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Hey, this is Andrew Brown from exam Pro. And I'm bringing you another free Eva's certification
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course. And this one happens to be the most popular in demand. And it is the solutions
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architect associate certification. So if you're looking to pass that exam, this is the course
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for you. And we are going to learn a broad amount of database services, we're going to
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learn how to build applications that are highly available, scalable or durable. And we're
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going to learn how to architect solutions based on the business use case. Now, if you're
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looking at this course, and it's 2020, and you're wondering if you can use it to pass,
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you definitely can because the video content here was shot in late 2019. The only difference
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is that the AWS interface has changed a little bit in terms of aesthetic, but it's more or
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less the same. So you can definitely use this course, if you want a high chance of passing,
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I definitely recommend that you do the hands on labs here in your own AWS account. If you
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enjoyed this course, I definitely want to get your feedback. So definitely share anything
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that you've experienced throughout this course here. And if you pass, I definitely want to
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hear that as well. And I also hope you enjoy this course. And good luck studying.
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Hey, this is Andrew Brown from exam Pro. And we are going to look at the solution architect
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associate and whether it's a good fit for us to take the certification. So the first
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thing I want you to know is that this kind of role is for finding creative solutions
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by leveraging cloud services instead of reinventing the wheel. It's all about big picture thinking.
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So you're going to need broad knowledge across multiple domains. It's great for those who
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get bored really easily. And so you're gonna have to wear multiple hats. And it's really
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less about how are we going to implement this and more about what are we going to implement,
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okay, so you would come up with an architecture using multiple different cloud services, and
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then you would pass it on to your cloud engineers to actually go implement, it's not uncommon
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for a solution architect to be utilized within the business development team. So it's not
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quite unusual to see solution architects being very charismatic speakers and extroverts,
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because they're going to have to talk to other companies to collaborate with, alright, and
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just to really give you a good idea of what a solution architect does, they're going to
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be creating a lot of architectural diagrams. So here, I just pulled a bunch from the internet,
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and you can see kind of the complexity and how they tie into different services, you're
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going to require a lot of constant learning, because AWS is constantly adding new services
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and trying to figure out how they all fit together is a common thing. And advice that
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I get from some senior solution architects at large companies, is you're always thinking
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about pricing, and you're always thinking about can you secure a whatever that is okay,
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but at best is gonna have their own definition there, which is all about the five pillars,
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which comes into the well architected framework. But you know, we'll learn that as we go along
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here. Okay, so let's talk about what value do we get out of the solution architect associate?
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Well, it is the most popular at a certification out of every single one. It's highly in demand
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with startups, because you can help wherever help is needed startups, from small to medium
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size, just need people to fill any possible role. And because you're gonna have broad
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knowledge, you're going to be considered very, very valuable, it is recognized as the most
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important certification at the associate level, and it's going to really help you stand out
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on a resumes, I would not say the associate is going to help you increase your salary
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too much. But you're definitely going to see a lot more job opportunities to see those
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increase in salaries, you're gonna have to get those pros and specialty certifications.
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Okay, so if you're still not sure whether you should take the solution architect associate,
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let me just give you a little bit more information. So it is the most in demand a certification.
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So it has the most utility out of any other certification because of that broad knowledge.
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It's not too easy, but it's not too hard. So it's not too easy, in the sense that, you
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know, the information you're learning is superficial, it's actually going to be very useful on the
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job. But it's also not that hard. So you're not going to risk failing the exam because
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you don't know the nitty gritties of all the services, okay, it requires the least amount
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of technical knowledge. So if you're really more of a, a academic or or theory based learner,
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instead of having that hands on experience, you're going to excel here taking the solution
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architect associate. And again, when in doubt, just take this certification because it gives
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you the most flexible future learning path. So I always say that if you aren't sure what
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specialty you want to take, take the solution architect associate. So you get to familiarize
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yourself with all the different kinds of roles that you can encounter. So if you're definitely
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thinking about doing big data security, machine learning, I would absolutely think a to do
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Take the solution architect associate first. Of course, you can always do the solution
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architect professional, if you want to keep on going down this specific path. And if you
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are new to AWS and cloud computing in general, that I strongly recommend that you take the
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CCP before taking the solution architect associate because it's a lot easier. And it's going
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to give you more foundational knowledge so that you're going to have a really easy time
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with this exam. And it specifically is the direct upgrade path. So all that stuff you
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learn in the CCP is directly applicable to the Solution Architect associate. So how much
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time are we going to have to invest in order to pass the solution architect
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associate. And this is going to depend on your past experience. And so I've broken down
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three particular archetypes to give you an idea of time investment. So if you are already
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a cloud engineer, you're already working with AWS, you're looking at 20 hours of study,
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you could pass this in a week, okay, but that's if you're using AWS on a day to day basis,
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if you are a bootcamp grad, it's going to take you one to two months. So we're looking
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between 80 to 160 hours of study. If you have never used AWS or heard of it, then you probably
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should go take the certified cloud practitioner first, it's going to make things a lot easier,
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which has a lot more foundational information, you might start this here and be overwhelmed,
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because you feel that you're missing information. So you will probably want to go there first.
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If you are a developer, and you've been working in the industry for quite a few years, but
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maybe you've just never used AWS, then you're looking at one month of study. So that's about
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80 hours of study. Okay, and so that will give you an idea how much time you need to
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commit. Okay, so let's just touch on the exam itself here. So the exam itself is going to
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cost $150, for you to take and that's in USD, you have to take it at a test center that
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is partnered with AWS. So you will have to go through the portal there and book it and
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then you'll be going down to that test center to right at the exam gives you 130 minutes
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to complete it. There's a 65 questions on the exam, the passing score is around 72%.
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And once you have the certification, it's going to be valid for three years. All right.
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So hopefully, that gives you a bit of perspective and whether the solution architect associate
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is right for you. Here I have on the right hand side, the exam guide. And I'm just going
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to walk you quickly through it just so you get a kind of a breakdown of what it is that
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AWS recommends that we should learn and how this this exam is broken up in terms of domains,
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and also its scoring. Okay, so here on the left hand side, we're going to first look
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at the content outline. Okay, if we just scroll down here, you can see it's broken up into
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five domains. And we get a bunch a bunch more additional information. Okay, so we have a
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design resilient architectures, design performance architectures, specify secure applications
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and architectures designed cost optimized architectures, and define operational excellent
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architectures. Now I highlighted the word in there resilient performance, secure cost,
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optimizing operational excellence, because this actually maps to the five pillars of
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the well architected framework, which is a recommended read for study here, okay. So
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there is a rhyme and rhythm to this layout here, which we will talk about when we get
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to the white paper section. But let's just look inside of each of these domains. So for
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resilient architecture, you have to choose reliable and resilient storage. So there we're
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talking about elastic block store in s3 and all the different storage options available
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