AWS DC July MeetUp Presentation - Cloud7Works

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Becoming a AWS Certified Professional

Madhu Vattipulusu CEO, Founder – Cloud7WorksAWS Certified Professional


Who we are

Why AWS Certification

Strategy



AWS CERTIFICATION BENEFITS

For Enterprises For Individuals

Identify skilled team members.

Reduce risk for projects on AWS.

Become part of AWS Partner Network (APN).

# 1 Certification in forbes.com top 15 IT Certifications.

Could open doors to get heavily involved in AWS-related projects.

Present to clients as a credible subject-matter expert.

http://aws.amazon.com/partners/


TOP 10 IT CERTIFICATIONS

Reference: forbes.com


AWS CERTIFICATION ROADMAP


TOP Core Services to Focus on.

Preparation Strategy



Goal of this objective is to get a solid foundation of what the service is about.

Basics Options Get Training Online Training

(LinuxAcademy, CloudGuru, etc.,)

AWS Documentation Youtube



FAQ FAQ of each service



LabsGet AWS Free Tier.Practice the concept from AWS

Documentation or your training in the AWS sandbox.

Some of the labs to try are Creating Cloud Front and

exploring all the options. VPC Flow Logs VPC DHCP Settings Identity Federation Route 53 Routing Policies NAT Gateway Elastic Transcoder and all the

options. Data Pipe line templates to

copy data from one service to another.

SQS Auto scaling



Deep Dive

Search for “AWS Deep Dive reinvent playlist” in YouTube.



Best PracticesFor the core services know what are

the best practices.Best practices can be found in AWS

Documentation. Best practices can also be found in

Deep dive.



SecurityKnow how to secure the core

servicesFor example:- For AWS DynamoDB

table, know how to secure the table. Know how cloud front security works

Know how cross account access roles work.

Know how Identity federation works using STS .



Non-Functional RequirementsAvailabilityFault Tolerance Performance Scalability

OtherDisaster Recovery

RTO, RPO



CostKnow Reserved Instances well.Don’t need to remember cost, but

know how to reduce cost. S3 storage classes EC2 instance types

Read below white paper



White PapersRead below white papers

VPC Connectivity Options Disaster Recovery Security Best Practices DDOS white paper Storage Options In CloudDefining Fault Tolerant

Applications In cloud Alternative to white papers is to go

through the AWS Re:Invent videos, which have this content.



Quiz Priority AWS Practice Exam AWS Sample Questions from AWS. Other Quizzes from

LinuxAcademyCloud Guru.

Do Not do any other quizzes. Understand why each question is right or wrong from AWS Set.


Timing Strategy


Approach Strategy

1. Problem: Every question/answer has lots of details. May take more than 2 mins. How do you approach?

2. Solution: Read the question1. If you have no clue -> Guess soon.2. If you are doubt on concept -> Guess and check for review later.3. If you know -> Guess the answer -> Then read the answer choices

3. Best Approach1. A small architectural diagram of what is presented2. Focus on what is asked – Cost, Availability, Fault Tolerance or DR of the system.3. Elimination Matrix (A|B|C|D|E)


Lets try a Sample Question

Reference: AWS Professional Sample Question


FINAL POINTS

Do the AWS Practice Exam. Do the Sample questions. Read white papers mentioned in the AWS Blue Print. You may substitute reading white papers with aws:ReIevent videos specific to

those topics. Complete if possible the reinvent video playlist. Make a detailed notes if you can while preparing. Review it weekly. Use cases are important. Try to collect architectural diagrams on BigData, Web

Application, Batch, IOT, Streaming Media Architectures. Take the exam when you are well rested. Exam is close to 3 hours, and will have

long questions and answers.

https://d0.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-sa-pro/AWS_certified_solutions_architect_professional_blueprint.pdf


Thank you

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