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[ONGOING] A complete collection of my study notes and resources for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) exam, created to support anyone working towards this AWS certification.
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[ONGOING] A complete collection of my study notes and resources for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) exam, created to support anyone working towards this AWS certification.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/jpcurada/aws-saa-co3-preparation
- Owner: JpCurada
- License: mit
- Created: 2025-01-02T04:54:20.000Z (6 months ago)
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# AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) Study Guide
Welcome to my comprehensive study guide repository for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification (SAA-C03). This collection aims to provide structured resources and notes to help aspiring AWS architects prepare for their certification journey.
## Exam Overview
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) validates a candidate's ability to:
- Design solutions that incorporate AWS services to meet current business requirements and future projected needs
- Design architectures that are secure, resilient, high-performing, and cost-optimized
- Review existing solutions and determine improvements
### Target Audience
- Individuals performing a solutions architect role
- Professionals with at least 1 year of hands-on experience designing cloud solutions using AWS services
## Exam Structure
- **Questions**: 50 scored + 15 unscored questions
- **Type**: Multiple choice and multiple response
- **Scoring**: 100-1000, with a minimum passing score of 720
- **Time**: 130 minutes
## Domain Overview
The exam covers four main domains with specific weightings:
1. **Design Secure Architectures (30%)**
- Design secure access to AWS resources
- Design secure workloads and applications
- Determine appropriate data security controls
2. **Design Resilient Architectures (26%)**
- Design scalable and loosely coupled architectures
- Design highly available and/or fault-tolerant architectures
3. **Design High-Performing Architectures (24%)**
- Design solutions for high-performing and elastic compute
- Design high-performing storage solutions
- Design high-performing database solutions
- Design high-performing network architectures
- Design high-performing data ingestion and transformation solutions
4. **Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (20%)**
- Design cost-optimized storage solutions
- Design cost-optimized compute solutions
- Design cost-optimized database solutions
- Design cost-optimized network architectures
## Repository Structure
This repository contains:
- 📚 Study Notes
- 🔗 Service Links
- 💡 Best Practices
- ✍️ Practice Questions
- 🎯 Domain-specific Resources
- 📋 Cheat Sheets
## Essential AWS Services Covered
The repository includes detailed notes on key AWS services across various categories:
- Analytics (Amazon Athena, AWS Glue, etc.)
- Application Integration (Amazon EventBridge, SQS, SNS, etc.)
- AWS Cost Management
- Compute (EC2, Lambda, ECS, etc.)
- Containers
- Database
- Management & Governance
- Migration & Transfer
- Networking & Content Delivery
- Security, Identity & Compliance
- Storage
## Study Tips
1. Focus on the AWS Well-Architected Framework's five pillars
2. Understand service integrations and use cases
3. Practice with hands-on labs
4. Review architectural patterns and best practices
5. Understand cost optimization strategies
## Contributing
Feel free to contribute to this repository by:
- Submitting pull requests
- Adding additional resources
- Fixing errors or outdated information
- Sharing your study tips
## Disclaimer
This is a personal study guide based on the official AWS SAA-C03 exam guide. Always refer to the [official AWS certification page](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/) for the most up-to-date information.
## License
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.
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*Last updated: January 2025*