Cloud Architect Expert Combo Training Course

Course Description

Overview

The demand for Cloud solutions Architects is soaring. We at InfoSec Train have created the ‘Cloud Architect Expert’ combo to help professionals become the best ‘Cloud Architect Expert’ in the industry.

This combo training course provides one-of-its-kind training for two different ‘Cloud Solutions Architect expert’ certification tracks. This course focuses on two certification exams in the AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification track and Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies certification track.

AWS has two exams, i.e., AWS Solutions Architect Associate and the AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification for becoming an AWS Solutions Architect Expert.

Microsoft Azure has two exams in the ‘Microsoft Azure Architect’ stream. They are the ‘Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies’ certification exam (AZ – 303) and ‘Microsoft Azure Architect Design’ certification exam (AZ – 304)

You can get comprehensive training content for all four of the certification exams to establish your credibility as a cloud solutions architect expert from this course.

Cloud Architect Expert Learning Path

Why Cloud Architect Expert Combo Training?

The Cloud Architect Expert Combo Training from InfoSec Train is the best in the industry. Here are some compelling reasons to enroll for Infosec Train’s Cloud Architect Expert Combo Training Course:

Chapters are structured in an easy and understandable way
All trainings are provided with engaging content and recordings are provided thereafter
Trainers are the best in the industry with appropriate certifications
Excellent guidance for clearing the certification exams
A better understanding of AWS and Azure Cloud technologies
Can get the insight of industry experts and examples of real use cases of cloud solutions architecture

Career Benefits

The Cloud Architect Expert Combo Training Course will help you to qualify for the different AWS and Azure Cloud Architect certifications and achieve them methodically. Here are some of the notable career benefits of Infosec Train’s ‘Cloud Architect Expert’ combo training course:

Hands-on experience in AWS and Azure services and technologies
Cloud Architect Expert Combo Training also provides an initiative for candidates to pursue comprehensive cloud architecture expertise on two notable public cloud platforms.
Doing the training and achieving the certification enables the candidates to get more respect from their peers
The Cloud Architect Expert Combo training will enable you to move ahead in your career with improving salaries

Target Audience

Infosec Train’s Cloud Architect Expert Combo Training is suitable for any candidate who wishes to be a Cloud Architect expert in both AWS and Azure technologies. The Cloud Solutions Architect Expert combo training is also the right option for the following individuals:-

Candidates aspiring to qualify for both the AWS Solutions Architect Associate and Professional certification and the Azure Solutions Architect Expert certification

In addition, this course is catered towards:

Cloud Engineers
Solutions Architect
Existing Cloud Solutions Architects
Azure Administrators
System Administrators
Cloud Developers

Pre-requisites

Here are a few pre-requisites before taking the Cloud Architect Expert Combo course:

Knowledge of basic concepts related to cloud architecture
Familiarity with AWS and Azure Cloud services
Previous industry experience in the role of solutions architect

In addition, these are the other prerequisites for the individual certification exams in the training course.

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification recommends the following knowledge and experience requirements:

1 year of hands-on experience designing available, cost-effective, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS.
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 in 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

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional certification recommends the following knowledge and experience requirements:

2 or more years of hands-on experience designing and deploying cloud architecture on AWS
Ability to evaluate cloud application requirements and make architectural recommendations for implementation, deployment, and provisioning applications on AWS
Ability to provide best practice guidance on the architectural design across multiple applications and projects of the enterprise
Familiarity with a scripting language
Familiarity with Windows and Linux environments
Familiarity with AWS CLI, AWS APIs, AWS Cloud Formation templates, the AWS Billing Console, and the AWS Management Console
Explain and apply the five pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Map business objectives to application/architecture requirements Design a hybrid architecture using key AWS technologies (e.g., VPN, AWS Direct Connect)
Architect a continuous integration and deployment process

The Microsoft Azure Architect Expert Technologies and Microsoft Azure Architect Design certifications, recommends the following knowledge and experience requirements for both of them:

Candidates for these exams should have advanced experience and knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platform, budgeting, and governance–this role should manage how decisions in each area affect an overall solution. In addition, this role should have expert-level skills in Azure administration and have experience with Azure development and DevOps processes.

