This appendix recommends valuable resources as you prepare for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam or for your role as an AWS Solutions Architect. It is arranged by whitepapers and videos from the AWS re:Invent conference.

Whitepapers

•   An Overview of the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/overview-aws-cloud-adoption-framework/overview-aws-cloud-adoption-framework.pdf

•   AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency

https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Security/DDoS_White_Paper.pdf

•   AWS Storage Services Overview

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-storage-services-overview/aws-storage-services-overview.pdf#welcome

•   AWS Well-Architected Framework

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/framework/wellarchitected-framework.pdf

•   Big Data Analytics Options on AWS

https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/Big_Data_Analytics_Options_on_AWS.pdf

•   Fault-Tolerant Components on AWS

https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/fault-tolerant-components/fault-tolerant-components.pdf

•   Infrastructure Event Readiness

https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/aws-infrastructure-event-readiness.pdf?did=wp_card&trk=wp_card

•   Overview of Deployment Options on AWS

https://d1.awsstatic.com/whitepapers/overview-of-deployment-options-on-aws.pdf?did=wp_card&trk=wp_card

AWS re:Invent Videos

•   Amazon EC2 Foundations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMMybKqC2Y0

•   AWS Architecture

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMsVL5Vg2BU

•   AWS Networking Fundamentals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiKPPy584Mg

•   AWS Purpose-Built Databases

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q81TVuV5u28

•   AWS Security

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oam8FDNJhbE

•   Capacity Management Made Easy with Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BlsFNBnKHc

•   Database and Analytics

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfr4cs-avCQ

•   Deep Dive on Amazon EBS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsMWANWNoqQ

•   Deep Dive on Amazon EFS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCbDfTKry-c

•   Getting Started with AWS Identity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvz-qYYhvMk

•   Keynote with Andy Jassy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-31KgImGgU

•   Monitor All Your Things: Amazon Cloud Watch in Action with BBC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuBuc6OAcVY

•   Serverless Architectural Patterns and Best Practices

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IYpGTS7Jy0

•   Using Containers & Serverless to Accelerate Application Development

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcXjZMRSCcU

•   What’s New in Amazon Aurora

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJB1vUlkmWQ

•   What’s New in Amazon RDS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhxEQQOiqus

•   What’s New with Amazon S3 and Amazon S3 Glacier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUFX8W8bvjo