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How I Passed the AWS SAA Exam in 6 Weeks
A step-by-step study plan and resources.
HMHaithem Mihoubi
Jul 8, 2026My AWS SAA Journey
Here's exactly what I did to pass the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam in 6 weeks.
Week 1–2: Foundations
- VPC, subnets, route tables
- EC2, EBS, EFS
- IAM deep dive
Week 3–4: Core services
- S3 & storage classes
- RDS & DynamoDB
- Load balancers & auto scaling
Week 5: Advanced
- CloudFront & Route 53
- Lambda & serverless
- Disaster recovery patterns
Week 6: Practice exams
Take as many practice tests as you can. Aim for 85%+ consistently before booking the real thing.
Good luck! 🚀