AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
Prepare for the SAA-C03 exam and validate your ability to design solutions based on the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
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4 modules · 76 lessons
Module 1: Design Secure Architectures
Design secure access, workloads, and data controls. (30% of exam)
Secure Access
Design secure access to AWS resources.
- Lesson IAM Users Groups Roles 10 min
- Quiz IAM Users Groups Roles Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson IAM Policies and Permissions 10 min
- Quiz IAM Policies and Permissions Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson IAM Identity Center 10 min
- Quiz IAM Identity Center Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Cross-Account Access 10 min
- Quiz Cross-Account Access Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Service Control Policies 10 min
- Quiz Service Control Policies Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Resource Policies 10 min
- Quiz Resource Policies Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson AWS Control Tower 10 min
- Quiz AWS Control Tower Quiz 5 questions
Secure Workloads
Design secure workloads and applications.
- Lesson VPC Security Design 10 min
- Quiz VPC Security Design Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Security Groups NACLs 10 min
- Quiz Security Groups NACLs Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson WAF and Shield 10 min
- Quiz WAF and Shield Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Cognito Authentication 10 min
- Quiz Cognito Authentication Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Secrets Manager 10 min
- Quiz Secrets Manager Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson GuardDuty Macie 10 min
- Quiz GuardDuty Macie Quiz 5 questions
Data Security
Determine appropriate data security controls.
- Lesson KMS Encryption 10 min
- Quiz KMS Encryption Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson S3 Encryption Options 10 min
- Quiz S3 Encryption Options Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Certificate Manager 10 min
- Quiz Certificate Manager Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Data Backup Strategies 10 min
- Quiz Data Backup Strategies Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Data Lifecycle Policies 10 min
- Quiz Data Lifecycle Policies Quiz 5 questions
Federation and Identity
Design federated identity solutions.
Module 2: Design Resilient Architectures
Design scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant architectures. (26% of exam)
Scalable Architectures
Design scalable and loosely coupled architectures.
- Lesson Microservices Architecture 10 min
- Quiz Microservices Architecture Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Event-Driven Design 10 min
- Quiz Event-Driven Design Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson SQS SNS Messaging 10 min
- Quiz SQS SNS Messaging Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson API Gateway Design 10 min
- Quiz API Gateway Design Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Lambda Serverless 10 min
- Quiz Lambda Serverless Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Step Functions Orchestration 10 min
- Quiz Step Functions Orchestration Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Container Services ECS EKS 10 min
- Quiz Container Services ECS EKS Quiz 5 questions
High Availability
Design highly available and fault-tolerant architectures.
- Lesson Multi-AZ Design 10 min
- Quiz Multi-AZ Design Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Multi-Region Design 10 min
- Quiz Multi-Region Design Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Auto Scaling Groups 10 min
- Quiz Auto Scaling Groups Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Elastic Load Balancing 10 min
- Quiz Elastic Load Balancing Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Route 53 Failover 10 min
- Quiz Route 53 Failover Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Disaster Recovery Strategies 10 min
- Quiz Disaster Recovery Strategies Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson RDS Multi-AZ 10 min
- Quiz RDS Multi-AZ Quiz 5 questions
Module 3: Design High-Performing Architectures
Design storage, compute, database, and network solutions. (24% of exam)
Storage Solutions
Determine high-performing storage solutions.
- Lesson S3 Storage Classes 10 min
- Quiz S3 Storage Classes Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson EBS Volume Types 10 min
- Quiz EBS Volume Types Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson EFS and FSx 10 min
- Quiz EFS and FSx Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Storage Gateway 10 min
- Quiz Storage Gateway Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Data Transfer Services 10 min
- Quiz Data Transfer Services Quiz 5 questions
Compute Solutions
Design high-performing compute solutions.
- Lesson EC2 Instance Types 10 min
- Quiz EC2 Instance Types Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Lambda Performance 10 min
- Quiz Lambda Performance Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Fargate Containers 10 min
- Quiz Fargate Containers Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Batch Processing 10 min
- Quiz Batch Processing Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson EMR Analytics 10 min
- Quiz EMR Analytics Quiz 5 questions
Database Solutions
Determine high-performing database solutions.
- Lesson RDS and Aurora 10 min
- Quiz RDS and Aurora Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson DynamoDB Design 10 min
- Quiz DynamoDB Design Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson ElastiCache Caching 10 min
- Quiz ElastiCache Caching Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Redshift Data Warehouse 10 min
- Quiz Redshift Data Warehouse Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Database Migration 10 min
- Quiz Database Migration Quiz 5 questions
Network Architectures
Design high-performing network architectures.
- Lesson VPC Design Patterns 10 min
- Quiz VPC Design Patterns Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudFront CDN 10 min
- Quiz CloudFront CDN Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Global Accelerator 10 min
- Quiz Global Accelerator Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Direct Connect 10 min
- Quiz Direct Connect Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Transit Gateway 10 min
- Quiz Transit Gateway Quiz 5 questions
Data Ingestion
Design data ingestion solutions.
Module 4: Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
Design cost-optimized storage, compute, database, and network architectures. (20% of exam)
Cost-Optimized Storage
Design cost-optimized storage solutions.
- Lesson S3 Intelligent Tiering 10 min
- Quiz S3 Intelligent Tiering Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson S3 Lifecycle Rules 10 min
- Quiz S3 Lifecycle Rules Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson EBS Optimization 10 min
- Quiz EBS Optimization Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Data Transfer Costs 10 min
- Quiz Data Transfer Costs Quiz 5 questions
Cost-Optimized Compute
Design cost-optimized compute solutions.
- Lesson Reserved Instances 10 min
- Quiz Reserved Instances Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Savings Plans 10 min
- Quiz Savings Plans Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Spot Instances 10 min
- Quiz Spot Instances Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Right Sizing 10 min
- Quiz Right Sizing Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Serverless Cost Optimization 10 min
- Quiz Serverless Cost Optimization Quiz 5 questions
Cost-Optimized Database
Design cost-optimized database solutions.
Cost-Optimized Network
Design cost-optimized network architectures.
- Lesson NAT Gateway Optimization 10 min
- Quiz NAT Gateway Optimization Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson VPC Endpoints 10 min
- Quiz VPC Endpoints Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson CloudFront Pricing 10 min
- Quiz CloudFront Pricing Quiz 5 questions
- Lesson Cost Explorer Budgets 10 min
- Quiz Cost Explorer Budgets Quiz 5 questions
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