AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
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Official study guideContent 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 References
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The following sections provide detailed information about AWS services, technologies, and
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- concepts relevant to this certification exam::
- 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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Mentions of AWS Services on the Exam
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In-Scope AWS Services
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Out-of-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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Task 1.1: Design secure access to AWS resources
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Knowledge of:
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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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Applying AWS security best practices to IAM users and root users (for example, multi-factor
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- authentication [MFA]):
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Designing a flexible authorization model that includes IAM users, groups, roles, and policies
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Designing a role-based access control strategy (for example, AWS STS, role switching, cross-
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- account access):
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Designing a security strategy for multiple AWS accounts (for example, AWS Control Tower,
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- service control policies [SCPs]):
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
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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Task 1.2: Design secure workloads and applications
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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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Task 1.1: Design secure access to AWS resources 4
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)
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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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- tables, network ACLs, NAT gateways):
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Determining network segmentation strategies (for example, using public subnets and private
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- subnets):
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Integrating AWS services to secure applications (for example, AWS Shield, AWS WAF, IAM Identity
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Center, AWS Secrets Manager)
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Securing external network connections to and from the AWS Cloud (for example, VPN, AWS
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Direct Connect)
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Task 1.3: Determine appropriate data security controls
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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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Skills in:
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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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Task 1.3: Determine appropriate data security controls 5
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)
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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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Knowledge of:
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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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Skills in:
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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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Skills in:
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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
Task 2.2: Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures 7
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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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Skills in:
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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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Skills in:
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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
Task 3.3: Determine high-performing database solutions 9
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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
Knowledge of:
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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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Skills in:
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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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Skills in:
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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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Knowledge of:
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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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Skills in:
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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)
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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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for You can consult AWS Service Names on the AWS Certification website for the list of services that and practice applying them to scenarios.
- 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.
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Note: Not every abbreviation is fully spelled out on the exam or available in the Help feature. and practice applying them to scenarios.
The official full name for some AWS services includes an abbreviation that is never expanded (for
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for The official full name for some AWS services includes an abbreviation that is never expanded (for and practice applying them to scenarios.
- 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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for In-Scope AWS Services and practice applying them to scenarios.
The following list contains AWS services and features that are in scope for the exam. This list is
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for The following list contains AWS services and features that are in scope for the exam. This list is and practice applying them to scenarios.
- 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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Application Integration and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Cost Management
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Cost Management and practice applying them to scenarios.
- Compute:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Containers
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Containers and practice applying them to scenarios.
- Database:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Developer Tools
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Developer Tools and practice applying them to scenarios.
Front-End Web and Mobile
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Front-End Web and Mobile and practice applying them to scenarios.
Machine Learning
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Machine Learning and practice applying them to scenarios.
Management and Governance
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Management and Governance and practice applying them to scenarios.
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)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) and practice applying them to scenarios.
Migration and Transfer
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Migration and Transfer and practice applying them to scenarios.
Networking and Content Delivery
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Networking and Content Delivery and practice applying them to scenarios.
Security, Identity, and Compliance
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Security, Identity, and Compliance and practice applying them to scenarios.
Serverless
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Serverless and practice applying them to scenarios.
- 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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Kinesis and practice applying them to scenarios.
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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon EventBridge and practice applying them to scenarios.
- Amazon MQ:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Amazon SNS
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon SNS and practice applying them to scenarios.
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)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) and practice applying them to scenarios.
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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon EC2 and practice applying them to scenarios.
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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for VMware Cloud on AWS and practice applying them to scenarios.
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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon EKS Anywhere and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon EKS Distro
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon EKS Distro and practice applying them to scenarios.
- Database:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Amazon Aurora
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Aurora and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Aurora Serverless
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Amazon DocumentDB
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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 minReview the official skills for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Keyspaces
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Keyspaces and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Neptune
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Amazon RDS
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Amazon Redshift
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Redshift and practice applying them to scenarios.
Developer Tools
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Developer Tools and practice applying them to scenarios.
- 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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Front-End Web and Mobile and practice applying them to scenarios.
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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Management and Governance and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Auto Scaling
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Auto Scaling and practice applying them to scenarios.
- AWS CLI:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
AWS CloudFormation
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS CloudFormation and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS CloudTrail
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS CloudTrail and practice applying them to scenarios.
Developer Tools 19
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Developer Tools 19 and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon CloudWatch
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon CloudWatch and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Compute Optimizer
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Compute Optimizer and practice applying them to scenarios.
- AWS Config:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
AWS Control Tower
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Control Tower and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Health Dashboard
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AWS License Manager
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS License Manager and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Managed Grafana
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Managed Grafana and practice applying them to scenarios.
