AWS: Management and Governance

Overview

AWS: Management and Governance is the sixth course of Exam Prep (SAP-C02): AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Specialization. This course explores advanced AWS services for robust application management and governance. Learners will delve into monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Insights, and Metrics Filters, alongside proactive guidance from AWS Trusted Advisor and comprehensive configuration tracking via AWS Config. The course also covers multi-account management using AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies, cost optimization with AWS Cost Explorer, and infrastructure-as-code deployment with advanced AWS CloudFormation features. This course facilitates learners with approximately 3:00-3:30 Hours of Video lectures that provide both Theory and Hands-On knowledge. Also, Graded and Ungraded Quizzes are provided with every module to test learners' ability. - Module 1: Basics: Management and Governance in AWS - Module 2: Advanced: Management and Governance in AWS This course is designed for professionals seeking to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of essential AWS services, including monitoring, logging, governance, cost management, and infrastructure automation. Targeted roles encompass; - Senior Solutions Architects - Enterprise Architects - Cloud Infrastructure Architects - Senior DevOps Engineers By the end of the course, learners will be able to: - Monitor and analyze application logs using Amazon CloudWatch Logs and Insights. - Understand AWS Config and its role in compliance and resource monitoring. - Optimize costs and infrastructure with AWS Cost Explorer and Compute Optimizer.

Syllabus

Basics: Management and Governance in AWS

Welcome to Week 1 of the AWS: Management and Governance course. This week, we'll explore AWS monitoring and governance services, starting with Amazon CloudWatch Logs for collecting, analyzing, and filtering log data, including hands-on demos with the CloudWatch Agent and Logs Insights. We'll cover AWS Trusted Advisor for best practice checks, and dive into AWS Config for tracking resource compliance, with step-by-step activities like setting up SNS topics. You'll also learn about AWS Control Tower for multi-account setup and governance, along with its dashboard functionalities. Finally, we'll introduce AWS X-Ray for tracing application requests, backed by practical demonstrations. By week's end, you'll have strong skills in AWS observability and compliance tools.

Advanced: Management and Governance in AWS

Welcome to Week 2. This week, we'll explore AWS Organizations, including its structure and management through Service Control Policies (SCPs) with hands-on demos. We'll dive into AWS Cost Explorer to track and optimize cloud spending effectively. Shifting focus to AWS CloudFormation, we'll cover stack sets, deletion policies, nested stacks, and change sets, all reinforced with practical demonstrations. Finally, we'll introduce AWS Compute Optimizer to help you right-size and optimize compute resources automatically. By the end of the week, you'll be confident in managing multi-account environments, controlling costs, and automating infrastructure deployments with best practices.