AWS for Solutions Architects - Second Edition: The definitive guide to AWS Solutions Architecture for migrating to, building, scaling, and succeeding

This is an outdated edition, and we have a new third edition live covering real-world patterns, GenAI strategies, cost optimization techniques, and certification-aligned best practices.

Key Features

• Comprehensive guide to automating, networking, migrating, and adopting cloud technologies using AWS
• Extensive insights into AWS technologies, including AI/ML, IoT, big data, blockchain, and quantum computing to transform your business.
• Detailed coverage of AWS solutions architecture and the latest AWS certification requirements

Book Description

The second edition of AWS for Solutions Architects provides a practical guide to designing cloud solutions that align with industry best practices. This updated edition covers the AWS Well-Architected Framework, core design principles, and cloud-native patterns to help you build secure, high-performance, and cost-effective architectures.

Gain a deep understanding of AWS networking, hybrid cloud connectivity, and edge deployments. Explore big data processing with EMR, Glue, Kinesis, and MSK, enabling you to extract valuable insights from data efficiently. New chapters introduce CloudOps, machine learning, IoT, and blockchain, equipping you with the knowledge to develop modern cloud solutions.

Learn how to optimize AWS storage, implement containerization strategies, and design scalable data lakes. Whether working on simple configurations or complex enterprise architectures, this guide provides the expertise needed to solve real-world cloud challenges and build reliable, high-performing AWS solutions.

What you will learn

• Optimize your Cloud Workload using the AWS Well-Architected Framework
• Learn methods to migrate your workload using the AWS Cloud Adoption Framework
• Apply cloud automation at various layers of application workload to increase efficiency
• Build a landing zone in AWS and hybrid cloud setups with deep networking techniques
• Select reference architectures for business scenarios, like data lakes, containers, and serverless apps
• Apply emerging technologies in your architecture, including AI/ML, IoT and blockchain

Who this book is for

This book is for application and enterprise architects, developers, and operations engineers who want to become well versed with AWS architectural patterns, best practices, and advanced techniques to build scalable, secure, highly available, highly tolerant, and cost-effective solutions in the cloud. Existing AWS users are bound to learn the most, but it will also help those curious about how leveraging AWS can benefit their organization. Prior knowledge of any computing language is not needed, and there’s little to no code. Prior experience in software architecture design will prove helpful.

Table of Contents

1. Understanding AWS Cloud Principles and Key Characteristics
2. Understanding AWS Well Architected Framework and Getting Certified
3. Leveraging the Cloud for Digital Transformation
4. Networking in AWS
5. Storage in AWS – Choosing the Right Tool for the Job
6. Harnessing the Power of Cloud Computing
7. Selecting the Right Database Service
8. Best Practices for Application Security, Identity, and Compliance
9. Driving Efficiency with CloudOps
10. Big Data and Streaming Data Processing in AWS
11. Data Warehouses, Data Queries, and Visualization in AWS
12. Machine Learning, IoT, and Blockchain in AWS
13. Containers in AWS
14. Microservice Architectures in AWS
15. Data Lake Patterns – Integrating Your Data across the Enterprise
16. Hands-On Guide to Build Apps in AWS