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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

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Content Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures

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Content Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures

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Content Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures

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Content Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

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Service ReferencesThe following sections provide detailed information about AWS services, technologies, andTechnologies and ConceptsMentions of AWS Services on the ExamIn-Scope AWS ServicesOut-of-Scope AWS ServicesContent Domain 1: Design Secure ArchitecturesContent outline 3AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Task 1.1: Design secure access to AWS resourcesTask 1.2: Design secure workloads and applicationsTask 1.3: Determine appropriate data security controlsTask 1.1: Design secure access to AWS resourcesKnowledge of:Access controls and management across multiple accountsAWS federated access and identity services (for example, IAM, AWS IAM Identity Center)AWS global infrastructure (for example, Availability Zones, AWS Regions)AWS security best practices (for example, the principle of least privilege)The AWS shared responsibility modelSkills in:Applying AWS security best practices to IAM users and root users (for example, multi-factorDesigning a flexible authorization model that includes IAM users, groups, roles, and policiesDesigning a role-based access control strategy (for example, AWS STS, role switching, cross-Designing a security strategy for multiple AWS accounts (for example, AWS Control Tower,Determining the appropriate use of resource policies for AWS servicesDetermining when to federate a directory service with IAM rolesTask 1.2: Design secure workloads and applicationsKnowledge of:Application configuration and credentials securityAWS service endpointsControl ports, protocols, and network traffic on AWSTask 1.1: Design secure access to AWS resources 4AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Secure application accessSecurity services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon Cognito, Amazon GuardDuty,Amazon Macie)Threat vectors external to AWS (for example, DDoS, SQL injection)Skills in:Designing VPC architectures with security components (for example, security groups, routeDetermining network segmentation strategies (for example, using public subnets and privateIntegrating AWS services to secure applications (for example, AWS Shield, AWS WAF, IAM IdentityCenter, AWS Secrets Manager)Securing external network connections to and from the AWS Cloud (for example, VPN, AWSDirect Connect)Task 1.3: Determine appropriate data security controlsKnowledge of:Data access and governanceData recoveryData retention and classificationEncryption and appropriate key managementSkills in:Aligning AWS technologies to meet compliance requirementsEncrypting data at rest (for example, AWS KMS)Encrypting data in transit (for example, AWS Certificate Manager [ACM] using TLS)Implementing access policies for encryption keysImplementing data backups and replicationsImplementing policies for data access, lifecycle, and protectionRotating encryption keys and renewing certificatesTask 1.3: Determine appropriate data security controls 5AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Content Domain 2: Design Resilient ArchitecturesTask 2.1: Design scalable and loosely coupled architecturesTask 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architecturesTask 2.1: Design scalable and loosely coupled architecturesKnowledge of:API creation and management (for example, Amazon API Gateway, REST API)AWS managed services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Transfer Family, AmazonSQS, AWS Secrets Manager)Caching strategiesDesign principles for microservices (for example, stateless workloads compared with statefulEvent-driven architecturesHorizontal scaling and vertical scalingHow to appropriately use edge accelerators (for example, content delivery network [CDN])How to migrate applications into containersLoad balancing concepts (for example, Application Load Balancer [ALB])Multi-tier architecturesQueuing and messaging concepts (for example, publish/subscribe)Serverless technologies and patterns (for example, AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda)Storage types with associated characteristics (for example, object, file, block)The orchestration of containers (for example, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS)When to use read replicasWorkflow orchestration (for example, AWS Step Functions)Skills in:Designing event-driven, microservice, and/or multi-tier architectures based on requirementsContent Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures 6AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Determining scaling strategies for components used in an architecture designDetermining the AWS services required to achieve loose coupling based on requirementsDetermining when to use containersDetermining when to use serverless technologies and patternsRecommending appropriate compute, storage, networking, and database technologies based onUsing purpose-built AWS services for workloadsTask 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architecturesKnowledge of:AWS global infrastructure (for example, Availability Zones, AWS Regions, Amazon Route 53)AWS Managed Services (AMS) with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon Comprehend,Amazon Polly)Basic networking concepts (for example, route tables)Disaster recovery (DR) strategies (for example, backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby,Distributed design patternsFailover strategiesImmutable infrastructureLoad balancing concepts (for example, ALB)Proxy concepts (for example, Amazon RDS Proxy)Service quotas and throttling (for example, how to configure the service quotas for a workload inStorage options and characteristics (for example, durability, replication)Workload visibility (for example, AWS X-Ray)Skills in:Determining automation strategies to ensure infrastructure integrityDetermining the AWS services required to provide a highly available and/or fault-tolerantTask 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures 7AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Identifying metrics based on business requirements to deliver a highly available solutionImplementing designs to mitigate single points of failureImplementing strategies to ensure the durability and availability of data (for example, backups)Selecting an appropriate DR strategy to meet business requirementsUsing AWS services that improve the reliability of legacy applications and applications not builtUsing purpose-built AWS services for workloadsContent Domain 3: Design High-Performing ArchitecturesTask 3.1: Determine high-performing and/or scalable storage solutionsTask 3.2: Design high-performing and elastic compute solutionsTask 3.3: Determine high-performing database solutionsTask 3.4: Determine high-performing and/or scalable network architecturesTask 3.5: Determine high-performing data ingestion and transformation solutionsTask 3.1: Determine high-performing and/or scalable storage solutionsKnowledge of:Hybrid storage solutions to meet business requirementsStorage services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon EBS)Storage types with associated characteristics (for example, object, file, block)Skills in:Determining storage services and configurations that meet performance