Exam Information

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Exam

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam is an ideal choice for candidates who want to work in a solutions architect’s role. The candidates for this AWS certification exam generally have almost one or more years of practical experience designing highly scalable, cost-efficient, available & fault-tolerant AWS systems. The basic information of the exam is:

Certification Name	AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C02)
Exam Format	Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer
Number of Questions	65
Exam Duration	130 Minutes
Passing Marks	700 out of 1000
Exam Languages	Korean, English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional Exam

Certification Name	AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C01)
Exam Format	Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer
Number of Questions	75
Exam Duration	180 Minutes
Passing Marks	700 out of 1000
Exam Languages	Korean, English, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese

AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Certification Name	AZ-303: Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Exam
Exam Format	Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer
Number of Questions	40-60
Exam Duration	150 Minutes
Passing Marks	700 out of 1000
Exam Languages	English

AZ-304: Microsoft Azure Architect Design

Certification Name	Microsoft Azure Architect Design
Exam Format	Multiple Choice, Multiple Answer
Number of Questions	40-60
Exam Duration	150 Minutes
Passing Marks	700 out of 1000
Exam Languages	English

Learning path

Course 1

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (AWS SAA-C02)
Course 2

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (SAP-C01)
Course 3

Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies (AZ-303)
Course 4

Microsoft Azure Architect Design (AZ-304)
Master's Certificate

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Course Objectives

The ‘Cloud Architect Expert’ combo training course is an innovative approach to help candidates prepare for cloud architect certifications. The coverage of Azure and AWS cloud architect certifications in the training course is a stark highlight that would benefit candidates. With a single source to prepare for cloud architect certifications of two popular public cloud platforms, candidates have excellent opportunities to take their career ahead with the ‘Cloud Architect Expert’ combo training course. Infosec Train has been a credible name in the certification training domain. This new approach for combining the power of multiple training courses into one combo training course is a new milestone.

Candidates can use the training course to prepare for the cloud solutions architect certification and gain additional benefits. Candidates could learn about the practical use of cases of different AWS and Azure services and technologies. Most importantly, the combo training course can also help candidates learn about using their cloud architecture skills with business knowledge to contribute value in their professional roles. The combo training course is also a promising instrument for candidates to tailor their expertise for addressing the performance-based questions in certification exams.

The learning objectives of the ‘Cloud Architect Expert’ Combo Training Course by Infosec Train are as follows,

In-depth coverage of all topics in the AWS Solutions Architect Associate and Professional Certifications
In-depth coverage of exam objectives of AZ-303 and AZ-304 certification exams
Fluency in hands-on performance-based tasks
Familiarity with best practices for cloud solution architecture and integration of capabilities in other roles such as DevOps engineer, system administrators, security administrators, and others
The ability for using business knowledge to solve issues in cloud solutions architecture

Course Content

Introduction to Cloud Computing

Introduction to Cloud Computing
Why Cloud Computing?
Benefits of Cloud Computing
Types of Cloud Computing
Deployment Models (Public, Private, Hybrid, and Community)
Service Models (iaas, paas, saas)
Horizontal vs. Vertical scaling
Cloud Computing Issues
Security
Costing Model
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
What to migrate
Legal and compliance

Virtualization

Virtualization and cloud computing
Types of virtualization
Virtualization terminologies
Hypervisor, types & features
Creating virtual machines lab
Benefits
Vendors

Amazon Web Services (Mapped to AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate & Professional)

Introduction to the AWS products & Comparison with other providers
Global infrastructure, Regions & Availability Zones
Signing up for AWS & AWS Free usage tier

EC2 Instances

Introduction to creating scalable instances using AWS EC2
Instances & Types
Instance purchasing options & Pricing models
Amazon Machine Images (AMI) & Custom amis
Instance store & EBS Volumes
Launching your first AWS Windows Server & Linux Instances
EC2 volume types (Instance Store, EBS & EFS)
Firewall & Security Groups
Snapshots & Recovery, snapshot scheduling
Usage reports & limits
Elastic IP, BYOIP
Key Pairs, Tags
Elastic Load Balancing (ALB and NLB)
Auto Scaling
Troubleshooting Issues

AWS Command Line Interface (CLI)

Introduction to AWS CLI
Connecting to your AWS account via CLI
Other functionalities with CLI

