Course Overview
TechHub’s AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) training in Kabul, Afghanistan helps students and IT professionals build practical skills for working with Amazon Web Services (AWS).
The course starts with cloud computing and AWS fundamentals, then moves into the core services used to build modern cloud solutions. You will work with EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, DynamoDB, Route 53, CloudFront, Lambda, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, CloudFormation, and other important AWS services.
Instead of learning only through theory, TechHub focuses on practical learning. You will create AWS resources, configure cloud networks, deploy applications, manage storage and databases, apply security controls, monitor resources, and design solutions based on real-world business needs.
You will also learn how to choose the right AWS service for different workloads, improve application availability and performance, control cloud costs, and design architectures that can grow as business requirements change.
The course is designed for students, system administrators, network engineers, developers, DevOps professionals, IT specialists, and anyone who wants to start or grow a career in AWS Cloud Computing and Cloud Architecture.
The curriculum follows the key areas of the current AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) exam: secure architectures, resilient architectures, high-performing architectures, and cost-optimized architectures.
What You'll Learn
- AWS fundamentals, regions and availability zones
- IAM and the shared responsibility model
- EC2, Auto Scaling and load balancing
- S3, EBS and EFS storage
- RDS, Aurora and DynamoDB
- VPC, routing and network security
- High availability, backup and disaster recovery
- Well-Architected design, cost control and exam practice
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Understand cloud computing and AWS fundamentals.
- Navigate the AWS Management Console.
- Understand AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and global infrastructure.
- Launch and manage Amazon EC2 instances.
- Choose suitable EC2 instance types.
- Work with Amazon EBS and snapshots.
- Store and manage data using Amazon S3.
- Understand S3 storage classes and lifecycle policies.
- Build secure AWS networks using Amazon VPC.
- Configure public and private subnets.
- Work with route tables, Internet Gateways, and NAT Gateways.
- Configure Security Groups and Network ACLs.
- Manage AWS identities using IAM.
- Apply least-privilege access.
- Use Elastic Load Balancing and Auto Scaling.
- Build highly available applications.
- Work with Amazon RDS and DynamoDB.
- Understand database availability, backups, and replication.
- Use Route 53 for DNS and traffic routing.
- Use CloudFront for content delivery.
- Understand serverless applications with AWS Lambda.
- Monitor AWS resources and applications.
- Apply AWS security best practices.
- Design reliable and scalable cloud architectures.
- Make cost-aware AWS architecture decisions.
- Prepare for the AWS SAA-C03 certification exam.
Course Curriculum
Structured learning from fundamentals to advanced administration
- What is Cloud Computing?
- Benefits of cloud computing
- IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS
- Public, private, and hybrid cloud
- AWS global infrastructure
- AWS Regions and Availability Zones
- AWS Management Console
- AWS CLI basics
- AWS shared responsibility model
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Creating and securing an AWS account
- Hands-on lab: Explore the AWS Console
- IAM fundamentals
- Root user and IAM users
- Groups and roles
- IAM policies
- Permissions
- Least-privilege access
- Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
- IAM roles for AWS services
- Cross-account access basics
- Hands-on lab: Create secure IAM access
- Introduction to Amazon EC2
- Launching Linux and Windows instances
- EC2 instance types
- AMIs
- Key pairs
- Security Groups
- User Data
- Instance metadata
- EBS volumes
- EBS snapshots
- Elastic IP
- EC2 pricing options
- Hands-on lab: Launch and configure an EC2 server
- Amazon S3 fundamentals
- Buckets and objects
- S3 storage classes
- Object permissions
- Bucket policies
- Versioning
- Lifecycle policies
- Encryption
- S3 replication
- Static website hosting
- Pre-signed URLs
- S3 performance and security
- Hands-on lab: Build an S3 storage solution
- VPC fundamentals
- IP addressing and CIDR
- Default and custom VPCs
- Public and private subnets
- Route tables
- Internet Gateway
- NAT Gateway
- Security Groups
- Network ACLs
- VPC endpoints
- VPC peering
- VPN basics
- Transit Gateway overview
- Hands-on lab: Build a secure custom VPC
- Why load balancing is needed
- Elastic Load Balancing
- Application Load Balancer
- Network Load Balancer
- Target Groups
- Health checks
- Auto Scaling Groups
- Launch templates
- Scaling policies
- High availability
- Fault tolerance
- Hands-on lab: Build a highly available application
- Relational and NoSQL databases
- Amazon RDS overview
- MySQL and PostgreSQL
- RDS deployment options
- Multi-AZ
- Read Replicas
- Automated backups
- Snapshots
- RDS security
- Amazon Aurora overview
- Amazon DynamoDB
- Tables, keys, and indexes
- DynamoDB scalability
