Resources to use for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate Exam

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And, that’s more than 3 years to my first AWS certification — AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Associate with a 901/1000 score.

So, thought of sharing the best resources you can use to prepare and crack this exam.

Do share with your network & DM if you need help with preparation!

Let’s divide them into 4 categories and list the top 4 resources — both, free and paid: Video lectures, Reading materials, Hands-on Labs, and Practice tests.

Video lectures:

1. (Free) Andrew Brown’s FreeCodeCamp course https://bit.ly/3raNO6k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ia-UEYYR44s

2. (Paid) Stéphane Maarek’s Udemy course — Slides given https://bit.ly/3sPRv1P

3. (Paid) Tutorials Dojo’s video course https://bit.ly/48dqwgz

4. (Paid) Adrian Cantrill’s video course https://bit.ly/3WLsLm6 or get the ALL THE THINGS Bundle https://bit.ly/3C4a9V1

5. (Paid) Neal Davis’s Udemy course https://bit.ly/3LkdWm2

6. (Paid) Zeal Vora’s Udemy course https://bit.ly/3EA1nzm

Reading materials:

1. (Paid) Tutorials Dojo’s Study Guide eBook https://bit.ly/466mkNN
2. (Free) Study guide by Danny Steenman https://bit.ly/467N0h8

3. (Free) Tutorials Dojo’s AWS Cheat sheets https://lnkd.in/d4nMUcZz

4. (Free) Amazon Web Services (AWS) Services FAQ — add /faqs after service name on aws.amazon.com, Example — S3 FAQ link aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs

5. (Free) AWS Official documentations — Click on the service name to read about it https://lnkd.in/d29W8Kc5

Hands-on Labs:

1. (Free — Requires your AWS Account) AWS Workshops https://workshops.aws/

2. (Free — Requires your AWS Account) AWS Partner Solutions (formerly Quick Starts) https://lnkd.in/eN-QFjH

3. (Paid — AWS Account is provided) Total 69 Labs by Whizlabs https://lnkd.in/dPhEUJxY

4. (Paid — AWS Account is provided) Total 25 Labs by Cloud Academy, Free — If you are an AWS Community builder https://lnkd.in/dyWpbrqW

Practice test:

1. (Free) Exam Practice Questions with Explanation in 3 Hours by T3Ptech https://lnkd.in/dxiryyZA

2. (Paid) Tutorials Dojo’s Practice test https://bit.ly/487riMa

3. (Paid) Whizlabs’s Practice test https://lnkd.in/dPhEUJxY

4. (Paid) Stéphane Maarek and Abhishek Singh Practice test https://bit.ly/44QSdJc

PS: Wondering how the expiration date is updated?

Well, it renews automatically when you complete the AWS Certified Solutions Architect — Professional Certification.

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