Light Sail

Difference between EC2 & Lightsail
Advantages & Functionalities
Available options on instances and AMIs
Migrating Lightsail to EC2
DNS records
Elastic IP
Troubleshooting

Elastic Beanstalk

Comparison with EC2, Lightsail & Elastic Beanstalk
Hosting a sample application in EB
Versioning, rollback, and custom configurations
Common issues & troubleshooting

Overview of Other Compute Services

ECS (Elastic Container Service)
EKS (Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes)
Lambda
Outpost
Batch

Storage

Introduction to storage
AWS Storage Tiers
Use cases

Simple Storage Service (AWS S3)

Buckets & Objects
Encryption, Logging
S3 durability and redundancy
S3 Permissions
Hosting a static website in AWS S3
Access Control Lists & Bucket Policies
S3 Object Versioning & Lifecycle Policies
Cross-Region Replication
EC2-S3 Integration
S3 storage class analysis
S3 Glacier Deep Archive
Common issues and troubleshooting

AWS FSx

Introduction to FSx
Concepts
Creating a Windows-based file system
Mapping storage
Troubleshooting

AWS Storage Gateway

AWS Database Services

Relational Database Service (RDS)

Selecting the Database type
Configuring & creating the database
DB Security groups
Snapshots
Recovering a DB instance from the snapshot
Configuring backups
Configuring the maintenance windows
Connecting to the database
RDS Security

Dynamo DB

Creating a dynamoDB
Advantages of using dynamoDB
Configuring alarms
Connecting to Dynamo DB

Other database services

Elasticache
Neptune
Redshift

Migration & Transfer

AWS Server Migration Service
AWS Database Migration Service
Migration Hub
Snowball

Identity access management (IAM)

IAM Concepts, Design Principles
Users, Groups & Roles
AWS Credentials
Custom Roles and policies
Cross account access
STS and temporary credentials
SSO, Federation & Cognito
AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)

AWS Secrets Manager

AWS Guard Duty

AWS Inspector

AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

AWS Directory Service

Introduction to AWS Directory service
Concepts of AD
Configuring EC2 instances with Directory Services

AWS Organizations

Importance of creating and managing multiple accounts in a corporate scenario
Creating an organization
Adding OUs
Billing & management

Web Application Firewall (WAF) & Shield

Cloud Formation

Introduction to Infrastructure as a Code
CF stacks & templates
Creating an S3 bucket etc.
Saving, managing & importing templates
Updating & Versioning

Cloud Watch

Cloud watch dashboard
Configuring Monitoring services
Setting thresholds
Configuring actions
Creating a cloud watch alarm
Getting statistics for ec2 instances
Monitoring other AWS services
Configuring Notifications
Integrating cloud watch with Autoscaling

X-Ray

Autoscaling & Load Balancing

Introduction to Load Balancing
Types & scenarios
Launch configuration
Configuring a Load balanced web server
Introduction to Autoscaling
Configuring auto-scaling with EC2
Rules & Alarms
Troubleshooting

Cloud trail

Introduction to Logging
Creating a trail
Event History

AWS Systems Manager

Introduction to AWS Systems Manager
Session manager
Resource Group manager
Remote Execution
OS Patch management

AWS Trusted Advisor

AWS KMS

Encryption and Key Management
CMK with Custom Key Material
Key Rotation and Security in KMS
CloudHSM

API Gateway

AWS Inspector

AWS Macie

AWS Guard Duty

AWS License Manager

AWS Personal Health Dashboard

AWS Amplify

Cloud Front

CDN Concepts
Creating a cloud front distribution
Hosting a website of cloud front distribution
Implementing restrictions
Configuring origins and behaviors

AWS Elasticache

AWS Route53

DNS Concepts and Working
Domain registration
Configuring recordset
Configuring DNS with web servers & CDN
Troubleshooting

AWS Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)

What is VPC?
VPC configuration
Public & Private subnets
Internet gateway & NAT gateway
VPC security
Elastic IP’s
Inbound and outbound ACL’s
Designing a VPC
Gateways
Routing Tables
VPC Peering
Best Practices

Simple Notification Service (SNS)

What is SNS
Creating a topic
Create subscription
Subscribed to the subscription

WorkSpaces

Introduction to Desktop as a Service
Creating & configuring a workspace
Connecting to a workspace
Integration

