What a Solution Architect actually does (real project flow)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions, AZs, Edge locationsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Shared Responsibility ModelCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

SAA-C03 exam domains + how questions are framedCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Create AWS account, set budget alerts, explore consoleCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

IAM users vs groups vs rolesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Policies: managed vs inline, JSON basicsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

MFA, password policies, access keys best practicesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

STS + temporary credentials (why roles matter)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Create role-based access, least-privilege policy mini-taskCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

VPC, CIDR, subnets (public/private)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Route tables, Internet Gateway, NAT GatewayCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

DHCP options, VPC basics for architecture diagramsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Build a VPC with 2 public + 2 private subnetsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

EC2 instance families and sizing approachCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

AMI, EBS types, snapshots, encryptionCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Placement groups, Elastic IP, user dataCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Pricing models: On-Demand, Reserved, SpotCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Launch hardened EC2, attach EBS, snapshot & restoreCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

ALB vs NLB vs Gateway LB (when to use each)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Auto Scaling Groups policies (target tracking, scheduled)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Multi-AZ design patterns for appsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: ALB + ASG setup with health checks and scaling rulesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Buckets, objects, versioning, encryptionCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

S3 storage classes + lifecycle rulesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Replication: SRR/CRR (real scenarios)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

S3 access control: policies, ACLs (when needed)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Lifecycle + encryption + replication demo designCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

EFS vs EBS vs S3 (decision framework)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

FSx for Windows/Lustre (where it fits)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Storage Gateway (file/volume/tape basics)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Choose storage for 3 real apps (case study worksheet)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

RDS engines, backups, snapshots, maintenanceCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Multi-AZ vs Read Replicas (common confusion cleared)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Aurora basics: writer/reader, failoverCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Create RDS, enable backups, test read replica conceptCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Partitions, keys, indexes (GSI/LSI)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Capacity modes: on-demand vs provisionedCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

DynamoDB Streams basicsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Design table for session/store/catalog type use-casesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

When caching solves the problem (and when it doesn’t)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Redis vs Memcached (practical difference)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) basicsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Identify bottlenecks and propose cache architectureCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Route 53 routing: simple, weighted, latency, failover, geoCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Health checks and DR planningCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

CloudFront caching, origins, OAI/OAC overviewCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: DR routing design + basic CloudFront architecture mapCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Metrics vs logs vs traces (what exam expects)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

CloudWatch alarms, dashboards, log insights basicsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

CloudTrail for auditingCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

AWS Config for compliance and driftCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Alarm setup + audit trail scenario walkthroughCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Lambda basics (where it fits in architecture)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Step Functions intro (workflow use-case)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Event-driven architecture design for order processingCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

CloudFormation fundamentals (templates, stacks, change sets)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Systems Manager basics (patching, run command)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

AWS Well-Architected Framework pillars (what to apply where)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Exam strategy + mock tests + case studiesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Solve 3 architecture case studies + timed practice setCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy