Introduction to Amazon Web Services
TX00EX96-3002, 5 cr
Introduction
• General Information
• Course Overview
• Prerequisites
• Course Outcomes
• Schedule
• Project
• Grading
• Learning Sessions
• Discussion
General Information
• AWS Cloud Architecting is developed by AWS Academy
• It helps to develop expertise in AWS cloud computing
and prepares for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect –
Associate certification
• This course is instructor lead and course participation is
required
Gartner Magic Quadrant 2025
Strategic Cloud
Platform Services
Course Overview
• Course consists of 16 learning sessions including exam
• Online meetings with Zoom on Tuesdays
• Online presentations
• Invitations will be send weekly via email
• You need to login with Metropolia’s account using SSO
• Lab sessions on Wednesdays in KMD659
• Troubleshooting and lab instructions
Course Overview
• Lecture notes and lab platform are available online
• Labs are graded individually
• Labs are tracked automatically
• You don’t need to write laboratory reports but making
notes might be useful for learning
Course Overview
• 17 modules with knowledge checks
• 20 online labs
• Project work online (Capstone Project)
• Academy Cloud Architecting Course Assessment
• Final Exam at moodle.metropolia.fi
All parts needs to be completed!
• including module 14 optional lab
• Notice also the separate course assessment
Labs
Module 3 Guided Lab – Exploring AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
Module 4 Challenge Lab – Creating a Static Website for the Cafe
Module 5 Guided Lab – Introducing Amazon Elastic File System (Amazon EFS)
Module 5 Challenge Lab – Creating a Dynamic Website for the Cafe
Module 6 Guided Lab – Creating an Amazon RDS Database
Module 6 Challenge Lab – Migrating a Database to Amazon RDS
Module 7 Guided Lab - Creating a Virtual Private Cloud
Module 7 Challenge Lab – Creating a VPC Networking Environment for the Cafe
Module 8 Guided Lab – Creating a VPC Peering Connection
Module 9 Guided Lab – Securing Applications by Using Amazon Cognito
Module 9 Guided Lab – Encrypting Data at Rest by Using AWS Encrypting Options
Module 10 Guided Lab – Creating a Highly Available Environment
Module 10 Challenge Lab – Creating a Scalable and Highly Available Environment for the Cafe
Module 11 Guided Lab – Automating Infrastructure with AWS CloudFormation
Module 11 Challenge Lab – Automating Infrastructure Deployment
Module 13 Guided Lab – Building Decoupled Application by Using Amazon SQS
Module 14 Guided Lab – Implementing a Serverless Architecture on AWS
Module 14 Guided Lab – Breaking a Monolithic Node.js Application into Microservices
Module 14 Challenge Lab – Implementing a Serverless Architecture for the Café
Module 16 Guided Lab – Configuring Hybrid Storage and Migrating Data with AWS Storage Gateway S3 File Gateway
Prerequisites
The course does NOT cover details of:
• Data Centers
• Subnetting
• NAT
• Stateful Firewalls
• Access Control Lists
• Virtualization
• Storage Systems
• Databases
Course Outcomes 1/2
• Make architectural decisions based on AWS architectural principles
and best practices
• Use AWS services to make your infrastructure scalable, reliable, and
highly available
• Use AWS managed services to enable greater flexibility and
resiliency in an infrastructure
• Indicate how to increase the performance efficiency and reduce costs
of infrastructures built on AWS
• Use the AWS Well-Architected Framework to improve architectures
that use AWS solutions
Course Outcomes 2/2
• Identify deployment and management options
• Create a business continuity plan and achieve high availability
• Use AWS to make infrastructure scalable
• Create event-driven scaling
• Automate the deployment of cloud resources
• Identify and solve common configuration and design issues
Schedule
• Week 34: Introduction, modules 1, 2 & 3
• Week 35: Modules 4 & 5
• Week 36: Modules 6 & 7
• Week 37: Modules 8 & 9
• Week 38: Modules 10 & 11
• Week 39: Modules 12, 13, & 14
• Week 40: Modules 15, 16 & 17
• Week 41: Exam
Online Exam on October 7th
• Online exam at moodle.metropolia.fi
• Login once there during the course to get access
• Invitation to the Zoom session will be sent via email
Access Learning Portal
https://awsacademy.instructure.com/login/canvas
You will receive email from
learning portal containing a
link to your account activation
Grading - Weigths
• 50% Online labs (all labs needs to be completed)
• 50% Exam (passing limit is 50 out of 100 points)
• Capstone Project Completed with minimum of 80%
• All knowledge checks completed
• Academy Cloud Architecting Course Assessment completed
• Course attendance required but does not have effect on
grade (inactive students will be removed after the second
week)
• https://awsacademy.instructure.com/login/canvas
Grading – Total
• 50-59 -> Grade 1
• 60-69 -> Grade 2
• 70-79 -> Grade 3
• 80-89 -> Grade 4
• 90-100 -> Grade 5
Certification Exam Vouchers
• All students passing the course in AWS Academy will receive
invitation to the ETC website for voucher
• Vouchers are based on AWS Emerging Talent Community (ETC)
• Register at www.credly.com for badge using Metropolia’s email
address and select ”Claim your badge” link after completing the
course.
Q&A
How can I attend the online sessions?
-> Download and install Zoom client. It’s available at
https://www.zoom.us/download
Where can I find information about the online meetings?
-> Invitations to the online meetings will be send weekly into your email
How can I get access to the course material?
-> Attend the online meetings in Zoom
I have encountered problems with a lab?
->Attend the lab session on Wednesdays
Q&A
How can I attend the online final exam?
-> Final exam takes place online at moodle.metropolia.fi when you
attend the last Zoom session
Can I take lab multiple times?
-> You can take labs multiple times. Last result will stay in your
gradebook
How can I follow my progress?
->Gradebook is available online on the course platform
I have a valid AWS Solutions Architect certification. How can I complete
the course?
->Contact teacher via email and complete the capstone project
Q&A
Can I grade my lab multiple times during the lab work?
-> You can click the grading button multiple times during the lab to
check your progress
Why do I need to shut down all resources and delete them in Capstone
Project before logging out?
-> Otherwise, the resources will stay running and consume your project
budget. You cannot continue your work if you consume all your
reserved project budget.
Can I use AI?
-> Using AI is not limited during this course
Discussion
Thank You
Erik Pätynen
erik.patynen@metropolia.fi
