Aws Certified Solutions Architect Associate Saa C02

Full Practice Exam Included & Explanations. PASS the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification SAA-C02!

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.7

- FULLY UPDATED FOR SAA-C02: Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification
- Full Practice Exam with Explanations included!
- All 600+ slides available as downloadable PDF

What you'll learn

FULLY UPDATED FOR SAA-C02: Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification
Full Practice Exam with Explanations included!
All 600+ slides available as downloadable PDF
Perform Real-World Solution Architecture on AWS
Learn the AWS Fundamentals (EC2
ELB
ASG
RDS
ElastiCache
S3)
Learn the Serverless Fundamentals (Lambda
DynamoDB
Cognito
API Gateway)
Analyze 10+ Solution Architectures (traditional & serverless)
Understand the Well Architected Framework
Disaster Recovery
Master all the differences of Databases on AWS
Secure your entire AWS Cloud using KMS
IAM Policies & SSM

* Requirements

* Know the basics of IT
* No AWS Cloud experience is necessary
* we'll use the AWS Free Tier
* Windows / Linux / Mac OS X Machine

Description

Welcome! I'm here to help you prepare and PASS the newest AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam.

[October 2021 Update]: Over 100 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[April 2021 Update]: Over 100 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[Dec 2020 Update]: The S3 section has been entirely re-recorded to accommodate for the AWS UI changes

[May 2020 Update]: 20+ videos have been updated to keep up with AWS UI changes.

[February 2020 Update - SAA-C02]: The course has been updated for the NEW 2020 exam version. Overall, 80 videos have been added or updated, and the course is now 22 hours long. Happy learning!

[July 2019 Update]: Few lectures refreshed, including AWS Budgets and EC2 placement groups.

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Beginners welcome: no need to know anything about AWS!

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification is one of the most challenging exams. It's great at assessing how well you understand not just AWS, but making sure you are making the best architectural decisions based on situations, which makes this certification incredibly valuable to have and pass. Rest assured, I've passed it myself with a score of 982 out of 1000. Yes, you read that right, I only made one mistake! Next, I want to help YOU pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification with flying colors.

This is going to be a long journey, but passing the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam will be worth it!


This AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course is different from the other ones you'll find on Udemy. Dare I say, better (but you'll judge!)

  • We will spend over three hours discussing solution architecture on AWS in depth. 

  • It covers in-depth all the new topics on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C02 exam

  • It's packed with practical knowledge on how to use AWS inside and out as a solutions architect

  • It teaches you how to prepare for the AWS exam AND how to prepare for the real world

  • It's a logical progression of topics, not a laundry list of random services

  • It's fast-paced and to the point

  • It has professional subtitles

  • All 500+ slides available as downloadable PDF


Concretely, here's what we'll learn to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam:

  • The AWS Fundamentals: IAM, EC2, Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, EBS, EFS, Route 53, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, CloudFront

  • The AWS CLI: CLI setup, usage on EC2, best practices, SDK, advanced usage

  • In-Depth Database comparison: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, Neptune, ElastiCache, Redshift, ElasticSearch, Athena

  • Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Audit: AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail

  • AWS Integration & Messaging: SQS, SNS, Kinesis

  • AWS Serverless: AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Cognito

  • AWS Security best practices: KMS, SSM Parameter Store, IAM Policies

  • VPC & Networking in depth

  • AWS Other Services Overview: CICD (CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy), CloudFormation, ECS, Step Functions, SWF, EMR, Glue, OpsWorks, ElasticTranscoder, AWS Organizations, Workspaces, AppSync, Single Sign On (SSO)

  • Tips to ROCK the exam


This AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course is full of opportunities to apply your knowledge:

  • There are many hands-on lectures in every section

  • There are quizzes at the end of every section

  • There's an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate practice exam at the end of the course

  • We'll be using the AWS Free Tier most of the time

  • I'll be showing you how to go beyond the AWS Free Tier (you know... the real world!)


