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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate SAA-C01 Exam - Second Edition

By : Ben Piper, David Clinton
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate SAA-C01 Exam - Second Edition

By: Ben Piper, David Clinton

Overview of this book

The?AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C01) Exam?enables you to validate your skills, increase your competitive advantage, and take the next step on your career path. Comprehensive and up-to-date content and superior study tools make this guide a must-have resource for those seeking AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification. The?AWS Certified Solutions Architect Study Guide: Associate (SAA-C01) Exam?is your complete and fully updated resource to the AWS Solutions Architect - Associate certification. This invaluable Sybex study guide covers all relevant aspects of the AWS Solutions Architect job role, including mapping multi-tier architectures to AWS services, loose coupling and stateless systems, applying AWS security features, deploying and managing services, designing large scale distributed systems, and many more. Written by two AWS subject-matter experts, this self-study guide and reference provides all the tools and information necessary to master the exam, earn your certification, and gain insights into the job of an AWS Solutions Architect. Efficient and logical presentation of exam objectives allows for flexible study of topics, and powerful learning tools increase comprehension and retention of key exam elements. Practice questions, chapter reviews, and detailed examination of essential concepts fully prepare you for the AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certification.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Acknowledgments
2
About the Authors
7
Index
8
Comprehensive Online Learning Environment
9
Wiley End User License Agreement

What Does This Book Cover?

This book covers topics you need to know to prepare for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam:

Chapter 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing and AWS This chapter overviews the AWS Cloud computing platform and its core services and concepts.

Chapter 2: Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud and Amazon Elastic Block Store This chapter covers EC2 instances—the virtual machines that you can use to run Linux and Windows workloads on AWS. It also covers the Elastic Block Store service that EC2 instances depend on for persistent data storage.

Chapter 3: Amazon Simple Storage Service and Amazon Glacier Storage In this chapter

Chapter 4: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud This chapter explains Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC), a virtual network that contains network resources for AWS services.

Chapter 5: Databases In this chapter, you will learn about some different managed database services offered by AWS, including Relational...