This course provides full preparation for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam.

The exam has to be purchased separately.

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing

Overview of Cloud
Benefits of Cloud
Five Cloud Characteristics (NIST)
Three Cloud Service Models (NIST)
Four Cloud Deployment Models (NIST)
Introduction to The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF)

2. Introduction to Amazon Web Services

Terminology and core concepts including:
i. Autoscaling
ii. Load Balancing
iii. DNS
iv. Segregation
v. Routing
vi. Switching
vii. Structured & Unstructured datastores
Overview of the IaaS and SaaS portal features and relevant AWS services
Overview of AWS key security features
Introduction to the AWS Well-Architected framework to develop solutions.

3. Architecting your Solution using TOGAF

Deeper dive into the following AWS services:
i. Route 53
ii. Elastic Load Balancing
iii. EC2 & EC2 Systems Manager
iv. Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)
v. S3, Elastic Block Storage and Elastic File Storage
vi. CloudFront
vii. Glacier, Snowball and SnowMobile
viii. RDS
ix. Direct Connect
x. CloudWatch
xi. CloudFormation
xii. Identity & Access Management
xiii. CloudHSM
xiv. Simple Queue Service
xv. Simple Notification & Email Service
xvi. Directory Services
Hands-On Labs
Baseline discovery techniques aligned to TOGAF
Future state architectures aligned to TOGAF
Architecting public and hybrid cloud solutions using AWS components.

4. Migrating Applications and Data

Deeper dive into the following services:
i. AWS Application Discovery Service
ii. AWS Database Migration Service
iii. AWS Schema Conversion Tool
Hands-On Labs
Baseline discovery techniques aligned to TOGAF
Future state architectures aligned to TOGAF
Common tools for data migration
Event-Driven Scaling
Automation & Decoupling

5. The Well Architected Framework

Key Design Principles
The Five Pillars
i. Security
ii. Reliability
iii. Performance
iv. Cost Optimisation
v. Operational Excellence
Alignment to TOGAF.

6. Design Patters and Use Cases

Using the AWS Architecture Centre
Quick Starts
Key Reference Architectures:
i. Web Application Hosting
ii. Batch Processing
iii. Fault Tolerance and High Availability
iv. Content and Media Serving
Large Scale Design Patterns
i. Large Scale Processing and Huge Data Sets
ii. Disaster Recovery
iii. Backup
iv. Grid Computing

This course is designed for:

Individuals and organisations seeking an advanced understanding of Amazon Web Services
Managers responsible for employees that are working on Amazon Web Services initiatives or projects
Technical staff involved in Amazon Web Services initiatives or projects, such as technical project managers, business analysts, security architects, enterprise architects, solution architects and infrastructure architects
Solutions Architects and Solution Design Engineers

This course teaches you how to:

Make architectural decisions based on the AWS recommended architectural principles and best practices
Make architectural decisions based on the AWS recommended architectural principles and best practices
Utilise AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and highly available
Make an AWS-based infrastructure more efficient to increase performance and reduce costs
Use the Well-Architected Framework to improve architectures with AWS solutions
Gain hands-on experience using compute, networking, storage and database AWS services covering IaaS and PaaS
Understand of Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS), NoSQL datastores, Content Delivery Networks (CDN), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and basic networking concepts
Understand RESTful API Web Services, XML and JSON data formats.

Architecting on AWS covers the fundamentals of building IT infrastructure on AWS. The course is designed to teach solution architects how to optimise the use of the AWS Cloud by understanding AWS services and how these services fit into cloud-based solutions.

This 3-day course is unique to ALC, in that AWS best practices and recommended design patterns are aligned to key concepts and practical approaches found in The Open Group Architecture Framework and demonstrated by using the Avolution Abacus enterprise modelling tool.

Because architectural solutions may differ depending on the industry, the type of applications deployed, and the size of business, this course emphasises AWS Cloud best practices and recommended design patterns to help students think through the process of architecting optimal IT solutions on AWS.

By presenting case studies throughout the course that showcase how some AWS customers have designed their infrastructures and the strategies and services they implemented, there are a myriad of opportunities to build a variety of design patterns.