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Instructor

My name is Stephane Maarek, and I'll be your instructor in this course. I teach about AWS certifications with my focus always on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies in AWS. I am also the author of some of the most highly-rated & best-selling courses on AWS Lambda, AWS CloudFormation & AWS EC2.

Throughout my career in designing and delivering these certifications and courses, I have already taught 1,000,000+ students and gotten 350,000+ reviews!

With AWS becoming much more than a buzzword out there, I've decided it's time for students to properly learn how to be an AWS Solutions Architect Associate. So, let’s kick start the course! You are in good hands!

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This course also comes with:

  • Lifetime access to all future updates

  • A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section

  • Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download

  • A 30 Day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee!

Join me in this course if you want to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification SAA-C02 Exam and master the AWS platform!

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone wanting to acquire the knowledge to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification
  • Solutions Architects who want to know how to leverage all AWS services for their solution architecture

Course content

31 sections • 400 lectures

Course Learning Contest Preview 00:42

Course Introduction - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Preview 03:43

PLEASE READ: Lectures you can skip if you took a course from me before Preview 01:16

Creating an AWS Account Preview 01:39

AWS Account Activation Troubleshooting Preview 02:05

Important Message Preview 00:59

About your instructor Preview 02:20

AWS Cloud Overview - Regions & AZ Preview 08:08

Tour of the Console & Services in AWS Preview 03:09

About the UI changes in the course Preview 01:50

IAM Introduction: Users, Groups, Policies Preview 03:22

IAM Users & Groups Hands On Preview 06:51

IAM Policies Preview 02:50

IAM Policies Hands On Preview 06:09

IAM MFA Overview Preview 04:18

IAM MFA Hands On Preview 03:17

AWS Access Keys, CLI and SDK Preview 04:03

AWS CLI Setup on Windows Preview 01:45

AWS CLI Setup on Mac OS X Preview 01:28

AWS CLI Setup on Linux Preview 01:30

AWS CLI Hands On Preview 03:42

AWS CloudShell: Region Availability Preview 00:18

AWS CloudShell Preview 03:53

IAM Roles for AWS Services Preview 01:39

IAM Roles Hands On Preview 01:38

IAM Security Tools Preview 00:54

IAM Security Tools Hands On Preview 02:25

IAM Best Practices Preview 01:30

IAM Summary Preview 01:48

IAM & AWS CLI Quiz

AWS Budget Setup Preview 05:44

EC2 Basics Preview 05:08

Create an EC2 Instance with EC2 User Data to have a Website Hands On Preview 10:49

