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

AWS Global Infrastructure: Regions, AZs, Edge locationsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Shared Responsibility ModelCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

SAA-C03 exam domains + how questions are framedCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

IAM users vs groups vs rolesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Policies: managed vs inline, JSON basicsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

MFA, password policies, access keys best practicesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

STS + temporary credentials (why roles matter)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

VPC, CIDR, subnets (public/private)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Route tables, Internet Gateway, NAT GatewayCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

DHCP options, VPC basics for architecture diagramsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

VPC endpoints (Gateway vs Interface)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Peering vs Transit Gateway (use-cases)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

VPN vs Direct Connect (when to choose what)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Private S3 access using VPC Endpoint + policy controlsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

EC2 instance families and sizing approachCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

AMI, EBS types, snapshots, encryptionCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Placement groups, Elastic IP, user dataCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Pricing models: On-Demand, Reserved, SpotCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

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

Auto Scaling Groups policies (target tracking, scheduled)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Multi-AZ design patterns for appsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

Buckets, objects, versioning, encryptionCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

S3 storage classes + lifecycle rulesCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Replication: SRR/CRR (real scenarios)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

Hands-on: Lifecycle + encryption + replication demo designCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

EFS vs EBS vs S3 (decision framework)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

FSx for Windows/Lustre (where it fits)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Storage Gateway (file/volume/tape basics)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

RDS engines, backups, snapshots, maintenanceCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

Aurora basics: writer/reader, failoverCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

Partitions, keys, indexes (GSI/LSI)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Capacity modes: on-demand vs provisionedCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

DynamoDB Streams basicsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

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

Redis vs Memcached (practical difference)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

DynamoDB Accelerator (DAX) basicsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Identify bottlenecks and propose cache architectureCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

Health checks and DR planningCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

CloudFront caching, origins, OAI/OAC overviewCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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

Metrics vs logs vs traces (what exam expects)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

CloudWatch alarms, dashboards, log insights basicsCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

CloudTrail for auditingCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

AWS Config for compliance and driftCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Hands-on: Alarm setup + audit trail scenario walkthroughCopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Lambda basics (where it fits in architecture)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

Step Functions intro (workflow use-case)CopyCopyCopyCopyCopyCopy

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