Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate 2026
Full Practice Exam | Learn Cloud Computing | Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification SAA-C03!
Full Practice Exam | Learn Cloud Computing | Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification SAA-C03!
Welcome! I'm here to help you prepare and PASS the NEWEST AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 exam [Course FULLY updated]
** Updates List **
[May 2023 Update]: Over 20 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes
[September 2022 Update - SAA-C03]: Over 80 videos have been updated to reflect the NEW SAA-C03 exam
[April 2022 Update]: Over 30 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes
[October 2021 Update]: Over 100 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes
[April 2021 Update]: Over 100 videos have been refreshed/added to keep up with the AWS UI changes and exam changes
[Dec 2020 Update]: The S3 section has been entirely re-recorded to accommodate for the AWS UI changes
[May 2020 Update]: 20+ videos have been updated to keep up with AWS UI changes.
[February 2020 Update - SAA-C02]: The course has been updated for the NEW 2020 exam version. Overall, 80 videos have been added or updated, and the course is now 22 hours long. Happy learning!
[July 2019 Update]: Few lectures refreshed, including AWS Budgets and EC2 placement groups.
Beginners welcome: no need to know anything about AWS!
The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C03 certification is one of the most challenging exams. It's great at assessing how well you understand not just AWS, but making sure you are making the best architectural decisions based on situations, which makes this certification incredibly valuable to have and pass. Rest assured, I've passed it myself with a score of 982 out of 1000. Yes, you read that right, I only made one mistake! Next, I want to help YOU pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification with flying colors.
This is going to be a long journey, but passing the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam will be worth it!
This AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course is different from the other ones you'll find on Udemy. Dare I say, better (but you'll judge!)
We will spend over three hours discussing solution architecture on AWS in depth.
It covers in-depth all the new topics on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate SAA-C02 exam
It's packed with practical knowledge on how to use AWS inside and out as a solutions architect
It teaches you how to prepare for the AWS exam AND how to prepare for the real world
It's a logical progression of topics, not a laundry list of random services
It's fast-paced and to the point
It has professional subtitles
All 800+ slides available as downloadable PDF
Concretely, here's what we'll learn to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate exam:
The AWS Fundamentals: IAM, EC2, Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, EBS, EFS, Route 53, RDS, ElastiCache, S3, CloudFront
The AWS CLI: CLI setup, usage on EC2, best practices, SDK, advanced usage
In-Depth Database comparison: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, DocumentDB, Neptune, Keyspaces, QLDB, Timestream
Analytics services comparison: Athena, EMR, Redshift, OpenSearch, Lake Formation, Kinesis Data Analytics, MSK, QuickSight, Glue
Machine Learning services: Rekognition, Transcribe, Polly, Translate, Lex, Comprehend, SageMaker, Forecast, Kendra, Personalize, Textract.
Monitoring, Troubleshooting & Audit: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EventBridge, Config
AWS Integration & Messaging: SQS, SNS, Kinesis Amazon MQ
AWS Serverless: AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, API Gateway, Step Functions
AWS Containers Services: ECS, ECR, EKS, App Runner
AWS Security best practices: KMS, SSM Parameter Store, Secrets Manager, IAM Policies, Cognito, Shield, WAF, Firewall Manager, SSO, Certificate Manager, GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie
VPC & Networking in depth
Disaster Recovery & Migrations: DMS, Aurora & RDS Migrations, AWS Backup, Application Migration Service, VMware Cloud on AWS
AWS Other Services Overview: CloudFormation, SES, Pinpoint, SSM Session Manager, Elastic Transcoder, Batch, AppFlow...
Tips to ROCK the exam
This AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate course is full of opportunities to apply your knowledge:
There are many hands-on lectures in every section
There are quizzes at the end of every section
There's an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate practice exam at the end of the course
We'll be using the AWS Free Tier most of the time
I'll be showing you how to go beyond the AWS Free Tier (you know... the real world!)
Instructor
My name is Stéphane Maarek, I am passionate about Cloud Computing, and I will be your instructor in this course. I teach about AWS certifications, focusing on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies in AWS.
I have already taught 1,500,000+ students and gotten 500,000+ reviews throughout my career in designing and delivering these certifications and courses!
With AWS becoming the centerpiece of today's modern IT architectures, I've decided it's time for students to learn how to be an AWS Solutions Architect Associate properly. So, let’s kick start the course! You are in good hands!
This course also comes with:
Lifetime access to all future updates
A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section
Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download
A 30 Day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee!
Join me in this course if you want to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification SAA-C03 Exam and master the AWS platform!
