Lesson proof
Concept, demo, checklist, lab, and assignment evidence.
AWS / Cloud Solutions Architect
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
Design resilient, secure, cost-aware AWS architectures with VPC, IAM, compute, storage, databases, monitoring, and disaster recovery patterns.
SAA-C03 readinessArchitecture diagramsWell-Architected reviews
Start domain mock testPlatform-wide module outputs
Every module now feeds portfolio proof and CV readiness.
Portfolio pack
Requirement, artifact, validation, risk note, and interview story.
CV signal
Role-specific skill statement linked to a score or artifact.
Review queue
Submitted evidence can support dashboard, readiness, and career exports.
Open materials
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)Lesson + portfolio pack + CV evidenceIAM and OrganizationsLesson + portfolio pack + CV evidenceVPC designLesson + portfolio pack + CV evidenceEC2 and containersLesson + portfolio pack + CV evidenceS3 and databasesLesson + portfolio pack + CV evidenceHigh availabilityLesson + portfolio pack + CV evidenceCost optimizationLesson + portfolio pack + CV evidence
Certification objective coverage
Every provider-aligned module is connected to a lesson, labs, mock questions, and implementation proof.
This is the track-level audit view for blueprint alignment. Exact exam wording should still be checked against the current official provider guide before public exam-code claims are made.
SAA-C03-D1 / 30% weight
Design Secure Architectures
SAA-C03 / AWS exam guide current on 2026-06-14
Official AWS content domain and scored weighting.
Implementation proof
- Define Design Secure Architectures using the official SAA-C03 domain language and explain the related service families.
- Show how Design Secure Architectures is implemented through the mapped Daskerel module: IAM and Organizations.
- Capture evidence with screenshots, command output, logs, metrics, topology state, policy review, query result, or troubleshooting notes.
- Connect the evidence to a portfolio pack, CV-ready skill statement, and mock-test weak-domain recovery action.
Evidence requirements
- Mapped lesson explaining the official provider domain in learner-friendly language
- Hands-on implementation or simulator evidence connected to the official domain
- Mock-test practice tied to the mapped Daskerel module
- Portfolio pack with requirement, artifact, validation, risk note, and interview story
- Official provider source review date and blueprint/version note
SAA-C03-D2 / 26% weight
Design Resilient Architectures
SAA-C03 / AWS exam guide current on 2026-06-14
Official AWS content domain and scored weighting.
Implementation proof
- Define Design Resilient Architectures using the official SAA-C03 domain language and explain the related service families.
- Show how Design Resilient Architectures is implemented through the mapped Daskerel module: S3 and databases.
- Capture evidence with screenshots, command output, logs, metrics, topology state, policy review, query result, or troubleshooting notes.
- Connect the evidence to a portfolio pack, CV-ready skill statement, and mock-test weak-domain recovery action.
Evidence requirements
- Mapped lesson explaining the official provider domain in learner-friendly language
- Hands-on implementation or simulator evidence connected to the official domain
- Mock-test practice tied to the mapped Daskerel module
- Portfolio pack with requirement, artifact, validation, risk note, and interview story
- Official provider source review date and blueprint/version note
SAA-C03-D3 / 24% weight
Design High-Performing Architectures
SAA-C03 / AWS exam guide current on 2026-06-14
Official AWS content domain and scored weighting.
Implementation proof
- Define Design High-Performing Architectures using the official SAA-C03 domain language and explain the related service families.
- Show how Design High-Performing Architectures is implemented through the mapped Daskerel module: EC2 and containers.
- Capture evidence with screenshots, command output, logs, metrics, topology state, policy review, query result, or troubleshooting notes.
- Connect the evidence to a portfolio pack, CV-ready skill statement, and mock-test weak-domain recovery action.
Evidence requirements
- Mapped lesson explaining the official provider domain in learner-friendly language
- Hands-on implementation or simulator evidence connected to the official domain
- Mock-test practice tied to the mapped Daskerel module
- Portfolio pack with requirement, artifact, validation, risk note, and interview story
- Official provider source review date and blueprint/version note
SAA-C03-D4 / 20% weight
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures
SAA-C03 / AWS exam guide current on 2026-06-14
Official AWS content domain and scored weighting.
Implementation proof
- Define Design Cost-Optimized Architectures using the official SAA-C03 domain language and explain the related service families.
- Show how Design Cost-Optimized Architectures is implemented through the mapped Daskerel module: Cost optimization.
- Capture evidence with screenshots, command output, logs, metrics, topology state, policy review, query result, or troubleshooting notes.
- Connect the evidence to a portfolio pack, CV-ready skill statement, and mock-test weak-domain recovery action.
Evidence requirements
- Mapped lesson explaining the official provider domain in learner-friendly language
- Hands-on implementation or simulator evidence connected to the official domain
- Mock-test practice tied to the mapped Daskerel module
- Portfolio pack with requirement, artifact, validation, risk note, and interview story
- Official provider source review date and blueprint/version note
Test readiness
Mock test by domain
Practice every domain in this track with exam-style questions, answer keys, and explanations.
Open mock testMost in-demand certification materials
High-value certificates connected to this track.
AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)
CurrentLast verified: 2026-06-24Next review: 2026-09-22
Cloud engineers and architects designing secure, resilient, cost-aware AWS workloads.
SAA-C03 was verified against the official AWS certification page on 2026-06-24. Keep this source check on the 90-day review cadence.
AWS official-source stamp
Associate / SAA-C03
Official domain weighting
Design Secure Architectures30%
Design Resilient Architectures26%
Design High-Performing Architectures24%
Design Cost-Optimized Architectures20%
Lab focus
- VPC design
- Compute and storage selection
- Resilience
- Cost and security tradeoffs
Readiness gates
- Architecture labs complete
- Well-Architected tradeoff notes complete
- Mock domains passed
- Portfolio diagram exported
- SAA-C03 blueprint checklist by domain
- Well-Architected scenario drills
- Architecture diagram and service-selection practice
AWS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (SAP-C02)
CurrentLast verified: 2026-06-24Next review: 2026-09-22
Senior architects working on multi-account, migration, resilience, and governance decisions.
SAP-C02 was verified against the official AWS certification page on 2026-06-24. Keep this source check on the 90-day review cadence.
AWS official-source stamp
Professional / SAP-C02
Official domain weighting
Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity26%
Design for New Solutions29%
Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions25%
Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization20%
Lab focus
- Organizations and landing zones
- Hybrid networking
- Migration
- Resilience, security, operations, and cost
Readiness gates
- Professional architecture lab complete
- Executive decision record complete
- Failure-mode review complete
- SAP mock domains passed
- Multi-account landing-zone case studies
- Migration and disaster recovery tradeoff workbook
- Executive architecture review practice
AWS
AWS Certified Security - Specialty
CurrentLast verified: 2026-08-13Next review: 2026-11-11
Cloud security engineers responsible for IAM, detection, encryption, and incident response.
SCS-C03 was verified against the official AWS certification page on 2026-08-13. Keep this source check on the 90-day review cadence.
AWS official-source stamp
Specialty / SCS-C03
Official domain weighting
Detection16%
Incident Response14%
Infrastructure Security18%
Identity and Access Management20%
Data Protection18%
Security Foundations and Governance14%
Lab focus
- IAM and KMS
- Secrets
- Detection
- Network controls, logging, incident response, and audit
Readiness gates
- Security baseline lab complete
- Detection and audit evidence captured
- Incident response note complete
- Security mock domains passed
SCS-C03 is the current exam guide. It replaces the retired SCS-C02 blueprint and introduces revised security domains and weightings.
- IAM policy and least-privilege lab pack
- Logging, encryption, and key-management checklist
- Security incident scenario review
Certification provider connections
Connect this learning path to the official exam provider.
AWS Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03)
Use the AWS Certification account to review exam guides, book exams, manage score reports, and share verified badges.
Booking partner: Pearson VUE or PSI, depending on exam and region
- Create or confirm the AWS Certification account.
- Review the official exam guide, ID policy, delivery options, and reschedule rules.
- Add target exam date, booking status, renewal date, and certificate proof to the learner record.
AWS Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (SAP-C02)
Use the AWS Certification account to review exam guides, book exams, manage score reports, and share verified badges.
Booking partner: Pearson VUE or PSI, depending on exam and region
- Create or confirm the AWS Certification account.
- Review the official exam guide, ID policy, delivery options, and reschedule rules.
- Add target exam date, booking status, renewal date, and certificate proof to the learner record.
AWS Certification
AWS Certified Security - Specialty
Use the AWS Certification account to review exam guides, book exams, manage score reports, and share verified badges.
Booking partner: Pearson VUE or PSI, depending on exam and region
- Create or confirm the AWS Certification account.
- Review the official exam guide, ID policy, delivery options, and reschedule rules.
- Add target exam date, booking status, renewal date, and certificate proof to the learner record.
01 Match
Map each Daskerel track to the official provider, exam code, registration page, and verification route.
02 Prepare
Use provider objectives with Daskerel lessons, mock exams, labs, and evidence packs before booking.
03 Book
Send learners to the official scheduling partner while keeping target dates and next actions in the dashboard.
04 Verify
Capture certificate URL, badge, expiry, renewal plan, and portfolio proof after the learner passes.
Study plan
Map business requirements to AWS services before choosing technology.
Use multi-AZ patterns for high availability and managed services where possible.
Review security, reliability, performance, cost, and operations for every design.
Hands-on labs
Design a two-tier VPC with public and private subnets.
Build an S3 static content bucket with least-privilege IAM access.
Write a recovery plan using backups, Route 53, and multi-AZ databases.
Track learning assets
Templates and revision tools for this path.
Exam blueprint checklistAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Weekly study plannerAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Command and service cheat sheetAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Architecture pattern cardsAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Flashcard revision setAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Mock exam review sheetAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Lab evidence templateAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Interview story builderAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Portfolio project rubricAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Final readiness checklistAWS Solutions Architect Associate
Practice questions
A workload needs private compute with internet updates. Which pattern fits?
Place compute in private subnets and route outbound traffic through a NAT gateway.
Which AWS service is usually best for object storage and static assets?
Amazon S3, optionally fronted by CloudFront for global delivery.