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AWS Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) Masterclass
A beginner-friendly, 2-hour live session that takes you from "what is cloud?" to launching a real app on AWS — with IAM, VPC, EC2 and S3 demoed live and every topic mapped to the AWS Well-Architected 6 Pillars.
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Gangadhar UreCloud DevSecOps ArchitectAWS Certified Associate + Professional · AWS since 2015 · 12+ yrsOutcomes
What you'll be able to do after 2 hours
- 1Explain cloud computing and why AWS is the market leader
- 2Recall the AWS Well-Architected 6 Pillars and what each one means
- 3Create an AWS Free Tier account and secure it with MFA + a billing alarm
- 4Apply IAM users, groups, roles and JSON policies (hands-on)
- 5Read and design a basic 2-AZ VPC — subnets, route tables, IGW, SG vs NACL
- 6Launch an EC2 instance with a public IP and connect via SSH
- 7Install a web server on EC2 and serve a page over the internet
- 8Create an S3 bucket, upload files and host a static website
- 9Connect EC2 to S3 securely using an IAM role (no access keys)
- 10Map any AWS architecture to the 6 Pillars — the exam-winning lens
- 11Understand the SAA-C03 exam pattern — 4 domains and their weightage
- 12Follow a 12-week structured roadmap to clear SAA-C03 with confidence
Run sheet
The 2-hour live agenda
65 minutes are spent live on IAM + VPC + EC2 — the highest-weightage SAA-C03 topics.
- 0:00 – 0:066 min
Open · Welcome + Introduction
- Quick poll — who has used AWS before?
- What you will learn: Cloud basics, IAM, VPC, EC2, S3 + 1 live demo
- Promise: every topic mapped to the Well-Architected 6 Pillars
Intro
- 0:06 – 0:137 min
Cloud Basics · What is Cloud + Why AWS
- What is cloud computing — the electricity analogy
- On-prem vs Cloud, and why AWS leads with 200+ services
- Global Infrastructure: Regions, AZs, Edge + the Free Tier
Cost · Reliability · Performance
- 0:13 – 0:207 min
6 Pillars · AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability
- Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization, Sustainability
- The lens for every architecture question on the exam
All 6 Pillars
- 0:20 – 0:255 min
AWS Account · Account setup + Console tour
- Create an AWS Free Tier account
- Root vs IAM user, MFA on root, billing alarm
- Console tour: Region selector, service search, CloudShell
Security · Cost
- 0:25 – 0:4318 min
IAM · Identity & Access Management
- Users, Groups, Roles, Policies — the office-keys analogy
- Principle of Least Privilege + a real JSON policy walkthrough
- LIVE: create an IAM user, an EC2 role with S3 read, and assume-role
- Why it matters: Domain 1 (Security) = 30% of the exam
Security · Operational Excellence
- 0:43 – 1:0522 min
VPC · Virtual Private Cloud
- Whiteboard a 2-AZ VPC before we touch the console
- Subnets, route tables, Internet Gateway vs NAT Gateway
- Security Groups vs NACLs — stateful vs stateless
- LIVE: build a custom 2-AZ VPC with a public subnet
Security · Reliability
- 1:05 – 1:3025 min
EC2 · Elastic Compute Cloud
- Instance families + pricing: On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans
- LIVE: launch t2.micro with public IP, IAM role and user-data web server
- LIVE: SSH in, install httpd and open your first AWS app in the browser
- Stop vs terminate, and data persistence on EBS
Cost · Performance · Sustainability · Security
- 1:30 – 1:388 min
S3 · Simple Storage Service
- Buckets, objects and keys — and 11 nines of durability
- Storage classes, Block Public Access and versioning
- LIVE: create a bucket, upload an image, host a static page