EC2 Instance Types Basics Preview 05:51

Security Groups & Classic Ports Overview Preview 07:26

Security Groups Hands On Preview 05:22

SSH Overview Preview 02:47

How to SSH using Linux or Mac Preview 04:45

How to SSH using Windows Preview 05:58

How to SSH using Windows 10 Preview 05:14

SSH Troubleshooting Preview 01:23

EC2 Instance Connect Preview 02:29

EC2 Instance Roles Demo Preview 04:19

EC2 Instance Launch Types Preview 10:00

Spot Instances & Spot Fleet Preview 09:32

EC2 Instances Launch Types Hands On Preview 08:05

EC2 Fundamentals Quiz

Private vs Public vs Elastic IP Preview 04:42

Private vs Public vs Elastic IP Hands On Preview 05:19

EC2 Placement Groups Preview 06:06

EC2 Placement Groups - Hands On Preview 01:57

Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) - Overview Preview 02:15

Elastic Network Interfaces (ENI) - Hands On Preview 05:23

ENI - Extra Reading Preview 00:21

EC2 Hibernate Preview 04:21

EC2 Hibernate - Hands On Preview 03:45

EC2 - Advanced Concepts (Nitro, vCPU, Capacity Reservations) Preview 06:47

EC2 SAA Level Quiz

EBS Overview Preview 04:57

EBS Hands On Preview 04:58

EBS Snapshots Overview Preview 01:36

EBS Snapshots Hands On Preview 02:43

AMI Overview Preview 02:45

AMI Hands On Preview 05:34

EC2 Instance Store Preview 02:47

EBS Volume Types Preview 05:32

EBS Multi-Attach Preview 01:24

EBS Encryption Preview 03:23

EFS Overview Preview 04:56

EFS Hands On Preview 11:08

EFS vs EBS Preview 02:56

EBS & EFS - Section Cleanup Preview 01:31

EC2 Data Management Quiz

High Availability and Scalability Preview 05:05

Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Overview Preview 06:15

Classic Load Balancer (CLB) Preview 00:53

Classic Load Balancer (CLB) - Hands On Preview 10:24

Application Load Balancer (ALB) Preview 05:49

Application Load Balancer (ALB) - Hands On Preview 06:50

Network Load Balancer (NLB) Preview 02:56

Network Load Balancer (NLB) - Hands On Preview 05:11

Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) Preview 03:47

Elastic Load Balancer - Sticky Sessions Preview 05:41

Elastic Load Balancer - Cross Zone Load Balancing Preview 04:47

Elastic Load Balancer - SSL Certificates Preview 07:49

Elastic Load Balancer - Connection Draining Preview 02:22

Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) Overview Preview 07:30

Auto Scaling Groups Hands On Preview 08:47

Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies Preview 05:00

Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies Hands On Preview 09:15

Auto Scaling Groups - for Solutions Architects Preview 04:22

High Availability & Scalability Quiz

Amazon RDS Overview Preview 04:43

RDS Read Replicas vs Multi AZ Preview 07:22

Amazon RDS Hands On Preview 10:50

RDS Encryption + Security Preview 06:41

Aurora Overview Preview 07:09

Aurora Hands On Preview 08:14

Aurora - Advanced Concepts Preview 06:17

ElastiCache Overview Preview 04:11

ElastiCache Hands On Preview 03:45

ElastiCache for Solution Architects Preview 03:13

List of Ports to be familiar with Preview 00:29

RDS, Aurora, & ElastiCache Quiz

What is a DNS ? Preview 06:24

Route 53 Overview Preview 06:18

Route 53 - Registering a domain Preview 02:59

Route 53 - Creating our first records Preview 03:56

Route 53 - EC2 Setup Preview 04:48

Route 53 - TTL Preview 05:28

Route 53 CNAME vs Alias Preview 07:00

Routing Policy - Simple Preview 04:05

Routing Policy - Weighted Preview 05:02

Routing Policy - Latency Preview 04:39

Route 53 - Health Checks Preview 04:54

Route 53 - Health Checks Hands On Preview 04:39

Routing Policy - Failover Preview 04:12

Routing Policy - Geolocation Preview 04:15

Routing Policy - Geoproximity Preview 03:21

