VMware Certified Master Specialist – VMware Cloud on AWS Exam (5V0-11.21) Study Links

I took the VMware Certified Master Specialist – VMware Cloud on AWS Exam recently and these are the study links I used:

BYOIP to VMware Cloud on AWS Partner Network Blog Post Published

I recently authored this AWS Partner Network blog post which describes how to Bring Your Own IPv4 address to VMware Cloud on AWS using AWS Cloud.

This was driven by AWS customers wanting to migrate hundreds of legacy applications into VMware Cloud on AWS that have a static public IPv4 address constraint. They could not use the DHCP function from Amazon’s pool of public IPv4 addresses that VMware Cloud on AWS supports.

For more AWS goodness, you can access the AWS Blog site, which includes blog posts for all learning levels, categories, industries and AWS products/solutions.

AWS Certified Security Specialty Study Guide

I took the AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam recently and these are the study resources I used:

BYOIP to VMware Cloud on AWS Reference Architecture Published

I recently authored this AWS Reference Architecture which describes how to Bring Your Own IPv4 address to VMware Cloud on AWS using AWS Cloud.

This was driven by AWS customers wanting to migrate hundreds of legacy applications into VMware Cloud on AWS that have a static public IPv4 address constraint. They could not use the DHCP function from Amazon’s pool of public IPv4 addresses that VMware Cloud on AWS supports.

For more AWS goodness, you can access the AWS Whitepapers and Guides portal, which includes Reference Architectures and Technical Guides.

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional Study Guide

I took the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional exam recently and these are the study resources I used:

AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty Study Guide

I took the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty exam recently and these are the study resources I used:

  • A Cloud Guru AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty Course (including labs and practice exam)
  • Official AWS Certified AN-S Practice Exam
  • AWS Solutions Library
  • AWS Whitepapers & Guides
  • AWS Well Architected Framework
  • AWS Podcast
  • Having a generalist understanding of networking (CCNA level) is necessary to be successful with this certification (e.g. DNS, DHCP, RFC 1918 private networks, public networks – ARIN/RIPE, CIDR subnets, firewall rules, Static and BGP routing, NATing, Load Balancing, IEEE 802.1q VLANs, etc.).
  • I do not have AWS Direct Connect in my lab, this was the most challenging part of my study. I had to rely upon videos and documentation to learn about the service, where normally I learn by building, breaking and fixing a service.
  • Many of the questions on the exam are very verbose, so it is important to scan ahead and understand the requirements of the solution architecture (e.g. reliability or cost optimization is the driving requirement) and then read the full question with that in mind. This allows you to discard any red herrings that are posed on the fly and focus on the important solution components.
  • This exam is 2 hours 50 minutes long and you will need to use most of that time to fully read and review each of the 65 questions. Time management is important and using the Flag Question feature of the test platform is the best way to maintain your momentum by answering the questions you are completely sure of and then circling back later to the ones that require more thought (these are the ones you flag).

AWS Certified SA-PRO Study Guide

I took the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional exam recently and these are the study resources I used: