AWS Power Hour: Architecting Pro
Learn from a brand new training series on Twitch, hosted by AWS experts and designed
to help you prepare to take and pass AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional.
Are your architecting skills next level─or you want them to be?
Are you considering taking the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) exam? Build your advanced knowledge and skills in a fun, free, interactive environment. Whether you’re preparing for the exam—or simply want to take your architecting skills to the next level—you won't want to miss this. Join us at twitch.tv/aws.
Have questions? Ask your questions live in the chat to interact with our hosts and community. Or use the hashtag #AWSPowerHour and tag your hosts @aaronshunter and @gregpowell on LinkedIn. They will be looking to interact with you!
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AWS Power Hour: Architecting Pro
Join us live on Twitch for AWS Power Hour: Architecting Pro to learn key concepts you’ll want to know if you’re preparing to take the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional exam. Our hosts will use demonstrations, real world examples, and practice questions to help you feel confident as you prepare. Stay with us for a 30-minute live form opportunity to get your questions answered alongside other learners.
Monday, February 13, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 1: Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity
In the first episode, you’ll meet your hosts and be introduced to the AWS SA Professional exam structure and #AWSPowerHour agenda. Then, we’ll jump right into learning how to designing solutions for organizational complexity. This covers knowledge areas of access controls, management across multiple accounts, network connectivity, designing for reliability and cloud security controls.
Instructor: Aaron Hunter and Greg Powell
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Watch on demand › Monday, February 20, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 2: Design for New Solutions
Cloud architects and engineers must be comfortable designing net new solutions based on technical and business requirements. In this episode we’ll cover design of net-new AWS solutions based on technical and business requirements.
Instructor: Aaron Hunter and Greg Powell
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- Design a deployment strategy to meet business requirements
- Design a solution to ensure business continuity
- Determine security controls based on requirements
Monday, February 27, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 3: Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions
Not all designs are net-new. At times, you may be asked to improve and optimizing existing solutions. In this episode we’ll cover how to improve existing solutions across 5 essential design pillars.
Instructor: Aaron Hunter and Greg Powell
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Monday, March 6, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 4: Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization
During the SA professional exam you'll be asked to choose the appropriate AWS services for Migration/modernization projects. In this episode we’ll walk through common migrate/modernize scenarios and discuss how to choose the appropriate compute, database, storage, container or migration services.
Instructor: Aaron Hunter and Greg Powell
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Monday, March 13, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 5: Review Time
This week, we’ll review essential concepts and cover some of the most frequently asked questions throughout the series. You won’t want to miss this one!
Instructor: Aaron Hunter and Greg Powell
Monday, March 20, 2023
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 6: Practice Makes Perfect
In our season finale we’ll bring in everyone’s favorite: practice questions! Join us and test your knowledge with practice questions that will help you see how much you’ve learned. We’ll also cover questions about the exam itself and how else you can prepare for success.
Instructor: Aaron Hunter and Greg Powell
AWS Power Hour: Security
Join us live on Twitch at twitch.tv/aws for AWS Power Hour: Security to learn key concepts you’ll want to know if you’re preparing for the AWS Certified Security - Specialty exam. Our hosts will use demonstrations and real world examples to help you learn to manage, monitor, troubleshoot, and apply security best practices in the AWS Cloud. Stay with us for a 30-minute live forum opportunity to ask your questions and get help from AWS experts.
Monday, October 3, 2022
4:00pm - 5:30pm PT
Episode 1: Introduction to AWS Security
Welcome to the first episode of the AWS Power Hour: Security series! In this episode, we will walk through AWS Security, the shared responsibility model, and what you can expect to learn in this series.
Instructor: Kyle Dickinson and Johnny Hidle
Monday, October 10, 2022
4:00pm - 5:30pm PT
Episode 2: Incident Response, Logging, and Monitoring
In the second episode of AWS Power Hour: Security, we will dive deeper into security on AWS. Here, we will talk about AWS abuse notices, logging API calls through CloudTrail and CloudWatch, and monitoring.
Instructor: Kyle Dickinson and Johnny Hidle
Monday, October 17, 2022
4:00pm - 5:30pm PT
Episode 3: Infrastructure Security
In this episode, we will walk through designing and troubleshooting network security. We will also spend time discussing edge security and how to protect against DDoS attacks.
Instructor: Kyle Dickinson and Johnny Hidle
Monday, October 24, 2022
4:00pm - 5:30pm PT
Episode 4: Identity and Access Management
It’s time to learn about identity and access management! In this episode, we will talk about designing and implementing a scalable authorization and authentication system to access AWS resources.