- Hands-on lab: Deploy a managed database
- DNS fundamentals
- Amazon Route 53
- Hosted zones
- DNS records
- Routing policies
- Health checks
- Failover routing
- Latency-based routing
- CloudFront overview
- Distributions
- Origins
- Caching
- Content delivery
- Hands-on lab: Host and accelerate a website
- Serverless computing
- AWS Lambda
- Lambda functions
- Events and triggers
- API Gateway overview
- Lambda with S3
- Lambda with other AWS services
- Event-driven architecture
- Elastic Beanstalk overview
- Hands-on lab: Deploy a simple serverless application
- AWS security fundamentals
- AWS KMS
- Secrets Manager
- AWS CloudTrail
- Amazon CloudWatch
- Monitoring and alarms
- AWS Config overview
- AWS WAF
- AWS Shield
- Certificate Manager
- Logging and auditing
- Security best practices
- Hands-on lab: Secure and monitor AWS resources
- Backup strategies
- AWS Backup
- Recovery strategies
- Disaster recovery concepts
- High availability
- RTO and RPO
- AWS migration concepts
- Data migration
- Database migration
- Storage migration
- AWS DataSync overview
- AWS Snow Family overview
- Hands-on lab: Create a basic backup and recovery plan
- Infrastructure as Code concepts
- AWS CloudFormation
- Templates
- Parameters
- Outputs
- Stacks
- Stack updates
- Terraform introduction
- Terraform providers and resources
- Basic Terraform commands
- Creating AWS infrastructure with Terraform
- Hands-on lab: Deploy infrastructure using IaC
- Understanding AWS pricing
- Cost management
- AWS Budgets
- Cost Explorer
- EC2 cost optimization
- S3 cost optimization
- Database cost optimization
- Network cost considerations
- Choosing the right AWS service
- Performance optimization
- Caching
- Scaling strategies
- Hands-on lab: Optimize a sample AWS architecture
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Designing secure architectures
- Designing resilient architectures
- Designing high-performing architectures
- Designing cost-optimized architectures
- Architecture case studies
- Real-world design scenarios
- Practice questions
- Exam-style exercises
- Architecture review
- Final hands-on project
- SAA-C03 exam preparation
- Basic computer and IT knowledge.
- Basic understanding of networking is recommended.
- Basic Linux or Windows administration knowledge is helpful.
- Basic understanding of IP addresses, DNS, and HTTP is useful.
- Basic command-line knowledge is recommended.
- Programming experience is not required.
- Previous AWS experience is helpful but not mandatory.
- Learn AWS from the basics to professional cloud architecture.
- Build practical cloud skills through hands-on labs.
- Learn how to design secure AWS environments.
- Understand how to build highly available applications.
- Learn how to make AWS solutions scalable.
- Understand AWS storage, networking, compute, and databases.
- Develop cloud security skills.
- Learn real-world AWS architecture concepts.
- Prepare for the SAA-C03 certification.
- Build skills for AWS Cloud and IT infrastructure careers.
- Learn in a simple and practical environment at TechHub in Kabul.
- IT Students
- Beginners interested in Cloud Computing
- System Administrators
- Linux Administrators
- Network Engineers
- Software Developers
- DevOps Engineers
- Cloud Engineers
- Infrastructure Engineers
- IT Support Professionals
- Database Professionals
- IT Managers
- Professionals moving into Cloud Computing
- Professionals preparing for AWS certification
This course can help prepare you for roles such as:
- AWS Cloud Engineer
- AWS Solutions Architect
- Cloud Solutions Architect
- Cloud Engineer
- Cloud Administrator
- AWS System Administrator
- DevOps Engineer
- Cloud Support Engineer
- Infrastructure Engineer
- Cloud Security Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
- Cloud Consultant
- IT Infrastructure Specialist
| Exam Information | Details |
|---|---|
| Certification Provider | AWS |
| Certification | AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate |
| Exam Code | SAA-C03 |
| Certification Level | Associate |
| Exam Type | Multiple Choice and Multiple Response |
| Number of Questions | 65 |
| Exam Duration | 130 minutes |
| Passing Score | 720 / 1000 |
| Exam Cost | USD 150* |
| Testing Options | Pearson VUE testing center or online proctored |
| Certification Validity | 3 years |
Our Learning Methodology
A structured approach to building practical skills
Learn
Understand the concept through expert-led instruction
Practice
Follow guided exercises to reinforce learning
Build
Complete practical labs in real environments
Validate
Take quizzes and exam simulations to test your skills
Learn From An Expert
Experienced technology professional with real-world expertise
TechHub Instructor
A certified professional with extensive experience in the field. Passionate about helping students build practical skills that lead to rewarding careers.
Why Learn With TechHub?
Practical, career-focused education designed for real-world success
Hands-On Learning
Practice instead of simply watching. Build skills through real labs.
Industry-Focused
Learn skills used in real production environments.
Practical Labs
Work with realistic scenarios and exercises.
Expert Instruction
Learn from experienced professionals.
Exam Preparation
Practice certification-style scenarios.
Career-Focused
Build skills for real job roles.