Cloud-Architect Exam Information and Outline
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Syllabus Update Checked on: October 30, 2026
Cloud-Architect Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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The information below reflects the 2026 syllabus defined by
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- Exam Format
- Online-proctored multiple-choice certification exam (Pearson VUE) covering the modules below
- Practice exam questions provided with the certification bundle
- Module 1: Fundamental Cloud Computing
- Cloud terminology, concepts and virtualization basics
- Cloud characteristics: on-demand usage, elasticity, resiliency, measured usage
- Benefits, challenges, risks and cloud roles
- Delivery models: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
- Deployment models: public, private, hybrid, community
- Cost metrics and SLA quality-of-service formulas
- Module 2: Cloud Technology Concepts
- Cloud architecture mechanisms: virtual servers, failover, scaling, load balancing
- Containerization vs. virtualization
- Cloud balancing and cloud bursting
- Cloud security threats and countermeasures
- Cloud storage; NoSQL vs. relational storage
- Service implementation (Web and REST services) and testing considerations
- Industry standards organizations
- Module 3: Fundamental Cloud Architecture
- Architecture of private, public, SaaS, PaaS and IaaS environments
- Automated administration, provisioning, resource pooling and workload distribution
- Containers and scalability patterns
- Module 4: Advanced Cloud Architecture
- Elastic, resilient and multitenant architectures
- Containerized architectures and storage architectures
- Load balancing, failover, cloud bursting and balancing
- Module 5: Cloud Architecture Lab
- IaaS setup and customization exercises
- Performance optimization and high-connectivity architectures