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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (SAP-C02)
Scott Pletcher
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AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Standardize your team on AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional with a structured AWS training path — virtual labs and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets training subscription.
1
Course
300 USD
Exam cost
14
Core skills
Difficulty
Difficulty: 4 of 5 (Advanced)
AdvancedExam cost
300 USD
Courses on path
1
Official source
Exam code
- SAP-C02
Exam datasheet
- Exam length
- 180 minutes
- Questions
- 75 questions
- Passing score
- 750 out of 1000
- Format
- Multiple choice or multiple response
- Prerequisites
- No official prerequisites
- Recommended experience
- 2 or more years of experience using AWS services to design and implement cloud solutions
- Recertification
- 3 years
Skills your team builds
Design Solutions for Organizational ComplexityDesign for New SolutionsContinuous Improvement for Existing SolutionsAccelerate Workload Migration and ModernizationAWS Well-Architected FrameworkOptimizing securitycostand performanceAutomating manual processesEvaluating cloud application requirementsArchitectural recommendations for deployment on AWSExpert guidance on architectural designDesign security and responsible AI controlsImplementing access controls for generative and agentic AI applications
Training path
Your team's training path
One CBT Nuggets course covers the full AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.
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AWS career ladder
Where AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional sits in your team's AWS progression
The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.
Practitioner level
1 certProfessional level
2 certsYou are hereAWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional
AIP-C01
You are hereAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
SAP-C02
Practictioner level
1 cert
Customer outcome
Make AWS a coverage number your auditor can quote
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.
1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist
Coverage proof
Make AWS a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.
Standardizing your team on AWS gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives AWS incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.
Credential: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
Exam
- SAP-C02
Frequently asked questions about AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional training
Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional training for their team.
How does AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional fit into our internal compliance and governance program?
Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.
What's the ROI of certifying our team on AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional?
IT Directors typically frame AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new AWS hires, and certification coverage by role.
How does CBT Nuggets AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional training compare to Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, or Udemy Business?
CBT Nuggets AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional courses are built by named expert trainers (not crowd-sourced contributors), include hands-on virtual labs in many courses, and include certification practice exams mapped to the vendor's published exam objectives. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion, and exam-readiness per engineer — the surface managers actually use to manage team training programs. See /compare for the full feature comparison.
How do I assign and track AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional training for my team?
From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.
How long does it take to certify a team on AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional?
Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level AWS certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.
What if AWS updates the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional exam objectives?
CBT Nuggets updates AWS course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When AWS restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.