AWS Well-Architected Best Practices
(AWS-WELLARCH)

The Well-Architected Framework enables you to make informed decisions about your customers architectures in a cloud-native way and understand the impact of design decisions that are made. By using the Well-Architected Framework, you will understand the risks in your architecture and ways to mitigate them. This course is designed to provide a deep dive into the AWS Well-Architected Framework and its 5 pillars. This course also covers the Well-Architected Review process, and using the AWS Well-Architected Tool to complete reviews.

Skills Gained

• Identify the Well-Architected Framework features, design principles, design pillars, and common uses
• Apply the design principles, key services, and best practices for each pillar of the Well-Architected Framework
• Use the Well-Architected Tool to conduct Well-Architected Reviews

Who Can Benefit

Technical professionals involved in architecting, building, and operating AWS solutions.

Prerequisites

• Knowledge of core AWS services (Course: AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials classroom or digital training)
• Knowledge of AWS management interfaces (Course: AWS Technical Essentials classroom or digital training)
• Knowledge of core AWS design and architecture (Course: Architecting on AWS)

Course Details

Course Outline

Module 1: Well-Architected Introduction

• History of Well-Architected
• Goals of Well-Architected
• What is the AWS Well-Architected Framework?
• The AWS Well-Architected Tool

Module 2: Design Principles

• Operational Excellence
• Lab 1: Operational Excellence
• Reliability
• Lab 2: Reliability
• Security
• Lab 3: Security
• Performance Efficiency
• Lab 4: Performance Efficiency
• Cost Optimization
• Lab 5: Cost Optimization