1. Cloud Concepts - 24%
Define the benefits of the AWS Cloud
Value proposition of the AWS Cloud
Understanding the benefits of global infrastructure (for example, speed of deployment, global reach)
Understanding the advantages of high availability, elasticity, and agility
Identify design principles of the AWS Cloud
AWS Well-Architected Framework
Understanding the pillars of the Well-Architected Framework (operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, sustainability)
Identifying differences between the pillars
Understand migration to AWS
Cloud adoption strategies
Resources to support migration
Understanding AWS CAF components
Identifying migration strategies (for example, replication, AWS Snowball)
Understand cloud economics
Aspects of cloud economics
Cost savings of cloud
Fixed vs variable costs
On-premises cost considerations
Licensing strategies (BYOL vs included)
Concept of rightsizing
Benefits of automation
Economies of scale
2. Security and Compliance - 30%
Understand shared responsibility model
AWS shared responsibility model
Customer responsibilities
AWS responsibilities
Shared responsibilities
Responsibility differences across services
Cloud security, governance, and compliance
AWS compliance concepts
Benefits of encryption
Logging and monitoring locations
AWS Artifact and compliance resources
Geographic and industry compliance needs
Security services (Inspector, GuardDuty, Security Hub, Shield)
Encryption options (in transit, at rest)
Governance tools (CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Config, Audit Manager)
Access management
IAM concepts
Root user protection
Principle of least privilege
IAM Identity Center
Access keys and credential storage
Authentication methods (MFA, roles)
Groups, users, policies
Root user tasks
Federated identity
Security components and resources
AWS security services (WAF, Shield, GuardDuty)
Third-party security tools
AWS security documentation sources
Use of Trusted Advisor
3. Cloud Technology and Services - 34%
Deploying and operating in AWS
Provisioning methods (Console, CLI, SDK, IaC)
Choosing between one-time and repeatable operations
Deployment models (cloud, hybrid, on-premises)
AWS global infrastructure
Regions, Availability Zones, edge locations
High availability concepts
Multi-region usage
Edge location benefits
Compute services
EC2 instance types
Container services (ECS, EKS)
Serverless (Lambda, Fargate)
Auto scaling and elasticity
Load balancer purposes
Database services
EC2 vs managed databases
Relational databases (RDS, Aurora)
NoSQL (DynamoDB)
In-memory (ElastiCache)
Migration tools (DMS, SCT)
Network services
VPC components (subnets, gateways)
Security (ACLs, security groups)
Route 53 usage
Connectivity options (VPN, Direct Connect)
Storage services
Object storage use cases
S3 storage classes
Block storage (EBS)
File storage (EFS, FSx)
Storage Gateway
Lifecycle policies
AWS Backup
AI/ML and analytics services
AI/ML services (SageMaker, Lex, Kendra)
Analytics services (Athena, Kinesis, Glue, QuickSight)
Other AWS services
Application integration (EventBridge, SNS, SQS)
Business apps (Connect, SES)
Support services
Developer tools (CodeBuild, CodePipeline, X-Ray)
End-user computing (AppStream, WorkSpaces)
Frontend services (Amplify, AppSync)
IoT services (IoT Core)
4. Billing, Pricing, and Support - 12%
Pricing models
Compute pricing options (On-Demand, Reserved, Spot, Savings Plans)
Storage pricing tiers
Reserved Instance flexibility
Data transfer costs
Billing and cost management
AWS Budgets and Cost Explorer
AWS Pricing Calculator
AWS Organizations billing
Cost allocation tags
Support and resources
AWS documentation and resources
AWS Support plans
AWS Partner Network
AWS Support Center
Technical resources (whitepapers, blogs, re:Post)
Trusted Advisor and Health Dashboard
AWS Marketplace
AWS Professional Services and Solutions Architects
