🧙‍♂️ SA Magic | Self paced

Last Updated: January 27, 2026
5.0 (1 Ratings)

What You Will Learn

  • Think like a Solutions Architect
  • Talk, Write, and Present like a Solutions Architect
  • Approach problems and solve them like a Solutions Architect
  • Design solutions for quality attributes like security and scalability
  • You’ll learn about the Soft Skills that will make you a great architect
  • We’ll go through various case studies and examine various architectural patterns

Workshop Description

Workshop Content

  • 👋🏻 Module 00 - Start Here!

    • Welcome, Friend!

      00:01:06
  • 📚 Week 1 - Solutions Architecture Overview

    • About Module 01

    • What is Solution Architecture

      00:02:53

    • AWS, GCP, Azure, or ... ?

      00:09:15

    • 03- The SA Job Description - Enterprise

      00:03:12

    • 04- The SA Job Description - Cloud Provider

      00:04:14

    • 05- A Good Solutions Architect vs A Great Solutions Architect

      00:06:27

    • 06- Tasks & Responsabilities

      00:04:14

    • Bonus: Day in a Life of a Sr SA at AWS

      00:05:35

    • Bonus: Day in a Life of a Sr SA at SSENSE.com

      00:08:55

    • Bonus: Do I need coding skills to become an AWS Solutions Architect?

  • 📚 Week 2 - Professional Skills

    • About Module 02

    • Functional Requirements

      00:08:11

    • Non-Functional Requirements

    • Email Like a Great Architect

      00:04:11

    • S.A Document - Part 1

      00:06:52

    • S.A Document - Part 2

      00:08:20

    • S.A Document - Part 3

      00:15:02

    • S.A Document - Part 4

      00:18:00

    • Present Like a Great Architect - Introduction

    • Present Like a Great Architect - Technical Audience

      00:15:40

    • Present Like a Great Architect - Upper Management

      00:16:19

    • Presentations Best Practices

      00:03:34

    • High Level Diagrams, and Deployment Diagrams

      00:01:38

    • Sequence Diagrams

      00:02:14

    • Networking Diagrams

      00:00:52

    • Bonus: How to Build Your First Architecture Diagram

      00:06:01

    • Bonus: How I joined AWS As A Sr Solutions Architect

      00:16:13
  • 📚 Week 3 - Cloud Skills

    • Introduction

      00:17:48

    • Notifications Service

      00:01:57

    • Search Service

      00:04:18

    • Feed Generation Service

      00:04:44

    • Analytics Service

      00:03:06

    • Cache Hydrator

      00:05:10

    • New Section: Cloud Architecture Anti Patterns

      00:10:51

    • New Section: Cloud Architecture Fundamental Patterns

    • Orchestration Vs Choreography

      00:05:54

    • Forward Proxy vs Reverse Proxy

      00:04:48

    • Eventual vs Strong Consistency

      00:04:00

    • Relational vs NoSQL

      00:05:37

    • New Section: How to build Efficient POCs

      00:17:35
  • 💎 Week 4 - Real Life Project

    • Your mission, should you choose to accept it

    • Step 1a: The S.A.D

    • Step 1b: The Email

    • Step 3: The Solution Review

    • Step 4: The Presentation

    • Step 5: Driving Adoption

    • Step 6: The Followup

  • 📚 Week 5 - Migration Strategies

    • Introduction

    • Lift & Shift

      00:02:24

    • Rehost - The Quickest approach

    • Replatform - Lift, Tinker, and Shift

      00:02:29

    • Relocate - Lift & Shift With Optimization

      00:01:34

    • Refactor, Rearchitect, Modernize

      00:02:21

    • Repurchase - Drop & Shop

      00:01:21

    • Retain or Retire

      00:01:59

    • Time, Cost, and Optimizations Opportunities

    • Best Practices To Minimize Migration Risks

    • 1. Assess and Classify Applications

    • 2. Create a Migration Plan

    • 3. Choose the Right Migration Strategy

    • 4. Implement a Proof of Concept (PoC)

    • 5. Test and Validate

    • 6. Use Automation Tools

    • 7. Monitor and Optimize

    • 8. Train and Support

    • 9. Establish a Rollback Plan

    • 10. Seek External Expertise

  • 📚 Week 6 - The Solution Lifecycle

    • Introduction

      00:07:42

    • 01. Business Case Creation

    • 02. Initiation

    • 03. Product Design

    • 04. Business Process

    • 05. Architecture Design and Review

    • 06. Project Kickoff

    • 07. Initiative Implementation

    • 08. Initiative Closing

  • 📚 Week 7 - Driving Adoption

    • Communicate Your Solution Effectively

      00:16:37

    • Create a Sense of Urgency

      00:24:06

    • Provide Training & Support

    • WIP - Remain Committed to Change, and find opportunities in crises

  • 📚 Week 8 - Stand out from the crowd

    • Create an Internal Newsletter

    • Hold "Walking Meetings"

    • Maintain a Technology Radar

    • Do Operational Readiness Reviews (with Mechanisms)

    • Host Cross-Functional Shadowing

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Instructor

iLyas Bakouch

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Original price was: $1,950.00.Current price is: $1,749.00.
  • Course Level Intermediate
  • Lessons 86
  • Duration 12 hr
  • Language English
  • Additional Resource 1
  • Last Update January 27, 2026

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  • Self-paced lectures
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