AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (Advanced Architecting on AWS)

Module 1: Advanced AWS Architecture Principles

• AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Enterprise cloud architecture
• Architectural trade-offs
• Design principles
• Multi-account strategies
• Organizational governance
• Scalability and elasticity
• High availability
• Fault tolerance
• Operational excellence

Module 2: Advanced Identity and Governance

• AWS IAM
• IAM roles and policies
• AWS Organizations
• Service Control Policies
• AWS Control Tower
• IAM Identity Center
• Cross-account access
• Permission boundaries
• Centralized governance
• Multi-account security
• Landing zone architecture

Module 3: Advanced Networking Architecture

• Advanced Amazon VPC
• VPC Peering
• AWS Transit Gateway
• AWS Direct Connect
• AWS Site-to-Site VPN
• AWS Cloud WAN
• Route 53
• Route 53 Resolver
• Network segmentation
• Centralized network architecture
• Hybrid connectivity
• Multicloud connectivity

Module 4: Advanced Compute Architecture

• Amazon EC2
• EC2 Auto Scaling
• Placement groups
• Dedicated Hosts
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Amazon ECS
• Amazon EKS
• AWS Fargate
• AWS Lambda
• Serverless architectures
• Container architectures
• Compute optimization

Module 5: Advanced Storage Architecture

• Amazon S3
• S3 replication
• S3 storage classes
• S3 lifecycle management
• Amazon EBS
• Amazon EFS
• Amazon FSx
• AWS Storage Gateway
• AWS DataSync
• Storage migration
• Enterprise storage architectures

Module 6: Advanced Database Architecture

• Amazon RDS
• Amazon Aurora
• Amazon DynamoDB
• Amazon Redshift
• Amazon ElastiCache
• Amazon Neptune
• Database migration
• Database replication
• Read replicas
• Multi-AZ architectures
• Multi-Region databases
• Database scalability and performance

Module 7: Advanced Application Architecture

• Microservices
• Event-driven architecture
• Serverless applications
• Containerized applications
• Application decoupling
• Amazon SQS
• Amazon SNS
• Amazon EventBridge
• AWS Step Functions
• Amazon API Gateway
• Application integration
• Distributed systems

Module 8: Enterprise Security Architecture

• AWS security architecture
• IAM and least privilege
• AWS Security Hub
• Amazon GuardDuty
• AWS WAF
• AWS Shield
• AWS Network Firewall
• AWS KMS
• AWS CloudTrail
• AWS Config
• Centralized security
• Security automation
• Compliance and governance

Module 9: Migration and Modernization

• AWS migration strategies
• 7 Rs of migration
• Migration assessment
• AWS Migration Hub
• AWS Application Migration Service
• AWS Database Migration Service
• AWS DataSync
• Application modernization
• Refactoring
• Replatforming
• Hybrid cloud migration
• Migration architecture

Module 10: Resilience and Disaster Recovery

• High availability
• Fault tolerance
• Multi-AZ architecture
• Multi-Region architecture
• Backup strategies
• AWS Backup
• Disaster recovery
• RTO and RPO
• Pilot light
• Warm standby
• Active-active architecture
• Failover strategies
• Business continuity

Module 11: Performance and Cost Optimization

• Performance optimization
• Cost optimization
• AWS Cost Explorer
• AWS Trusted Advisor
• Resource right-sizing
• Savings Plans
• Reserved Instances
• Auto Scaling
• Caching strategies
• Performance monitoring
• Cost-aware architecture
• Sustainability considerations

Module 12: Advanced Monitoring and Operations

• Amazon CloudWatch
• AWS CloudTrail
• AWS Config
• AWS Systems Manager
• AWS X-Ray
• Centralized logging
• Observability
• Operational dashboards
• Event-driven automation
• Infrastructure monitoring
• Troubleshooting distributed systems

Module 13: Infrastructure as Code and Automation

• AWS CloudFormation
• AWS CDK
• Infrastructure as Code
• Deployment automation
• Configuration management
• CI/CD architecture
• AWS CodePipeline
• AWS CodeBuild
• AWS CodeDeploy
• Automated infrastructure management
• Cloud governance automation

Module 14: Advanced Architecture Case Studies

• Enterprise application architecture
• Multi-account AWS environments
• Hybrid cloud architecture
• Multi-Region architecture
• Global application architecture
• High-performance workloads
• Highly available applications
• Migration scenarios
• Cost optimization scenarios
• Security architecture scenarios
• Architecture decision-making

Module 15: Advanced Architecting Workshop

• Design an enterprise AWS architecture
• Build a multi-account environment
• Design hybrid connectivity
• Configure resilient workloads
• Implement security controls
• Design a multi-Region application
• Develop a migration strategy
• Optimize performance and cost
• Evaluate architecture trade-offs
• Review solutions against the AWS Well-Architected Framework

• AWS Solutions Architects
• Cloud Architects
• Enterprise Architects
• AWS Cloud Architects
• Senior Cloud Engineers
• Infrastructure Architects
• Solutions Design Engineers
• Cloud Consultants
• DevOps Architects
• DevOps Engineers
• Cloud Migration Architects
• Technical Leads
• IT Infrastructure Architects
• Professionals designing enterprise-scale AWS environments
• Professionals preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional certification

• Design complex, enterprise-scale AWS architectures.
• Apply the AWS Well-Architected Framework to advanced architecture decisions.
• Design sophisticated multi-account and multi-Region environments.
• Implement advanced VPC and hybrid networking architectures.
• Design solutions using Transit Gateway, Direct Connect, VPN, Cloud WAN, and Route 53.
• Architect scalable compute solutions using EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, and Fargate.
• Design highly available and scalable database architectures.
• Build distributed, event-driven, serverless, and microservices solutions.
• Implement advanced AWS security and governance strategies.
• Design effective migration and application modernization strategies.
• Architect robust disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
• Optimize workloads for performance, cost, reliability, security, and sustainability.
• Automate infrastructure using CloudFormation and AWS CDK.
• Analyze complex architecture scenarios and make appropriate technical trade-offs.
• Develop skills aligned with the AWS Solutions Architect – Professional role.

• Two or more years of hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services and cloud architecture.
• Experience designing distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of networking and security.
• Experience with multi-account AWS environments.
• Knowledge of high availability and disaster recovery.
• Experience with migration and modernization projects.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code and automation.
• Familiarity with DevOps and CI/CD concepts.
• Experience optimizing AWS workloads for performance and cost.

Certification: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Exam: SAP-C02
Exam Duration: 180 Minutes
Number of Questions: 75
Question Types: Multiple-choice and multiple-response
Passing Score: 750 out of 1000