Instructor: Kyle Dickinson and Johnny Hidle
Monday, October 31, 2022
4:00pm - 5:30pm PT
Episode 5: Data Protection and the Specialty Certification Exam
You’ve made it to the final episode of our AWS Power Hour: Security series! Today we’ll wrap up the series with data protection and discuss next steps as you progress toward earning your AWS Certified Security - Specialty certification.
Instructor: Kyle Dickinson and Johnny Hidle
AWS Power Hour: Data Analytics
Join us live on Twitch at twitch.tv/aws for AWS Power Hour: Data Analytics to learn key concepts you’ll want to know if you’re preparing for the AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty exam. Our hosts will use demonstrations and real world examples to help you learn to design, build, secure, and maintain analytics solutions on the AWS Cloud. Stay with us for a 30-minute live forum opportunity to ask your questions and get help from AWS experts.
Monday, October 3, 2022
5:30pm - 7:00pm PT
Episode 1: Introduction to Data Analytics
Welcome to the first episode of our AWS Power Hour: Data Analytics series! In this episode, we will introduce you to the AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty Certification. Then we will take a look at AWS data analytics services and how they integrate with each other. Stay tuned for future episodes as we dive deeper into AWS data analytics services and how they fit in the data lifecycle of collection, storage, processing, and visualization.
Instructor: Mai Nishitani and Mark Stuart
Monday, October 10, 2022
5:30pm - 7:00pm PT
Episode 2: Data Collection, Storage, and Management
Welcome to the second episode of AWS Power Hour: Data Analytics. In this episode, we will discuss data collection, storage, and management. We will walk through data persistence, fault tolerance, durability, and reliability. Then, we will talk about data lifecycle and data retention to address cost requirements.
Instructor: Mai Nishitani and Mark Stuart
Monday, October 17, 2022
5:30pm - 7:00pm PT
Episode 3: Data Processing
In the third episode of AWS Power Hour: Data Analytics, we will spend time discussing data processing. This episode will focus on transforming and preparing data for analysis, with some options to automation data processing solutions.
Instructor: Mai Nishitani and Mark Stuart
Monday, October 24, 2022
5:30pm - 7:00pm PT
Episode 4: Data Analysis and Visualization
In this episode, we will dive into analyzing and visualizing our data. Using services like Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon OpenSearch, and Amazon QuickSight, we discuss how you can better understand the data we have and how it drives the decisions you make.
Instructor: Mai Nishitani and Mark Stuart
Monday, October 31, 2022
5:30pm - 7:00pm PT
Episode 5: Data Security and the Specialty Certification
At AWS, security is the top priority. In the final episode of AWS Power Hour: Data Analytics, we will review the AWS Well Architected Framework Data Analytics Lens and how you can apply security in your workflow. Then, we will wrap up the episode with next steps as you continue your journey to earn your AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty certification!
Instructor: Mai Nishitani and Mark Stuart
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AWS Power Hour: Database
Join us live on Twitch at twitch.tv/aws for AWS Power Hour: Database to learn key concepts you’ll want to know if you’re preparing for the AWS Certified Database - Specialty exam. Our hosts will use demonstrations and real world examples to help you learn to design, migrate, deploy, monitor, and secure databases on the AWS Cloud. Stay with us for a 30-minute live forum opportunity to ask your questions and get help from AWS experts.
Friday, October 7, 2022
8:00am - 9:30am PT
Episode 1: Introduction to Designing Databases on AWS
In the first episode of our AWS Power Hour: Database series, we will review the certification exam guide and resources for you to study as we progress through this series. We will then introduce you to designing a database on AWS. We’ll talk about the differences between database types and using AWS Managed Services or deploying a database on an EC2 instance.
Instructor: Kevin Shaffer-Morrison and Stuart Fox
Friday, October 14, 2022
8:00am - 9:30am PT
Episode 2: Database Deployment and Migration
In this episode, you’ll learn about costs around AWS database solutions, followed by a discussion of how to deploy your database in the AWS Cloud. We will finish the episode by working through data preparation and migration strategies using native database and AWS managed tools.
Instructor: Kevin Shaffer-Morrison and Stuart Fox
Friday, October 21, 2022
8:00am - 9:30am PT
Episode 3: Database Management, Operations, and Security
In this episode, you’ll learn about management and governance. We will talk about database security, controlling access, and automating operational tasks. This includes backups, encryption, and upgrading your database.
Instructor: Kevin Shaffer-Morrison and Stuart Fox
Friday, October 28, 2022
8:00am - 9:30am PT
Episode 4: Database Monitoring and Troubleshooting
Monitoring databases is a critical component to ensure we have a healthy workload with properly provisioned resources. In this episode, we will review the tools available for us to react, respond, and troubleshoot as needed. Once we have our database monitored, we will also discuss some performance optimization options for different AWS database solutions.
