Every narrated lesson in order. Tap any row to start there — playback continues
to the end of certification prep.
SAAF — Fundamentals
1
What cloud computing is — the definitions, the deployment models, and what AWS sellsCertification prep
9 min
2
Global infrastructure — Regions, Availability Zones, Local Zones, Wavelength, and the edgeCertification prep
9 min
3
The resilience taxonomy — zonal, Regional and global servicesCertification prep
9 min
4
The Shared Responsibility Model — and how the line moves for EC2, RDS, Lambda and S3Certification prep
9 min
5
General fundamentals — CIDR and subnets, Nitro, encryption at rest and in transit, DNS and DNSSECCertification prep
10 min
SAA0 — Whitepapers and FAQs
6
The Well-Architected FrameworkCertification prep
8 min
7
The Security PillarCertification prep
8 min
8
Compute and storage — EC2 and S3 FAQsCertification prep
9 min
9
Networking — VPC and Route 53 FAQsCertification prep
11 min
10
Data and messaging — RDS and SQS FAQsCertification prep
11 min
SAA1 — Design Secure Architectures
11
Policy evaluation — the only thing you must actually knowCertification prep
9 min
12
Multi-account guardrailsCertification prep
10 min
13
Network security controls and where they sitCertification prep
12 min
14
Application protection, identity and secretsCertification prep
12 min
15
Encryption and key managementCertification prep
13 min
16
Data protection, retention and recoveryCertification prep
15 min
SAA2 — Design Resilient Architectures
17
Decoupling — queues, topics, events and workflowsCertification prep
11 min
18
Scaling — horizontal, vertical, and why state is the constraintCertification prep
9 min
19
Load balancing and multi-tier architectureCertification prep
11 min
20
Containers and serverless — ECS, EKS, Fargate, LambdaCertification prep
12 min
21
High availability — surviving an instance, an AZ, a dependencyCertification prep
11 min
22
Disaster recovery — the four strategies and the data plane ruleCertification prep
13 min
SAA3 — Design High-Performing Architectures
23
Storage performance — object, file, block, and the disk that disappearsCertification prep
11 min
24
Compute performance — instance families, scaling signals, Batch, Lambda memoryCertification prep
10 min
25
Database performance — engines, replicas, proxies and cachesCertification prep
11 min
26
Network performance — edge, hybrid links, placementCertification prep
10 min
27
Ingestion and streaming — Kinesis, Firehose, and moving data inCertification prep
10 min
28
Transformation and analytics — Glue, EMR, Athena, Lake Formation, QuickCertification prep
9 min
SAA4 — Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
29
The cost management toolkit — see it, allocate it, cap it, fix itCertification prep
10 min
30
Storage cost — classes, minimums, lifecycle, and who paysCertification prep
11 min
31
Compute cost — commit, interrupt, right-size, or go serverlessCertification prep
10 min
32
Database cost — engine, capacity mode, retention, and the cache in frontCertification prep
10 min
33
Network cost — which bytes you pay for, and the routes that avoid themCertification prep
9 min
SAA9 — Exam Strategy and Question Mechanics
34
How the questions are builtCertification prep
10 min
35
Reading a scenario — requirement phrases and the one-word differenceCertification prep
10 min
36
Elimination as a method — four worked passesCertification prep
11 min