demandsDetermining storage services that can scale to accommodate future needsTask 3.2: Design high-performing and elastic compute solutionsKnowledge of:Content Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures 8AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)AWS compute services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Batch, Amazon EMR, AWSDistributed computing concepts supported by AWS global infrastructure and edge servicesQueuing and messaging concepts (for example, publish/subscribe)Scalability capabilities with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, AWSAuto Scaling)Serverless technologies and patterns (for example, AWS Lambda, Fargate)The orchestration of containers (for example, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS)Skills in:Decoupling workloads so that components can scale independentlyIdentifying metrics and conditions to perform scaling actionsSelecting the appropriate compute options and features (for example, EC2 instance types) toSelecting the appropriate resource type and size (for example, the amount of Lambda memory)Task 3.3: Determine high-performing database solutionsKnowledge of:AWS global infrastructure (for example, Availability Zones, AWS Regions)Caching strategies and services (for example, Amazon ElastiCache)Data access patterns (for example, read-intensive compared with write-intensive)Database capacity planning (for example, capacity units, instance types, Provisioned IOPS)Database connections and proxiesDatabase engines with appropriate use cases (for example, heterogeneous migrations,Database replication (for example, read replicas)Database types and services (for example, serverless, relational compared with non-relational, in-Task 3.3: Determine high-performing database solutions 9AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Skills in:Configuring read replicas to meet business requirementsDesigning database architecturesDetermining an appropriate database engine (for example, MySQL compared with PostgreSQL)Determining an appropriate database type (for example, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB)Integrating caching to meet business requirementsTask 3.4: Determine high-performing and/or scalable networkKnowledge of:Edge networking services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon CloudFront, AWSGlobal Accelerator)How to design network architecture (for example, subnet tiers, routing, IP addressing)Load balancing concepts (for example, Application Load Balancer [ALB])Network connection options (for example, AWS VPN, AWS Direct Connect, AWS PrivateLink)Skills in:Creating a network topology for various architectures (for example, global, hybrid, multi-tier)Determining network configurations that can scale to accommodate future needsDetermining the appropriate placement of resources to meet business requirementsSelecting the appropriate load balancing strategyTask 3.5: Determine high-performing data ingestion andKnowledge of:Data analytics and visualization services with appropriate use cases (for example, AmazonAthena, AWS Lake Formation, Amazon Quick)Data ingestion patterns (for example, frequency)Task 3.4: Determine high-performing and/or scalable network architectures 10AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Data transfer services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS DataSync, AWS StorageData transformation services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Glue)Secure access to ingestion access pointsSizes and speeds needed to meet business requirementsStreaming data services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon Kinesis)Skills in:Building and securing data lakesDesigning data streaming architecturesDesigning data transfer solutionsImplementing visualization strategiesSelecting appropriate compute options for data processing (for example, Amazon EMR)Selecting appropriate configurations for ingestionTransforming data between formats (for example, .csv to .parquet)Content Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized ArchitecturesTask 4.1: Design cost-optimized storage solutionsTask 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutionsTask 4.3: Design cost-optimized database solutionsTask 4.4: Design cost-optimized network architecturesTask 4.1: Design cost-optimized storage solutionsKnowledge of:Access options (for example, an S3 bucket with Requester Pays object storage)AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, AWSBudgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)Content Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures 11AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)AWS storage services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon FSx, Amazon EFS,Amazon S3, Amazon EBS)Backup strategiesBlock storage options (for example, hard disk drive [HDD] volume types, solid state drive [SSD]Data lifecyclesHybrid storage options (for example, AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer Family, AWS StorageStorage access patternsStorage tiering (for example, cold tiering for object storage)Storage types with associated characteristics (for example, object, file, block)Skills in:Designing appropriate storage strategies (for example, batch uploads to Amazon S3 comparedDetermining the correct storage size for a workloadDetermining the lowest cost method of transferring data for a workload to AWS storageDetermining when storage auto scaling is requiredManaging S3 object lifecyclesSelecting the appropriate backup and/or archival solutionSelecting the appropriate service for data migration to storage servicesSelecting the appropriate storage tierSelecting the correct data lifecycle for storageSelecting the most cost-effective storage service for a workloadTask 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutionsKnowledge of:AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, AWSBudgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)Task 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutions 12AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)AWS global infrastructure (for example, Availability Zones, AWS Regions)AWS purchasing options (for example, Spot Instances, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans)Distributed compute strategies (for example, edge processing)Hybrid compute options (for example, AWS Outposts)Instance types, families, and sizes (for example, memory optimized, compute optimized,Optimization of compute utilization (for example, containers, serverless computing,Scaling strategies (for example, auto scaling, hibernation)Skills in:Determining an appropriate load balancing strategy (for example, Application Load BalancerDetermining appropriate scaling methods and strategies for elastic workloads (for example,Determining cost-effective AWS compute services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWSLambda, Amazon EC2, AWS Fargate)Determining the required availability for different classes of workloads (for example, productionSelecting the appropriate instance family for a workloadSelecting the appropriate instance size for a workloadTask 4.3: Design cost-optimized database solutionsKnowledge of:AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, AWSBudgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)Caching strategiesData retention policiesTask 4.3: Design cost-optimized database solutions 13AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Database capacity planning (for example, capacity units)Database connections and proxiesDatabase engines with appropriate use cases (for example, heterogeneous migrations,Database replication (for example, read replicas)Database types and services (for example, relational compared with