section where you can have your questions answered
· 30-day money-back guarantee
· Lifetime access
· Certificate of completion
The AWS Technical Essentials course is offered on AWS's website, however you would pay a whopping $675 on their website. AWS also offers a 3-day virtual classroom training for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate exam, however it costs $2,095! Get both of these courses right here for a HUGE DISCOUNT.
WHAT'S COVERED?
The AWS Technical Essentials course is the first 14 episodes and mirrors the class AWS offers online. The Technical Essentials course isn't a certification exam prep course, and doesn't have exam domains, however here's a list of what's covered:
· Terminology and concepts related to the AWS platform
· How to navigate the AWS Management Console
· Key concepts of AWS security measures and AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
· Foundational services
· Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3), and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS)
· Database services
· Amazon DynamoDB and Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)
· Management services
· AWS Auto Scaling, Amazon CloudWatch, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), and AWS Trusted Advisor
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C03 exam domains covered are:
· Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures (30%)
· Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures (26%)
· Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures (24%)
· Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (20%)
WHERE SHOULD I BEGIN IN THIS COURSE?
BEGINNERS
· Start with Part 1 - AWS Essentials
· If you're totally new to AWS and looking for a crash course in the foundations, I would recommend starting at the beginning of this course with Essentials Chapter 1 - AWS Foundations and Services and watching the first 12 episodes.
· Once you've got the basics down, keep on the learning path and start the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate video course, which begins at Chapter 1 - AWS Cloud Services Overview.
EXPERTS
· Start with Part 2 - AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
· Maybe you're a seasoned network tech, or if you're already familiar with the AWS foundations, you might jump straight into the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate videos, which begin at Chapter 1 - AWS Cloud Services Overview.
· If you need a refresher at any time, feel free to go back to the beginning of the course and take a look at the AWS Essentials videos, which begin with Essentials Chapter 1 - AWS Foundations and Services.
IS THE AWS CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT - ASSOCIATE EXAM RIGHT FOR YOU?
The AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification is ideal for those working in roles such as:
· Solutions Architect
· Development Operations (DevOps) Engineer
· Software Engineer
· Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
· Data Engineer
· Senior Solutions Architect
Tom Carpenter is the Chief Technical Officer at CWNP (Certified Wireless Network Professionals). He's been in the IT industry for 25+ years, written over 20 books on IT subjects, and is also heavily involved in objectives development and exam creation in the certification industry. Tom uses AWS daily to run several businesses websites and operate test labs used for content creation and management, among other things. Tom's teaching style is casual; he wants you to have fun while you learn practical applications of AWS. Join our class now and let us know how you plan to use AWS in your personal or professional life!
Instructor Details
- 4.6 Rating
1,523 Reviews
Total Seminars
Total Seminars provides certification training services and training materials to thousands of schools, corporations, and government agencies including the United Nations, the FBI and all branches of the Department of Defense. Total Seminars produces the #1 selling CompTIA A+ and Network+ Certification books with over 1 million books in print.
Total Seminars has created a number of “Best-Selling” Udemy video courses by Mike Meyers and our team of Instructors. They also develop supplemental materials such as the TotalTester certification practice tests and TotalSims lab simulations to support your certification preparation. These are available on the Total Seminars web site.
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Reviews
By Sreenivasan Joghee on 11/15/2023
The course is very good and is in the right pace. Also, the chapters are defined in such a way that when we enter a particular chapter, we see that we have the topic which we have already given an introduction to in another previous chapter which makes us comfortable on knowing the topic more.
By Mark Beans on 9/24/2023
Tom does a great job covering the material. The ability to go back and review the portions of the material that need more attention is huge. This course has been very helpful in my "day job" and I think will be helpful in passing the AWS certification test.
By Anonymized User on 8/29/2023
While the presenter does their best with the content - the content itself is becoming quite dated especially with regards to how certain services have evolved and how the AWS management console is portrayed. I will try to complete the course (I'm appox 40% through) however I have found other sources of learning for this exam far superior to this and feel time spent on this course could be better spend elsewhere.
By Anonymized User on 2/9/2023
The detailed introduction to AWS is awesome and well presented and provides a better understanding of which AWS certification would best suite the individuals' situation. Keep up the good work!
By Kiran Kashalkar on 4/10/2021
This course does a good job at a high level walking through relevant technologies and services in AWS. It's a good start or a refresher if you already work on AWS. I was in the latter category and was able to pass the exam with just this course but I would not recommend folks without AWS experience to rely completely on this course. Amazon frequently changes their questions introducing more services and I understand it's hard to keep up for course content providers, so I would take Tom's advise on keeping up to date with AWS documentation seriously - even if you can read at a high level about the various services AWS has. I took the test in April 2021 and would say only about 65-70% of the questions were covered in scope by this course. The sample exams are way simpler than the actual exam, so do take time to dive deep and understand solution alternatives.
By HC Li on 1/18/2021
He is the best instructor I have found through online learning platform. Here are my reasons: 1. Native English speaker. Don't get me wrong. I am not a native English speaker myself and I don't mind people have accent at all but when it comes to teaching, certain accent puts me to sleep mode immediately. 2. Perfect speaking speed (no sarcasm) I use 2.0 play speed most of the time unless certain part is hard to understand, then I slow down. This wouldn't be possible if the instructor talks too fast. 3. He understands the pain of people who have no IT background. When introduce a new concept of AWS service, inevitably, the instructor has to bring some other related IT knowledge. For people like me, who do not have IT background, it is such a blessing to hear the instructor spending 30 secs to 1 minute to explain these "new' concepts. And this is the MAIN reason I am able to keep going. 4. The structure of this course To better understand these bite size contents and knowledge, the instructor listed the material in a very logical way, mostly based on their function. I have seen other course here, which has its content listed like my spotify playlist. Thank you again for the great work.
By Ahmed Sharif on 11/13/2020
Its been a long journey completing this course but it was fun and good learning experience. Tom Carpenter is great instructor. Thank you Tom Carpenter. Will let you know if I pass the exam.
By Arjan Dedgjonaj on 6/16/2020
The course looks good so fare but I am about to start chapter 2 so early to say. I made it halfway through the course and I like the course material a lot. The instructor also is well experienced and explains it in detail the subjects during the course.
By Anonymized User on 11/4/2019
Thank you Tom. This course really helped me a lot in successfully clearing the AWS CSA - Associate certificate with a good score. The way you explained things helped in memorizing the content and recalling it during the exam!
By Adeola Adetunji on 7/18/2019
Took this amazing course and aided me to pass both cloud practitioner and solutions architect associate Exams. I give it 4.9. star. @ the Instructor, if you do have course material and exam practice test on AWS security specialty ,kindly send me a link. thanks
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