AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C02) Exam Prep Course - Hands-On Challenge: CloudFormation

The video tutorial guides viewers through setting up an Active Directory domain in AWS using CloudFormation. It covers creating a key pair, copying the AMI ID, and building a CloudFormation stack. The tutorial emphasizes the simplicity of the steps despite the challenge, and concludes with testing the setup and cleaning up resources. The next video will provide a solution to the challenge.

What is the main task discussed in the introduction of the video?

• Building a website

• Developing a mobile app

• Setting up an Active Directory domain

• Creating a database

Which AWS service is used to simplify the Active Directory setup process?

• AWS CloudFormation

• AWS S3

• AWS EC2

• AWS Lambda

What is the first step in the hands-on challenge?

• Set up a VPC

• Configure IAM roles

• Create a key pair named KP solution architect

• Launch an EC2 instance

Why is it important to update the AMI ID in the CloudFormation template?

• To ensure compatibility with the latest AWS services

• To use the latest Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 base image

• To improve security

• To reduce costs

What should be done after testing the Active Directory setup?

• Backup the setup to AWS S3

• Migrate the setup to another region

• Delete the setup using CloudFormation

• Leave the setup running