non-relational, AmazonAurora, Amazon DynamoDB)Skills in:Designing appropriate backup and retention policies (for example, snapshot frequency)Determining an appropriate database engine (for example, MySQL compared with PostgreSQL)Determining cost-effective AWS database services with appropriate use cases (for example,DynamoDB compared with Amazon RDS, serverless)Determining cost-effective AWS database types (for example, time series format, columnarMigrating database schemas and data to different locations and/or different database enginesTask 4.4: Design cost-optimized network architecturesKnowledge of:AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, AWSBudgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)Load balancing concepts (for example, Application Load Balancer [ALB])NAT gateways (for example, NAT instance costs compared with NAT gateway costs)Network connectivity (for example, private lines, dedicated lines, VPNs)Network routing, topology, and peering (for example, AWS Transit Gateway, VPC peering)Network services with appropriate use cases (for example, DNS)Skills in:Task 4.4: Design cost-optimized network architectures 14AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Configuring appropriate NAT gateway types for a network (for example, a single shared NATConfiguring appropriate network connections (for example, AWS Direct Connect compared withVPN compared with internet)Configuring appropriate network routes to minimize network transfer costs (for example, RegionDetermining strategic needs for content delivery networks (CDNs) and edge cachingReviewing existing workloads for network optimizationsSelecting an appropriate throttling strategySelecting the appropriate bandwidth allocation for a network device (for example, a single VPNTechnologies and ConceptsThe following list contains technologies and concepts that might appear on the exam. This list isCost managementDisaster recoveryHigh performanceManagement and governanceMicroservices and component deliveryMigration and data transferNetworking, connectivity, and content deliveryResiliencyServerless and event-driven design principlesTechnologies and Concepts 15AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Mentions of AWS Services on the ExamAWS Certification is reducing the reading load on this exam by using official short names for well-Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) appears on the exam as Amazon SNS.The Help feature in the exam (available for every question) contains the list of the short AWSYou can consult AWS Service Names on the AWS Certification website for the list of services thatNote: Not every abbreviation is fully spelled out on the exam or available in the Help feature.The official full name for some AWS services includes an abbreviation that is never expanded (forIn-Scope AWS ServicesThe following list contains AWS services and features that are in scope for the exam. This list isApplication IntegrationAWS Cost ManagementContainersDeveloper ToolsFront-End Web and MobileMachine LearningManagement and GovernanceMedia ServicesMentions of AWS Services on the Exam 16AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Migration and TransferNetworking and Content DeliverySecurity, Identity, and ComplianceServerlessAmazon AthenaAWS Data ExchangeAmazon Data FirehoseAmazon EMRAmazon KinesisAWS Lake FormationAmazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)Amazon OpenSearch ServiceAmazon QuickAmazon RedshiftApplication IntegrationAmazon AppFlowAmazon EventBridgeAmazon SNSAmazon SQSAWS Step FunctionsAWS Cost ManagementAWS BudgetsAnalytics 17AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)AWS Cost and Usage ReportAWS Cost ExplorerSavings PlansAmazon EC2Amazon EC2 Auto ScalingAWS Elastic BeanstalkAWS OutpostsAWS Serverless Application RepositoryVMware Cloud on AWSAWS WavelengthContainersAmazon ECRAmazon ECSAmazon ECS AnywhereAmazon EKSAmazon EKS AnywhereAmazon EKS DistroAmazon AuroraAmazon Aurora ServerlessAmazon DocumentDBAmazon DynamoDBAmazon ElastiCacheCompute 18AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Amazon KeyspacesAmazon NeptuneAmazon RDSAmazon RedshiftDeveloper ToolsFront-End Web and MobileAWS AmplifyAmazon API GatewayAWS Device FarmMachine LearningAmazon ComprehendAmazon LexAmazon PollyAmazon RekognitionAmazon SageMaker AIAmazon TextractAmazon TranscribeAmazon TranslateManagement and GovernanceAWS Auto ScalingAWS CloudFormationAWS CloudTrailDeveloper Tools 19AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Amazon CloudWatchAWS Compute OptimizerAWS Control TowerAWS Health DashboardAWS License ManagerAmazon Managed GrafanaAmazon Managed Service for PrometheusAWS Management ConsoleAWS OrganizationsAWS Service CatalogAWS Systems ManagerAWS Trusted AdvisorAWS Well-Architected ToolMedia ServicesAmazon Elastic TranscoderAmazon Kinesis Video StreamsMigration and TransferAWS Application Migration ServiceAWS DataSyncAWS Snow FamilyAWS Transfer FamilyNetworking and Content DeliveryAWS Client VPNMedia Services 20AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Amazon CloudFrontAWS Direct ConnectElastic Load Balancing (ELB)AWS Global AcceleratorAWS PrivateLinkAmazon Route 53AWS Site-to-Site VPNAWS Transit GatewayAmazon VPCSecurity, Identity, and ComplianceAWS ArtifactAWS Certificate Manager (ACM)AWS CloudHSMAmazon CognitoAmazon DetectiveAWS Directory ServiceAWS Firewall ManagerAmazon GuardDutyAWS IAM Identity CenterAmazon InspectorAmazon MacieAWS Network FirewallAWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM)AWS Secrets ManagerAWS Security HubAWS ShieldSecurity, Identity, and Compliance 21AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)ServerlessAWS FargateAWS LambdaAWS BackupAmazon EBSAmazon EFSAmazon FSx (for all types)Amazon S3 GlacierAWS Storage GatewayOut-of-Scope AWS ServicesThe following list contains AWS services and features that are out of scope for the exam. This list isApplication IntegrationBlockchainDeveloper ToolsFront-End Web and MobileServerless 22AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)Internet of ThingsMachine LearningManagement and GovernanceMedia ServicesMigration and TransferNetworking and Content DeliveryQuantum TechnologiesApplication IntegrationAmazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA)Amazon SumerianBlockchainAmazon Managed BlockchainAmazon LightsailAmazon RDS on VMwareDeveloper ToolsApplication Integration 23AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)AWS CloudShellAWS CodeArtifactAWS CodeBuildAWS CodeCommitAWS CodeDeployAmazon CorrettoAWS Fault Injection Simulator (AWS FIS)AWS Tools and SDKsFront-End Web and MobileAmazon Location ServiceAmazon GameLiftInternet of ThingsAll servicesMachine LearningApache MXNet on AWSAWS DeepComposerAWS Deep Learning AMIs (DLAMI)AWS Deep Learning ContainersAmazon DevOps GuruAmazon Elastic InferenceAmazon HealthLakeAWS InferentiaAmazon PersonalizeFront-End Web and Mobile 24AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)PyTorch on AWSTensorFlow on AWSManagement and GovernanceAWS Console Mobile ApplicationAWS Distro for OpenTelemetryMedia ServicesAWS Elemental Appliances and SoftwareAWS Elemental MediaConnectAWS Elemental MediaConvertAWS Elemental MediaLiveAWS Elemental MediaPackageAWS Elemental MediaTailorAmazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS)Migration and TransferMigration EvaluatorNetworking and Content DeliveryAWS Cloud MapQuantum TechnologiesAmazon BraketAWS Ground StationManagement and Governance 25AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)How useful was this exam guide? 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concepts relevant to this certification exam::
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Technologies and Concepts

