AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
Decision summary
- Solutions engineers designing on AWS
- Cloud Solutions Architect
- About 1 year of hands-on AWS experience (recommended)
- Solutions Architect – Professional
Last price check: March 15, 2025Source
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Verification details
- Content reviewed: March 2026
- Exam data checked: May 25, 2026
- Price captured: March 15, 2025
Certification details
Overview
Design scalable, secure solutions on AWS
Design scalable, secure solutions on AWS. This certification is suitable for the Intermediate.
Exam & requirements
Sourced from the official issuer and may change — verify before booking.
- Exam code
- SAA-C03
- Duration
- 130 minutes
- Questions
- 65
- Passing score
- 720 / 1000 (scaled)
- Validity
- 3 years
One year of hands-on AWS solutions design experience recommended.
Re-take the current SAA exam or upgrade to a higher AWS cert (Professional / Specialty).
Tips to pass the exam
General guidance — verify with official sourceLock in one consistent quiet hour daily (early morning works well) — consistency beats volume.
Start with a question bank before reading the book — it tells you what's actually tested.
Take a full rest day before the exam — adequate rest noticeably sharpens focus and recall.
Study plan
- 1
Identify knowledge gaps against the official exam blueprint before starting.
- 2
Pick one primary source (book or accredited course) and only one supplementary source — avoid source overload.
- 3
Allocate one third of the time to hands-on practice (labs, scenarios, or production-like environment).
- 4
Study together: Saudi-focused Telegram or LinkedIn groups for the specific cert can save weeks of trial and error.
- 5
Book the exam date two weeks before you feel ready — it forces commitment.
- 6
Use the final week for full mock exams from trusted question banks, revising only your weak areas.
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