AWS: Management and Governance is the sixth course of Exam Prep (SAP-C02): AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Specialization. This course explores advanced AWS services for robust application management and governance. Learners will delve into monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch Logs, Insights, and Metrics Filters, alongside proactive guidance from AWS Trusted Advisor and comprehensive configuration tracking via AWS Config. The course also covers multi-account management using AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies, cost optimization with AWS Cost Explorer, and infrastructure-as-code deployment with advanced AWS CloudFormation features.
AWS: Management and Governance
AWS: Management and Governance
This course is part of Exam Prep (SAP-C02): AWS Solutions Architect - Professional Specialization
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5 hours to complete
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What you'll learn
Monitor and analyze application logs using Amazon CloudWatch Logs and Insights.
Manage accounts and apply policies centrally using AWS Organizations and SCPs.
Optimize costs and infrastructure with AWS Cost Explorer and Compute Optimizer.
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There are 2 modules in this course
Welcome to Week 1 of the AWS: Management and Governance course. This week, we'll explore AWS monitoring and governance services, starting with Amazon CloudWatch Logs for collecting, analyzing, and filtering log data, including hands-on demos with the CloudWatch Agent and Logs Insights. We'll cover AWS Trusted Advisor for best practice checks, and dive into AWS Config for tracking resource compliance, with step-by-step activities like setting up SNS topics. You'll also learn about AWS Control Tower for multi-account setup and governance, along with its dashboard functionalities. Finally, we'll introduce AWS X-Ray for tracing application requests, backed by practical demonstrations. By week's end, you'll have strong skills in AWS observability and compliance tools.
What's included
14 videos2 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt
Welcome to Week 2. This week, we'll explore AWS Organizations, including its structure and management through Service Control Policies (SCPs) with hands-on demos. We'll dive into AWS Cost Explorer to track and optimize cloud spending effectively. Shifting focus to AWS CloudFormation, we'll cover stack sets, deletion policies, nested stacks, and change sets, all reinforced with practical demonstrations. Finally, we'll introduce AWS Compute Optimizer to help you right-size and optimize compute resources automatically. By the end of the week, you'll be confident in managing multi-account environments, controlling costs, and automating infrastructure deployments with best practices.
What's included
13 videos2 readings2 assignments
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