Become a master Solutions Architect with this comprehensive guide, featuring cloud design patterns and real-world solutions for building scalable, secure, and highly available systems

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Key Features

Gain expertise in automating, networking, migrating, and adopting cloud technologies using AWS
Use streaming analytics, big data, AI/ML, IoT, quantum computing, and blockchain to transform your business
Upskill yourself as an AWS solutions architect and explore details of the new AWS certification

Book Description

Are you excited to harness the power of AWS and unlock endless possibilities for your business? Look no further than the second edition of AWS for Solutions Architects! Imagine crafting cloud solutions that are secure, scalable, and optimized - not just good, but industry-leading.

This updated guide throws open the doors to the AWS Well-Architected Framework, design pillars, and cloud-native design patterns empowering you to craft secure, performant, and cost-effective cloud architectures. Tame the complexities of networking, conquering edge deployments and crafting seamless hybrid cloud connections. Uncover the secrets of big data and streaming with EMR, Glue, Kinesis, and MSK, extracting valuable insights from data at speeds you never thought possible. Future-proof your cloud with game-changing insights! New chapters unveil CloudOps, machine learning, IoT, and blockchain, empowering you to build transformative solutions. Plus, unlock the secrets of storage mastery, container excellence, and data lake patterns. From simple configurations to sophisticated architectures, this guide equips you with the knowledge to solve any cloud challenge and impress even the most demanding clients.

This book is your one-stop shop for architecting industry-standard AWS solutions. Stop settling for average - dive in and build like a pro!

What you will learn

Optimize your Cloud Workload using the AWS Well-Architected Framework
Learn methods to migrate your workload using the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
Apply cloud automation at various layers of application workload to increase efficiency
Build a landing zone in AWS and hybrid cloud setups with deep networking techniques
Select reference architectures for business scenarios, like data lakes, containers, and serverless apps
Apply emerging technologies in your architecture, including AI/ML, IoT and blockchain

Who this book is for

This book is for application and enterprise architects, developers, and operations engineers who want to become well versed with AWS architectural patterns, best practices, and advanced techniques to build scalable, secure, highly available, highly tolerant, and cost-effective solutions in the cloud. Existing AWS users are bound to learn the most, but it will also help those curious about how leveraging AWS can benefit their organization.

Prior knowledge of any computing language is not needed, and there's little to no code. Prior experience in software architecture design will prove helpful.

Table of Contents

Understanding AWS Cloud Principles and Key Characteristics
Understanding AWS Well Architected Framework and Getting Certified
Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation
Networking in AWS
Storage in AWS - Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing
Selecting the Right Database Service
Best Practices for Application Security, Identity, and Compliance
Driving Efficiency with CloudOps

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