🏗️ AWS Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) — Exam-Prep
Free exam-prep for AWS Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) with a signed certificate. Learn the modules, pass the 10-question exam, EN/FR/AR, no account.
Last updated: June 2026
A free, independent exam-preparation course that follows the published exam guide for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) certification — designing secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised architectures on AWS. It covers IAM and security, the global infrastructure, compute (EC2, Lambda, containers), storage (S3, EBS, EFS), databases (RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB), networking (VPC, Route 53, CloudFront), decoupling and messaging, observability, plus the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Rich visual lessons, original exam-style questions and a 10-question final exam (80% to pass). This is independent preparation only; it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or the official training of Amazon Web Services. The course is organized into 12 modules, ending with a final exam (pass mark 70%). It is independent, free exam-preparation training — not an official or accredited review course.
What you'll learn
- IAM & Secure Access Design: Roles, Policies, Federation & SCPs
- Data Protection & Encryption: KMS, ACM, Secrets Manager & S3 Encryption
- Decoupled & Event-Driven Architectures: SQS, SNS, EventBridge & Step Functions
- Resilient & Highly Available Compute
- Resilient Storage & Disaster Recovery: RPO, RTO, and the Four DR Strategies
- VPC Design & Hybrid Connectivity
- Edge & Global Delivery: CloudFront, Global Accelerator & Route 53 Routing
- High-Performing Compute: Instances, Containers, Serverless & Caching
- High-Performing & Scalable Storage: S3 Performance, EFS, FSx & Instance Store
- Database Selection & Scaling: RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache
- Designing Cost-Optimized Architectures
- Monitoring, Migration & Well-Architected Reviews
Learning objectives
- Understand that this is independent exam-prep for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03), not the official AWS course
- Apply the four SAA-C03 domains: secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised architectures
- Secure workloads with IAM users, roles, policies, MFA, and the shared responsibility model
- Navigate the AWS global infrastructure: Regions, Availability Zones, edge locations and high availability
- Select the right compute — EC2 instance families and purchasing options, Auto Scaling, Lambda and containers (ECS/EKS/Fargate)
- Choose appropriate storage and databases — S3 storage classes, EBS, EFS, RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache
- Design VPC networking, subnets, security groups, NACLs, Route 53 routing and CloudFront/global edge delivery
- Decouple systems with SQS, SNS, EventBridge and design for resilience and elasticity
- Optimise cost with the right pricing models, S3 lifecycle, and the AWS Well-Architected Framework's six pillars
- Sit a 10-question exam-style final (80% to pass) built from original questions spanning the four exam domains