The Complete AWS Solutions Architect Associate Cheat Sheet: Smash the Official Exam [SAA-C02]

In January 2022, I passed the AWS Solutions Architect Associate certification and there are a lot of topics to cover. I used a combination of Stephane Maarek’s course and Practice Exams on Udemy, with my own notes and experience using AWS and other cloud (or even physical) server architecture. As I progressed, I devised the AWS Solutions Architect Associate Cheat Sheet for my own personal use, which helped me in the run up to the exam.

My advice:

1. Follow Stephane Maarek’s Udemy course and take your own notes as you go.
2. Take as many updated Practice Exams as you can. There are often freebies on AWS directly too.
3. Make your own cheat-sheet or start from / copy mine.

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Cheat Sheet: Topics

• Routing: Route 53, Health Checks and Routing Policies
• Queues and Streaming: Kinesis, Data Stream, Firehose, SQS, SNS and MQ
• File Storage: EBS, EFS, Storage Gateway
• S3: Simple Storage Service, Security, Policies, Lifecycle Rules etc
• Databases: RDS, Aurora, Elasticache, Athena, DynamoDB etc

Any feedback, always welcome in the comments, anything I can add / update. Let me know.

Hope this helps,

James