AWS Certified Solution Architect - Passed!!!

Good News ! Last week I manage to pass AWS Architect Exam and I would like to share my experience which may help you to pass the exam.

Exam is challenging and easy too, if you know all products and features from AWS console it will be very easy for you if not you know the answer.

Preparation - 

I used Pluralsight training to learn and practice all lab practicals, though I have also completed professional training from AWS you will have to perform each and every lab form AWS.

https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/aws-certified-solutions-architect-associate/table-of-contents

https://app.pluralsight.com/library/courses/aws-certified-solutions-architect-professional/table-of-contents

I will recommend to read and understand Cheat Sheets by 

TutorialsDojo

https://tutorialsdojo.com/aws-cheat-sheets/

Make sure you open AWS account perform all possible labs in your account. DONT FORGET TO DELETE THE RESOURCES AFTER USER OR YOU WILL END UP WITH BIG INVOICE FROM AWS. USE FEATURE CALLED AWS Budget to make sure you are using limited resources.

You can use practice questions and answers to be aware about questions types or test your skills. You will not find single question from dumps in real exam.

Say BIG NO to dumps. AWS exam is something which you can not pass with dumps so please dont believe on anyone who says that just use brain dumps and pass the exam. Its simply not possible.

I will try to create some videos on this if time permits. 

Finally reach out to me if you have any questions.

 

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VMUG Virtual User Conference 2017

Hello Friends,

One of my friend (Dipesh Rajpal) told me about "VMUG Virtual User Conference 2017" registration is open.

Below is link to register for VMUG.
Register

Date:

Thursday, June 8, 2017

Time:

9 AM – 5 PM Central Standard Time

With easy admission from your desk or home office, VMUG Virtual Event 6.0 will provide you with keynote and breakout sessions, a virtual trade show floor, and opportunities to engage with other attendees at the click of a button. Not to mention access to webcasts, white papers, and case studies available for download. For more information and event details please visit:

https://www.vmug.com/Attend/VMUG-UserCon/VirtualEvent

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This is All-Day event with agenda listed below

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Morning Keynote: VMware R&D: What’s on the Horizon? - VMware

Chris Wolf, VP and Chief Technology Officer, Global Field & Industry

10:45 AM - 10:55 AM

Break

10:55 AM - 11:40 AM

Upgrading to vSphere 6.5 - VMware

Emad Younis, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

VMware Cloud on AWS – Technical Overview - VMware

Frank Denneman, Senior Staff Architect

11:40 AM - 11:50 AM

Break

11:50 AM - 12:35 PM

The Impact of Hyper-converged Infrastructure on the IT Landscape - Dell EMC

William Leslie, Technical Marketing Manager, Jason Maques, Technical Marketing Consultant

The Modern DataPlatform for vSphere Hybrid Cloud Infrastructures - Cohesity

Rawlinson Rivera, Chief Technology Officer, Global Field

The Evolving Data Center and the Cost of Flexibility - Trend Micro

Keith Tarantino, Principle Engineer

12:35 PM - 12:45 PM

Break

12:45 PM - 1:30 PM

Cloud-Native, Containers, Docker, Microservices, DevOps, Squirrel! - VMware

Steve Tegeler, Director, Technical Product Management and Systems Engineering, Cloud Native Apps

Operationalizing VMware NSX - VMware

Chris McCain, Director, Technical Certification

1:30 PM - 1:40 PM

Break

1:40 PM - 2:25 PM

Addressing Virtual Infrastructure Complexity with the Nimble Solution for VMware vSphere - Nimble Storage

Michael Harding, Senior Solutions Marketing Manager

How to Back Up and Restore VMware vCenter Server Appliance (vCSA) and Platform Controllers Properly - Veeam

Michael White, Technical Evangelist

Lightning-Fast Virtual Machine Recovery - Arcserve

Stacey Budd, Principal Pre-Sales Consultant

2:25 PM - 2:35 PM

Break

2:35 PM - 3:20 PM

4 Steps to Deliver Enterprise Cloud Right - Tintri

Chuck Dubuque, VP, Products and Solutions

Enhance VMware Data Protection with Cloud - Druva

Jesse Kachapis, Sr. Technical Architect,  

Bill Kleyman, Expert Contributor Data Center Knowledge

Looking Across the Silos to Add Business Value: Unleashing the Power of Machine Learning Analytics - SIOS Technology

Jim Shocrylas, Director of Product Management

3:20 PM - 3:30 PM

Break

3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Community Presentations - VMUG

VMUG Community Presenters

VVOLs 2.0 to the rescue! Unlock the power of array native snapshots and replication - Pure Storage

Cody Hosterman, Technical Director

Ransomware Jail, Is There Any Way Out? (Asking for a friend.) - Rubrik

Andrew Miller, Technical Marketing Director

4:15 PM - 4:25 PM

Break

4:25 PM - 5:00 PM

What’s New - PowerCLI 6.5.1 - VMware

Kyle Ruddy, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer

vRealize Automation and NSX - VMware

Jad El-Zein, Principal Architect

  

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I am now "Rahim Shaikh" The VMware vExpert 2017

Hello Guys, Its been long time & I was super busy with my office work.

I have a good news for everyone, I got VMware vExpert batch for 2017; few months back I had written blog post on vExpert application as well and today I got email from VMware that they have granted me VMware vExpert Award 2017.

I also confirmed on VMware site & my name is there listed as "Rahim Shaikh" with my twitter id 'rahimras' https://twitter.com/RahimRas.

https://blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2017/02/vexpert-2017-award-announcement.html

I feel good now & finally my efforts are getting visible to VMware.

Thanks for Reading.

Rahim Shaikh

VCAP, vExpert 2017.

Rated 4.7/5 based on 3232 reviews

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