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In-Scope AWS Services

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Content Domain 1: Design Secure Architectures

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Content outline 3

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Task 1.1: Design secure access to AWS resources

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Task 1.2: Design secure workloads and applications

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Task 1.3: Determine appropriate data security controls

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Access controls and management across multiple accounts

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AWS federated access and identity services (for example, IAM, AWS IAM Identity Center)

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AWS global infrastructure (for example, Availability Zones, AWS Regions)

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AWS security best practices (for example, the principle of least privilege)

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The AWS shared responsibility model

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Skills in:

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Designing a flexible authorization model that includes IAM users, groups, roles, and policies

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Designing a security strategy for multiple AWS accounts (for example, AWS Control Tower,

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Determining the appropriate use of resource policies for AWS services

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Determining when to federate a directory service with IAM roles

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Application configuration and credentials security

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AWS service endpoints

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Control ports, protocols, and network traffic on AWS

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Secure application access

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Security services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon Cognito, Amazon GuardDuty,

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Amazon Macie)

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Threat vectors external to AWS (for example, DDoS, SQL injection)

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Skills in:

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Designing VPC architectures with security components (for example, security groups, route

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Integrating AWS services to secure applications (for example, AWS Shield, AWS WAF, IAM Identity

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Knowledge of:

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Data access and governance

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Data recovery

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Data retention and classification

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Encryption and appropriate key management

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Aligning AWS technologies to meet compliance requirements

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Encrypting data at rest (for example, AWS KMS)

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Encrypting data in transit (for example, AWS Certificate Manager [ACM] using TLS)

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Implementing access policies for encryption keys

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Implementing data backups and replications

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Implementing policies for data access, lifecycle, and protection

