AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Certification Exam Preparation

Resources

Overview

• https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-professional/

• https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certification-prep/

Exam Guide

• https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-sa-pro/AWS_Certified_Solutions_Architect_Professional-Exam_Guide_EN_1.2.pdf

Sample Questions

• https://d0.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs/AWS_certified_solutions_architect_professional_examsample.pdf

Free Digital Trainings for exam readiness

• All courses: https://www.aws.training/LearningLibrary?filters=classification%3A2&search=&tab=digital_courses

• Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Take a practice exam (registration link)

• https://www.aws.training/certification?src=cert-prep

Whitepapers

• https://aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/

Focus on following whitepapers:

• Securing Data at Rest with Encryption
• Web Application Hosting in the AWS Cloud
• Migrating AWS Resources to a New Region

FAQs

• https://aws.amazon.com/faqs/

Focus on following FAQs:

• Auto Scaling
• Elastic Load Balancing
• AWS Elastic Beanstalk

AWS Solutions

• https://aws.amazon.com/solutions/?solutions-all.sort-by=item.additionalFields.sortDate&solutions-all.sort-order=desc

My Notes

Exam Domains

1. Design for organizational complexity         - 12.5%
2. Design for new solutions                     - 31%
3. Migration Planning                           - 15%
4. Cost Control                                 - 12.5%
5. Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions- 29%

Exam Domain 1: Design for organizational complexity

Sub-domain: Networks

1. Hybrid - VPN Connections
    - AWS Managed VPN
    - AWS VPN Cloudhub
    - Software VPN
    - DirectConnect
2. Hybrid - AWS Storage Gateway
    - File Gateway
    - Cache-Volume Gateway
    - Stored-Volume Gateway
    - Tape Gateway
3. VPC Endpoints
    - Interface Endpoints
    - Gateway Endpoints

Sub-domain: Multi-account AWS Environments

TODO: Add details

Exam Domain 2: New Solutions