AWS Solution Architect Associate Examination – 2018 Update

Amazon has recently updated their AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Examination with the new services included which will be in practice from August 12, 2018. If you are preparing with the old topics, schedule your examination before this date.

This post consists of the complete details about this AWS Certified Solution Architect examination. 

Examination Motto:

This AWS Certified Solution Architect associate examination by Amazon is to validate the skill set of an individual to perform a solution architect role. 

Appearing for this examination validates your ability to,

• Define a solution using architectural design principles based on customer requirements.
• Provide implementation guidance based on test practices to the organization throughout the life cycle of the project. 

The requirement to attend AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Examination:

As an individual, if you are planning to attend this solution architect associate examination then you need to have the following knowledge as recommended by Amazon AWS, 

• One year of hands-on experience designing available, cost-efficient, fault-tolerant, and scalable distributed systems on AWS
• Hands-on experience using compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services
• Hands-on experience with AWS deployment and management services
• Ability to identify and define technical requirements for an AWS-based application
• Ability to identify which AWS services meet a given technical requirement
• Knowledge of recommended best practices for building secure and reliable applications on the AWS platform
• An understanding of the basic architectural principles of building on the AWS Cloud
• An understanding of the AWS global infrastructure
• An understanding of network technologies as they relate to AWS
• An understanding of security features and tools that AWS provides and how they relate to traditional services

AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Examination Concepts:

• Designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant systems on AWS
• Lift and shift of an existing on-premises application to AWS
• Ingress and egress of data to and from AWS
• Selecting the appropriate AWS service based on data, compute, database, or security requirements
• Identifying appropriate use of AWS architectural best practices
• Estimating AWS costs and identifying cost-control mechanisms

AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Examination Outline:

Domain	% of examination
Design Resilient Architectures	34
Define Performant Architectures	24
Specify Secure Applications and Architectures	26
Design Cost Optimized Architectures	10
Design Operationally Excellent Architectures	6
	100

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AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Examination Details:

• Multiple Choice Questions
• Multiple Response
• No of Questions – 65
• Time to complete – 130 minutes 

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Examination Fees:

• FEE - 150$, 
• Indian Money - 9743.25INR

Top 5 Benefits of having this AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate Certification:

• Increase in Salary – Currently, AWS Certification is the top paid certification in the world
• A huge amount of job opportunities
• You’ll be considered as an Expert
• Added as a member in AWS Community
• New opportunities with huge career growth 

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References:

1. https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-solutions-architect-associate/
2. https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/10810-aws-certification-guide.html
3. https://aws.amazon.com/certification/benefits/
4. https://www.credosystemz.com/training-in-chennai/best-amazon-web-services-training-in-chennai/

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