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Rotating encryption keys and renewing certificates

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Content Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures

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Task 2.1: Design scalable and loosely coupled architectures

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Task 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures

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Task 2.1: Design scalable and loosely coupled architectures

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API creation and management (for example, Amazon API Gateway, REST API)

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AWS managed services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Transfer Family, Amazon

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SQS, AWS Secrets Manager)

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Caching strategies

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Design principles for microservices (for example, stateless workloads compared with stateful

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workloads):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Event-driven architectures

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Horizontal scaling and vertical scaling

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How to appropriately use edge accelerators (for example, content delivery network [CDN])

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How to migrate applications into containers

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Load balancing concepts (for example, Application Load Balancer [ALB])

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Multi-tier architectures

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Queuing and messaging concepts (for example, publish/subscribe)

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Serverless technologies and patterns (for example, AWS Fargate, AWS Lambda)

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Storage types with associated characteristics (for example, object, file, block)

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The orchestration of containers (for example, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS)

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When to use read replicas

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Workflow orchestration (for example, AWS Step Functions)

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Designing event-driven, microservice, and/or multi-tier architectures based on requirements

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Content Domain 2: Design Resilient Architectures 6

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Determining scaling strategies for components used in an architecture design

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Determining the AWS services required to achieve loose coupling based on requirements

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Determining when to use containers

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Determining when to use serverless technologies and patterns

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Recommending appropriate compute, storage, networking, and database technologies based on

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requirements:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Using purpose-built AWS services for workloads

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Task 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures

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Knowledge of:

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AWS global infrastructure (for example, Availability Zones, AWS Regions, Amazon Route 53)

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AWS Managed Services (AMS) with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon Comprehend,

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Amazon Polly)

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Basic networking concepts (for example, route tables)

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Disaster recovery (DR) strategies (for example, backup and restore, pilot light, warm standby,

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active-active failover, recovery point objective [RPO], recovery time objective [RTO]):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Distributed design patterns

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Failover strategies

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Immutable infrastructure

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Load balancing concepts (for example, ALB)

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Proxy concepts (for example, Amazon RDS Proxy)

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Service quotas and throttling (for example, how to configure the service quotas for a workload in

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a standby environment):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Storage options and characteristics (for example, durability, replication)

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Workload visibility (for example, AWS X-Ray)

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Determining automation strategies to ensure infrastructure integrity

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Determining the AWS services required to provide a highly available and/or fault-tolerant

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architecture across AWS Regions or Availability Zones:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Identifying metrics based on business requirements to deliver a highly available solution

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Implementing designs to mitigate single points of failure

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Implementing strategies to ensure the durability and availability of data (for example, backups)

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Selecting an appropriate DR strategy to meet business requirements

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Using AWS services that improve the reliability of legacy applications and applications not built

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for the cloud (for example, when application changes are not possible):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Using purpose-built AWS services for workloads

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Content Domain 3: Design High-Performing Architectures

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Task 3.1: Determine high-performing and/or scalable storage solutions

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Task 3.2: Design high-performing and elastic compute solutions

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Task 3.3: Determine high-performing database solutions

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Task 3.4: Determine high-performing and/or scalable network architectures

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Task 3.5: Determine high-performing data ingestion and transformation solutions

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Task 3.1: Determine high-performing and/or scalable storage solutions

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Knowledge of:

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Hybrid storage solutions to meet business requirements

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Storage services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon S3, Amazon EFS, Amazon EBS)

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Storage types with associated characteristics (for example, object, file, block)

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Determining storage services and configurations that meet performance demands

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Determining storage services that can scale to accommodate future needs

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Task 3.2: Design high-performing and elastic compute solutions

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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AWS compute services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Batch, Amazon EMR, AWS

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Fargate):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Distributed computing concepts supported by AWS global infrastructure and edge services

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Queuing and messaging concepts (for example, publish/subscribe)

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Scalability capabilities with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling, AWS

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Auto Scaling)

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Serverless technologies and patterns (for example, AWS Lambda, Fargate)

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The orchestration of containers (for example, Amazon ECS, Amazon EKS)

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Decoupling workloads so that components can scale independently

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Identifying metrics and conditions to perform scaling actions

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Selecting the appropriate compute options and features (for example, EC2 instance types) to

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meet business requirements:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Selecting the appropriate resource type and size (for example, the amount of Lambda memory)

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to meet business requirements:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Task 3.3: Determine high-performing database solutions

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AWS global infrastructure (for example, Availability Zones, AWS Regions)

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Caching strategies and services (for example, Amazon ElastiCache)

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Data access patterns (for example, read-intensive compared with write-intensive)

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Database capacity planning (for example, capacity units, instance types, Provisioned IOPS)

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Database connections and proxies

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Database engines with appropriate use cases (for example, heterogeneous migrations,

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homogeneous migrations):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Database replication (for example, read replicas)

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Database types and services (for example, serverless, relational compared with non-relational, in-

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memory):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Skills in:

