This repository contains my personal study notes for the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA-C03) exam. I passed the exam in February 2026 with a score of 823/1000.
These notes were created while studying for the exam using Stephane Maarek's Udemy Course.
- Format: Markdown files (Optimized for Obsidian)
- Created with: Assisted by Google Gemini (Canvas Mode) to summarize concepts and structure information effectively.
- Focus: Key concepts, service details, and specific "gotchas" for the exam.
Markdown Files/— Notes in Markdown format, optimized for Obsidian.PDF Files/— The same notes exported as PDFs for quick offline reading.
- EC2 Fundamentals
- EC2 - Solutions Architect Associate Level
- EC2 Instance Storage 4.1. AWS Load Balancers 4.2. Auto Scaling Groups (ASG)
- RDS, Aurora, and ElastiCache
- Route 53
- S3 Basic
- S3 Advance
- S3 Security
- CloudFront & Global Accelerator
- AWS Storage
- Decoupling Applications (SQS, SNS, Kinesis, Active MQ)
- Containers on AWS (ECS, Fargate, ECR & EKS)
- Serverless Overviews from a Solution Architect Perspective
- AWS Databases
- AWS Data Analytics
- AWS Machine Learning
- AWS Monitoring & Audit (CloudWatch, CloudTrail & Config)
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) - Advanced
- AWS Security & Encryption (KMS, SSM Parameter Store, Shield, WAF)
- Networking - VPC
- AWS Disaster Recovery & Migrations
- More Solution Architectures
- Other Services
- Clone the Repo:
git clone https://github.com/yashsinghviwork/aws-saa-c03-notes.git - Open in Obsidian: The Markdown files work best when opened as a vault in Obsidian, as they may contain internal links or specific formatting.
- Just want PDFs? Grab them directly from the
PDF Files/folder. - Review: Use them for last-minute revision or to clarify specific topics.
- Course: Stephane Maarek's Ultimate AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate.
- Practice Exams: Tutorials Dojo (Highly recommended!).
- Workflow:
- Watch course section.
- Generate/Refine notes using AI (Gemini) to ensure clarity.
- Store and link notes in Obsidian.
- Revision: I used these notes heavily for the final week revision.
These are personal study notes. While I have tried to make them accurate, they may contain errors or oversimplifications. Please cross-reference with official AWS documentation or your primary study course.
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