AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty

Course Overview:

AWS Advanced Networking is a globally acknowledged certification targeted at professionals looking forward to a career in networking. The AWS ANS-C00 certification validates the skills of network practitioners in designing, developing, and deploying cloud-based solutions using AWS, implementing core AWS services according to basic architecture best practices, designing and maintaining network architecture for all AWS services.

This course prepares a student to take the AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty certification exam.

Course Outline:

Chapter 1: Introduction

• What Does this Course Cover?
• Exam Objectives
• Objective Map

Chapter 2: Introduction to Advanced Networking

• AWS Global Infrastructure
• Amazon Virtual Private Cloud
• AWS Networking Services
• Summary
• Resources to Review
• Exam Essentials
• Exercise

Chapter 3: Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) and Networking Fundamentals

• Introduction to Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)
• Subnets
• Route Tables
• IP Addressing
• Security Groups
• Network Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• Internet Gateways
• Network Address Translation (NAT) Instances and NAT Gateways
• Egress-Only Internet Gateways (EIGWs)
• Virtual Private Gateways (VGWs), Customer Gateways, and Virtual Private Networks (VPNs)
• VPC Endpoints
• VPC Peering
• Placement Groups
• Elastic Network Interfaces
• Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Option Sets
• Amazon Domain Name Service (DNS) Server
• VPC Flow Logs
• Summary
• Resources to Review
• Exam Essentials
• Exercises

Chapter 4: Advanced Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)

• VPC Endpoints
• VPC Endpoint Overview
• Gateway VPC Endpoints
• Interface VPC Endpoints
• Transitive Routing
• IP Addressing Features
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 5: Virtual Private Networks

• Introduction to Virtual Private Networks
• Site-to-Site VPN
• Client-to-Site VPN
• Design Patterns
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 6: AWS Direct Connect

• What Is AWS Direct Connect?
• Physical Connectivity
• Logical Connectivity
• Resilient Connectivity
• Billing
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 7: Domain Name System and Load Balancing

• Introduction to Domain Name System and Load Balancing
• Domain Name System
• Amazon EC2 DNS Service
• Amazon Route 53
• Elastic Load Balancing
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 8: Amazon CloudFront

• Introduction to Amazon CloudFront
• Content Delivery Network Overview
• The AWS CDN: Amazon CloudFront
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 9: Network Security

• Governance
• Data Flow Security
• AWS Security Services
• Detection and Response
• Summary
• Resources to Review
• Exam Essentials
• Exercises

Chapter 10: Network Performance

• Network Performance Basics
• Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Instance Networking Features
• Optimizing Performance
• Example Applications
• Performance Testing
• Summary
• Resources to Review
• Exam Essentials
• Exercises

Chapter 11: Automation

• Introduction to Network Automation
• Infrastructure as Code
• Network Monitoring Tools
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 12: Service Requirements

• Introduction to Service Requirements
• The Elastic Network Interface
• AWS Cloud Services and Their Network Requirements
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 13: Hybrid Architectures

• Introduction to Hybrid Architectures
• Application Architectures
• Access VPC Endpoints and Customer-Hosted Endpoints over AWS Direct Connect
• Use of Transitive Routing in Hybrid IT
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 14: Network Troubleshooting

• Introduction to Network Troubleshooting
• Methodology for Troubleshooting
• Network Troubleshooting Tools
• Troubleshooting Common Scenarios
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 15: Billing

• Billing Overview
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 16: Risk and Compliance

• It All Begins with Threat Modeling
• Ownership Model and the Role of Network Management
• Controlling Access to AWS
• Encryption Options
• Network Activity Monitoring
• Malicious Activity Detection
• Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment
• Summary
• Exam Essentials
• Resources to Review
• Exercises

Chapter 17: Scenarios and Reference Architectures

• Introduction to Scenarios and Reference Architectures
• Hybrid Networking Scenario
• Multi-Location Resiliency
• Summary
• Resources to Review
• Exam Essentials
• Exercises

All necessary course materials are included.

Certification(s):

This course prepares a student to take the AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty certification exam.

System Requirements:

• Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended for the best experience.

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 2 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone (Webinar / Live Online sessions)

• Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 (Home, Pro)
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is denoted in the above course outline.