Advanced AWS Well-Architected Best Practices (AWABP)

This interactive course provides a deep dive into Amazon Web Services (AWS) best practices to help you perform effective and efficient AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews. The course covers the phases of a review, including how to prepare, run, and get guidance after a review has been performed. Attendees should have familiarity with the AWS concepts, terminology, services, and tools that are covered in the intermediate, 200-levelAWS Well-Architected Best Practices.

This course provides an AWS Well-Architected Framework Review simulation and instructor-led group exercises and discussions regarding prioritizing and solutioning risks. The content focuses on teaching learners how to prepare proposals on high and medium risk issues using the AWS Well-Architected Tool.

Learners who will find this course applicable to their work include:

Solutions architects Cloud practitioners Data engineers Data scientists Developers

Architecting on AWS (AWSA) AWS Well-Architected Best Practices (WABP)

In this course, you will explore:

• Workload definition and key concepts
• The AWS Well-Architected Framework Review phases, process, best practices, and anti-patterns
• High and medium risks
• Prioritizing improvements to the AWS Well-Architected workflow
• Locating and using the AWS Well-Architected Framework white paper, labs, prebuilt solutions in the AWS solutions library, AWS Well-Architected independent software vendors (ISVs), and AWS Well-Architected Partner Program (WAPP)

Module 0: Course Introduction Module 1: AWS Well-Architected Framework Reviews

• Workload definition
• Key concepts of a workload
• AWS Well-Architected Review phases
• AWS Well-Architected Review approach, lessons learned, and use case
• AWS Well-Architected Review best practices
• AWS Well-Architected Review anti-patterns Module 2: Customer Scenario Group Sessions
• Demonstration of a Review question and answer example
• Operational excellence
• Group role-play exercise
• Two questions in this pillar
• Security
• Group role-play exercise
• Three questions in this pillar
• Reliability
• Group role-play exercise
• Three questions in this pillar
• Performance efficiency
• Group role-play exercise
• Three questions in this pillar
• Cost optimization
• Group role-play exercise
• Three questions in this pillar Module 3: Risk Solutions and Priorities
• AWS Well-Architected workflow
• Defining and solutioning high risk issues (HRIs) and medium risk issues (MRIs)
• Identifying significant risks and solutioning group discussion for:
• Operational excellence
• Security
• Reliability
• Performance efficiency
• Cost optimization
• Prioritizing improvements Module 4: Resources
• Resource pages
• AWS Well-Architected ISVs Module 5: Course Summary
• Objective recap
• Debrief
• What’s next?