How i studied for this was by going through the entire 4 hour youtube course.  Then jumping right into the practice exams.  Note AWS is the most popular cloud environment with many creators writing articles and making videos about it.  If there is something on the test you do not know, there is a piece of content on the internet that can aid you.  Continue taking the practice tests until you are consistently passing, then you should be ready to take the test and pass. 

I studied for this differently than for the previous exam, I (1) skimmed through the book, then (2) Started doing the review portion of the practice exams on tutorial dojo.  Whenever i came across an answer i did not know, I (3) google searched it and went to the AWS documentation to get clarity, if you hate reading, hope there is a Youtube video that can show you clarity. 

Dont only learn why an answer is correct, also learn why the other answers are wrong.  

Once you are consistantly scoring above 80% proceed to the exam 

- There are a lot of AWS services with really similar names, create ways to differentiate them (Random page has some)

- Make sure you know EBS, EFS, S3 and basic VPC/Networking

- Take your time reading each question, make sure you understand what the question is asking before you conclude an answer.  Reading comprehension is massively underrated, avoid easy  mistakes. 

This time i decided to take a different approach, this time i started with the tdojo practice exams just to get a grip on what i would be dealing with, and for every question i got wrong i searched for documentation as to why.

After i began passing exams consistently, i schedule my exam for a month out, and began the book, and the book practice tests, the book filled in the gaps that the td practice exams missed.  Also there are sample questions on the AWS website as well that you can take for fun. 

-  Way more scenario based multi-answer question than SAA

- learn the integral differences between security groups and NACLs inspector

- WAF, shield, guarduty, and macie can overlap in many areas, ensure you know the difference. 
- The exam is long, take necessary breaths to avoid burnout
- AWS config has a lot of uses, know them all. 
- Take your time reading each question, make sure you understand what the question is asking before you conclude an answer.  Reading comprehension is massively underrated, avoid easy  mistakes. 

For this exam i began by Taking a practice exam just to see where i was at.  Next, i went through the entire John Savill fundamentals youtube playlist to get acquainted with the logic of Azure.  Then i went through and took all three Tutorial dojo practice exams.  I went to the Azure training day in the middle of that because there was a promotion to get my exam free if i attended.  I didnt expect much, but it was very insightful and they did some amazing labs.  Lastly before the exam i went through the microsoft learn to close the gaps i may have had.  I found it interesting that microsoft had a learning platform to train you for the exams.  It was short, but insightful.  I ended up passing the exam in 12 minutes. 

For this exam i began by Going through the entire Microsoft Learn course for AZ-104. The course was very long and took a few weeks to finish, but the interactive labs, constant quizzes, breaking it up into digestible sections made it very easy to learn. It was VERY HELPFUL.  Afterward i began using the whizlab practice exams and for any question i got wrong i consulted microsoft documentation or watched a John Savill video from his course. Once i passed those exams consistently, i took the tutorials dojo to see if i would get the same result, and when i did, i went forward and passed the exam.