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IAM Introduction: Users, Groups, Policies
IAM Users & Groups Hands On
AWS Console Simultaneous Sign-in
IAM Policies
IAM Policies Hands On
Xem trướcIAM MFA Overview
Xem trướcIAM MFA Hands On
AWS Access Keys, CLI and SDK
AWS CLI Setup on Windows
AWS CLI Setup on Mac OS X
AWS CLI Setup on Linux
AWS CLI Hands On
AWS CloudShell: Region Availability
AWS CloudShell
IAM Roles for AWS Services
IAM Roles Hands On
IAM Security Tools
IAM Security Tools Hands On
IAM Best Practices
IAM Summary
IAM & AWS CLI Quiz
AWS Budget Setup
EC2 Basics
Create an EC2 Instance with EC2 User Data to have a Website Hands On
EC2 Instance Types Basics
Security Groups & Classic Ports Overview
Security Groups Hands On
SSH Overview
How to SSH using Linux or Mac
How to SSH using Windows
How to SSH using Windows 10
SSH Troubleshooting
EC2 Instance Connect
EC2 Instance Roles Demo
EC2 Instance Purchasing Options
Spot Instances & Spot Fleet
EC2 Instances Launch Types Hands On
EC2 Fundamentals Quiz
High Availability and Scalability
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) Overview
Application Load Balancer (ALB)
Application Load Balancer (ALB) - Hands On - Part 1
Application Load Balancer (ALB) - Hands On - Part 2
Network Load Balancer (NLB)
Network Load Balancer (NLB) - Hands On
Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB)
Elastic Load Balancer - Sticky Sessions
Elastic Load Balancer - Cross Zone Load Balancing
Elastic Load Balancer - SSL Certificates
Elastic Load Balancer - SSL Certificates - Hands On
Elastic Load Balancer - Connection Draining
Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) Overview
Auto Scaling Groups Hands On
Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies
Auto Scaling Groups - Scaling Policies Hands On
High Availability & Scalability Quiz
Amazon RDS Overview
RDS Read Replicas vs Multi AZ
Amazon RDS Hands On
RDS Custom for Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server
Amazon Aurora
Amazon Aurora - Hands On
Amazon Aurora - Advanced Concepts
RDS & Aurora - Backup and Monitoring
RDS Security
RDS Proxy
ElastiCache Overview
ElastiCache Hands On
ElastiCache for Solution Architects
List of Ports to be familiar with
RDS, Aurora, & ElastiCache Quiz
What is a DNS ?
Route 53 Overview
Route 53 - Registering a domain
Route 53 - Creating our first records
Route 53 - EC2 Setup
Route 53 - TTL
Route 53 CNAME vs Alias
Routing Policy - Simple
Routing Policy - Weighted
Routing Policy - Latency
Route 53 - Health Checks
Route 53 - Health Checks Hands On
Routing Policy - Failover
Routing Policy - Geolocation
Routing Policy - Geoproximity
Routing Policy - IP-based
Routing Policy - Multi Value
3rd Party Domains & Route 53
Route 53 Resolvers & Hybrid DNS
Route 53 - Section Cleanup
Route 53 Quiz
S3 Overview
S3 Hands On
S3 Security: Bucket Policy
S3 Security: Bucket Policy Hands On
S3 Website Overview
S3 Website Hands On
S3 Versioning
S3 Versioning - Hands On
S3 Replication
S3 Replication Notes
S3 Replication - Hands On
S3 Storage Classes Overview
S3 Storage Classes Hands On
S3 Express One Zone
Amazon S3 Quiz
S3 Encryption
About DSSE-KMS
S3 Encryption - Hands On
S3 Default Encryption
S3 CORS
S3 CORS Hands On
S3 MFA Delete
S3 MFA Delete Hands On
S3 Access Logs
S3 Access Logs - Hands On
S3 Pre-signed URLs
S3 Pre-signed URLs - Hands On
Glacier Vault Lock & S3 Object Lock
S3 Access Points
S3 Object Lambda
Amazon S3 Security Quiz
Introduction to Messaging
Amazon SQS - Standard Queues Overview
SQS - Standard Queue Hands On
SQS - Message Visibility Timeout
SQS - Long Polling
SQS - FIFO Queues
SQS + Auto Scaling Group
Amazon Simple Notification Service (AWS SNS)
SNS and SQS - Fan Out Pattern
SNS - Hands On
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams
Amazon Kinesis Data Streams - Hands On
Amazon Data Firehose
Amazon Data Firehose - Hands On
SQS vs SNS vs Kinesis
Amazon MQ
Messaging & Integration Quiz
Docker Introduction
Amazon ECS
Creating ECS Cluster - Hands On
Creating ECS Service - Hands On
Amazon ECS - Auto Scaling
Amazon ECS - Solutions Architectures
Amazon ECS - Clean Up - Hands On
Amazon ECR
Amazon EKS - Overview
Amazon EKS - Hands On
AWS App Runner
AWS App Runner - Hands On
AWS App2Container
Containers on AWS Quiz
