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If you have experience in IT but not necessarily with AWS technologies, draw on your prior technology expertise and experience. Determine how they might relate to

AWS. Focus your attention on general IT and infrastructure concepts first, then identify what makes a particular AWS service different. Some AWS commands and concepts might even be the same as those in the IT realm, albeit in a slightly different syntax.

If you have some level of experience with AWS and its services, great! Pay particular attention to optimization and scenario-based sections where you can focus on how different services are integrated. Learn other methods used to perform a service. For example, if you were using the AWS user interface a lot before, try out the same solutions using the AWS console this time around.

This course is not just designed to present you with facts and terminologies to learn and memorize. It is designed to present you with practical solutions to common technology and engineering problems using AWS services. The certification exam itself does not test you on terms and their meanings; the exam is more about design and architect solutions at scale. Regardless of that, the first step is learning about terminologies and services in the AWS world; however, the next equally if not more important step is to apply that knowledge into crafting solutions.

CERTIFICATION EXAM OVERVIEW

Let’s walk through an overview of the Certification Exam. The AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification measures an examinee’s experience in crafting practical solutions using AWS services. Practical solutions are solutions that are not only correct, but are also cost efficient, fault tolerant, and scalable. This means that, although some answer options on the exam may sound correct, the best possible solution or answer is expected. Put another way, it is not enough that you know what a particular AWS service is, but how to use it in your architectural solutions. The exam is designed for those who have experience with AWS either in a production or development environment. Ideally, you’d have at least one-year experience utilizing the services on AWS such as database maintenance, networking and development, or coding. The certification exam validates your AWS knowledge in terms of whether you