Comparison of SOA-C02 and SOA-C03
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Side-by-side comparison
The following table shows the domains and the percentage of scored questions in each domain for the SOA-C02 exam (in use until September 29, 2025) and the SOA-C03 exam (in use beginning September 30, 2025).
| SOA-C02 Domain | SOA-C03 Content Domain |
|---|---|
| Domain 1: Monitoring, Logging, and Remediation (20%) | Content Domain 1: Monitoring, Logging, Analysis, Remediation, and Performance Optimization (22%) |
| Domain 2: Reliability and Business Continuity (16%) | Content Domain 2: Reliability and Business Continuity (22%) |
| Domain 3: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation (18%) | Content Domain 3: Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation (22%) |
| Domain 4: Security and Compliance (16%) | Content Domain 4: Security and Compliance (16%) |
| Domain 5: Networking and Content Delivery (18%) | Content Domain 5: Networking and Content Delivery (18%) |
| Domain 6: Cost and Performance Optimization (12%) |
Additions of content for SOA-C03
In Task 1.1, the following content was added:
Configure and manage the CloudWatch agent to collect metrics and logs from EC2 instances, Amazon ECS clusters, or Amazon EKS clusters.
In Task 3.1, the following content was added:
Create and manage stacks of resources by using CloudFormation and the AWS CDK.
In Task 4.1, the following content was added:
Enforce compliance requirements (for example, Region and service selections).
In Task 5.3, the following content was added:
Configure and analyze CloudWatch network monitoring services.
Deletions of content for SOA-C03
In Task 5.2, the following content was removed:
Configure S3 static website hosting.
Recategorizations of content for SOA-C03
In Task 4.2, VPNs were moved to Task 5.1.
Tasks 6.1 and 6.2 in SOA-C02 were moved to Task 1.3 in SOA-C03.
