AWS Training and Certification Blog
5 ways to increase AWS Certified employees in your organization
Partners with AWS Certifications have demonstrated their understanding of AWS best practices, architectures, and services. This enables them to recommend the most suitable solutions that align with the customer’s requirements and business goals. Learn 5 best practices for encouraging certification pursuits and retaining top talent, along with real-world examples from AWS Partners who have successfully adopted these methods.
Inside look at the new AI and ML AWS Certifications
Registration is now open for the beta exams of the AWS Certified AI Practitioner and the AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate. This blog shares guidance from Das and Taylor about these new certifications and how they can help you to future-proof your career.
New classroom course: Generative AI for Executives
As organizations seek to harness artificial intelligence to drive innovation and competitive advantage, executives need to be well-versed in the fundamentals of generative AI. Our new classroom course, Generative AI for Executives, is meticulously designed to give c-suite and senior business leaders from technical and non-technical business units the knowledge and tools necessary to lead generative AI initiatives effectively.
New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in July 2024
In July, we launched 25 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including 12 new free digital courses, five new AWS Builder Labs, and two new exciting game-based learning offerings: AWS SimuLearn and AWS Cloud Quest: Generative AI.
Launch your cloud career with the AWS Cloud Support Associate Certificate
Are you looking to break into the growing field of cloud computing? Prepare for an exciting new career with Amazon Web Services’ latest entry-level professional certificate on Coursera, the AWS Cloud Support Associate Professional Certificate. This seven-course online training program provides the foundational skills needed to launch a career as an AWS Cloud Support Associate in four months or less.
Leverage AWS Training to enable your workforce to achieve digital transformation
Developing cloud skills and expertise across the workforce is a critical first step as organizations continue their cloud journeys. While cloud maturity is an iterative process, effective training and enablement is crucial for the success of this transformative journey. This blog highlights how organizations can upskill their workforce across five key cloud initiatives – migration, modernization, generative AI and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), security and resiliency, and cost optimization.
AWS Certification: Addition of new exam question types
AWS Certification will introduce three new question types: ordering, matching, and case study. Combined with the existing multiple-choice questions and multiple-response questions, the new question types are designed to reduce your reading time and test additional critical concepts. The first exams to include these new question types are AWS Certified AI Practitioner and AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate. Learn more about each new question type.
New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in June 2024
In June, we launched 29 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including 12 new generative AI digital courses (eight free and four paid), two new AWS Builder Labs, one new AWS Digital Classroom course, and a robust learning plan for aspiring machine learning engineers. For leaders, we launched a six-week generative AI learning experience in collaboration with the Udemy. We also announced two new AWS Certifications in AI and ML, with supporting exam prep materials.
Three things you’ll gain when launching your cloud career with AWS Cloud Institute
The demand for cloud skills is skyrocketing, outpacing the supply of qualified professionals. To address this gap, AWS launched AWS Cloud Institute – a virtual training program designed to prepare people for cloud careers, even without prior technical experience, in as little as one year. In this blog, current AWS Cloud Institute students share the three key benefits they’ve gained through the program: a supportive community, confidence in their abilities, and clarity on their career path.
Courses to elevate your NoSQL data modeling skills
In today’s digital landscape, NoSQL databases have emerged as mature and widely-adopted technologies, both on-premises and in the cloud. These powerful data management solutions have become indispensable for modern applications, offering a range of benefits that traditional relational databases often struggle to match. AWS Training and Certification offers a variety of digital, classroom, and hands-on training options to help you build your skills.