This course provides a strong foundation for candidates wishing to sit the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam.

Prerequisites

Candidates should ideally have at least 2 years of IT experience with at least:

1 year working with cloud solutions and services
Experience with architecting, designing, implementing or administering cloud solutions
Have access to an AWS account to perform all the lab exercises
A sound knowledge of Cloud Computing as covered in ALC’s Cloud Computing Foundation course

Live Virtual Class

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Face-to-Face Class

2,040+ GST

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Prerequisites

Candidates should ideally have at least 2 years of IT experience with at least:

1 year working with Microsoft 365 solutions and services
Experience with architecting, designing, implementing or administering Active Directory and Windows Server 2012

Exam

There is no exam associated with this course.

Fees per person

Microsoft 365 Security & Compliance (2 days)

$1850 + gst

Fees include:

Course presentation
Printed course workbook

This course is designed for:

Individuals and organisations seeking an advanced understanding of Microsoft 365 and Azure security services and features.
Managers responsible for employees that are working on Microsoft 365 and Azure security initiatives or projects.
Technical employees involved in Microsoft 365 and Azure initiatives or projects, such as technical project managers, business analysts, security architects, enterprise architects, solution architects and infrastructure architects.

1. Cloud Security Threat Landscape, Strategy & Architecture:

Identify and understanding cloud computing concepts and definitions based on industry standards – ISO/IEC 17788 and NIST.
Understand how security models like zero trust architecture (ZTA) relate to organisational strategies and help to drive a consistent approach to manging cloud services.
Consider the threat landscape for cloud services and the common challenges faced by digital transformation and the modern workplace.

2. Microsoft 365 & Modern Workplace (Office 365, EMS, E3 & E5):

Understand the productivity features of Microsoft 365 including identity, user, device & data management.
Cover the key licensing differences across the Microsoft 365 suite including Office 365, Enterprise Mobility & Security, and specific security SKU’s.
LAB: Deploy a Microsoft 365 demo environment.

3. Securing Identities & Applications (Azure AD, Azure ATP):

Defining identity as the key control in ensuring an effective cloud security model.
Translating organisational identity strategy into cloud-based identity management and Azure Active Directory (AD).
Implementing baseline security controls including multi factor authentication, AD connect and legacy authentication.
Application publishing and managing single sign on.
Understanding guest management and B2B collaboration.
Manage effective sharing and collaboration internally and externally using SharePoint Online & Teams.
Implementing advanced features including Privileged Identity Management (PIM), Entitlement Manager and Access Reviews.
Manage identity across on premise and provide comprehensive visibility using Azure ATP.

4. Email Protection (Office 365 ATP)

Implementing email protection using Office 365 ATP.
Deploying Anti-Phishing, Anti-Spam, DKIM, Malware protection, Safe Links, Safe Attachments and using automated investigation and response (AIR) capabilities.
How to use Office 365 ATP for end to end email security including working with connected email services.
Utilising Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP) for automated incident and case management in Microsoft 365.

5. Cloud Application Protection (Microsoft Cloud App Security):

Understanding how application protection works across SaaS applications and Microsoft 365.
Discovering cloud applications and services and conducting effective risk management of cloud services.
Reviewing activity and creating alert rules using MCAS.

6. Data Governance & Records Management (AIP, Compliance Portal):

Understanding data governance and data management principles and requirements.
Demonstrate Azure Information Protection to provide data compliance in Microsoft 365
Implement Sensitivity Labels and Retention Policies and configure auto classification.
Understand auditing and forensic analysis using eDiscovery.
Review different capabilities of AIP P1 & P2 licensing.
LAB: Learn how to deploy data loss protection alert rules for compliance.

7. Device Protection & Management (Defender ATP & Intune)

Understand the key capabilities around device management using Microsoft Endpoint Manager.
Define a device management strategy across computing and mobile devices including the differences between mobile application management and full mobile device management.
Configure Intune for mobile and computing device management and establish protection policies.
Review Defender ATP and advanced endpoint protection and integration with end to end management in Microsoft 365.