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
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Service Catalog and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Systems Manager
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Systems Manager and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Trusted Advisor
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Trusted Advisor and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Well-Architected Tool
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Well-Architected Tool and practice applying them to scenarios.
Media Services
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Media Services and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Elastic Transcoder
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Elastic Transcoder and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Kinesis Video Streams
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Kinesis Video Streams and practice applying them to scenarios.
Migration and Transfer
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Migration and Transfer and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Application Migration Service
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Application Migration Service and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS DataSync
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS DataSync and practice applying them to scenarios.
- AWS DMS:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
AWS Snow Family
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Snow Family and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Transfer Family
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Transfer Family and practice applying them to scenarios.
Networking and Content Delivery
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Networking and Content Delivery and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Client VPN
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Client VPN and practice applying them to scenarios.
Media Services 20
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Media Services 20 and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon CloudFront
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon CloudFront and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Direct Connect
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Direct Connect and practice applying them to scenarios.
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Global Accelerator
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Global Accelerator and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS PrivateLink
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS PrivateLink and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Route 53
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Route 53 and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Site-to-Site VPN
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Site-to-Site VPN and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Transit Gateway
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Transit Gateway and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon VPC
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon VPC and practice applying them to scenarios.
Security, Identity, and Compliance
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Security, Identity, and Compliance and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Artifact
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Artifact and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Certificate Manager (ACM) and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS CloudHSM
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS CloudHSM and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Cognito
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Cognito and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Detective
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AWS Directory Service
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Directory Service and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Firewall Manager
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Firewall Manager and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon GuardDuty
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon GuardDuty and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS IAM Identity Center
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS IAM Identity Center and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Inspector
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Inspector and practice applying them to scenarios.
- AWS KMS:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Amazon Macie
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon Macie and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Network Firewall
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Network Firewall and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Resource Access Manager (AWS RAM) and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Secrets Manager
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Secrets Manager and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Security Hub
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Security Hub and practice applying them to scenarios.
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 minReview the official skills for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) and practice applying them to scenarios.
- AWS WAF:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Serverless
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Serverless and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Fargate
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Fargate and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Lambda
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Lambda and practice applying them to scenarios.
- Storage:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
AWS Backup
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Backup and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon EBS
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Amazon EFS
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Amazon FSx (for all types)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon FSx (for all types) and practice applying them to scenarios.
- Amazon S3:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Amazon S3 Glacier
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Amazon S3 Glacier and practice applying them to scenarios.
AWS Storage Gateway
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Storage Gateway and practice applying them to scenarios.
Out-of-Scope AWS Services
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Out-of-Scope AWS Services and practice applying them to scenarios.
The following list contains AWS services and features that are out of scope for the exam. This list is
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for The following list contains AWS services and features that are out of scope for the exam. This list is and practice applying them to scenarios.
- non-exhaustive and is subject to change. AWS offerings that are entirely unrelated to the target job:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
- 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 minReview the official skills for Application Integration and practice applying them to scenarios.
- AR and VR:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Blockchain
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Blockchain and practice applying them to scenarios.
- 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 minReview the official skills for Developer Tools and practice applying them to scenarios.
Front-End Web and Mobile
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for Front-End Web and Mobile and practice applying them to scenarios.
Serverless 22
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) and practice applying them to scenarios.
- Game Tech:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf
Internet of Things
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Machine Learning
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Management and Governance
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Media Services
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Migration and Transfer
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Networking and Content Delivery
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Quantum Technologies
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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 minReview the official skills for Application Integration and practice applying them to scenarios.
Amazon Managed Workflows for Apache Airflow (Amazon MWAA)
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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
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Blockchain
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Amazon Managed Blockchain
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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
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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
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Developer Tools
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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)
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AWS CloudShell
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AWS CodeArtifact
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AWS CodeBuild
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AWS CodeCommit
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AWS CodeDeploy
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Amazon Corretto
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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PyTorch on AWS
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TensorFlow on AWS
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Management and Governance
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AWS Console Mobile Application
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AWS Distro for OpenTelemetry
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Media Services
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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)
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Migration and Transfer
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Migration Evaluator
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Networking and Content Delivery
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AWS Cloud Map
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Quantum Technologies
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Amazon Braket
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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
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Management and Governance 25
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03)
Intermediate20 minReview the official skills for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate Exam Guide (SAA-C03) and practice applying them to scenarios.
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- Survey 26:
- https://docs.aws.amazon.com/pdfs/aws-certification/latest/solutions-architect-associate-03/solutions-architect-associate-03.pdf