From the course: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02) Cert Prep

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate SOA-C02 Exam overview - Amazon Web Services (AWS) Tutorial

From the course: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA-C02) Cert Prep

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate SOA-C02 Exam overview

(bright music) - [Presenter] Businesses have come to rely on technology to serve customers in a fast, quick, and automated manner. The need to access readily-available information has inspired the development of cloud computing technologies, which allow you to store, process, and manage data over data centers' management cloud providers like AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud. These remote data centers change the way hardware and software applications are implemented and deployed. Cloud computing has transcended from being just an industry buzzword to being the new norm for organizations. And it is here to stay, reshaping jobs in the IT industry. It's incredible how cloud computing has become an integral part of the enterprise digital transformation strategy. But how exactly will cloud computing transform the IT jobs landscape? The emerging trends in cloud technology will change the age old administration skillset required from an IT administrator. As cloud dominates the business landscape, it's steadily reinvents career opportunities for professionals in the information technology sector. New IT positions are created to support organizations with remote maintenance of cloud metrics. We will inevitably see a significant decrease in onsite system administrators for organizations and a steady increase in cloud administration jobs. This means the demand for SysOps administrator is continuously growing as more and more organizations migrate the infrastructure into the cloud. Companies now require systems administrator to learn about automation as the systems they administer are becoming more programmable. The role and responsibility of a SysOps administrator can vary from one company to another, such as provisioning and managing cloud virtual machines, automating logs and monitoring processes, maintaining backups for cloud resources, monitoring billing and developing cost optimization strategies, setting up cloud networks, fine-tuning cloud infrastructure system based on automated monitoring results, and managing user identity and access. So what's in it for you if you study for the AWS-Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Exam? Pursuing a career as an AWS SysOps administrator will require an extensive skillset to enable you to stand tough and progress in your AWS administrator profession. And by having an AWS SysOps certification under your belt, you increase your chances of advancing to a higher value profession that will take your career to the next level. In this course, we'll cover the AWS services and topics that are heavily asked in the SysOps exam, including their types, features, limitations, and how they are integrated with other services. The new SysOps exam version includes an exam labs portion where you are tested on how well you can configure services using the AWS Management Console. In this video course, we'll also be going through some exam labs exercises that will help you get familiar with configuring specific AWS services that are covered in the SysOps exam. The lessons we prepared for you will allow you to gain an in-depth skillset expected of you when you take the SysOps exam. This course contains a unique versus section where we will break down two or more seemingly similar concepts or services in AWS and discover how they differ from each other. Our team also added some helpful exam tips and test-taking strategies to boost your confidence before you take the exam. In this section, we will go through a few sample exam questions and walk you through the process of looking for relevant keywords and eliminating options to help you arrive at the best solution. All of the lessons found in this course are clear and concise and covered topics relevant to the SysOps Administrator Associate Exam. We have spent a significant amount of time planning and producing the lessons in this course. We're confident that this will help you in your journey to pass AWS-Certified SysOps Administrator Associate Exam on your first try. All right, let's get it started. (bright music)

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