• The Open University

AWS: Solutions Architect

Learn best practices and strategies to guide the implementation of cloud services on AWS with OU AWS Academy experts.

667 enrolled on this course

  • Duration

    10 weeks

  • Weekly study

    10 hours
Overview
Requirements

Designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable cloud solutions is a valuable and highly sought-after skill. On this microcredential you’ll learn how to architect and deploy secure and robust applications on AWS technologies.

Prepare yourself for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification

This course provides a unique learning experience, featuring AWS Academy Cloud Architecting – a course developed and maintained in collaboration with AWS, and taught by AWS Academy accredited educators. 

You will explore architectural design principles based on customer requirements and learn to optimise the use of the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how these services fit into cloud-based solutions. 

As well as learning best practices and strategies to guide the implementation of cloud services through case studies, you’ll also build a variety of infrastructures via guided, hands-on, self-paced virtual labs. 

This course will enable you to prepare for one of the highest paying IT certifications, the AWS Certified Solutions Architect

What topics will you cover?

  • Week 1: Welcome and introducing cloud architecting 
  • Week 2: Adding a storage layer 
  • Week 3: Adding a compute layer 
  • Week 4: Adding a database layer 
  • Week 5: Creating a networking environment and connecting networks 
  • Week 6: Securing user and application access 
  • Week 7: Implementing elasticity, high availability and monitoring 
  • Week 8: Automating your architecture and caching content 
  • Week 9: Building highly available and resilient architectures 
  • Week 10: Preparing and submitting the assessment 

Learning on this course

On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.

Who is the course for?

  • Cloud Architect 
  • Solutions Architect 
  • Systems Engineer 
  • Systems Analyst 
  • AWS Solutions Architect

Who developed the course?

The Open University

As the UK’s largest university, The Open University (OU) supports thousands of students to achieve their goals and ambitions via supported distance learning, helping to fit learning around professional and personal life commitments.

  • Established

    1969

  • Location

    Milton Keynes, UK

  • World ranking

    Top 510Source: Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2020

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