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AWS Certifications Overview

Solution Architect Overview(Associate)

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level exam is intended for individuals who perform a Solutions Architect role.

Domain % of Examination

1.0 Designing highly available, cost effective, fault tolerant, scalable systems 60%

2.0 Implementation / Deployment 10%

3.0 Data Security 20%

4.0 Troubleshooting 10%

Total 100%

Solution Architect Overview(Professional)

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level exam is intended for individuals who perform a Solutions Architect role.

Domain % of Examination

1.0 High Availability and Business Continuity 15%

2.0 Costing 5%

3.0 Deployment Management 10%

4.0 Network Design 10%

5.0 Data Storage 15%

6.0 Security 20%

7.0 Scalability & Elasticity 15%

8.0 Cloud Migration & Hybrid Architecture 10%

Total 100%

Certified Developer Overview(Associate)

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level exam is intended for individuals who perform a Solutions Architect role.

Domain % of Examination

1.0 AWS Fundamentals 10%

2.0 Designing and Developing 40%

3.0 Deployment and Security 30%

4.0 Debugging 20%

Total 100%

SysOps Administrator Overview(Associate)

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level exam is intended for individuals who perform a Solutions Architect role.

Domain % of Examination

1.0 Monitoring and Metrics 15%

2.0 High Availability 15%

3.0 Analysis 15%

4.0 Deployment and Provisioning 15%

5.0 Data Management 12%

6.0 Security 15%

7.0 Networking 13%

Total 100%

DevOps Engineer Overview(Professional)

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate Level exam is intended for individuals who perform a Solutions Architect role.

Domain % of Examination

1.0 Continuous Delivery and Process Automation 55%

2.0 Monitoring, Metrics, and Logging 20%

3.0 Security, Governance, and Validation 10%

4.0 High Availability and Elasticity 15%

Total 100%

AWS Certifications Tips

Tip #1You Better

enjoy reading

AWS Associate Exam Essential Reading

There are 8 sections of a Cloud formation template, most of which are optional

AWS Security Best Practices

Architecting for the AWS Cloud: Best Practices

Storage Options in the AWS Cloud

Amazon Web Services: Overview of Security Processes

Cloud Architectures

Certified Developer Overview(Associate)

Here are some topics to know for this test

• Optimizing S3 Key names for heavy load• Optimizing DynamoDB operations• ELB and session cookies• CORS • CloudFormation Functions and Outputs • SNS message Format• The api calls for services

AWS DeveloperAssociate Exam Reading

The following resources are some of the most useful reading materials

S3 Documentation

DynamoDB documentation

Amazon SNS documentation

Amazon Simple Workflow Service

AWS Associate Exam Essential Reading

The following resources are some of the most useful reading materials

Backup and Recovery Approaches Using AWS

Development and Test on AWS

How AWS Pricing Works

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Connectivity Options

AWS Certifications Tips

Tip #2Create an

AWS account just for studying

AWS Certifications Tips

Tip #3Practice

Taking the Multiple Choice

Questions

AWS Certifications Tips

Tip #4Watch

Relevant videos

AWS Certifications Tips

• ARC204 - Architecting Microsoft Workloads on AWS • ARC205 - Creating Your Virtual Data Center: VPC

Fundamentals and Connectivity Options• ENT204 - From Architecture to Dev-Ops: Building Skills and

Capability to Exploit the Value of the AWS Cloud• WEB202 - Best Practices for Handling a 20x Traffic Spike• SEC302 - Delegating Access to Your AWS Environment• SEC316 - SSL with Amazon Web Services• SDD422 - Amazon VPC Deep Dive• CPN401 - Packet Plumbing in Amazon Virtual Private Cloud

AWS Certifications Tips

Tip #5Don’t take too much time off between

tests

AWS Certifications Tips

Tip #6Write down the items by

hand to commit to memory

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