Learn High-level AWS design best practices including cost management, serverless, databases, availability, and much more

Basic AWS Architecture Best Practices - 1 Hour Crash Course

Name: Architectural design patterns and high-level AWS service overview
Rating: 5.3

InstructorRick Crisci

Duration1h 50m

Students22.4K

Rating4.5 (3,767)

Architectural design patterns and high-level AWS service overview

Strengths

Conceptual Simplification

The instruction focuses on breaking down complex architectural principles into clear, simplified concepts.

Best suited to

Learners seeking a high-level architectural overview
Individuals preparing for Solution Architect roles
Professionals looking to refresh basic AWS design principles

Less suited to

Learners requiring hands-on technical practice
Those seeking deep, practical implementation examples

Editorial course preview

What the public course preview actually shows

These 4 complementary views highlight concrete, legible examples from the course presentation.

A diagram titled Availability showing two gray boxes labeled AZ1 and AZ2 containing orange dashed T3-Small instances, with arrows from an ELB and CloudWatch Auto Scaling Group. — Preview 1 of 4
This architectural diagram illustrates high availability by distributing T3-Small instances across two Availability Zones managed by an Elastic Load Balancer and Auto Scaling Group.

A diagram comparing Vertical Scaling with a single T3-Medium instance to Horizontal Scaling using two T3-Small instances behind an ELB. — Preview 2 of 4
This slide illustrates the difference between vertical scaling, which involves changing instance size like a T3-Medium, and horizontal scaling, which distributes load across multiple smaller instances via an ELB.

Preview 3 of 4

This diagram illustrates how an AutoScaling Group distributes instances across two Availability Zones using a specified AMI and User Data configuration.

AWS architecture diagram titled Stateless Application showing a blue DynamoDB database cylinder on the left and two Availability Zones (AZ1, AZ2) on the right containing an ELB and — Preview 4 of 4
This AWS architecture diagram illustrates a stateless application setup with a DynamoDB database connected to T3-Small instances distributed across AZ1 and AZ2 behind an Elastic Load Balancer.

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Basic AWS Architecture Best Practices - 1 Hour Crash Course