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New Validation Checklists Clarify Requirements for the AWS Service Delivery Program
The AWS Service Delivery Program is a global program that highlights top AWS Partner Network (APN) Consulting Partners who have demonstrated expertise and technical proficiency delivering AWS services.
As part of the onboarding process when joining the AWS Service Delivery Program, APN Partners must go through a technical audit of their experience delivering Amazon Web Services (AWS) to end customers. This audit is conducted by internal technical experts who validate the APN Partner’s knowledge and capabilities for a specific AWS service.
To help APN Partners better understand this process and our designation requirements, we are introducing AWS Service Delivery Validation Checklists. These checklists provide visibility into the criteria we use during an organization’s technical validation and give APN Partners clearly-defined requirements for each AWS Service Delivery Designation. This information helps APN Partners prepare their application(s) to the program and during their renewal process.
We will be launching Validation Checklists for all AWS Service Delivery Designations and will update this post as new checklists become available.
NEW: AWS Database Services Validation Checklists
AWS Database Service Delivery Partners help end customers leverage and optimize a broad range of AWS database services. Currently, we validate APN Partners that deliver services or solutions for Amazon Aurora, Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), and AWS Database Migration Service (AWS DMS).
Databases are ubiquitous on and off the cloud; relational databases, in particular. With cloud adoption and large-scale enterprise migrations accelerating, we see customers asking more and more for APN Partners that have cloud-relevant database skills. Through the AWS Service Delivery Program, APN Partners who attain the Aurora, Amazon RDS, and AWS DMS designations are technically validated for clearly demonstrating their expertise in these specific areas.
To review the designation requirements, please review the appropriate checklist:
- Amazon Aurora Validation Checklist >>
- Amazon RDS Validation Checklist >>
- AWS Database Migration Service Validation Checklist >>
What’s Included in All of the Validation Checklists?
The AWS Service Delivery Validation Checklists provide a list of program prerequisites criteria that must be met by APN Partners before AWS will schedule a technical review. In addition, the Validation Checklists detail the service criteria that APN Partners need to meet to effectively demonstrate AWS best practices and Well-Architected Framework.
The Validation Checklists include requirements for:
- Customer case studies
- AWS service requirements
- Solution complexity
Additional Information
APN Partners currently in the AWS Service Delivery program will retain their designation(s) and will be reviewed against the Validation Checklist for compliance upon renewal in 2019. Please note that both outstanding applications and new applications will be measured against the new requirements for compliance.
You can download the Validation Checklists from the AWS Service Delivery website and from APN Partner Central (login required).
To best prepare your application, please ensure you meet all requirements in the Validation Checklist specific to the designation. APN Partners should have architecture diagrams using AWS approved icons, and two (2) external case studies.
View our how-to guides for help building Architecture Diagrams, Case Studies and Customer References, and Building Microsites. Once your organization has completed all the steps in the Validation Checklist, you are welcome to apply to become and AWS Service Delivery Partner!
About the AWS Service Delivery Program
The AWS Service Delivery Program highlights the top APN Consulting Partners with expertise in delivering specific AWS services. These APN Partners are showcased to AWS customers and AWS field sales teams, as well as on the AWS Partner Solutions Finder. Validated AWS Service Delivery Partners also have preferred access to private betas, roadmap briefings, subject matter webinars, and more.
In addition to the Partner Solutions Finder, APN Partners in the AWS Service Delivery Program benefit from being highlighted to AWS Customers through APN marketing channels including the APN Blog, APN Twitter, APN LinkedIn, customer references, partner spotlights, and AWS product pages.
