This whitepaper contains additional guidance not found in the SaaS Lens of the AWS Well-Architected Tool.
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The AWS Well-Architected Framework is based on six pillars: operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability. SaaS adds a new dimension of considerations to each of these pillars. The multi-tenant nature of SaaS applications, requires architects to reconsider how they address security, operational efficiency, stability, and agility of their SaaS environments. In this section, we will present an overview of the SaaS concepts that will be used throughout this document. There are 10 areas you should consider when building a SaaS architecture.
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