AWS Training and Certification Blog

Calling all high school and college students who are at least 16 years old and underserved or underrepresented in tech globally – we invite you to apply for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Machine Learning (ML) Scholarship Program. The AWS AI & ML Scholarship Program, in collaboration with Intel and Udacity, will launch this summer seeking to inspire, motivate, and educate students about AI and ML to nurture a diverse workforce of the future . . .

Learn approaches and tips to better understand the needs of the end customer by asking the right questions. This blog shares two techniques of critical thinking to help you break down a complex scenario into smaller parts, allowing you to better analyze the situation and take appropriate action . . .

April 30, 2024 update – the AWS Certified SAP on AWS – Specialty certification is now retired.
We’re introducing our latest AWS Certification, AWS Certified SAP on AWS – Specialty certification. Showcase your expertise in designing, implementing, migrating, and operating SAP workloads on AWS. Register today!

Join the AWS Certification SME team and contribute to certification exams. Participate in remote and in-person events that focus on the creation and review of exam content as part of our certification exam development process.

New AWS Training and Certification offerings and updates in March include three courses focused on storage and backup—a deep dive into Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), a course on AWS FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and an AWS Backup Primer course. Additionally, we’re launching two AWS Internet of Things (IoT) courses, and an advanced AWS-Well Architected classroom course. Specific to AWS Partners, we have an updated technical accreditation . . .

Want to learn how to deploy, manage, and operate workloads on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud? Looking for an interactive and engaging way to prepare for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate exam? Join us for the new Twitch series, AWS Power Hour: SysOps, and sign up for our latest AWS Certification challenge . . .

We are releasing an updated AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty exam. Prior to the launch, we are running a beta exam period, offering candidates the opportunity to be one of the first to take the new version of the exam. The beta period is open now and runs through April 11, 2022 . . .

The AWS Skills Center is celebrating Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day with a special event featuring a main stage panel of successful AWS women sharing their personal stories about the career challenges they’ve overcome and the successes they’ve achieved . . .

AWS Training and Certification is excited to announce the relaunch of AWS Educate, which is expanding access to free, on-demand cloud education for learners around the world as young as 13 years old. AWS Educate provides hundreds of hours of free, self-paced training, resources, and labs specifically designed for the new-to-the-cloud learner . . .

AWS Training and Certification recently commissioned a research study from Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) of 1,000 learners from IT operations, cybersecurity, application development, and lines-of-business (LOBs), like sales, marketing, finance, and product teams. Respondents included employees in midmarket organizations and enterprises, with representation across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. The respondents were asked a series of questions related to their personal learning outcomes. This blog details how these learners perceived the value of AWS Training and Certification . . .