SA Pro Certification – November 2022 Release
A new version of AWS’ SA Pro certification was released at the end of 2022. There are some small yet important differences compared to the previous version of the exam. The following table illustrates the changes made to the exam content outline.
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AWS SA Pro certification v1 (SAP-C01) |
AWS SA Pro certification v2 (SAP-C02) |
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Domain |
% of exam |
Domain |
% of exam |
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Design for organizational complexity |
12.5% |
Design solutions for organizational complexity |
26% |
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Design for new solutions |
31% |
Design for new solutions |
29% |
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Migration planning |
15% |
Continuous improvement for existing solutions |
25% |
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Cost control |
12.5% |
Accelerate workload migration and modernization |
20% |
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Continuous improvement |
29% |
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Table 0.1: The differences between both versions of the AWS SA Pro certification
In the new exam version, the domains have been re-balanced and, as you will note from the exam description, AWS underlines that they are now putting more emphasis on architecting solutions aligned with the AWS Well-Architected Framework. Also, notably, cost optimization has become an integral part of the solution design process, instead of being treated separately.
