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Aws Saa-C04 Exam Prep: Solutions Architect Associate
Published 7/2026
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English | Duration: 3h 4m | Size: 596.75 MB
Scenario-based prep for the CURRENT AWS SAA-C04 exam - not the retired SAA-C03 - covering all four domains
What you'll learn
Design least-privilege IAM policies, roles, and permission boundaries
Choose between security groups and NACLs, and gateway vs interface VPC endpoints
Select KMS, CloudHSM, Secrets Manager, or Parameter Store for a given data-security requirement
Architect decoupled, event-driven systems with SQS, SNS, EventBridge, and Step Functions
Design Multi-AZ and Multi-Region high-availability architectures with correct Route 53 routing policies
Map RTO/RPO requirements to backup, pilot light, warm standby, or active-active DR strategies
Select the right storage class, EBS volume type, or file system for a performance scenario
Choose between RDS, Aurora, DynamoDB, ElastiCache, and Redshift based on workload requirements
Requirements
Roughly one year of hands-on AWS experience
Familiarity with core AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS)
Basic understanding of networking concepts (subnets, routing, DNS)
Comfort navigating the AWS Management Console
Description
This course contains the use of artificial intelligence.
This course is built exam-first for AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate SAA-C04, the version released March 2024 and current through 2026 - not the retired SAA-C03 that many older Udemy courses still teach from. Instructor Aseem Mankotia structures every chapter around the official exam guide's four domains in their exact published weight: Design Secure Architectures (30%), Design Resilient Architectures (26%), Design High-Performing Architectures (24%), and Design Cost-Optimized Architectures (20%). Because SAA-C04 shifted more weight onto security than any prior version, this course gives IAM, VPC network security, and data encryption extra depth so you walk into the exam prepared for that shift.
Every chapter follows a strict no-fluff format: the concept, why it's tested, a hands-on architecture walkthrough or console tour, and the classic exam traps that trip up candidates - security groups vs NACLs, gateway vs interface VPC endpoints, ALB vs NLB, SQS vs SNS vs EventBridge, RDS vs Aurora vs DynamoDB, Reserved Instances vs Savings Plans vs Spot, and more of the decision pairs the exam relies on. This is a design-and-decision exam, not a console click-through exam, so practice questions throughout are scenario-based with plausible distractors and "BEST/MOST cost-effective/MOST highly available" framing that mirrors the real test.
The final chapter is a full 65-question exam simulation with a 130-minute time-management strategy and a walkthrough of multiple-response elimination technique. This course is designed as exam-focused preparation to help you master the SAA-C04 domains and build the architectural decision-making skill the exam measures. Learners who want to go further into AWS's generative AI stack can continue with the companion AWS AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) and AWS GenAI Developer (AIP-C01) courses in this catalog.
AI content disclosure: This course was produced with the assistance of artificial intelligence tools. Lecture narration is AI-voice generated, and lecture scripts, slides, and practice questions were drafted with AI assistance, then reviewed and curated by the instructor for technical accuracy and alignment with the official SAA-C04 exam guide.
Who this course is for
Cloud engineers, solutions architects, developers, sysadmins, and IT professionals designing and deploying systems on AWS
Candidates with roughly one year of hands-on AWS experience and familiarity with core services
Learners planning to continue into the AWS AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) and AWS GenAI Developer (AIP-C01) courses