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Hey, this is Andrew Brown from exam Pro. And I'm bringing you another free Eva's certification

course. And this one happens to be the most popular in demand. And it is the solutions

architect associate certification. So if you're looking to pass that exam, this is the course

for you. And we are going to learn a broad amount of database services, we're going to

learn how to build applications that are highly available, scalable or durable. And we're

going to learn how to architect solutions based on the business use case. Now, if you're

looking at this course, and it's 2020, and you're wondering if you can use it to pass,

you definitely can because the video content here was shot in late 2019. The only difference

is that the AWS interface has changed a little bit in terms of aesthetic, but it's more or

less the same. So you can definitely use this course, if you want a high chance of passing,

I definitely recommend that you do the hands on labs here in your own AWS account. If you

enjoyed this course, I definitely want to get your feedback. So definitely share anything

that you've experienced throughout this course here. And if you pass, I definitely want to

hear that as well. And I also hope you enjoy this course. And good luck studying.

Hey, this is Andrew Brown from exam Pro. And we are going to look at the solution architect

associate and whether it's a good fit for us to take the certification. So the first

thing I want you to know is that this kind of role is for finding creative solutions

by leveraging cloud services instead of reinventing the wheel. It's all about big picture thinking.

So you're going to need broad knowledge across multiple domains. It's great for those who

get bored really easily. And so you're gonna have to wear multiple hats. And it's really

less about how are we going to implement this and more about what are we going to implement,

okay, so you would come up with an architecture using multiple different cloud services, and

then you would pass it on to your cloud engineers to actually go implement, it's not uncommon

for a solution architect to be utilized within the business development team. So it's not

quite unusual to see solution architects being very charismatic speakers and extroverts,

because they're going to have to talk to other companies to collaborate with, alright, and

just to really give you a good idea of what a solution architect does, they're going to

be creating a lot of architectural diagrams. So here, I just pulled a bunch from the internet,

and you can see kind of the complexity and how they tie into different services, you're

going to require a lot of constant learning, because AWS is constantly adding new services

and trying to figure out how they all fit together is a common thing. And advice that

I get from some senior solution architects at large companies, is you're always thinking

about pricing, and you're always thinking about can you secure a whatever that is okay,

but at best is gonna have their own definition there, which is all about the five pillars,

which comes into the well architected framework. But you know, we'll learn that as we go along

here. Okay, so let's talk about what value do we get out of the solution architect associate?

Well, it is the most popular at a certification out of every single one. It's highly in demand

with startups, because you can help wherever help is needed startups, from small to medium

size, just need people to fill any possible role. And because you're gonna have broad

knowledge, you're going to be considered very, very valuable, it is recognized as the most

important certification at the associate level, and it's going to really help you stand out

on a resumes, I would not say the associate is going to help you increase your salary

too much. But you're definitely going to see a lot more job opportunities to see those

increase in salaries, you're gonna have to get those pros and specialty certifications.

Okay, so if you're still not sure whether you should take the solution architect associate,

let me just give you a little bit more information. So it is the most in demand a certification.

So it has the most utility out of any other certification because of that broad knowledge.

It's not too easy, but it's not too hard. So it's not too easy, in the sense that, you

know, the information you're learning is superficial, it's actually going to be very useful on the

job. But it's also not that hard. So you're not going to risk failing the exam because

you don't know the nitty gritties of all the services, okay, it requires the least amount

of technical knowledge. So if you're really more of a, a academic or or theory based learner,

instead of having that hands on experience, you're going to excel here taking the solution

architect associate. And again, when in doubt, just take this certification because it gives

you the most flexible future learning path. So I always say that if you aren't sure what

specialty you want to take, take the solution architect associate. So you get to familiarize

yourself with all the different kinds of roles that you can encounter. So if you're definitely

thinking about doing big data security, machine learning, I would absolutely think a to do

Take the solution architect associate first. Of course, you can always do the solution

architect professional, if you want to keep on going down this specific path. And if you

are new to AWS and cloud computing in general, that I strongly recommend that you take the

CCP before taking the solution architect associate because it's a lot easier. And it's going

to give you more foundational knowledge so that you're going to have a really easy time

with this exam. And it specifically is the direct upgrade path. So all that stuff you

learn in the CCP is directly applicable to the Solution Architect associate. So how much

time are we going to have to invest in order to pass the solution architect

associate. And this is going to depend on your past experience. And so I've broken down

three particular archetypes to give you an idea of time investment. So if you are already

a cloud engineer, you're already working with AWS, you're looking at 20 hours of study,

you could pass this in a week, okay, but that's if you're using AWS on a day to day basis,

if you are a bootcamp grad, it's going to take you one to two months. So we're looking

between 80 to 160 hours of study. If you have never used AWS or heard of it, then you probably

should go take the certified cloud practitioner first, it's going to make things a lot easier,

which has a lot more foundational information, you might start this here and be overwhelmed,

because you feel that you're missing information. So you will probably want to go there first.

If you are a developer, and you've been working in the industry for quite a few years, but

maybe you've just never used AWS, then you're looking at one month of study. So that's about

80 hours of study. Okay, and so that will give you an idea how much time you need to

commit. Okay, so let's just touch on the exam itself here. So the exam itself is going to

cost $150, for you to take and that's in USD, you have to take it at a test center that

is partnered with AWS. So you will have to go through the portal there and book it and

then you'll be going down to that test center to right at the exam gives you 130 minutes

to complete it. There's a 65 questions on the exam, the passing score is around 72%.

And once you have the certification, it's going to be valid for three years. All right.

So hopefully, that gives you a bit of perspective and whether the solution architect associate

is right for you. Here I have on the right hand side, the exam guide. And I'm just going

to walk you quickly through it just so you get a kind of a breakdown of what it is that

AWS recommends that we should learn and how this this exam is broken up in terms of domains,

and also its scoring. Okay, so here on the left hand side, we're going to first look

at the content outline. Okay, if we just scroll down here, you can see it's broken up into

five domains. And we get a bunch a bunch more additional information. Okay, so we have a

design resilient architectures, design performance architectures, specify secure applications

and architectures designed cost optimized architectures, and define operational excellent

architectures. Now I highlighted the word in there resilient performance, secure cost,

optimizing operational excellence, because this actually maps to the five pillars of

the well architected framework, which is a recommended read for study here, okay. So

there is a rhyme and rhythm to this layout here, which we will talk about when we get

to the white paper section. But let's just look inside of each of these domains. So for

resilient architecture, you have to choose reliable and resilient storage. So there we're

talking about elastic block store in s3 and all the different storage options available