Fundamentals of Architecting on AWS

Shape effective cloud architectures with AWS

Cloud architecture is about choosing the right combination of services and design patterns to meet real technical and business requirements.

On this course, you’ll explore the fundamentals of architecting on AWS and the decisions that shape secure, resilient, scalable, and cost-conscious cloud environments.

You’ll examine how core AWS services across compute, storage, networking, databases, and identity fit into broader architecture patterns, while learning to assess trade-offs between performance, availability, security, and cost.

Translate requirements into cloud architecture

Explore how solutions architects interpret business and technical needs before selecting appropriate AWS services and design approaches.

You’ll consider factors such as availability, scalability, performance, security, and future growth when shaping cloud solutions.

Connect AWS services into effective designs

See how compute, networking, storage, database, and identity services work together within an architecture.

You’ll examine how service choices and dependencies influence the reliability and performance of the wider environment.

Weigh architecture trade-offs with confidence

Develop your judgement by comparing different approaches to common architecture challenges.

You’ll consider how AWS design principles and Well-Architected thinking can help you identify strengths, limitations, and opportunities for improvement.

By the end, you’ll have a stronger foundation in AWS architecture and be ready to apply these principles to more complex application, security, governance, and serverless design scenarios.

This course is for technical professionals and aspiring solutions architects with existing AWS knowledge who want to strengthen their understanding of cloud architecture principles, service selection, and design trade-offs.

This course is for technical professionals and aspiring solutions architects with existing AWS knowledge who want to strengthen their understanding of cloud architecture principles, service selection, and design trade-offs.

• Identify core AWS services across compute, networking, storage, database, and identity components.
• Discuss how business and technical requirements shape appropriate AWS service choices.
• Describe the relationships and dependencies between interconnected AWS services in a cloud design.
• Explain fundamental AWS Well-Architected principles and architectural trade-offs regarding performance, security, and cost.
• Explore key factors that influence cloud scalability, availability, and overall system reliability.