Reliability · Cost · Security
- 1:38 – 1:468 min
Sample App · Connecting it all — mini end-to-end
- Architecture: User → EC2 (in VPC) → S3 via an IAM role
- LIVE: EC2 reads S3 with a role — no keys anywhere
- Spot all 6 Pillars in one real architecture
All 6 Pillars
- 1:53 – 1:585 min
Roadmap · 12-week study plan teaser
- Wk 1–2: IAM + VPC · Wk 3–5: EC2 + ASG + ALB + S3
- Wk 6–9: Databases, Edge, DNS, Serverless
- Wk 10–12: Security + Cost review, 6 mocks, book the exam
All 6 Pillars
- 1:58 – 2:002 min
Q&A · Open Q&A and next steps
- Live Q&A
- How to enrol in the 12-week SAA-C03 cohort
- Resources: roadmap, Instagram @cloudadhar, YouTube
Wrap-up
Hands-on
AWS services we demo live
IAMSecurity & Identity
Users, groups, roles, JSON policies, MFA, least privilege, assume-role
Security · Operational ExcellenceVPCNetworking
Subnets, routing, IGW/NAT, SG vs NACL, a custom 2-AZ VPC live
Security · ReliabilityEC2Compute
Instance families, pricing models, launch + SSH + httpd live
Cost · Performance · SustainabilityS3Storage
Buckets, objects, storage classes and static website hosting
Reliability · Cost · SecurityCloudWatchMonitoring
Logs, metrics and a billing alarm so you never get a surprise bill
Operational Excellence · CostCloudShellTooling
AWS Console navigation and CloudShell basics
Operational ExcellenceFramework
The Well-Architected 6 Pillars
- 1Operational Excellence
Run & monitor systems, automate and keep improving
CloudWatch logs · Console tour · IAM audit trail - 2Security
Protect data and systems — least privilege and encryption
IAM deep-dive · MFA on root · Security Groups · S3 Block Public Access - 3Reliability
Recover from failure — Multi-AZ, backups, auto-recovery
VPC across AZs · S3 11-nines · Regions & AZs - 4Performance Efficiency
Use the right resources and scale efficiently
EC2 instance sizing · S3 storage classes · Edge locations - 5Cost Optimization
Pay only for what you need — Free Tier and right-sizing
Free Tier · Billing alarm · t2.micro · S3 lifecycle to Glacier - 6Sustainability
Minimise environmental impact with efficient resource use
Managed services vs on-prem · right-sized EC2 · serverless
Week 1Quiz 1
Foundations
Cloud basics, global infra, Free Tier, billing, 6 Pillars overviewWeek 2Lab: secure account
IAM Deep Dive
Users, groups, roles, policies, MFA, Identity Center, cross-accountWeek 3Lab: 2-AZ VPC
VPC + Networking
Subnets, routing, IGW/NAT, SG vs NACL, peering, endpoints, TGWWeek 4Project 1
EC2 + Compute
Instance families, AMIs, key pairs, user data, pricing modelsWeek 5Lab: 3-tier app
Auto Scaling + ALB
Launch templates, ASG, target tracking, ALB/NLB, health checksWeek 6Mock 1
S3 + Storage
Storage classes, lifecycle, versioning, replication, EBS, EFS, FSxWeek 7Project 2
Databases
RDS, Multi-AZ vs Read Replica, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCacheWeek 8Mock 2
Edge + DNS + CDN
CloudFront, Route 53 routing, Global Accelerator, WAF, ShieldWeek 9Project 3
Decoupling + Serverless
SQS, SNS, EventBridge, Step Functions, Lambda, API Gateway, ECS/EKSWeek 10Mock 3
Security + Cost
KMS, Secrets Manager, GuardDuty, CloudTrail, Cost Explorer, Savings PlansWeek 11Mocks 4–6
Mocks + Revision
6 full-length mocks, weak-area drills, cheatsheets, exam-day checklistWeek 12Project 4 + Cert
Career + Exam
Mock interview, resume review, LinkedIn, book SAA-C03, post-cert roadmapWhat you'll learn
Free, structured paths for in-demand cloud & DevOps roles.
Every track is a step-by-step roadmap — no fluff, no paywalls. Click a path to see the full roadmap right here on this page.
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