About the Serverless Section
Serverless Introduction
Lambda Overview
Lambda Hands-On
Lambda Limits
Lambda Concurrency
Lambda Concurrency - Hands On
Lambda SnapStart
Lambda@Edge & CloudFront Functions
Lambda in VPC
RDS - Invoking Lambda & Event Notifications
Amazon DynamoDB
Amazon DynamoDB - Hands-On
Amazon DynamoDB - Advanced Features
API Gateway Overview
API Gateway Basics Hands-On
Step Functions
Amazon Cognito Overview
Serverless Overview Quiz
AWS Monitoring - Section Introduction
CloudWatch Metrics
CloudWatch Logs
CloudWatch Logs - Hands On
CloudWatch Logs - Live Tail - Hands On
CloudWatch Agent & CloudWatch Logs Agent
CloudWatch Alarms
CloudWatch Alarms Hands On
CloudWatch Network Synthetic Monitor
EventBridge Overview (formerly CloudWatch Events)
Amazon EventBridge - Hands On
CloudWatch Insights and Operational Visibility
CloudTrail Overview
CloudTrail Hands On
CloudTrail - EventBridge Integration
AWS Config - Overview
AWS Config - Hands On
CloudTrail vs CloudWatch vs Config
Monitoring & Auditing Quiz
AWS Security - Section Introduction
Encryption 101
KMS Overview
KMS Hands On w/ CLI
KMS - Multi-Region Keys
S3 Replication with Encryption
Encrypted AMI Sharing Process
SSM Parameter Store Overview
SSM Parameter Store Hands On (CLI)
AWS Secrets Manager - Overview
AWS Secrets Manager - Hands On
AWS Certificate Manager (ACM)
AWS CloudHSM
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Shield - DDoS Protection
Firewall Manager
WAF & Shield - Hands On
DDoS Protection Best Practices
Amazon GuardDuty
Amazon Inspector
Amazon Macie
AWS Security & Encryption Quiz
Section Introduction
CIDR, Private vs Public IP
Default VPC Overview
VPC Overview
VPC Hands On
Subnet Overview
Subnet Hands On
Internet Gateways & Route Tables
Internet Gateways & Route Tables Hands On
Bastion Hosts
Bastion Hosts Hands On
NAT Instances
NAT Instances Hands On
NAT Gateways
NAT Gateways Hands On
Regional NAT Gateway
NACL & Security Groups
NACL & Security Groups Hands On
VPC Peering
VPC Peering Hands On
VPC Endpoints
VPC Endpoints Hands On
VPC Flow Logs
VPC Flow Logs Hands On + Athena
Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway
Site to Site VPN, Virtual Private Gateway & Customer Gateway Hands On
Direct Connect & Direct Connect Gateway
Direct Connect + Site to Site VPN
Transit Gateway
VPC Traffic Mirroring
IPv6 for VPC
IPv6 for VPC - Hands On
Egress Only Internet Gateway
Egress Only Internet Gateway Hands On
Section Cleanup
VPC Section Summary
Networking Costs in AWS
AWS Network Firewall
VPC Quiz
Disaster Recovery in AWS
Elastic Disaster Recovery (DRS)
Database Migration Service (DMS)
Database Migration Service (DMS) - Hands On
RDS & Aurora Migrations
On-Premises Strategies with AWS
AWS Backup
AWS Backup - Hands On
Application Migration Service (MGN)
Transferring Large Datasets into AWS
VMware Cloud on AWS
Disaster Recovery & Migration Quiz
Other Services Section Introduction
CloudFormation Intro
CloudFormation - Hands On
CloudFormation - Service Role
Amazon SES
Amazon Pinpoint
SSM Session Manager
SSM Other Services
AWS Cost Explorer
AWS Cost Anomaly Detection
AWS Outposts
AWS Batch
Amazon AppFlow
AWS Amplify
Instance Scheduler on AWS
Other Services Quiz
Exam Preparation - Section Introduction
State of Learning Checkpoint - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Exam Tips - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Links to Whitepapers
Exam Walkthrough and Signup
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Practice Exam - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
Know the basics of IT
No AWS Cloud experience is necessary, we'll use the AWS Free Tier
Windows / Linux / Mac OS X Machine
FULLY UPDATED FOR SAA-C03: Pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate Certification
Full Practice Exam with Explanations included!
All 800+ slides available as downloadable PDF
Perform Real-World Solution Architecture on AWS
Learn the AWS Fundamentals (EC2, ELB, ASG, RDS, ElastiCache, S3)
Learn the Serverless Fundamentals (Lambda, DynamoDB, Cognito, API Gateway)
Analyze 10+ Solution Architectures (traditional & serverless)
Understand the Well Architected Framework, Disaster Recovery
Master all the differences of Databases on AWS
Secure your entire AWS Cloud using KMS, IAM Policies & SSM