In this course, you will learn how to do the following:

• Summarize the AWS Well-Architected Framework for designing database solutions.
• Choose an appropriate purpose-built database service for a given workload.
• Design a relational database solution to solve a business problem.
• Design a NoSQL database solution to solve a business problem.
• Analyze data from multiple databases to solve a business problem.
• Discuss the security considerations for your database solution.

Day 1

Module 0: Course Introduction

• Course overview

Module 1: AWS Purpose-Built Databases

• Discussing well-architected databases
• Analyzing workload requirements
• Choosing the data model
• Choosing the right purpose-built database
• Knowledge check

Module 2: Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS)

• Discussing a relational database
• What is Amazon RDS?
• Why Amazon RDS?
• Amazon RDS design considerations
• Knowledge check

Module 3: Amazon Aurora

• What is Amazon Aurora?
• Why Amazon Aurora?
• Aurora design considerations
• Knowledge check

Challenge Lab 1: Working with Amazon Aurora databases

Day 2

Class Activity 1: Choose the Right Relational Database

Module 4: Amazon DynamoDB

• Discussing a key value database
• What is DynamoDB?
• Why DynamoDB?
• DynamoDB design considerations
• Knowledge check

Module 5: Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra)

• Discussing a wide-column database
• What is Apache Cassandra?
• What is Amazon Keyspaces?
• Why Amazon Keyspaces?
• Amazon Keyspaces design considerations
• Knowledge check

Module 6: Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility)

• Discussing a document database
• What is Amazon DocumentDB?
• Why Amazon DocumentDB?
• Amazon DocumentDB design considerations
• Knowledge check

Module 7: Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB)

• Discussing a ledger database
• What is Amazon QLDB?
• Why Amazon QLDB?
• Amazon QLDB design considerations
• Knowledge check

Class Activity 2: Choose the Right Nonrelational Database

Challenge Lab 2: Working with Amazon DynamoDB Tables

Day 3

Module 8: Amazon Neptune

• Discussing a graph database
• What is Amazon Neptune?
• Why Amazon Neptune?
• Amazon Neptune design considerations
• Knowledge check

Module 9: Amazon Timestream

• Discussing a timeseries database
• What is Amazon Timestream?
• Why Amazon Timestream?
• Amazon Timestream design considerations
• Knowledge check

Module 10: Amazon ElastiCache

• Discussing an in-memory database
• What is ElastiCache?
• Why ElastiCache?
• ElastiCache design considerations
• Knowledge check

Module 11: Amazon MemoryDB for Redis

• What is Amazon MemoryDB (for Redis)?
• Why Amazon MemoryDB?
• Amazon MemoryDB design considerations
• Knowledge check

Class Activity 3: Let’s Cache In

Module 12: Amazon Redshift

• Discussing a data warehouse
• What is Amazon Redshift?
• Why Amazon Redshift?
• Amazon Redshift design considerations
• Knowledge check

Module 13: Tools for Working with AWS Databases

• Data access and analysis with Amazon Athena
• Data migration with SCT and DMS

Class Activity 4: Overall Picture

Challenge Lab 3: Working with Amazon Redshift clusters

This course is intended for learners in the following roles:

• Solutions architects
• Database architects
• Developers

We recommend the following prerequisites for attendees of this course:

• Familiarity with AWS database services
• Understanding of database design concepts and/or data modeling for relational or nonrelational databases
• Familiarity with cloud computing concepts
• Familiarity with general networking and encryption concepts
• Completion of the digital course Introduction to Building with AWS Databases