This course provides a thorough review of the AWS Well-Architected Framework to help you understand how to make informed decisions about your architecture in a cloud-native way and understand the impact of design decisions. By using the Well-Architected Framework, you can understand the risks in your architecture, and learn ways to mitigate them.

In the course, you'll walk through each of the framework's six pillars, which help you produce stable and efficient systems. The Operational Excellence pillar includes the ability to support development and run workloads effectively, gain insight into their operation, and continuously improve supporting processes and procedures to delivery business value. The Security pillar includes the ability to protect data, systems, and assets to take advantage of cloud technologies to improve your security. The Reliability pillar encompasses the ability of a workload to perform its intended function correctly and consistently when it’s expected to. The Performance Efficiency pillar includes the ability to use computing resources efficiently to meet system requirements. The Cost Optimization pillar includes the ability to run systems to deliver business value at the lowest price point. The final pillar (Sustainability) addresses the long-term environmental, economic, and societal impact of your business activities.