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CloudMaster Academy

Cheat sheets, full course guides, scenario-based practice exams, and progress tracking for AWS certifications — with accounts, so your progress follows you everywhere.

Everything you need, in one place

Once you're signed in, your dashboard has all of this per certification track.

Full course guides

Topic-by-topic study guides covering every exam domain — not just quick reference, actual explanations.

Quick cheat sheets

Fast, scannable revision material for last-minute review before test day.

Scenario-based practice exams

Real exam-style questions with explanations for every answer, not just a right/wrong flag.

Progress that follows you

Your answers save to your account and resume across devices — no more losing progress when you close a tab.

Learning roadmap

Both AWS's tier-based path and the official role-based certification chart, with your live status on each step.

Architecture gallery

Visual references for the services and concepts that actually show up in the exam.

Interview prep

Unlocks once you pass a practice exam — real interview questions tied to the job roles that certification feeds into.

A study flow that sticks

You study the material before the exam unlocks — not the other way around, so you're actually prepared.

How it works

1

Study

Work through the full course or quick cheat sheet for your track.

2

Practice

Take the scenario-based exam — it unlocks once you've studied.

3

Prepare

Pass it, and real interview questions for related job roles unlock.

Certification tracks

Log in or create a free account to preview any cheat sheet, and unlock practice exams, progress tracking, and interview prep.

Cloud Practitioner

Foundational understanding of the AWS Cloud, security, core services, billing and support.

What's covered

Cloud ConceptsSecurity and ComplianceCloud Technology and ServicesBilling, Pricing, and Support

AI Practitioner

Foundational AI, ML and generative AI concepts and use cases.

What's covered

Fundamentals of AI and MLFundamentals of Generative AIApplications of Foundation ModelsGuidelines for Responsible AISecurity, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions

Solutions Architect Associate

Design secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimized architectures on AWS.

What's covered

Design Secure ArchitecturesDesign Resilient ArchitecturesDesign High-Performing ArchitecturesDesign Cost-Optimized Architectures

Developer Associate

Develop, deploy and debug cloud-native applications on AWS.

What's covered

Development with AWS ServicesSecurityDeploymentTroubleshooting and Optimization

CloudOps Engineer Associate

Deploy, manage and operate workloads on AWS. Formerly the SysOps Administrator - Associate certification.

What's covered

Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance OptimizationReliability and Business ContinuityDeployment, Provisioning, and AutomationSecurity and ComplianceNetworking and Content Delivery

Data Engineer Associate

Build, secure and operate data pipelines: ingestion, transformation, storage, analysis and governance on AWS.

What's covered

Data Ingestion and TransformationData Store ManagementData Operations and SupportData Security and Governance

Solutions Architect Professional

Advanced architecture across accounts, Regions and organizations; migration and modernization.

What's covered

Design Solutions for Organizational ComplexityDesign for New SolutionsContinuous Improvement for Existing SolutionsAccelerate Workload Migration and Modernization

DevOps Engineer Professional

Automate delivery, infrastructure, monitoring and incident response on AWS.

What's covered

SDLC AutomationConfiguration Management and IaCResilient Cloud SolutionsMonitoring and LoggingIncident and Event ResponseSecurity and Compliance

Advanced Networking Specialty

Design, implement and operate complex AWS and hybrid network architectures.

What's covered

Network DesignNetwork ImplementationNetwork Management and OperationNetwork Security, Compliance, and Governance

Security Specialty

Secure AWS workloads: detection, incident response, infrastructure, identity, data and governance.

What's covered

DetectionIncident ResponseInfrastructure SecurityIdentity and Access ManagementData ProtectionSecurity Foundations and Governance

Roles & certification paths

AWS's official role-based paths — expand the role category you're aiming for to see its full certification path, then hover a branch to trace its sequence.

Cloud Practitioner

Foundational · 1–2 weeks

Solutions Architect

Design, develop, and manage cloud infrastructure and assets; work with DevOps to migrate applications to the cloud.

Solutions Architect Associate

Associate · 2–4 weeks

Solutions Architect Professional

Professional · 1–3 months

Dive deeper

Security Specialty

Specialty · 1–3 months

Application Architect

Design significant aspects of application architecture including user interface, middleware, and infrastructure, and ensure enterprise-wide scalable, reliable, and manageable systems.

Solutions Architect Associate

Associate · 2–4 weeks

Developer Associate

Associate · 2–4 weeks

DevOps Engineer Professional

Professional · 1–3 months

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Solutions Architect Professional

Professional · 1–3 months

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