The most demanding AWS architecture credential. Multi-account organisations, hybrid networking, large-scale migrations, cost governance and complex enterprise patterns.
⏱Duration: 6 days / 48 hrs
💻Format: Instructor-Led + Enterprise Sandbox
🌐Delivery: On-site · Hybrid
✅Pass rate: 92%
📅Next intake: 14 July 2026
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Enterprise-scale design
Multi-account, multi-region, multi-OU governance
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Hybrid & migration mastery
Direct Connect, DX Gateway, MGN, DMS, Snow family
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Trade-off depth
Senior-level architectural decisions defended against constraints
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Migration & modernisation
6Rs strategy, AWS MAP, Cloud Adoption Framework
What this course is
SAP is architect mastery.
The AWS Solutions Architect Professional (SAP-C02) is the highest-tier AWS architecture credential. It validates that you can architect for AWS Organizations, govern multi-account environments, design migrations of complex enterprise workloads and optimise across cost, security, performance and reliability simultaneously.
Nexperts SAP is delivered as a 6-day deep-dive against an enterprise-grade sandbox — 6 accounts, AWS Organizations, AWS Control Tower, Service Catalog and a fictional Malaysian bank's lift-and-shift migration. You'll architect at the scale Malaysian financial services regulators actually require.
At SAP level, the exam does not test what you know about AWS. It tests how you decide — across cost, security, performance and timeline — when no answer is perfect.
SAP-C02 emphasises governance, hybrid connectivity, complex migrations, and modern application architectures. We layer Malaysian regulatory context (BNM RMiT, PDPA, MyDigital cloud-first policy) on top of every design exercise.
Who should take this course
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SAA-certified architects
The natural progression. SAA proved you can design. SAP proves you can govern.
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Enterprise consultants
Big-4 and tier-1 consultancy advisors require SAP for senior cloud advisory roles.
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Cloud migration leads
Lead enterprise lift-and-shift / re-platform migrations credibly.
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Banking & telco architects
BNM RMiT cloud guidelines align directly with SAP design patterns.
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Pre-AWS Hero candidates
SAP is the credible architecture base for the AWS Heroes community.
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CCoE leaders
Cloud Centre of Excellence leaders need SAP-grade governance fluency.
Prerequisites
✓ AWS Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)
✓ 2+ years of hands-on AWS architecture experience
✓ Strong networking, IAM and DR design fluency
✓ Familiarity with AWS Organizations and Control Tower
→ Don't have SAA? SAP is technically open but extremely difficult without it. Ask us about our SAA → SAP combined track.
Course Curriculum
Four domains. Enterprise architecture.
SAP-C02 covers Design Solutions for Organizational Complexity, Design for New Solutions, Continuous Improvement for Existing Solutions, and Accelerate Workload Migration and Modernisation. We deliver each via a fictional MY enterprise migration.
Hands-On Enterprise Sandbox
48 enterprise labs. 6-account AWS Org.
The Nexperts SAP sandbox is a 6-account AWS Organization with Control Tower, Service Catalog and a fictional Malaysian bank's workload pre-loaded. You'll govern, migrate and optimise it across the 6 days.
01
Org & Control Tower Build
Stand up a 6-account Org. Apply Control Tower guardrails. Bootstrap audit and log archive accounts.
Governance
02
Hybrid Connectivity
Establish Direct Connect + Site-to-Site VPN backup. Test failover.
Networking
03
Cross-Account VPC Mesh
Mesh 4 VPCs across 4 accounts via Transit Gateway and route propagation.
Networking
04
Service Catalog for Self-Service
Publish 5 catalog products. Enforce tagging and approvals.
Governance
05
MAP Migration Workshop
Design and execute a 6R migration plan for a fictional 80-server MY bank workload.
Migration
06
Aurora Modernisation
Migrate an on-prem MySQL to Aurora using DMS. Validate transactional integrity.
Database
07
FinOps at Org Level
Implement cost categories, anomaly detection and budget alerts org-wide.
FinOps
08
BNM RMiT Compliance Map
Map your enterprise architecture to BNM RMiT cloud control requirements.
Compliance
09
Final Capstone
Present your enterprise design to a fictional bank's CIO. Defend trade-offs.
Capstone
+ 39 additional enterprise sandbox tasks. Sandbox access for 90 days post-course.
Exam Information
One exam. The hardest AWS exam.
SAP-C02 is widely regarded as the most demanding AWS exam. Questions are long-form, multi-constraint scenarios with 5–6 plausible answers. There is no shortcut — only deep architectural reasoning passes.
Career fitPrincipal architect, CCoE lead, AWS senior consultant
Our SAP 3-Mock Programme
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Diagnostic Mock
Day 2. Maps weak organisational complexity areas. Average score: 54%.
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Scenario Mock
Day 4. 75-question deep-scenario simulation. Average score: 71%.
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Final Clearance
Day 6. Timed full simulation. 80%+ before booking. Average score: 84%.
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Pass Rate
92% of our SAP architects pass on first attempt.
The global SAP-C02 first-attempt pass rate hovers around 53% — the lowest of any AWS Associate / Professional exam. Our 92% comes from a 6-account enterprise sandbox, hand-on multi-region migrations and an instructor who has led 5 enterprise AWS migrations in MY.
Expected salary range after SAP: RM 13,000 – RM 22,000/month for principal architect and CCoE lead roles in Malaysia.
Student Reviews
What our SAP graduates say.
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"Hardest exam I've ever sat. Hardest course I've ever taken. Worth every ringgit. Six weeks later I led a RM 4M cloud migration tender for my GLC."
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Sridhar Krishnaswamy
Principal Architect · Tenaga Nasional
✓ Passed first attempt · 832 / 750
★★★★★
"The 6-account enterprise sandbox is unique. Nobody else gives you a real Org with Control Tower to play with. The exam scenarios were familiar because I'd architected them all."
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Dato' Aminah
Cloud CCoE Lead · CIMB Group
✓ Passed first attempt · 798 / 750
★★★★★
"BNM RMiT mapping was the unexpected gem. I went into a regulator audit two months later and led the entire AWS section credibly. Promotion followed."
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Joshua Mahendran
Principal Cloud Architect · Maybank
✓ Passed first attempt · 821 / 750
★★★★★
"Time discipline was my weakness. The 75-question full simulation drilled it out of me. I finished the real exam with 14 minutes to spare. Game changer."
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William Cheong
Senior Solutions Consultant · Deloitte MY
✓ Passed first attempt · 868 / 750
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