Routing Policy - Traffic Flow & Geoproximity Hands On Preview 07:32

Routing Policy - Multi Value Preview 03:42

3rd Party Domains & Route 53 Preview 02:24

Route 53 - Section Cleanup Preview 01:21

Route 53 Quiz

Solutions Architecture Discussions Overview Preview 01:12

WhatsTheTime.com Preview 12:39

MyClothes.com Preview 09:38

MyWordPress.com Preview 04:37

Instantiating applications quickly Preview 02:53

Beanstalk Overview Preview 04:31

Beanstalk Hands On Preview 04:56

Classic Solutions Architecture Discussions Quiz

Amazon S3 - Section Introduction Preview 01:11

S3 Buckets and Objects Preview 03:05

S3 Buckets and Objects - Hands On Preview 05:44

S3 Versioning Preview 01:09

S3 Versioning - Hands On Preview 05:28

S3 Encryption Preview 07:48

S3 Encryption - Hands On Preview 06:02

S3 Security & Bucket Policies Preview 05:29

S3 Bucket Policies Hands On Preview 07:44

S3 Websites Preview 05:10

S3 CORS Preview 05:25

S3 CORS Hands On Preview 08:27

S3 Consistency Model Preview 01:08

Amazon S3 Quiz

IAM Roles and Policies Hands On Preview 07:22

AWS Policy Simulator Preview 01:59

AWS EC2 Instance Metadata Preview 04:53

AWS SDK Overview Preview 01:40

AWS IAM, CLI, & SDK Quiz

S3 MFA Delete Preview 01:30

S3 MFA Delete Hands On Preview 06:25

S3 Default Encryption Preview 03:12

S3 Access Logs Preview 01:49

S3 Access Logs - Hands On Preview 04:13

S3 Replication (Cross Region and Same Region) Preview 02:10

S3 Replication - Hands On Preview 06:17

S3 Pre-signed URLs Preview 01:36

S3 Pre-signed URLs - Hands On Preview 02:04

S3 Storage Classes + Glacier Preview 09:44

S3 Storage Classes + Glacier - Hands On Preview 03:14

S3 Lifecycle Rules Preview 05:17

S3 Lifecycle Rules - Hands On Preview 03:01

S3 Analytics Preview 00:49

S3 Performance Preview 06:13

S3 Select & Glacier Select Preview 01:42

S3 Event Notifications Preview 01:42

S3 Event Notifications - Hands On Preview 05:15

S3 Requester Pays Preview 01:38

Athena Overview Preview 01:20

Athena Hands On Preview 05:16

S3 Lock Policies & Glacier Vault Lock Preview 02:01

Amazon S3 Advanced & Athena Quiz

CloudFront Overview Preview 08:40

CloudFront with S3 - Hands On Preview 05:12

CloudFront Signed URL / Cookies Preview 03:37

CloudFront Advanced Concepts Preview 07:07

AWS Global Accelerator - Overview Preview 06:06

AWS Global Accelerator - Hands On Preview 10:48

CloudFront & AWS Global Accelerator Quiz

AWS Snow Family Overview Preview 11:14

AWS Snow Family Hands On Preview 05:36

Architecture: Snowball into Glacier Preview 00:37

Amazon FSx - Overview Preview 06:21

Amazon FSx - Hands On Preview 03:22

Storage Gateway Overview Preview 07:03

Amazon FSx File Gateway Preview 01:34

Storage Gateway Hands On Preview 02:12

AWS Transfer Family Preview 02:19

All AWS Storage Options Compared Preview 02:40

AWS Storage Extras Quiz

Introduction to Messaging Preview 02:45

Amazon SQS - Standard Queues Overview Preview 10:35

SQS - Standard Queue Hands On Preview 06:45

SQS Queue Access Policy Preview 07:08

SQS - Message Visibility Timeout Preview 05:18

SQS - Dead Letter Queues Preview 05:20

SQS - Delay Queues Preview 02:27

SQS - Long Polling Preview 01:40

SQS - Request Response Preview 02:58

SQS - FIFO Queues Preview 03:35

SQS + Auto Scaling Group Preview 02:38

Amazon SNS - Overview Preview 03:56

SNS and SQS - Fan Out Pattern Preview 05:14

SNS - Hands On Preview 04:36

Kinesis Overview Preview 09:21

Kinesis Data Streams Hands On Preview 13:30

Data Ordering for Kinesis vs SQS FIFO Preview 07:14

SQS vs SNS vs Kinesis Preview 02:59

Amazon MQ Preview 02:26

Messaging & Integration Quiz

Docker Introduction Preview 04:32

About the ECS Console Changes Preview 00:26

ECS Overview Preview 08:56

