/saa-c03-study-plan

My humble study plan that I used to prepare for the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam.

Study Plan: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)

Resources:

Misc:

  • Create an AWS Builder + Certification Account.
  • Book Exam Day ==> 6th of July, 2024
  • Check the Exam Guide

Week 1:

  • Introduction and Scenario

  • Course Fundamentals and AWS Accounts

  • Cloud, Networking and Technical Fundamentals

  • AWS Fundamentals

  • IAM, ACCOUNTS AND AWS ORGANISATIONS

  • SIMPLE STORAGE SERVICE (S3)

  • Review Flashcards and Notes

  • Hands-on Lab

Week 2:

  • VIRTUAL PRIVATE CLOUD (VPC) BASICS

  • ELASTIC COMPUTE CLOUD (EC2) BASICS

  • Containers & ECS

  • ADVANCED EC2

  • Review Flashcards and Notes

  • Hands-on Lab

Week 3:

  • Route 53 - Global DNS

  • Relational Database Service (RDS)

  • NETWORK STORAGE & DATA LIFECYCLE

  • High Availability & SCALING

  • Review Flashcards and Notes

  • Hands-on Lab

Week 4:

  • SERVERLESS AND APPLICATION SERVICES

  • GLOBAL CONTENT DELIVERY AND OPTIMIZATION

  • ADVANCED VPC Networking

  • HYBRID ENVIRONMENTS AND MIGRATION

  • Review Flashcards and Notes

  • Hands-on Lab

Week 5:

  • SECURITY, DEPLOYMENT & OPERATIONS

  • Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation)

  • NOSQL Databases & DynamoDB

  • Machine Learning 101

  • EXAM Techniques

  • Review Flashcards and Notes

  • Hands-on Lab

Week 6:

  • Review Notes.
  • Review Flash Cards.
  • Quiz.

Week 7: Practice

  • Cantrill Practice Exam 1
  • Review Notes.
  • Cantrill Practice Exam 2
  • Tutorial Dojo Exam 1 (Review Mode)
  • Tutorial Dojo Exam 2 (Review Mode)
  • Tutorial Dojo Exam 3 (Review Mode)
  • Tutorial Dojo Exam 4 (Timed Mode)

Week 8: Practice + EXAM

  • Topic Based (EC2, ASG, EBS, EFS, ELB)
  • Tutorial Dojo Exam 6 (Review Mode).
  • Topic Based (DynamoDB, RDS, IAM, Lambda)
  • Tutorial Dojo Exam 7 (Review Mode).
  • Advanced Demo - Web App - Single Server to Elastic Evolution (Cantrill SAA-C03).
  • Advanced Demo - Site-to-site VPN.
  • Topic Based (S3, SQS, VPC, CloudFront)
  • Tutorial Dojo Exam 8 (Timed Mode).
  • Final Test (Timed Mode).