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New courses and updates from AWS Training and Certification in October 2022

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Editor’s note: Learn about our new Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification courses and offerings in October 2022. Jump into AWS Jam Journey: Networking and an AWS Builder Lab featuring the EC2 Serial Console – both part of AWS Skill Builder subscriptions. AWS Certification is moving to a single exam provider, Pearson VUE, and there are updated exams for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Certified Developer – Associate, and AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional. Don’t miss a Twitch training series for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate. And learn about migrating to AWS and data analytics.

New AWS Skill Builder subscription features

AWS Skill Builder Individual and Team subscriptions offer a new way for individuals, customers, and AWS Partners to learn with highly-interactive digital cloud skills training and AWS Certification preparation, allowing you to develop cloud skills wherever and whenever you need. Subscriptions build upon our existing Skill Builder library of 500+ free, self-paced, digital courses. As new subscription features become available, we’ll keep you informed here:

AWS Jam Journey: Networking

AWS Jam Journey provides a gamified, experiential learning path to build your AWS skills with real-world challenges, available in both AWS Skill Builder Individual and Team subscriptions. AWS Jam Journey: Networking is our newest offering (joining AWS Jam Journey: Security), giving you an opportunity to test your AWS networking skills by solving various challenges created by AWS experts. Learn how to configure a new routing algorithm for a target group, migrate from Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) peering to an AWS Transit Gateway-based peering architecture, and configure Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring. Learn more about AWS Jam Journey: Networking and sign up for either AWS Skill Builder subscription to participate.

Troubleshooting Connectivity using EC2 Serial Console

Troubleshooting Connectivity using EC2 Serial Console is a 90-minute, foundational, self-paced AWS Builder Lab designed for SysOps administrators and engineers responsible for deploying, configuring, maintaining, and monitoring the state of all cloud-hosted systems. You’ll learn how the EC2 Serial Console can be used to access instances without network connectivity. You will enter commands for an instance as if your keyboard and monitor were directly attached to the instance’s serial port. Learn more about Troubleshooting Connectivity using EC2 Serial Console and sign up for an AWS Skill Builder Individual or Team subscription to take the lab today.

AWS Classroom Training

Building Streaming Data Analytics Solutions on AWS

Building Streaming Data Analytics Solutions on AWS is one-day, intermediate-level classroom training course designed for data engineers, solutions architects, and developers who want to design, build, and manage streaming data analytics pipelines. Learn how to scale streaming applications using Amazon Kinesis, optimize data storage, and how to select and deploy appropriate options to ingest, transform, store, and analyze data to derive actionable insights. Dive deep into Amazon Kinesis and Amazon MSK through a mixture of instructor-led presentations, practice labs, demonstrations, and class exercises, so you can understand how to build a streaming data analytics solution on AWS. If you’re interested in taking the course and need a refresher on streaming concepts, we suggest reading the Streaming Data Solutions on AWS whitepaper. Prior to taking this course, learners are encouraged to complete Architecting on AWS or Data Analytics Fundamentals, and Building Data Lakes on AWS. Read more about Building Streaming Data Analytics Solutions on AWS and register today.

Building Modern Data Analytics Solutions on AWS

If you’re looking to learn best practices and skills to put your data to work to make more informed decisions faster and uncover new opportunities, we’ve rolled out a new collection of data analytics classroom training courses, Building Modern Data Analytics Solutions on AWS:

This collection of four, one-day, intermediate-level data analytics courses dives deep into Amazon Lake Formation, Amazon Glue, Amazon EMR, Amazon Kinesis, and Amazon Redshift, helping you gain expertise in building and operating data analytics pipelines to turn data into insights. Start with Building Data Lakes on AWS and take any of the other three courses based on the services you use or skill needs. All courses offer an AWS instructor to answer your questions and provide real-time feedback about your data analytics architecture and solutions. You’ll also experience tutorials, labs, discussion, demonstration, presentations, and group exercises. Read more about Building Modern Data Analytics Solutions on AWS and register today.