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Configuring read replicas to meet business requirements

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Designing database architectures

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Determining an appropriate database engine (for example, MySQL compared with PostgreSQL)

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Determining an appropriate database type (for example, Amazon Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB)

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Integrating caching to meet business requirements

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Task 3.4: Determine high-performing and/or scalable network

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architectures:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

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Edge networking services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon CloudFront, AWS

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Global Accelerator)

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How to design network architecture (for example, subnet tiers, routing, IP addressing)

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Load balancing concepts (for example, Application Load Balancer [ALB])

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Network connection options (for example, AWS VPN, AWS Direct Connect, AWS PrivateLink)

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Creating a network topology for various architectures (for example, global, hybrid, multi-tier)

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Determining network configurations that can scale to accommodate future needs

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Determining the appropriate placement of resources to meet business requirements

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Selecting the appropriate load balancing strategy

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Task 3.5: Determine high-performing data ingestion and

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transformation solutions:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

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Data analytics and visualization services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon

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Athena, AWS Lake Formation, Amazon Quick)

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Data ingestion patterns (for example, frequency)

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Data transfer services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS DataSync, AWS Storage

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Gateway):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Data transformation services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Glue)

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Secure access to ingestion access points

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Sizes and speeds needed to meet business requirements

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Streaming data services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon Kinesis)

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Building and securing data lakes

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Designing data streaming architectures

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Designing data transfer solutions

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Implementing visualization strategies

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Selecting appropriate compute options for data processing (for example, Amazon EMR)

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Selecting appropriate configurations for ingestion

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Transforming data between formats (for example, .csv to .parquet)

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Content Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures

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Task 4.1: Design cost-optimized storage solutions

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Task 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutions

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Task 4.3: Design cost-optimized database solutions

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Task 4.4: Design cost-optimized network architectures

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Task 4.1: Design cost-optimized storage solutions

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Access options (for example, an S3 bucket with Requester Pays object storage)

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AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)

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AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS

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Budgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)

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Content Domain 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures 11

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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AWS storage services with appropriate use cases (for example, Amazon FSx, Amazon EFS,

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Amazon S3, Amazon EBS)

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Backup strategies

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Block storage options (for example, hard disk drive [HDD] volume types, solid state drive [SSD]

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volume types):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Data lifecycles

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Hybrid storage options (for example, AWS DataSync, AWS Transfer Family, AWS Storage

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Gateway):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Storage access patterns

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Storage tiering (for example, cold tiering for object storage)

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Storage types with associated characteristics (for example, object, file, block)

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Designing appropriate storage strategies (for example, batch uploads to Amazon S3 compared

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with individual uploads):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Determining the correct storage size for a workload

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Determining the lowest cost method of transferring data for a workload to AWS storage

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Determining when storage auto scaling is required

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Managing S3 object lifecycles

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Selecting the appropriate backup and/or archival solution

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Selecting the appropriate service for data migration to storage services

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Selecting the appropriate storage tier

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Selecting the correct data lifecycle for storage

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Selecting the most cost-effective storage service for a workload

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Task 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutions

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Knowledge of:

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AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)

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AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS

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Budgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)

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Task 4.2: Design cost-optimized compute solutions 12

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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AWS global infrastructure (for example, Availability Zones, AWS Regions)

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AWS purchasing options (for example, Spot Instances, Reserved Instances, Savings Plans)

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Distributed compute strategies (for example, edge processing)

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Hybrid compute options (for example, AWS Outposts)

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Instance types, families, and sizes (for example, memory optimized, compute optimized,

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virtualization):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Optimization of compute utilization (for example, containers, serverless computing,

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microservices):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Scaling strategies (for example, auto scaling, hibernation)

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Skills in:

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Determining an appropriate load balancing strategy (for example, Application Load Balancer

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[Layer 7] compared with Network Load Balancer [Layer 4] compared with Gateway Load:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Balancer):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Determining appropriate scaling methods and strategies for elastic workloads (for example,

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horizontal compared with vertical, EC2 hibernation):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Determining cost-effective AWS compute services with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS

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Lambda, Amazon EC2, AWS Fargate)

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Determining the required availability for different classes of workloads (for example, production

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workloads, non-production workloads):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Selecting the appropriate instance family for a workload

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Selecting the appropriate instance size for a workload

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Task 4.3: Design cost-optimized database solutions

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Knowledge of:

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AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)

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AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS

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Budgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)

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Caching strategies

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Data retention policies

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Task 4.3: Design cost-optimized database solutions 13

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Database capacity planning (for example, capacity units)

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Database connections and proxies

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Database engines with appropriate use cases (for example, heterogeneous migrations,

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homogeneous migrations):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Database replication (for example, read replicas)

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Database types and services (for example, relational compared with non-relational, Amazon

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Aurora, Amazon DynamoDB)

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Skills in:

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Designing appropriate backup and retention policies (for example, snapshot frequency)

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Determining an appropriate database engine (for example, MySQL compared with PostgreSQL)

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Determining cost-effective AWS database services with appropriate use cases (for example,