8. Azure Security Overview:

Understanding Azure services and capabilities and the relationship to Microsoft 365.
Key concepts around role-based access control, subscription management and management groups.
Using Azure Security Center for IaaS and PaaS and on-premises workload management and defining effective security operating models to support DevSecOps in Azure.
Advanced security capabilities in Azure including network security configuration, WAF and Firewall capabilities.
Using Azure Security Center for end to end compliance monitoring and reporting and integration into Microsoft 365.

9. Modern Security Operations:

Understand security operating models and the challenges faced by managing cloud-based security operations.
Clearly define the roles & responsibilities for an effective cloud operating model across productivity services, cloud services, development teams and security.
Implement Azure Sentinel for log management, alerting and incident management.
Learn how to configure data connectors, create dashboards, run queries, and create alert rules.
Review end to end incident management using Microsoft Threat Protection (MTP) and Azure Sentinel.

From this course you will learn how to best apply Microsoft security capabilities across Microsoft 365 and Azure as well as implementing operational security using Azure Sentinel and managing ongoing compliance and reporting. While previous exposure and understanding of Microsoft 365, Azure and security technologies is not essential, it can provide useful context.

The course will cover:

All the key areas of how to consider the threat landscape of cloud services, assess your environment, identify security controls, and determine how they should be implemented in a digital online environment
How Microsoft 365 ATP technologies can secure the modern workplace
How compliance requirements can be effectively implemented and reported
How data is managed and protected in Office 365 and how Azure Sentinel can be leveraged to provide advanced and automated security operations to your organisation.

A demo environment will be provided but attendees can also sign up for a month free trial – https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/try

Microsoft 365 has enjoyed massive growth at a global level providing modern workplace productivity services in the cloud. This primarily includes Exchange Online, SharePoint Online and Teams coupled with cloud-based identity management using Azure Active Directory (AD) and computing services using Azure cloud services. All of this is managed and supported by a range of security technologies and capabilities including the advanced threat protection capabilities all combined with Azure Sentinel for security operations services.

It is not surprising that organisations are challenged with understanding all the features and capabilities offered by Microsoft 365, and this is even before beginning to look at how to effectively secure these services and achieve compliance requirements. On top of this are the unique challenges posed by cloud services of any kind and the need to reconsider traditional security models and controls.

This unique course is delivered over 2 days and will provide you with an understanding of the current threat landscape and how Microsoft 365 security capabilities can be leveraged and configured to enable a cyber resilient and compliant digital organisation and effectively deliver modern security operations.

The course is presented by ALC in association with leading Microsoft Gold Security Partner, DEFEND. Using practical experience and exposure to a range of many different organisations, the course will bring you up-to-date experience and practice guidance to consider real world examples of how Microsoft 365 is best deployed and secured.

Architecting on AWS: Exams and Stuff

Architecting on AWS: Course Contents

1. Introduction to Cloud Computing

2. Introduction to Amazon Web Services

3. Architecting your Solution using TOGAF

4. Migrating Applications and Data

5. The Well Architected Framework

6. Design Patters and Use Cases

Architecting on AWS: Who Should Attend

Architecting on AWS: Learning Outcomes

Architecting on AWS: Course Overview

Prerequisites

Office 365 Security & Compliance : Sidebar Content

Live Virtual Class

[Course_Fee]+ GST

Face-to-Face Class

2,040+ GST

[Course_Duration] day

Office 365 Security & Compliance : Exams and Stuff

Prerequisites

Exam

Office 365 Security & Compliance : Dates and Fees

Fees per person

Office 365 Security & Compliance : Who Should Attend

Office 365 Security & Compliance : Course Contents

1. Cloud Security Threat Landscape, Strategy & Architecture:

2. Microsoft 365 & Modern Workplace (Office 365, EMS, E3 & E5):

3. Securing Identities & Applications (Azure AD, Azure ATP):

4. Email Protection (Office 365 ATP)

5. Cloud Application Protection (Microsoft Cloud App Security):

6. Data Governance & Records Management (AIP, Compliance Portal):

7. Device Protection & Management (Defender ATP & Intune)

8. Azure Security Overview:

9. Modern Security Operations:

Office 365 Security & Compliance : Learning Outcomes

Office 365 Security & Compliance : Course Overview