AWS Certification

Pearson Vue as sole delivery provider of AWS Certification exams

Starting Jan. 1, 2023, Pearson VUE will become the sole delivery provider of AWS Certification exams. The last day for candidates to complete an exam through PSI, the other current provider, is Dec. 31, 2022 at 11:59 p.m. UTC. Pearson VUE has taken several steps to improve the exam experience by investing in its online proctoring platform, increasing access by providing Japanese- and Spanish (Latin America)-speaking proctors for a localized candidate experience, and consistently delivering great customer service. In countries that have relied heavily on PSI to support exam delivery, such as Korea and China, Pearson VUE is proactively expanding capacity to support the increased demand. Please note after Dec. 31, 2022, all unused, unexpired PSI vouchers will remain valid for use at Pearson VUE. More information is available at AWS Certification FAQs.

Updated exam: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Registration is now open for the updated AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional exam, which ranks No. 1 on the Skillsoft list of 15 Top-Paying IT Certifications of 2022, with a salary potential of USD168,080. Please review the updated exam guide and sample questions to learn what to expect and access official practice question sets in all exam languages. If you are preparing for the current AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional exam, or need to recertify, you need to take the exam by Nov. 14, 2022. See our recent blog post with more details on the updates to this exam.

Updated exams: AWS Certified Developer – Associate and AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

We’re updating exam content outlines for AWS Certified Developer – Associate and AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional, and registration for the updated exams opens Jan. 31, 2023. If your AWS Certified Developer – Associate certification is expiring, you can recertify by retaking the current exam by Feb. 27, 2023 or upgrading to the AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional. If you’re preparing for the current AWS Certified Developer – Professional or need to recertify, please take the current exam by March 6, 2023. Starting March 7, 2023, the updated exam will be available. Learn more about the updated exams at Coming Soon to AWS Certification. Review the exam guides and sample questions. Official practice question sets in all exam languages are also available for the AWS Certified Developer – Associate exam.

New Twitch series: AWS Power Hour: Architecting

Whether you want to better understand architecting or you’re preparing for the updated AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate exam, the AWS Power Hour: Architecting Twitch series guides you through content with demonstrations and real-world examples during six, 90-minute live episodes. Learn to design resilient, high-performing, secure, and cost-optimized architectures. You can ask questions in the chat and interact with our hosts and community. The Twitch series launched Sept. 27 and runs through Nov. 1, and all episodes are available on-demand. Learn more about AWS Power Hour: Architecting. Information about exam preparation for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate is available, and AWS Certification Official Practice Exams are available when you sign up for an AWS Skill Builder Individual or Team subscription.

AWS Digital Training on AWS Skill Builder

AWS Migration Hub Primer

AWS Migration Hub Primer is a 90-minute, intermediate-level digital course for cloud architects, data engineers, business administrators, and IT managers who plan and execute migrations to AWS. During this course, you’ll learn to use tools to discover on-premises inventory, identify dependencies, and generate cost estimates, and walk away with the ability to plan migration strategy and automate and track migrations. Read more about AWS Migration Hub Primer and register today.

AWS Partner Training

AWS Partner: Migrating to AWS (Technical)

AWS Partner: Migrating to AWS (Technical) is an updated, intermediate-level classroom training course that provides AWS Partner solutions architects with best practices for applying and activating migration readiness assessment and planning activities. The one-day course includes the latest services (e.g., AWS Application Migration Service), methodologies, and best practices by employing migration tools and services for solution engineers. The course is available exclusively to AWS Partners for free, and AWS instructors are available to answer questions. Prerequisites include AWS Partner:

Learn more about AWS Partner: Migrating to AWS (Technical) and register today. A free four-hour, self-paced course, AWS Partner: Migrating to AWS (Technical), also is available to Partners on AWS Skill Builder.

Available in more than 200 countries and territories, AWS Training and Certification helps individuals, customers, partners, and employees build AWS Cloud knowledge and expertise. AWS Skill Builder offers more than 500 free digital courses in 15+ languages to help build cloud knowledge about AWS services. Choose from foundational, intermediate, and advanced trainings. AWS Skill Builder: Individual and Team subscriptions support customer learning with highly interactive, challenged-based learning and AWS Certification exam preparation. Learn more at thinkwithwp.com/training.