Pluralsight – AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03): Scaling and Decoupling Architectures 2025-2

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Description

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03): Scaling and Decoupling Architectures. This course focuses on designing scalable, decoupled architectures in AWS and prepares participants for the relevant sections of the exam. This course covers the critical principles of decoupling, scaling, and automating workloads and provides a deep understanding of designing optimal architectures in the AWS ecosystem. Participants will learn how to efficiently deploy AWS services and the best practices to achieve these goals. Course content includes using Elastic Load Balancers versus Auto Scaling Groups to create self-healing architectures, implementing message queues with Amazon SQS, and leveraging serverless options such as Amazon ECS containers, AWS Lambda functions, and Amazon EventBridge event buses for event-driven designs. Finally, methods for improving application response times through networking and caching with services such as Amazon CloudFront and AWS Global Accelerator are taught. By the end of the course, participants will have the skills necessary to pass exams and successfully implement these architectures in real-world scenarios.

What you will learn

Scaling and self-healing:
How to use Elastic Load Balancers for load distribution and sit in front of Auto Scaling Groups to create self-healing architectures.
Messaging:
How to implement messaging queues using services like Amazon SQS.
Event-driven and serverless designs:
How to use serverless options for event-driven designs, including Amazon ECS containers, AWS Lambda functions, and Amazon EventBridge buses.
Improve app performance:
How to implement networking and application caching features to improve application response time.
AWS specific services:
Master how to work and implement services such as Amazon SQS, Amazon ECS, AWS Lambda, Amazon EventBridge, Amazon CloudFront, and AWS Global Accelerator in scalable and isolated designs.
Preparing for the exam:
Gain the skills and knowledge necessary to meet the objectives of the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) exam on scalability and decoupling architectures.

This course is suitable for people who:

People preparing for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) certification exam.
Solution architects and cloud engineers looking to optimize, scale, and decouple their architectures on AWS.
IT professionals who need a deep understanding of the AWS ecosystem and design best practices for scalable and resilient workloads.
Developers who want to use serverless services like AWS Lambda and Amazon EventBridge for event-driven designs.
Anyone looking for practical, hands-on knowledge of scaling, isolation, and automation on AWS.