An independent, self-paced exam preparation course for experienced cloud professionals studying for the AWS Solutions Architect Professional exam. Seven lessons follow the exam’s broad themes: organisational complexity, multi-account governance, hybrid and multi-region networking, designing for reliability and performance, security at scale, migration and modernisation, cost optimisation, and scenario-based exam technique. This is exam preparation only: it is not affiliated with or endorsed by Amazon Web Services, does not include an exam voucher and does not award any certification. Always check the current official exam guide.
What you will learn
- Design multi-account environments with centralised governance
- Design hybrid and multi-region network connectivity
- Architect for high availability, disaster recovery and performance
- Apply security controls across accounts at scale
- Plan migrations and modernisation strategies
- Optimise cost across complex environments
- Approach long scenario questions efficiently
Lessons
- Exam Scope and Multi-Account Strategy
- Hybrid and Multi-Region Networking
- Reliability, DR and Performance
- Security at Scale
- Migration and Modernisation
- Cost Optimisation
- Exam Technique
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Lessons
Exam Scope and Multi-Account Strategy
Hybrid and Multi-Region Networking
Networking questions are common and detailed. Connecting many VPCs VPC peering: simple one-to-one connections without transitive routing. Transit gateway: a hub connecting many VPCs and on-premises networks with route tables for segmentation. PrivateLink: exposes services privately to other VPCs without full network connectivity. Hybrid connectivity Site-to-site VPN provides encrypted tunnels over the internet; dedicated private […]
Reliability, DR and Performance
Expect scenarios requiring specific recovery objectives at minimum cost. Disaster recovery strategies Backup and restore: lowest cost, longest recovery. Pilot light: core data replicated, minimal compute ready. Warm standby: scaled-down full environment running. Multi-site active-active: full capacity in several regions. Match the strategy to the stated recovery time and recovery point objectives. Data replication Know […]
Security at Scale
Security questions focus on applying controls across many accounts. Identity Use permission sets, roles and attribute-based access control. Apply permission boundaries for delegated administration. Detection Enable organisation-wide logging of API activity, configuration recording, threat detection and security findings aggregation in a delegated security account. Data protection Use managed key services with key policies, encrypt by […]
Migration and Modernisation
Assessment Use discovery tools to collect inventory and dependencies, then assign strategies: retire, retain, rehost, relocate, replatform, repurchase or refactor. Migration services Know which managed services suit server replication, database migration with schema conversion and large-scale offline data transfer. Modernisation Move to managed databases, containers or serverless where it reduces operational effort. Large data transfers […]
Cost Optimisation
Purchasing options On-demand, savings plans, reserved capacity and spot capacity. Combine them according to workload patterns. Visibility Consolidated billing, cost allocation tags, budgets and anomaly detection. Architecture Right-size, use auto scaling, choose storage classes and lifecycle policies, reduce data transfer costs and use serverless for spiky workloads. Exercise Given a steady baseline of 50 instances, […]
Exam Technique
Reading long scenarios Read the final question first, then identify requirements such as “least operational overhead”, “lowest cost” or “minimal downtime”. These qualifiers decide between plausible answers. Eliminating options Remove options that fail a stated requirement, use unnecessary custom code or ignore managed services. Time management Flag long questions and return later. Do not spend […]