Feel confident identifying the AWS services that meet a given technical requirement. Earn an industry-recognized credential from AWS that validates you have the skills to design and implement distributed systems on AWS. AWS Certified Solutions Architect–Associate highlights your ability to design resilient, high-performing, secure, and cost-optimized architectures.

Before taking an AWS Certification exam, we recommend you have hands-on experience with relevant AWS products and services. We offer the following resources to supplement your experience and help you prepare for AWS Certification.

When you’re ready, take the AWS Certified Solutions Architect–Associate exam. Validate your ability to design and deploy well-architected solutions on AWS that meet customer requirements.

Read: Review AWS technical documentation, such as whitepapers and product FAQs.

AWS Well-Architected Framework

Amazon EC2

Amazon S3

Amazon VPC

Amazon Route 53

Amazon RDS

Amazon SQS


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In this webinar learn how to prepare for the exam by exploring the exam’s topic areas and how they map to architecting on AWS and to specific areas to study.

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Schedule: When you’re ready, schedule your exam. Plan ahead for a date and time that works best for you.

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