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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

A constraint-first SAP-C02 architecture system covering organizational complexity, new solutions, continuous improvement, migration, modernization, and professional-level tradeoffs.

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Exam code SAP-C02 · SAP-C02 · facts checked
Current exam snapshot

SAP-C02 at a glance

official
Version
SAP-C02
Effective
2022-11-15
Time
180 minutes
Items
75
Scored / unscored
65 / 10
Passing standard
750 on AWS's 100–1,000 scaled score

Formats: multiple-choice, multiple-response.

Delivery: Pearson VUE testing center or Online proctored exam.

Baitaphish raw percentages are not AWS scaled scores.

Who this system is for

Provider statement · official

Provider target

Two or more years using AWS services to design and implement cloud solutions, with the ability to guide architecture across complex applications and projects.

Preparation prerequisites

  • Multi-account AWS architecture
  • Hybrid and multi-Region networking
  • Identity, data, and security architecture
  • Reliability and disaster recovery
  • Application integration and data services
  • Migration, operations, performance, and cost optimization
Foundation-path triggers
  • Cannot explain account versus VPC isolation
  • Cannot turn RTO/RPO into a design
  • Cannot trace hybrid routes and DNS
  • Cannot compare migration strategies from constraints
Blueprint coverage

Official domains and objective lessons

20 objectives
D1 · 26%

Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity

Design organization-wide connectivity, security, resilience, governance, and cost visibility across accounts, Regions, workloads, and business boundaries.

  • 1.1 Architect network connectivity
  • 1.2 Prescribe security controls
  • 1.3 Design reliable and resilient architectures
  • 1.4 Design a multi-account environment
  • 1.5 Determine cost visibility and control
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D2 · 29%

Design for New Solutions

Turn new workload requirements into deployable, secure, resilient, performant, and cost-effective architectures with explicit tradeoffs.

  • 2.1 Design a deployment strategy
  • 2.2 Design business continuity
  • 2.3 Determine security requirements
  • 2.4 Design reliability
  • 2.5 Design for performance
  • 2.6 Design for cost optimization
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D4 · 20%

Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernization

Select workloads, sequence migration, design target architecture, manage cutover, and choose modernization opportunities from business and technical evidence.

  • 4.1 Select workloads and processes for migration
  • 4.2 Select migration approaches
  • 4.3 Design the target architecture
  • 4.4 Identify modernization opportunities
Open domain lesson →

Learn, apply, assess

Diagnose

Route preparation depth

24 objective-linked items route the 7-, 14-, or 30-day path.

Open diagnostic →
Schedule

Every day is actionable

Lesson, decision matrix, application, recall, check, and remediation are specified for each day.

Choose a study plan →
Apply

8 labs or scenarios

Each includes prerequisites, cost, procedure, validation, cleanup, objectives, and publication status.

Review applications →
Recall

40 source-linked cards

Keyboard-operable recall with private mastery tracking.

Study flashcards →
Compare

7 decision matrices

Practice choosing controls and patterns from requirements, failure modes, and evidence.

Open cheat sheet →
Assess

Two fresh mixed sets

Internal raw-score practice with domain floors and readiness hard gates; never provider score equivalence.

Open practice center →

Version and scope notes

  • SAP-C02 became available November 15, 2022.
  • The scored blueprint remains 26%, 29%, 25%, and 20% across the four domains.
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Apply the blueprint to sourced architecture research

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Progress on this device

0/55lessons
0/8applications
0/40flashcards
0assessment attempts

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