AWS Training and Certification Blog

Category: Database

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.

New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in May 2024

In May, we launched 33 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including two new AWS Builder Labs, a new Digital Classroom course (Build Applications with AWS NoSQL Databases), a new Partner course (Generative AI on AWS Essentials (Business)), and localized versions of Exam Prep: AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02), Exam Prep: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer- Professional (DOP-C02), and Exam Prep: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C02).

New courses and certification offerings from AWS Training and Certification in March 2024

Welcome to the March course launch blog. This month we launched eight new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including four new AWS Builder Labs and Generative AI Developer Kit. We also have three new, and one updated AWS Classroom Training courses—two of which have AWS Partner versions—including Developing Generative AI Applications on AWS. A reminder: registration is now open for the new AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate exam. You can begin preparing with curated exam prep resources, created by the experts at AWS, on AWS Skill Builder.

New courses and certification offerings from AWS Training and Certification in February 2024

In February, we launched 22 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including new AWS Digital Classroom courses for annual subscribers, five new solution assignments to build generative AI skills via AWS Cloud Quest, and new prep courses for the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate exam.

Using Amazon Q to accelerate your cloud learning

Amazon Q is a generative-AI powered assistant that helps customers answer questions, provide summaries, generate content, and complete tasks based on data in their company repository. It also exists as a learning tool for AWS users who want to ask questions about services and best practices in the cloud. Learn how you can use it to accelerate your learning of AWS services.

AWS Certification retirements and launches

We are retiring three specialty AWS Certifications in April 2024: AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty, AWS Certified Database – Specialty, and AWS Certified: SAP on AWS – Specialty. Additionally, we are launching the AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate certification, available to take March 12, 2024.

New AWS Digital Classroom courses help you build in-depth skills in flexible, self-paced format

We’ve launched AWS Digital Classroom courses to help you build the same knowledge and skills that you would with instructor-led classroom offerings, but in a self-paced digital format. AWS Digital Classroom courses give you flexibility so you can learn where and when you want, at your own pace, and still benefit from an expert AWS instructor.

New courses and certification offerings from AWS Training and Certification in January 2024

In January, we launched 24 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including three new learning plans for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), and a Solutions Architect-focused version of AWS Card Clash. On Coursera, we launched courses 5-9 to round out the AWS Cloud Technology Consultant Professional Certificate. To learn DevOps-style best practices for building, training, and deploying ML models, check out the updated three-day AWS Classroom course, MLOps Engineering on AWS.

New AWS Cloud Technology Consultant Professional Certificate now available on Coursera

Available now on Coursera, the AWS Cloud Consultant Professional Certificate is a holistic, nine-course program that will take an aspiring professional with little or no technical knowledge and provide them with the skills, knowledge, and context to understand the what, why, and how to become a successful AWS Cloud Consultant. Learn all about the courses and start your journey today.

New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in November 2023

In November, we launched 16 digital training products on AWS Skill Builder, including 9 new AWS Builder Labs and self-serve AWS Jam events in AWS Skill Builder subscription. For executives, we’ve added more digital training to help you build your knowledge of cloud – this time for small business owners and risk and compliance officers. For AWS Partners in technical roles, check out the major update to the classroom course AWS Partner: Advanced Migrating on AWS.