AWS SAA

Education & Academia abbreviation · Professional Certification

AWS SAA
Stands forAWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
CategoriesEducation & Academia

AWS SAA stands for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, a professional certification abbreviation.

Associate-level Amazon Web Services certification for designing secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-effective systems on AWS. It is one of the most commonly requested cloud certifications in job postings.

Example: The cloud engineer role requires the AWS SAA and Terraform experience.

Usage notes

The exam has 65 questions over 130 minutes and is scored from 100 to 1,000, with 720 needed to pass. The Professional-level version is substantially harder. AWS certifications must be renewed every three years.

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