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Amazon SES

In-scope communication service without a direct numbered skill.

Key points

  • Keep SES at recognition depth unless the scenario explicitly makes its communication path part of workload monitoring.

Best-known use cases

  • D1.1: monitor a named SES-based communication workload without expanding the task into general email administration.

What candidates often confuse it with

  • SES is a communication service, not a replacement for CloudWatch collection or SNS alarm delivery.

Key takeaway

Treat SES as the monitored workload named by the scenario, not as a generic operations answer.

Related services

  • AWS Cost and Usage Reports

Relevant exam tasks

  • D1.1 — Task 1.1: Implement metrics, alarms, and filters by using AWS monitoring and logging services.
  • 1.1.1 — Use AWS services (for example, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS CloudTrail, Amazon Managed Service for Prometheus) to configure monitoring and logging for workloads (for example, serverless, compute, AI).

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SOA-C03 at a glance

Category
Associate
Duration
130 minutes
Questions
65 total; 50 scored and 15 unidentified unscored
Formats
Multiple choice and multiple response
Scoring
100–1,000 scaled score; 720 minimum passing score

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