Comprehensive 60-day study plan for AWS Solutions Architect Associate. Weekly milestones, hands-on labs, and practice test schedule for SAA-C03 success.
Weeks 1-2: AWS Foundations
AWS global infrastructure, regions, availability zones
IAM: users, groups, roles, policies
EC2 fundamentals, instance types, pricing
First hands-on labs in AWS console
Weeks 3-4: Storage & Databases
S3 deep dive: classes, lifecycle, versioning
EBS, EFS, FSx storage options
RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache
First practice exam (target: 60%+)
Weeks 5-6: Networking & Security
VPC design, subnets, route tables, NAT
Security groups, NACLs, VPC endpoints
CloudFront, Route 53, API Gateway
KMS, Secrets Manager, WAF, Shield
Weeks 7-8: Advanced Topics & Review
Serverless: Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge
Containers: ECS, EKS, Fargate
Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-Ray
Full practice exams (target: 80%+)
Start Your AWS Journey
Take a diagnostic practice test to establish your baseline.