AWS Certifications Resource Recommendations

I just got 5 AWS certifications & wanted to share the resources I used in case it helps others

Cloud Practioner

• Resources
  • acloud.guru
• Tips
  • I would study for the solutions architect associate first, then just knock out the cloud practitioner the next day. It's 80% the same material.

Associate Exams - Architect, Developer, Sys Ops

• SysOps Admin
  • Focus on cloudwatch, & metrics related to the common services (dynamodb, ec2, rds, etc)
• Resources
  • acloud.guru
• Tips
  • Do all the cloud.guru labs, quizzes and exam builder till you average 85%+

Devops Professional

• Resources
  • acloud.guru
    • For this specific exam acloud.guru was good for a summary of the exam related services.
  • whizlabs - AWS DevOps Professional Practice Tests
    • 20% of the exam, I had seen before in practice test questions
• Tips
  • Know CloudFormation, OpsWorks, Beanstalk like the back of your hand
  • Take the sysOp admin associate before, it had a lot of metric related topics (cloudwatch) that were like 30% of the exam

Solutions Architect Professional

• Resources
  • TBD