Mastering the AWS Well-Architected Framework

By Mark Nunnikhoven

With AWS Well-Architected Framework you’ll learn the principles of building secure, efficient, and reliable infrastructure for your cloud-enabled applications.

4.5 hours
  • 44 Lessons
  • 1 Course Quiz

About the course

Update: This course has been updated on 21 September 2021 to cover changes to the Well-Architected Framework.

Hello Cloud Gurus,

The Well-Architected Framework is a fantastic set of resources from AWS that can help you get the most out of the AWS Cloud. The challenge is understanding how the five pillars of the framework – Operational Excellence, Cost Optimization, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, and Security – work together.

In this course taught by AWS Community Hero Mark Nunnikhoven, you’ll learn the key points of the framework and how to apply them to your organization. Using real-world problems to pull the framework together, this course will arm you with the knowledge you need to take your building skills to the next level.

In this course, you’ll learn:

  • How to combine the five pillars of the framework to maximize the advantages of the AWS Cloud.
  • Common AWS best practices drawn from real-world situations.
  • How to integrate security into your applications without sacrificing performances or cost.
  • How architecture choices impact deployment and maintenance costs.
  • The principles of effective monitoring and automation in the AWS cloud.

This course focuses on the principles and concepts in the Well-Architected Framework. We’ll use easy to understand architectures to illustrates these points but we won’t be writing code or building anything in this course.

No prior coding experience is required but a comfort with development concepts is recommended. Feel confident in boosting your skills in building operationally excellent, cost-optimized, reliable, efficient and secure architectures in the cloud and keep being awesome, Cloud Gurus!

  • Chapter 1 2 Lessons Being Well-Architected 10:53

    Introduction

    5:54

    General Design Principles

    4:59
  • Chapter 2 18 Lessons The Framework 2:09:10

    The 5 Pillars

    8:46

    Operational Excellence – Overview

    4:32

    Operational Excellence – Organize and Prepare

    12:44

    Operational Excellence – Operate and Evolve

    7:31

    Security – Overview

    4:50

    Security – Identity

    6:42

    Security – Detection

    4:24

    Security – Infrastructure and Data

    10:01

    Security – Incident Response

    3:52

    Cost Optimization – Overview

    2:34

    Cost Optimization – Finances and Awareness

    8:53

    Cost Optimization – Managing Resources

    7:23

    Reliability – Overview

    5:44

    Reliability – Foundations and Workloads

    11:21

    Reliability – Failure and Change

    13:06

    Performance Efficiency – Overview

    4:11

    Performance Efficiency – Selection and Review

    8:01

    Performance Efficiency – Monitoring and Trade-Offs

    4:35
  • Chapter 3 3 Lessons Putting the Framework to Work 20:53

    Applying the Framework

    7:16

    Modern Application Development

    6:02

    Operations, GameDays, and Incident Response

    7:35
  • Chapter 4 2 Lessons Change Is Constant 11:35

    Making Hard Choices

    5:29

    Evaluating New Services

    6:06
  • Chapter 5 9 Lessons Focusing on Solutions 54:51

    The High Performance Computing Lens

    7:20

    The Serverless Applications Lens

    7:47

    The IoT Lens

    5:44

    The Financial Services Industry Lens

    6:30

    The Analytics Lens

    8:15

    The Machine Learning Lens

    7:05

    The Software as a Service Lens

    5:33

    The Foundational Technical Review Lens

    2:47

    The Management and Governance Lens

    3:50
  • Chapter 6 7 Lessons Evaluating Your Design 51:43

    The AWS Well-Architected Tool – Introduction

    8:54

    The AWS Well-Architected Tool – In Action

    10:53

    The AWS Well-Architected Tool – API

    4:51

    The AWS Well-Architected Tool – Labs

    5:26

    The AWS Well-Architected Tool - Case Study One

    8:43

    The AWS Well-Architected Tool – Case Study Two

    6:44

    The AWS Well-Architected Tool – Case Study Three

    6:12
  • Chapter 7 4 Lessons Next Steps 28:58

    Core Concepts Review

    4:12

    Continuous Learning

    4:27

    AWS Publications to Follow

    5:19

    End-of-course Quiz

    15:00 Quiz

What you will need

  • Cloud 101 knowledge

  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner level or up is recommended.

What you can expect

  • You will gain knowledge of how to optimize applications to take advantage of AWS Cloud strengths.

  • You will develop an understanding of how to integrate security into the fabric of your application models.

  • You will become familiar with how to select an architecture and operations model that fits your business needs.

  • You will gain a deeper understanding of how various services complement each other to provide the overall solution to your business challenges

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