Instructor: Kevin Shaffer-Morrison and Stuart Fox
Friday, November 4, 2022
8:00am - 9:30am PT
Episode 5: Review and Prepare for the Certification Exam
In the final episode of AWS Power Hour: Database, we will review topics from the previous four episode. Then, we will cover next steps as you continue your journey to become AWS Certified Database - Specialty certified.
Instructor: Kevin Shaffer-Morrison and Stuart Fox
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
10:30am - 11:30am PT / 1:30pm - 2:30pm ET
Episode 6: AWS cloud quest - cloud computing essentials
In this episode, Raf Lopes will explain how playing the AWS Cloud Quest game can help you learn fundamental Cloud concepts. Follow along as Raf shows you how to modernize a virtual city’s operations by using cloud solutions. In the first episode, Raf will teach you how to build a dashboard that provides beach wave information while playing Node 1 of the Cloud Practitioner role in Cloud Quest.
Instructor: Rafael “Raf” Lopes
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AWS Power Hour: Advanced Networking
Join us live on Twitch at twitch.tv/aws for AWS Power Hour: Advanced Networking to learn key concepts you’ll want to know if you’re preparing for the AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty exam. Our hosts will use demonstrations and real world examples to help you learn to design, implement, operate, and secure networks on the AWS Cloud. Stay with us for a 30-minute live forum opportunity to ask your questions and get help from AWS experts.
Friday, October 7, 2022
9:30am – 11:00am PT
Episode 1: Network Design
Join us to learn about designing networks on AWS—including AWS Regional resources, on-premises resources, and edge network services—to achieve a design that supports global traffic reliably. This episode will focus on an overview of services and features to use, rather than their configuration or implementation. You’ll learn about high availability, scalability, and DNS.
Instructor: Harrison Sherwin and Chris Woodlief
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Friday, October 14, 2022
9:30am – 11:00am PT
Episode 2: Network Implementation
In this episode, you’ll learn about implementing routing strategies to support global traffic reliably. We’ll look at routing options with AWS Direct Connect, AWS Transit Gateway, VPC peering, and VPNs.
Instructor: Harrison Sherwin and Chris Woodlief
Friday, October 21, 2022
9:30am – 11:00am PT
Episode 3: Network Management & Operation
An observability strategy is key to understanding the health and security of our networks. In this episode, you’ll learn about options like VPC Flow Logs, CloudWatch, Route 53 health checks, and VPC Traffic Mirroring. We’ll wrap-up by discussing how to automate network operations on AWS.
Instructor: Harrison Sherwin and Chris Woodlief
Friday, October 28, 2022
9:30am – 11:00am PT
Episode 4: Network Security, Compliance, and Governance
In our final episode, we’ll be focusing on AWS inbound and outbound network security features and services, such as AWS WAF, Shield, and Network Firewall. We’ll also discuss inter- and intra-VPC security features such as security groups, network ACLs, and VPC endpoint policies. And with any time remaining, we’ll wrap-up with network encryption options.
Instructor: Harrison Sherwin and Chris Woodlief
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AWS Power Hour: Machine Learning
Join us live on Twitch at twitch.tv/aws for AWS Power Hour: Machine Learning to learn key concepts you’ll want to know if you’re preparing for the AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty exam. Our hosts will use demonstrations and real world examples to help you learn to develop, architect, and run machine learning workloads in the AWS Cloud. Stay with us for a 30-minute live forum opportunity to ask your questions and get help from AWS experts.
Friday, October 7, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 1: Introduction to Machine Learning on AWS
In the first episode of the AWS Power Hour: Machine Learning series, we will introduce you to the AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty exam and cover the exam guide. Then, we will go into details about the data engineering phase of machine learning lifecycle on AWS.
Instructor: Fred Graichen and Ivan Kopas
Friday, October 14, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 2: Exploratory Data Analysis
The second episode of AWS Power Hour: Machine Learning will focus on data preparation, feature engineering and visualization techniques on AWS.
Instructor: Fred Graichen and Ivan Kopas
Friday, October 21, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 3: Modeling
Since the modeling domain is 36% of the certification exam, this topic deserves an entire episode to itself! In this episode, you’ll learn about training, hyper-parameter tuning, and model evaluation.
Instructor: Fred Graichen and Ivan Kopas
Friday, October 28, 2022
3:00pm - 4:30pm PT
Episode 4: Security, Operations, and the Certification Exam
In the final episode of AWS Power Hour: Machine Learning, we will discuss best practices to help you deploy secure and resilient machine learning workloads on AWS. Then, we will cover next steps as you continue your journey to become AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty.
Instructor: Fred Graichen and Ivan Kopas