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DynamoDB compared with Amazon RDS, serverless)

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Determining cost-effective AWS database types (for example, time series format, columnar

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format):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Migrating database schemas and data to different locations and/or different database engines

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Task 4.4: Design cost-optimized network architectures

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Knowledge of:

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AWS cost management service features (for example, cost allocation tags, multi-account billing)

Intermediate20 min

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AWS cost management tools with appropriate use cases (for example, AWS Cost Explorer, AWS

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Budgets, AWS Cost and Usage Report)

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Load balancing concepts (for example, Application Load Balancer [ALB])

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NAT gateways (for example, NAT instance costs compared with NAT gateway costs)

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Network connectivity (for example, private lines, dedicated lines, VPNs)

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Network routing, topology, and peering (for example, AWS Transit Gateway, VPC peering)

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Network services with appropriate use cases (for example, DNS)

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Skills in:

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Task 4.4: Design cost-optimized network architectures 14

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Configuring appropriate NAT gateway types for a network (for example, a single shared NAT

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gateway compared with NAT gateways for each Availability Zone):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Configuring appropriate network connections (for example, AWS Direct Connect compared with

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VPN compared with internet)

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Configuring appropriate network routes to minimize network transfer costs (for example, Region

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to Region, Availability Zone to Availability Zone, private to public, AWS Global Accelerator, VPC:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
endpoints):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Determining strategic needs for content delivery networks (CDNs) and edge caching

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Reviewing existing workloads for network optimizations

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Selecting an appropriate throttling strategy

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Selecting the appropriate bandwidth allocation for a network device (for example, a single VPN

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compared with multiple VPNs, Direct Connect speed):
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Technologies and Concepts

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The following list contains technologies and concepts that might appear on the exam. This list is

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non-exhaustive and is subject to change. The order and placement of the items in this list is no:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
indication of their relative weight or importance on the exam::
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Compute:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Cost management

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Database:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Disaster recovery

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High performance

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Management and governance

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Microservices and component delivery

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Migration and data transfer

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Networking, connectivity, and content delivery

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Resiliency

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Security:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Serverless and event-driven design principles

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Storage:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Technologies and Concepts 15

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Mentions of AWS Services on the Exam

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AWS Certification is reducing the reading load on this exam by using official short names for well-

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known AWS service names that contain abbreviations or parenthetical information. For example,:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) appears on the exam as Amazon SNS.

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The Help feature in the exam (available for every question) contains the list of the short AWS

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service names and their corresponding full names.:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

You can consult AWS Service Names on the AWS Certification website for the list of services that

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appear as their short names on the exam. Any services that are on the list but that are out of:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
scope for the exam will not appear on the exam.:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Note: Not every abbreviation is fully spelled out on the exam or available in the Help feature.

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The official full name for some AWS services includes an abbreviation that is never expanded (for

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example, Amazon API Gateway, Amazon EMR). The exam also might contain other abbreviations:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
that the target audience is expected to know.:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

In-Scope AWS Services

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The following list contains AWS services and features that are in scope for the exam. This list is

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non-exhaustive and is subject to change. AWS offerings appear in categories that align with the:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
offerings' primary functions::
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Analytics:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Application Integration

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AWS Cost Management

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Compute:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Containers

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Database:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Developer Tools

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Front-End Web and Mobile

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Machine Learning

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Management and Governance

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Media Services

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Mentions of AWS Services on the Exam 16

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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Migration and Transfer

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Networking and Content Delivery

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Security, Identity, and Compliance

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Serverless

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Storage:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Analytics:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon Athena

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AWS Data Exchange

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Amazon Data Firehose

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Amazon EMR

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AWS Glue:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon Kinesis

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AWS Lake Formation

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Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK)

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Amazon OpenSearch Service

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Amazon Quick

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Amazon Redshift

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Application Integration

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Amazon AppFlow

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Amazon EventBridge

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Amazon MQ:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon SNS

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Amazon SQS

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AWS Step Functions

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AWS Cost Management

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AWS Budgets

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Analytics 17

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

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AWS Cost and Usage Report

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AWS Cost Explorer

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Savings Plans

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Compute:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
AWS Batch:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon EC2

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Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling

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AWS Elastic Beanstalk

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AWS Outposts

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AWS Serverless Application Repository

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VMware Cloud on AWS

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AWS Wavelength

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Containers

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Amazon ECR

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Amazon ECS

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Amazon ECS Anywhere

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Amazon EKS

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Amazon EKS Anywhere

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Amazon EKS Distro

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Database:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon Aurora

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon Aurora Serverless

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Amazon DocumentDB

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon DynamoDB

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Amazon ElastiCache

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Compute 18

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon Keyspaces

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon Neptune

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Amazon RDS

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Amazon Redshift

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Developer Tools

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AWS X-Ray:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Front-End Web and Mobile

