Advanced AWS Well-Architected Best Practices

Course description

This interactive course provides a deep dive into Amazon Web Services (AWS) best practices to help you perform effective and efficient AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews. The course covers the phases of a review, including how to prepare, run, and get guidance after a review has been performed. Attendees should have familiarity with the AWS concepts, terminology, services, and tools that are covered in the
intermediate, 200-levelAWS Well-Architected Best Practices.This course provides an AWS Well-Architected Framework Review simulation and instructor-led group exercises and discussions regarding prioritizing and solutioning risks. The content focuses on teaching learners how to prepare proposals on high and medium risk issues using the AWS Well-Architected Tool.

Activities

This course includes presentations, demonstrations, group exercise sessions, and knowledge checks.

Course objectives

In this course, you will explore:

Workload definition and key concepts
The AWS Well-Architected Framework Review phases, process, best practices, and anti patterns
High and medium risks
Prioritizing improvements to the AWS Well-Architected workflow
Locating and using the AWS Well-Architected Framework white paper, labs, prebuilt solutions in the AWS solutions library, AWS Well-Architected independent software vendors (ISVs), and AWS Well-
Architected Partner Program (WAPP)

This Course Is Intended For

Learners who will find this course applicable to their work include:

Solutions architects
Cloud practitioners
Data engineers
Data scientists
Developers

Prerequisites

Architecting on AWS

AWS Well-Architected Best Practices

Course Outline

Day 1

Module 0: Course Introduction

Module 1: AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews

Workload definition
Key concepts of a workload
AWS Well-Architected Review phases
AWS Well-Architected Review approach, lessons learned, and use case
AWS Well-Architected Review best practices
AWS Well-Architected Review anti-patterns

Module 2: Customer ScenariGroup Sessions

Demonstration of a Review question and answer example
Operational excellence
- Group role-play exercise
- Twquestions in this pillar
Security
- Group role-play exercise
- Three questions in this pillar
Reliability
- Group role-play exercise
- Three questions in this pillar
Performance efficiency
- Group role-play exercise
- Three questions in this pillar
Cost optimization
- Group role-play exercise
- Three questions in this pillar

Module 3: Risk Solutions and Priorities

AWS Well-Architected workflow
Defining and solutioning high risk issues (HRIs) and medium risk issues (MRIs)
Identifying significant risks and solutioning group discussion for:
- Operational excellence
- Security
- Reliability
- Performance efficiency
- Cost optimization
Prioritizing improvements

Module 4: Resources

Resource pages
AWS Well-Architected ISVs

Module 5: Course Summary

Objective recap
Debrief
What’s next?

Advanced AWS Well-Architected Best Practices

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