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AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03)

The AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate program is the flagship associate certification. It covers designing secure architectures (IAM, encryption, network security), designing resilient architectures (multi-AZ, decoupling, auto scaling, backup and recovery), designing high-performing architectures (compute, storage, database and network selection, caching), and designing cost-optimised architectures (right-sizing, pricing models, storage tiering).

The course is scenario-driven and hands-on: you build VPCs with public and private subnets, deploy highly available applications behind load balancers with auto scaling, choose and configure the right storage and database services, implement security controls, and optimise for cost — preparing you for the SAA-C03 exam and for real AWS architecture work.

Key Features:
  • The most in-demand AWS certification
  • Design secure architectures: IAM, encryption, network security
  • Design resilient architectures: multi-AZ, auto scaling, decoupling
  • Design high-performing architectures: right service selection, caching
  • Design cost-optimised architectures
  • Hands-on VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, ELB and Auto Scaling labs
65
Exam Questions
130
Minutes
720/1000
Passing Score
8
Modules

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) Curriculum

The curriculum maps to the four SAA-C03 domains — secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised architectures.

PHASE 1: Foundations & Secure Architectures

Module 1: AWS Core & Identity

  • AWS global infrastructure and Well-Architected Framework
  • IAM users, roles, policies and permission boundaries
  • Federation and identity centre concepts
  • Encryption with KMS and data protection
  • VPC design: subnets, route tables, gateways
  • Security groups vs NACLs
  • VPC endpoints and PrivateLink
  • Bastion, NAT and secure access patterns
PHASE 2: Resilient Architectures
  • Multi-AZ and multi-Region design
  • Elastic Load Balancing
  • Auto Scaling groups and policies
  • Route 53 routing policies and failover
  • SQS, SNS and EventBridge for decoupling
  • Stateless design patterns
  • Backup, restore and disaster-recovery strategies (RPO/RTO)
  • Resilient storage design
PHASE 3: High-Performing Architectures
  • EC2 families, Lambda, containers (ECS/EKS/Fargate)
  • S3 storage classes and lifecycle
  • EBS volume types and EFS/FSx
  • Choosing the right storage for the workload
  • RDS, Aurora and read replicas
  • DynamoDB design basics
  • ElastiCache and caching strategies
  • CloudFront and global performance
PHASE 4: Cost Optimisation & Exam Readiness
  • Pricing models: On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans
  • Right-sizing and elasticity
  • Storage tiering and data transfer costs
  • Cost monitoring and governance
  • SAA-C03 domain review
  • Scenario-based practice questions
  • Exam strategy and time management
  • Exam registration and readiness

Who Should Attend

Solutions Architect – Associate suits engineers and architects designing solutions on AWS.

Solutions Architects

Professionals designing AWS architectures

Cloud & Systems Engineers

Engineers deploying workloads on AWS

Cloud Practitioners

Foundational holders stepping up

On-Prem Engineers

Infrastructure pros moving to cloud

Certification Details

SAA-C03 Badge
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Issued by Amazon Web Services (AWS) | Associate-Level AWS Architecture Certification

Exam Information:
  • Exam Code: SAA-C03
  • Number of Questions: 65
  • Duration: 130 minutes
  • Passing Score: 720 / 1000
  • Format: Multiple choice / multiple response
  • Delivery: Pearson VUE or online proctored
  • Validity: 3 years

Skills & Technologies You'll Master

Hands-on with the core AWS architecture services and design patterns this certification demands.

VPC Design
EC2 & Auto Scaling
Elastic Load Balancing
S3 & Storage Classes
RDS / Aurora / DynamoDB
Lambda & Serverless
IAM & KMS
Cost Optimisation
Where This Can Take You
AWS Solutions Architect

Design cloud architectures with authority.

Cloud Engineer

The most-requested AWS credential.

Infrastructure Engineer

Move from on-prem to cloud design.

SA Professional Candidate

Ready for the professional tier.

Your AWS Certification Path

Solutions Architect – Associate is the flagship associate tier of the AWS path — Professional and Specialty certifications rise above it.

Foundational
Practitioner
Cloud fluency & AWS basics
Associate
Architect · Dev · SysOps
You are here — build & run workloads on AWS
Professional
SA Pro · DevOps Pro
Advanced design & automation
Specialty
Security · Networking · ML
Deep domain expertise

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Course Policies

Policy 1: Attendance Policy

Students must attend at least 80% of the scheduled classes to be eligible for the certification exam.

  • More than 3 absences may require make-up sessions
  • Late arrivals beyond 15 minutes will be marked absent
  • Medical emergencies require proper documentation
  • 100% refund if cancellation is made 15+ days before course start
  • 50% refund if cancellation is made 7-14 days before course start
  • No refund for cancellations within 7 days of course start
  • Exam vouchers once issued are non-refundable
  • Students must use lab equipment and virtual environments responsibly
  • Sharing login credentials is strictly prohibited
  • Any damage to lab equipment due to negligence will be charged to the student
  • Students must follow all safety and security guidelines during lab exercises
  • Students must not engage in any unethical hacking activities inside or outside the course
  • All assignments and lab exercises must be completed individually unless group work is authorized
  • Plagiarism, cheating, or misuse of resources will result in disciplinary action
  • Respect towards instructors, peers, and lab resources is mandatory
  • Students are responsible for completing all exercises and exams honestly
  • Unauthorized collaboration or sharing of answers is strictly prohibited
  • Any violations may result in removal from the course or reporting to the certification body

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: What is the Solutions Architect – Associate certification?

SAA-C03 validates the ability to design secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised solutions on AWS. It's the most popular AWS certification and the one most job postings request.

Not required, but it helps a lot if you're new to AWS. Engineers with hands-on cloud experience often go straight to SAA-C03; we advise based on your background.

It's scenario-heavy — most questions describe a situation and ask for the best architecture. Memorising service names isn't enough; you need to understand trade-offs, which is exactly how our course teaches it.

AWS's set of design pillars — operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimisation and sustainability. The exam domains mirror it, and we use it as the course backbone.

Yes — you build VPCs, deploy highly available applications with load balancing and auto scaling, configure storage and databases, and apply security and cost controls in real AWS labs.

Through Pearson VUE or online proctoring — 65 questions in 130 minutes. We handle registration guidance.

Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02) for advanced enterprise architecture, or a specialty such as Security or Advanced Networking. We offer the full path.

Choose classroom training at our Dubai centre, live online instructor-led classes, or custom in-house delivery for corporate teams — all with hands-on AWS labs, courseware and trainer support.

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No prior IT experience required

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  • Fundamental security concepts
  • Introductory certifications

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1-2 years IT experience

  • Network fundamentals
  • Security operations
  • Compliance basics

Core Level

2-5 years security experience

  • Advanced networking
  • Penetration testing
  • Security architecture

Specialist Level

3-7 years focused experience

  • Threat intelligence
  • Digital forensics
  • Cloud security

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5+ years leadership experience

  • Risk management
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  • Team leadership

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EINE

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