AWS Kinesis

Kinesis Data Streams
Kinesis Data Firehose
Kinesis Data Analytics
Streaming Architectures

Athena & Quick sight

SQS

SWF

Workdocs

Work email

App stream

Billing & Cost Management

Service & Support

Microsoft Azure Architecting (Mapped to Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert)

Manage Azure AD objects

Create users and groups
Manage user and group properties
Manage device settings
Perform bulk user updates
Manage guest accounts
Configure Azure AD Join
Configure self-service password reset

Manage role-based access control (RBAC)

Create a custom role
Provide access to Azure resources by assigning roles
- Subscriptions
- Resource groups
- Resources (VM, disk, etc.)
Interpret access assignments
Manage multiple directories

Design authentication

Recommend a solution for single-sign on
Recommend a solution for authentication
Recommend a solution for conditional access, including multi-factor authentication
Recommend a solution for network access authentication
Recommend a solution for a hybrid identity including azure ad connect and azure ad Connect Health
recommend a solution for user self-service
recommend and implement a solution for B2B integration

Design authorization

Choose an authorization approach
Recommend a hierarchical structure that includes management groups, subscriptions and resource groups
Recommend an access management solution including RBAC policies, access reviews,
Role assignments, physical access, privileged identity management (PIM), azure ad

Identity protection, just in time (jit) access

Design governance

Recommend a strategy for tagging
Recommend a solution for using azure policy
Recommend a solution for using azure blueprint

Manage subscriptions and governance

Configure Azure policies
Configure resource locks
Apply tags
Create and manage resource groups
- Move resources
- Manage subscriptions
Configure Cost Management
Configure management groups

Implement cloud infrastructure monitoring

Monitor security
Monitor performance
- Configure diagnostic settings on resources
- Create a performance baseline for resources
- Monitor for unused resources
- Monitor performance capacity
- Visualize diagnostics data using Azure Monitor
Monitor health and availability
- Monitor networking
- Monitor service health
Monitor cost
- Monitor & report spends
- Recommend a solution for cost management and cost reporting
- Recommend solutions to minimize cost
Configure advanced logging
- Recommend & Plan for integration with monitoring tools including Azure Monitor and Azure Sentinel
- Implement and configure Azure Monitor insights, including App Insights, Networks, Containers
- Configure a Log Analytics workspace
Configure logging for workloads
- Initiate automated responses by using Action Groups
Configure and manage advanced alerts
- Collect alerts and metrics across multiple subscriptions
- View Alerts in Azure Monitor logs
Choose a mechanism for event routing and escalation
Configure and interpret metrics
Analyze metrics across subscriptions
Configure & implement Log Analytics
Configure diagnostic settings
Query and analyze logs
Create a query & save a query to the dashboard
Interpret graphs
Set up alerts and actions
Create and test alerts
Create action groups
View alerts in Azure Monitor
Analyze alerts across subscriptions
Configure Application Insights

Implement & Manage storage accounts

Select storage account options based on a use case
Configure Azure Files and blob storage
Configure network access to the storage account
Implement Shared Access Signatures and access policies
Implement Azure AD authentication for storage
Manage access keys
Implement Azure storage replication
Implement Azure storage account failover
Azure Storage Explorer and AZ Copy
Create an Azure file share
Create and configure Azure File Sync service
Configure Azure blob storage
Configure storage tiers for Azure blobs

Implement VMs for Windows and Linux

Configure High Availability
Configure storage for vms
Select virtual machine size
Implement Azure Dedicated Hosts
Deploy and configure scale sets
Configure Azure Disk Encryption
Recommend a solution for compute provisioning

Design a compute solution

Recommend a solution for compute provisioning
Determine appropriate compute technologies, including virtual machines, app services, service fabric, azure functions, windows virtual desktop, and containers
Recommend a solution for containers
- AKS versus ACI and the configuration of each one
Recommend a solution for automating compute management

Automate deployment and configuration of resources

Save a deployment as an Azure Resource Manager template
Modify Azure Resource Manager template
Evaluate location of new resources
Configure a virtual disk template
Deploy from a template
Manage a template library
Create and execute an automation runbook

Implement virtual networking

Setting up and configuring vnets
Implement vnet to vnet connections
Implement vnet peering
Configure private and public IP addresses, network routes, network interface, subnets, and virtual network
Monitor on-premises connectivity
Use Network Performance Monitor
Use Network Watcher
Troubleshoot external networking & virtual network connectivity

