Ultimate AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate 2025

Welcome! I'm here to help you prepare and PASS the newest SOA-C02 AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam.

[May 2023 Update]:

Over 20 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[April 2022 Update]:

Over 30 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[October 2021 Update]:

Over 50 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes

[August 2021 Update]:

200+ videos have been refreshed and added to update the course to exam version SOA-C02

[May 2020 Update]:

50+ videos have been updated to keep up with AWS UI changes.

[July 2019 Update]:

Few lectures refreshed, including EC2 placement groups. -- -- -- -- -- -- --

The AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate certification is one of the most challenging exams

. It's great at assessing how well you understand not just AWS, but how to administer it and troubleshoot issues, which makes this certification incredibly valuable to have and pass. Rest assured,

I've passed it myself with a score of 980 out of 1000

. Yes, you read that right, I only made one mistake! Next,

I want to help YOU pass the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate certification with flying colors

.

Important: It is highly advised that you first pass the Developer or Solution Architect certification first.

This is going to be a long journey, but passing the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam will be worth it!

This AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate

course is different from the other ones you'll find on Udemy. Dare I say, better (but you'll judge!)

It covers in-depth all the

new topics

on the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate SOA-C02 exam

It's packed with

practical knowledge

on how to use AWS inside and out as a SysOps

It teaches you

how to prepare for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate

exam

AND

how to prepare for the real world

It's a

logical progression of topics

, not a laundry list of random services

It's

fast-paced and to the point

It has

professional subtitles

All

400+ slides available

as downloadable PDF

Concretely, here's what we'll learn to pass the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam:

EC2 For SysOps: Placement Groups, Shutdown Behavior, Troubleshooting, AMI, CloudWatch Metrics

SSM - Systems Manager: Manage EC2 at Scale, Automation, Run Command, Secure Shell, Parameter Store

High Availability and Scalability: ELB Load Balancers (SysOps), Auto Scaling (SysOps), CloudWatch Metrics

Elastic Beanstalk for SysOps

CloudFormation for SysOps: including cfn-init scripts

EBS & EFS: Operations, Troubleshooting, CloudWatch metrics, RAID

S3 in depth: ALL you need to know about S3: MFA, Default Encryption, Policies, Access Logs, Athena, Glacier, CloudFront, Snowball, Storage Gateway, and more

Databases: RDS, Aurora & ElastiCache - Security, Backup, Snapshots, Performance, Metrics, Troubleshooting, Scalability

Monitoring, Audit & Performance: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config

AWS Account Management: Health, Organizations, Billing and Cost Monitoring and Control

Security and Compliance: over 10 services

Route 53: Practical hands-on guide to using Route 53 in the real world

VPC: Complete guide to building fully operational and 2019-ready VPC

Tips to ROCK the exam

This AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate course is full of opportunities to apply your knowledge:

There are many

hands-on lectures

in every section

There are

quizzes

at the end of every section

There's an

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate practice exam

at the end of the course

We'll be using the

AWS Free Tier

most of the time

I'll be showing you how to go beyond the AWS Free Tier (you know... the real world!)

Take a look at these student reviews:

5 stars:

"Got 93.8% on the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam after taking this course. Highly recommended!"

- Vasiliy S.

5 stars:

"Best AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate material on Udemy. Detailed explanation and good example. I already bought a few from other sources including acloud guru, but this beats the pack."

– Olasunkanmi G .

5 stars:

"Stephane did it again!!! The course is extremely high quality. The lecturer's rhetorical abilities are extraordinary. He has a lot of practical experience and teaches you what you will need in practice and what is needed to pass the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam. He raised the bar for what it means high-quality course to an absolutely different level."

- Marko S.

5 stars:

"The slides are worth the cost of the course alone! Over 450 slides and were an awesome last-minute preparation tool I used to identify any gaps I had before taking the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate exam."

-

Antonio C.

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Instructor

My name is Stéphane Maarek, I am passionate about Cloud Computing, and I will be your instructor in this course. I teach about AWS certifications, focusing on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies in AWS. I have already taught 1,500,000+ students and gotten 500,000+ reviews throughout my career in designing and delivering these certifications and courses! With AWS becoming the centerpiece of today's modern IT architectures, I have decided it is time for students to learn how to be an AWS SysOps Administrator Associate. So, let’s kick start the course! You are in good hands! -- -- -- -- -- -- --

This course also comes with:

Lifetime access to all future updates

A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section

Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download

A 30 Day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee!

Join me in this course if you want to become an AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate and master the AWS platform!