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Cloud Computing Architecture Datasheet

The Cloud Computing Architecture curriculum teaches students cloud computing skills through instructor-led classes, assessments, hands-on labs, and projects. The 60-hour curriculum covers topics like AWS services, security, automation, architecture design, and preparation for the AWS Solutions Architect certification. Students learn how to design scalable and highly available architectures using techniques like auto-scaling, serverless functions, and multi-region failover. The intended audience is undergraduate or graduate students seeking cloud expertise.

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Cloud Computing Architecture Datasheet

The Cloud Computing Architecture curriculum teaches students cloud computing skills through instructor-led classes, assessments, hands-on labs, and projects. The 60-hour curriculum covers topics like AWS services, security, automation, architecture design, and preparation for the AWS Solutions Architect certification. Students learn how to design scalable and highly available architectures using techniques like auto-scaling, serverless functions, and multi-region failover. The intended audience is undergraduate or graduate students seeking cloud expertise.

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CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE

DATASHEET

Description
Cloud Computing Architecture is an AWS Academy curriculum designed to help students develop
technical expertise in cloud computing and prepare them for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect –
Associate certification exam. The curriculum is delivered through instructor-led classes, knowledge
assessments, hands-on labs, and project work. Students have access to course manuals, online
knowledge assessments, hands-on labs, a free practice certification exam, and a discount voucher for
the certification exam.

Curriculum Objectives
Cloud Computing Architecture teaches students how to:
• Identify the value and benefits of cloud computing and AWS
• Understand methods and tools to maintain security and protect data
• Explain the financial advantages of the AWS cloud
• Navigate the AWS Management Console
• Differentiate between AWS storage options
• Understand AWS compute and networking options
• Describe and use AWS database options
• Identify deployment and management options
• Make decisions based on recommended architectural principles and best practices
• Create a cloud migration roadmap and plan
• Use AWS to make infrastructure scalable
• Create a business continuity plan and achieve high availability
• Create event-driven scaling
• Automate the deployment of cloud resources
• Design architectures to decouple infrastructure and reduce interdependencies
• Optimize data storage for static content
• Identify best practices prescribed in the Well-Architected framework
• Identify and solve common configuration and design issues
• Differentiate between architectures for data processing and analytics, mobile back-ends, and
video transcoding
• Understand the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam structure and questions

Intended Audience
Undergraduate, Graduate or Professional students seeking cloud computing expertise.

Prerequisites
Cloud Computing Architecture requires a strong foundation in IT concepts and skills. For details of
curriculum pre-requisites, see Cloud Computing Architecture: Student Prerequisites.

Delivery Method
This curriculum is delivered using a blend of:
• Instructor-led training
• Hands-on Labs

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CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURE
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Learning Progress
Student progress will be assessed using:
• Knowledge assessments – 20 online knowledge assessments across the curriculum
• Hands-on labs – 15 online labs across the curriculum
• Group discussions
• Projects – scenario-based exercises consisting of written and lab requirements reinforcing
topics within the curriculum

Duration
60 hours. Cloud Computing Architecture is designed to be delivered over a semester with a minimum
teaching period of 6 weeks.

Curriculum Outline
UNIT 1: Introduction to Cloud Computing
• What is Cloud Computing?
• Leveraging Cloud Computing
• Cloud Economics and Total Cost of Ownership

UNIT 2: Getting Started with AWS


• AWS Compute, Storage, and Networking
Lab: Creating Amazon EC2 instances with Microsoft Windows
Lab: Build Your Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Launch a Web Server
Lab: Working with Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS)
• AWS Security, Identity, and Access Management
Lab: Introduction to AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
• AWS Database Options
Lab: Build Your Database Server and Interact with Your Database using an Application
• AWS Elasticity and Management Tools
Lab: Scale and Load Balance Your Architecture

UNIT 3: Architecting on AWS

Part 1: Introduction to System Design


• AWS Essentials Review
• Designing Your Environment
Lab: Deploy a Web Application on AWS
Group discussion: Forklift an Existing Application onto AWS
• System Design for High Availability (Part I & II)
Lab: Making Your Environment Highly Available

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Part 2: Automation and Serverless Architectures


• Event-Driven Scaling
Lab: Using Auto Scaling with AWS Lambda and Lifecycle Hooks
• Automating Your Infrastructure
Lab: Creating an Amazon VPC with AWS CloudFormation

Mid-curriculum project
• Decoupling Your Infrastructure
• Designing Web-Scale Storage
Lab: Caching Static Files with Amazon CloudFront
Lab: Implementing a Serverless Architecture with AWS Managed Services
Group discussion: Build an Environment for a New Web Application

Part 3: Well-Architected Best Practices


• Introducing the Well-Architected Framework
• Well-Architected Pillar 1: Security
• Well Architected Pillar 2: Reliability
Lab: Multi-Region Failover with Amazon Route 53
• Well Architected Pillar 3: Performance Efficiency
• Well Architected Pillar 4: Cost Optimization

Part 4: Deployment and Implementation


• Troubleshooting
• Design Patterns and Sample Architectures
Lab: Using AWS Services to Enhance a Web Application

Final project

Recommended
• AWS Certification Exam Readiness Workshop (e-learning)
o Testing Center Information and Expectations
o Exam Overview and Structure
o Content Domains and Question Breakdown
o Topics and Concepts with Content Domains
o Question Structure and Interpretation Techniques
o Practice Exam Questions

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