AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C01) Notes
Table of Contents
- Permissions, Identity and Federation
- Networking and Hybrid
- Storage Services
- Compute, Scaling and Load Balancing
- Monitoring, Logging and Cost Management
- Databases
- Data Analytics
- App Services, Containers and Serverless
- Caching, Delivery and Edge
- Migrations and Extensions
- Security and Configuration Management
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in AWS
- Infrastructure as Code
- Deployment and Management
- Everything Else
Exam Description
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (SAP-C01) examination is intended for individuals who perform a solutions architect professional role. This exam validates advanced technical skills and experience in designing distributed applications and systems on the AWS platform. It validates an examinee's ability to:
- Design and deploy dynamically scalable, highly available, fault-tolerant, and reliable applications on AWS.
- Select appropriate AWS services to design and deploy an application based on given requirements.
- Migrate complex, multi-tier applications on AWS.
- Design and deploy enterprise-wide scalable operations on AWS.
- Implement cost-control strategies.
Preparation
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Official Exam Guide: https://d1.awsstatic.com/training-and-certification/docs-sa-pro/AWS-Certified-Solutions-Architect-Professional_Exam-Guide.pdf
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The exam may contain two types of questions:
- Multiple choice
- Multiple response
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Minimum passing score: 750/1000
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Number of questions: 75
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Time: 190 minutes to complete the exam (with a possibility to request 30 minutes extra for non-native english speakers)
Exam Content
| Domain | % of Examination |
|---|---|
| Domain 1: Design for Organizational Complexity | 12.5% |
| Domain 2: Design for New Solutions | 31% |
| Domain 3: Migration Planning | 15% |
| Domain 4: Cost Control | 12.5% |
| Domain 5: Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions | 29% |
| Total | 100% |
Credits
- These notes are based on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional course by Adrian Cantrill and on Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional 2021 by Stephane Maarek
- All images present in the notes are taken from Adrian Cantrill's GitHub repository for his course