# Hands-on Labs & Final Challenge

#### **Scenario:**

SecureCart’s engineering team must **implement a scalable, elastic, and cost-efficient AWS compute architecture**.

#### **Final Study Group Challenges:**

✅ **Scenario 1:** Choose & Deploy the Best Compute Option for a High-Traffic Application\
✅ **Scenario 2:** Implement Auto Scaling for a Compute-Intensive Workload\
✅ **Scenario 3:** Decouple Services Using SQS & EventBridge for Better Performance\
✅ **Scenario 4:** Deploy a Containerized Microservice Using AWS Fargate\
✅ **Scenario 5:** Optimize Compute Costs Using Spot Instances & Compute Savings Plans

🔹 **Outcome:** Learners **demonstrate AWS best practices for scalable compute architectures**.

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### **📚 Recommended Study Resources**

✅ **AWS Well-Architected Framework – Performance Efficiency Pillar**\
✅ **AWS Auto Scaling Best Practices**\
✅ **AWS Compute Optimizer & Cost Management Guide**\
✅ **Amazon ECS vs. EKS vs. Lambda Decision Guide**\
✅ **AWS Step Functions & Event-Driven Compute Whitepapers**


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