Online Cloud Architecture

CIS 394 - Cloud Architecture

Overview

AWS Academy Cloud Architecting covers the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The course is designed to teach solutions architects how to optimize the use of the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how these services fit into cloud-based solutions. Because architectural solutions can differ depending on industry, type of applications, and size of business, this course emphasizes best practices for the AWS Cloud, and it recommends various design patterns to help you think through the process of architecting optimal IT solutions on AWS. It also presents case studies throughout the course, which showcase how some AWS customers have designed their infrastructures, and the strategies and services that they implemented. Finally, this course also provides opportunities to build a variety of infrastructures via a guided, hands-on approach. This course helps you to prepare for the AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate exam.

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Course prerequisites and requirements

To be successful in this course, we recommend English language fluency and computer literacy. We also encourage you to make sure your laptop or desktop computer meets the technical requirements.

Quick facts

Credits: 3
Length: On-demand
Cost: $25 + $400

What you’ll learn

Design and deploy a cloud infrastructure that suits a given set of organizational requirements
Optimize cloud infrastructure for reliability, security, operational excellence, performance efficiency and cost
Identify opportunities to apply common cloud network design patterns
Be prepared to sit for AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate exam

What to expect in class

Narrated lectures, Amazon Web Services active labs, knowledge checks, discussions with peers and teaching fellows, and practice exam for certification

Exams and grading

25%

Guided Labs

35%

Challenge Labs

25%

Knowledge Checks

15%

Capstone Project

Transcript

This course appears on your transcript identically to how it appears on the transcript of an enrolled ASU student who has taken the course on one of ASU’s campuses. Course attendance dates will be listed on your transcript. An on-demand course will appear on your transcript in the session you complete the course.

This course satisfies 3 credit hours at Arizona State University. It is strongly encouraged that you consult with your institution of choice to determine how these credits will be applied to their degree requirements prior to transferring your credit.