Complete Guide to the AWS Well-Architected Framework

7h 13mAdvanced2025-01-09

Authors

Mark Wilkins

Author, Technical Trainer, AWS Cloud Expert

Course details

The AWS Well-Architected Framework includes strategies to help enterprise architects compare workloads against AWS-identified best practices. It is designed to help architects build secure, high-performing, resilient, and efficient infrastructure for their applications and comprises six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. This course provides deep-level coverage of the Framework, offering an overview of the Framework itself, deep coverage of each of the six pillars, and concluding with an exploration of the framework in action.

Skills covered

Software ArchitectureAmazon Web Services (AWS)AmazonCloud ServicesCloud PlatformsCloud ComputingSoftware DevelopmentDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - The AWS Well-Architected Framework
02 - What you should know

1. Getting Started with the AWS Well-Architected Framework

03 - Rationale - Well-Architected Framework
04 - Operational excellence pillar overview
05 - Security pillar overview
06 - Reliability pillar overview
07 - Performance efficiency pillar overview
08 - Cost optimization pillar overview
09 - Sustainability pillar overview
10 - General design principles
11 - Demo - The Well-Architected Tool
12 - Demo - AWS Well-Architected labs and other resources

2. Operational Excellence Pillar

13 - Operational excellence overview
14 - Design principles
15 - Key operational areas
16 - Key AWS services
17 - Key managed services
18 - Challenge - Create a CloudTrail trail
19 - Solution - Create a CloudTrail trail
20 - Preparing for operational readiness
21 - Using Lambda for operational readiness
22 - Managing operational health
23 - Key operational health tools
24 - Responding to health events
25 - Key health events tools

3. Reliability Pillar

26 - Key AWS services for reliability
27 - Foundations of redundant networks
28 - Reliability with resiliency
29 - Managing service quotas and constraints
30 - Key AWS services for reliability
31 - Planning reliable network topology
32 - Demo - Reviewing reliability options
33 - Workload architecture
34 - Change management
35 - Failure management
36 - Challenge - Review service limits
37 - Solution - Review service limits
38 - Single-Region scenarios
39 - Multi-Region design scenarios

4. Security Pillar

40 - Security pillar overview
41 - Design principles
42 - Identity and Access Management
43 - Demo - IAM security overview
44 - Protecting AWS credentials
45 - Identify threats - Detective controls
46 - AWS detective controls for security
47 - Implement an auditing workflow
48 - Challenge - Review a CloudTrail event
49 - Solution - Review a CloudTrail event
50 - Auditing and notifications
51 - Infrastructure protection
52 - Key AWS services for infrastructure protection
53 - Data protection methods
54 - Key AWS services for data protection
55 - Protecting your data at rest at AWS
56 - Protecting data in transit at AWS
57 - Responding to security incidents
58 - Managing incident response
59 - Demo - Using the Well-Architected Tool

5. Cost Optimization Pillar

60 - Design principles of the cost optimization pillar
61 - Cost optimization
62 - Cloud budgeting
63 - Expenditure and usage
64 - Monitor cost and usage
65 - Cost-effective resources
66 - Choosing a pricing model
67 - Demo - AWS billing and cost management
68 - Manage effective demand and supply
69 - Supply and demand

6. Performance Efficiency Pillar

70 - Design principles
71 - Achieving performance efficiency at AWS
72 - Compute performance efficiency
73 - Demo - Use AWS Compute Optimizer
74 - Effective storage efficiencies
75 - Demo - Storage tuning
76 - Designing for effective database performance efficiency
77 - Demo - Aurora Serverless deployment
78 - Designing for effective network performance efficiency
79 - Demo - Using a Quick Start reference deployment
80 - Monitoring performance efficiency
81 - Performance efficiency trade-offs

7. Sustainability Pillar

82 - Sustainability in the AWS cloud
83 - Design principles for sustainability
84 - Identify targets for improvement
85 - Evaluate and plan improvements
86 - Test and deploy improvements
87 - Measure results and replicate success
88 - Opportunities for successful sustainability on AWS
89 - Learn more about applying sustainability

8. The Well-Architected Framework in Action

90 - Creating a Well-Architected Framework action plan
91 - Start an evaluation with the Well-Architected Framework Tool
92 - Security pillar evaluation
93 - Reliability pillar evaluation
94 - Performance efficiency pillar evaluation
95 - Operational excellence pillar evaluation
96 - Cost optimization pillar evaluation
97 - Sustainability pillar evaluation
98 - Review your workload evaluation
99 - Putting your workload evaluation into practice

Conclusion

100 - AWS reference materials