ECS Services & Tasks, Load Balancing Preview 05:08

ECS Hands on Preview 04:36

ECS Scaling Preview 02:33

ECS Rolling Updates Preview 02:33

ECR Overview Preview 01:21

EKS Overview Preview 02:30

Containers on AWS Quiz

About the Serverless Section Preview 00:21

Serverless Introduction Preview 02:19

Lambda Overview Preview 07:19

Lambda Hands-On Preview 09:49

Lambda Limits Preview 01:44

Lambda@Edge Preview 03:03

DynamoDB Overview Preview 05:24

DynamoDB Hands-On Preview 04:47

DynamoDB Advanced Features Preview 07:02

API Gateway Overview Preview 04:39

API Gateway Basics Hands-On Preview 09:32

API Gateway Security Preview 05:10

AWS Cognito Overview Preview 05:58

Serverless Application Model (SAM) Overview Preview 01:08

Serverless Overview Quiz

Mobile Application: MyTodoList Preview 04:49

Serverless Website: MyBlog.com Preview 05:42

MicroServices Architecture Preview 03:51

Distributing Paid Content Preview 05:05

Software updates distribution Preview 02:09

Big Data Ingestion Pipeline Preview 04:14

Serverless Solutions Architecture Discussions Quiz

Choosing the right database Preview 04:33

RDS Preview 03:23

Aurora Preview 02:49

ElastiCache Preview 02:43

DynamoDB Preview 04:52

S3 Preview 03:52

Athena Preview 02:09

Redshift Preview 07:42

Glue Preview 01:50

Neptune Preview 01:55

Amazon ElasticSearch is now OpenSearch Preview 00:13

ElasticSearch / OpenSearch Preview 02:36

Databases in AWS Quiz

AWS Monitoring - Section Introduction Preview 00:38

CloudWatch Metrics Preview 02:54

CloudWatch Custom Metrics Preview 04:03

CloudWatch Dashboards Preview 04:10

CloudWatch Logs Preview 03:31

CloudWatch Logs Hands On Preview 05:09

CloudWatch Agent & CloudWatch Logs Agent Preview 03:16

CloudWatch Alarms Preview 02:31

CloudWatch Alarms Hands On Preview 04:38

EC2 Instance Recovery with CloudWatch Alarms Preview 01:58

AWS CloudWatch Events Preview 05:24

EventBridge Overview Preview 03:20

EventBridge Hands On Preview 05:00

CloudTrail Overview Preview 05:42

CloudTrail Hands On Preview 10:34

AWS Config - Overview Preview 04:44

AWS Config - Hands On Preview 09:37

CloudTrail vs CloudWatch vs Config Preview 02:29

Monitoring & Auditing Quiz

Security Token Service (STS) Overview Preview 04:16

Identity Federation & Cognito Preview 09:20

Directory Services - Overview Preview 05:29

Organizations - Overview Preview 09:26

Organizations - Hands On Preview 09:59

IAM - Advanced Preview 06:22

IAM - Policy Evaluation Logic Preview 06:47

Resource Access Manager (RAM) Preview 04:52

AWS Single Sign On (SSO) - Overview Preview 03:40

AWS Single Sign On (SSO) - Hands On Preview 02:09

IAM Advanced Quiz

AWS Security - Section Introduction Preview 00:44

Encryption 101 Preview 05:18

KMS Overview Preview 08:17

KMS Hands On w/ CLI Preview 09:00

KMS Key Rotation Preview 03:09

SSM Parameter Store Overview Preview 04:27

SSM Parameter Store Hands On (CLI) Preview 07:11

SSM Parameter Store Hands On (AWS Lambda) Preview 10:02

AWS Secrets Manager - Overview Preview 01:02

AWS Secrets Manager - Hands On Preview 05:48

CloudHSM Preview 04:06

Shield - DDoS Protection Preview 01:30

Web Application Firewall (WAF) Preview 04:02

WAF & Shield - Hands On Preview 03:17

GuardDuty Preview 01:50

Inspector Preview 01:39

Macie Preview 01:05

Shared Responsibility Model Preview 04:28

AWS Security & Encryption Quiz

Section Introduction Preview 01:05

CIDR, Private vs Public IP Preview 06:40

Default VPC Overview Preview 05:24

VPC Overview Preview 01:10

VPC Hands On Preview 02:08

Subnet Overview Preview 01:40

Subnet Hands On Preview 03:53

Internet Gateways & Route Tables Preview 01:13

Internet Gateways & Route Tables Hands On Preview 06:46

Bastion Hosts Preview 01:34

