AWS Certified Database - Specialty Crash Course
Published by Pearson
Get ready to crush the AWS Database - Specialty exam!
- Review the objectives in the DBS-C01 exam
- Focus on AWS database services, features and implementation patterns covered on the exam
- Participate in quiz drills that teach you how to navigate and answer real-world questions
- Learn best practices for passing the exam
Get the edge you need to take the AWS Certified Database - Specialty exam. In this two-day course you will get targeted training on the topics covered in Amazon’s AWS Certified Database - Specialty exam. This training course is designed to walk you through the topics covered in the exam so you have the knowledge you need to pass the test.
Included in this course are introductions and explanations of each of the five exam question domains, with a strong focus on the strategies and principles that the exam scenarios will be drawn from. You will also explore how to approach, decipher and answer real-world practice questions throughout so you can learn how to eliminate the incorrect answers and navigate the exam. Finally, Chad will share his extensive knowledge of the AWS Certified Database Specialty materials so you can learn best practices and prepare for exam day with confidence.
AWS Certifications are among the most sought-after in the Technology sector, and Amazon’s certification exams cover a wide range of services, technologies, and implementation patterns. This course is designed to give you the advantage you need to successfully study for this specialty AWS exam.
What you’ll learn and how you can apply it
By the end of the live online course, you’ll understand:
- The AWS database service decision tree
- Database security implementation and auditing
- Database deployment and migration patterns
- Database management and operations
- Database monitoring and troubleshooting
And you’ll be able to:
- Design solutions that incorporate AWS database services
- Implement secure, highly available, performant and cost-optimized database workloads
- Plan and implement database migrations from on-premises workloads
This live event is for you because...
- You are a certification exam candidate seeking to hone your skills on exam topics
- You are an Infrastructure or Application architect responsible for designing database systems that will be deployed in AWS
- You are a database architect or administrator
Prerequisites
- A solid understanding of database technologies, including relational vs NoSQL, and the various third-party software available for each
- Basic working knowledge of common AWS services such as VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM and others
Recommended Preparation
- Watch: Amazon Web Services (AWS), 3rd Edition by Chad Smith
- Explore: AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) Playlist by Chad Smith
Recommended Follow-up
- Watch: AWS Certified Database - Specialty Complete Video Course by Chad Smith
- Watch: AWS Certified Security - Specialty by Chad Smith
- Watch: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02) by Chad Smith
Schedule
The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.
Day 1
Introduction - 30m
- Exam Guide
- Exam Logistics
Workload-Specific Database Design - 120m
- Database Service Summary
- Break - 10 mins
- DR and HA Design
- Database Service Comparisons and Tradeoffs
- Break – 10 mins
Deployment and Migration - 70m
- Database Deployment Automation
- Migration Strategies
- Migration Execution and Validation
Q&A - 10m
Day 2
Management and Operations - 90m
- Maintenance Tasks and Processes
- Break - 10 mins
- Backup and Restore Strategies
Monitoring and Troubleshooting - 70m
- Monitoring and Alerting Strategies
- Troubleshooting Common Issues
- Break - 10 mins
- Performance Optimization
Database Security - 70m
- Data Encryption
- Auditing For Vulnerabilities
- Access Control and Authentication
Q&A - 10m
Your Instructor
Chad Smith
Chad Smith is a technology professional, author and trainer focused on cloud infrastructure and management. He is the Principal Cloud Architect at Brightkey.cloud and has a wealth of personal real-world experience in cloud adoption, infrastructure design, operations and security. Chad holds current AWS certifications in Architecture, SysOps, Security, Networking and Databases and is also certified in CompTIA Cloud+.