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AWS Amplify

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Amazon API Gateway

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AWS Device Farm

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Machine Learning

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Amazon Comprehend

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Amazon Lex

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Amazon Polly

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Amazon Rekognition

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Amazon SageMaker AI

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Amazon Textract

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Amazon Transcribe

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Amazon Translate

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Management and Governance

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AWS Auto Scaling

Intermediate20 min

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AWS CLI:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

AWS CloudFormation

Intermediate20 min

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AWS CloudTrail

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Developer Tools 19

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon CloudWatch

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Compute Optimizer

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Config:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

AWS Control Tower

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Health Dashboard

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AWS License Manager

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Amazon Managed Grafana

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Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus

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AWS Management Console

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AWS Organizations

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AWS Service Catalog

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AWS Systems Manager

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AWS Trusted Advisor

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AWS Well-Architected Tool

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Media Services

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Amazon Elastic Transcoder

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Amazon Kinesis Video Streams

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Migration and Transfer

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AWS Application Migration Service

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AWS DataSync

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AWS DMS:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

AWS Snow Family

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Transfer Family

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Networking and Content Delivery

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AWS Client VPN

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Media Services 20

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon CloudFront

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AWS Direct Connect

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Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)

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AWS Global Accelerator

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AWS PrivateLink

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Amazon Route 53

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AWS Site-to-Site VPN

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AWS Transit Gateway

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Amazon VPC

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Security, Identity, and Compliance

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AWS Artifact

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AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)

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AWS CloudHSM

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Amazon Cognito

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Amazon Detective

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AWS Directory Service

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AWS Firewall Manager

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Amazon GuardDuty

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AWS IAM Identity Center

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Amazon Inspector

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AWS KMS:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon Macie

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Network Firewall

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AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM)

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AWS Secrets Manager

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AWS Security Hub

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AWS Shield

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Security, Identity, and Compliance 21

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

Intermediate20 min

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AWS WAF:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Serverless

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Fargate

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AWS Lambda

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Storage:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

AWS Backup

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Amazon EBS

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Amazon EFS

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Amazon FSx (for all types)

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Amazon S3:
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Amazon S3 Glacier

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Storage Gateway

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Out-of-Scope AWS Services

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The following list contains AWS services and features that are out of scope for the exam. This list is

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non-exhaustive and is subject to change. AWS offerings that are entirely unrelated to the target job:
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roles for the exam are excluded from this list::
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Application Integration

Intermediate20 min

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AR and VR:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Blockchain

Intermediate20 min

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Compute:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Database:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Developer Tools

Intermediate20 min

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Front-End Web and Mobile

Intermediate20 min

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Serverless 22

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

Intermediate20 min

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Game Tech:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Internet of Things

Intermediate20 min

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Machine Learning

Intermediate20 min

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Management and Governance

Intermediate20 min

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Media Services

Intermediate20 min

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Migration and Transfer

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Networking and Content Delivery

Intermediate20 min

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Quantum Technologies

Intermediate20 min

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Satellite:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Application Integration

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA)

Intermediate20 min

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AR and VR:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon Sumerian

Intermediate20 min

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Blockchain

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Amazon Managed Blockchain

Intermediate20 min

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Compute:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon Lightsail

Intermediate20 min

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Database:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon RDS on VMware

Intermediate20 min

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Developer Tools

Intermediate20 min

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AWS CDK:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Application Integration 23

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

Intermediate20 min

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AWS CloudShell

Intermediate20 min

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AWS CodeArtifact

Intermediate20 min

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AWS CodeBuild

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AWS CodeCommit

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AWS CodeDeploy

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Amazon Corretto

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Fault Injection Simulator (AWS FIS)

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AWS Tools and SDKs

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Front-End Web and Mobile

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Amazon Location Service

Intermediate20 min

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Game Tech:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

Amazon GameLift

Intermediate20 min

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Internet of Things

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All services

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Machine Learning

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Apache MXNet on AWS

Intermediate20 min

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AWS DeepComposer

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AWS Deep Learning AMIs (DLAMI)

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AWS Deep Learning Containers

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Amazon DevOps Guru

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon Elastic Inference

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Amazon HealthLake

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AWS Inferentia

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Amazon Personalize

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Front-End Web and Mobile 24

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

Intermediate20 min

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PyTorch on AWS

Intermediate20 min

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TensorFlow on AWS

Intermediate20 min

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Management and Governance

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AWS Console Mobile Application

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry

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Media Services

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Elemental Appliances and Software

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AWS Elemental MediaConnect

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AWS Elemental MediaConvert

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AWS Elemental MediaLive

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AWS Elemental MediaPackage

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AWS Elemental MediaTailor

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Amazon Interactive Video Service (Amazon IVS)

Intermediate20 min

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Migration and Transfer

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Migration Evaluator

Intermediate20 min

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Networking and Content Delivery

Intermediate20 min

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AWS Cloud Map

Intermediate20 min

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Quantum Technologies

Intermediate20 min

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Amazon Braket

Intermediate20 min

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Satellite:
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf

AWS Ground Station

Intermediate20 min

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Management and Governance 25

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)

Intermediate20 min

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Survey 26:
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