According to Amazon, The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional exam validates advanced technical skills and experience in designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform. Example concepts you should understand for this exam include:

·       Designing and deploying dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, and reliable applications on AWS

·       Selecting appropriate AWS services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements

·       Migrating complex, multi-tier applications on AWS

·       Designing and deploying enterprise-wide scalable operations on AWS

·       Implementing cost-control strategies

Topics covered:

• Hands-on experience using compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services

• Hands-on experience with AWS deployment and management services

• Ability to identify and define technical requirements for an AWS-based application

• Ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement

• Knowledge of recommended best practices for building secure and reliable applications on the AWS platform

• An understanding of the basic architectural principles of building on the AWS Cloud

• An understanding of the AWS global infrastructure

• An understanding of network technologies as they relate to AWS

• An understanding of security features and tools that AWS provides and how they relate to traditional services

Prerequisites

• AWS Solutions Architect - Associate

Duration and schedule

Duration:          Day time: 3 weeks

                             Evenings: 4 weeks.

                             Weekends: 6 weeks

Schedule:          Day-time Mornings: Mondays to Thursdays, 8am to 12 noon

                             Day-time Afternoons: Mondays to Thursdays, 1pm to 5pm

                             Evenings: Mons /Weds / Fridays, 6pm to 10pm

                             Saturdays: 9am to 5pm.