Configure name resolution

Configure Azure DNS
Configure custom DNS settings
Configure a private or public DNS zone

Secure access to virtual networks

Create security rules
Associate an NSG to a subnet or network interface
Evaluate effective security rules
Deploy and configure Azure Firewall
Deploy and configure Azure Bastion Service

Design a network solution

Recommend a solution for network addressing and name resolution
Recommend a solution for network provisioning
Recommend a solution for network security
- Private endpoints
- Firewalls
- Gateways
Recommend a solution for network connectivity to the Internet, on-premises networks, and other Azure virtual networks
Recommend a solution for automating network management
Recommend a solution for load balancing and traffic routing

Implement Azure Active Directory

Add custom domains
Configure Azure AD Identity Protection
Implement self-service password reset
Implement Conditional Access including MFA
Configure user accounts for MFA
Configure fraud alerts
Configure bypass options
Configure Trusted ips
Configure verification methods
Implement and manage guest accounts
Manage multiple directories

Implement and manage hybrid identities

Install and configure Azure AD Connect
Identity synchronization options
Configure and manage password sync and password writeback
Configure single sign-on
Use Azure AD Connect Health

Manage workloads in Azure

Migrate workloads using Azure Migrate
- Assess infrastructure
- Select a migration method
- Prepare the on-premises for migration
- Recommend target infrastructure
Solutions for migrating applications, VMs and Databases
Implement Azure Backup for vms
Implement disaster recovery
Implement Azure Update Management

Implement load balancing and network security

Implement Azure Load Balancer
Implement an application gateway
Implement a Web Application Firewall
Implement Azure Firewall
Implement the Azure Front Door Service
Implement Azure Traffic Manager
Implement Network Security Groups and Application Security Groups
Implement Bastion

Implement and manage Azure governance solutions

Create and manage hierarchical structure that contains management groups, subscriptions and resource groups
Assign RBAC roles
Create a custom RBAC role
Configure access to Azure resources by assigning roles
Configure management access to Azure
Interpret effective permissions
Set up and perform an access review
Implement and configure an Azure Policy
Implement and configure an Azure Blueprint

Manage security for applications

Implement and configure keyvault
Implement and configure Azure AD Managed Identities
Register and manage applications in Azure AD

Implement an application infrastructure

Create and configure Azure App Service
Create an App Service Web App for Containers
Create and configure an App Service plan
Configure an App Service
Configure networking for an App Service
Create and manage deployment slots
Implement Logic Apps
Implement Azure Functions
Implement solutions for API Integration

Implement container-based applications

Create a container image
Configure Azure Kubernetes Service
Publish and automate image deployment to the Azure Container Registry
Publish a solution on an Azure Container Instance

Create and configure Web Apps

Create and configure App Service
Create and configure App Service Plans

Implement nosql databases

Configure storage account tables
Select appropriate cosmosdb apis
Set up replicas in cosmosdb

Implement Azure SQL databases

Configure Azure SQL database settings
Implement Azure SQL Database managed instances
Configure HA for an Azure SQL database
Publish an Azure SQL database

Design a solution for databases

Select an appropriate data platform based on requirements
Recommend database service tier sizing
Recommend a solution for database scalability recommend a solution for encrypting data at rest, data in transmission, and data in use

Design a solution for backup and recovery

Recommend a recovery solution for Azure hybrid and on-premises workloads that meets recovery objectives (RTO, RLO, RPO)
Design and Azure Site Recovery solution
- Recommend a site recovery replication policy
- Recommend a solution for site recovery capacity
- Recommend a solution for site failover and failback (planned/unplanned)
- Recommend a solution for the site recovery network
Recommend a solution for recovery in different regions
Recommend a solution for Azure Backup management
Design a solution for data archiving and retention
- Recommend storage types and methodology for data archiving
- Identify business compliance requirements for data archiving
- Identify requirements for data archiving
- Identify SLA(s) for data archiving
- Recommend a data retention policy

Design for high availability

Recommend a solution for application and workload redundancy, including compute, database, and storage
Recommend a solution for autoscaling
Identify resources that require high availability
Identify storage types for high availability
Recommend a solution for geo-redundancy of workloads

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