Bastion Hosts Hands On Preview 04:44

NAT Instances Preview 03:41

NAT Instances Hands On Preview 05:15

NAT Gateways Preview 03:47

NAT Gateways Hands On Preview 03:03

DNS Resolution Options & Route 53 Private Zones Preview 02:54

DNS Resolution Options & Route 53 Private Zones Hands On Preview 03:21

NACL & Security Groups Preview 10:43

NACL & Security Groups Hands On Preview 06:32

VPC Reachability Analyzer Preview 01:46

VPC Reachability Analyzer Hands On Preview 04:28

VPC Peering Preview 02:05

VPC Peering Hands On Preview 05:47

VPC Endpoints Preview 03:45

VPC Endpoints Hands On Preview 06:30

VPC Flow Logs Preview 03:07

VPC Flow Logs Hands On + Athena Preview 09:21

Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway Preview 03:58

Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway Hands On Preview 02:23

Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway Preview 06:36

AWS PrivateLink - VPC Endpoint Services Preview 03:06

AWS PrivateLink - VPC Endpoint Services Hands On Preview 01:14

AWS ClassicLink Preview 01:22

Transit Gateway Preview 05:10

VPC Traffic Mirroring Preview 02:10

IPv6 for VPC Preview 03:20

IPv6 for VPC - Hands On Preview 03:40

Egress Only Internet Gateway Preview 03:08

Egress Only Internet Gateway Hands On Preview 01:00

Section Cleanup Preview 02:22

VPC Section Summary Preview 05:25

VPC Quiz

Networking Costs in AWS Preview 09:17

Disaster Recovery in AWS Preview 11:30

Database Migration Service (DMS) Preview 04:12

Database Migration Service (DMS) - Hands On Preview 03:21

On-Premises Strategies with AWS Preview 03:17

DataSync - Overview Preview 02:38

Transferring Large Datasets into AWS Preview 03:00

AWS Backup - Overview Preview 01:51

AWS Backup - Hands On Preview 04:23

Disaster Recovery & Migration Quiz

Event Processing in AWS Preview 07:06

Caching Strategies in AWS Preview 03:03

Blocking an IP Address in AWS Preview 06:08

High Performance Computing (HPC) on AWS Preview 06:24

EC2 Instance High Availability Preview 06:49

Bastion Host High Availability Preview 03:39

More Solution Architectures Quiz

Other Services Section Introduction Preview 00:36

CICD Introduction Preview 03:19

CloudFormation Intro Preview 05:21

CloudFormation Hands-On Preview 10:48

CloudFormation - Extras Preview 01:07

Step Functions & SWF Preview 03:42

EMR Preview 02:28

OpsWorks Preview 02:04

AWS Workspaces Preview 01:55

AppSync Preview 01:12

Cost Explorer Preview 02:10

Other Services: Cheat Sheet Preview 00:52

Other Services Quiz

WhitePaper Section Introduction Preview 00:53

Well Architected Framework Overview + Well Architected Tool Preview 06:01

1st pillar: Operational Excellence Preview 03:30

2nd pillar: Security Preview 04:13

3rd pillar: Reliability Preview 03:14

4th pillar: Performance Efficiency Preview 03:42

5th pillar: Cost Optimization Preview 03:58

AWS Trusted Advisor Overview + Hands-On Preview 04:42

Examples of Architecture - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Preview 03:45

WhitePapers & Architectures Quiz

Exam Preparation - Section Introduction Preview 00:31

State of Learning Checkpoint - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Preview 07:09

Exam Tips - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Preview 03:24

Links to Whitepapers Preview 00:07

Exam Walkthrough and Signup Preview 04:02

Save 50% on your AWS Exam Cost! Preview 01:41

Get an Extra 30 Minutes on your AWS Exam - Non Native English Speakers only Preview 01:09

Practice Exam - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Congratulations - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Preview 00:48

THANK YOU! Preview 01:32

Bonus Lecture: Special discounts for my other courses Preview 01:04