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New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in November 2025

Welcome to November’s post announcing new training course launches and certification launches — helping equip you and your teams with the skills to work with AWS services and solutions.

Missed our October course update? Check it out here.

This month, we launched multiple new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including four breakthrough solutions to help you lead in the AI era:

  • AWS Skill Builder Meeting Simulator: AI-powered meeting simulations
  • Cohorts Studio: Team-based learning experiences
  • Microcredentials: Hands-on microcredentials for AWS Serverless Demonstrated and AWS Agentic AI Demonstrated
  • Generative AI Developer – Professional certification: Beta registration opens November 18, 2025

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New AWS Skill Builder subscription features

AWS Skill Builder subscriptions are available globally and unlock enhanced AWS Certification exam prep and hands-on AWS Cloud training including interactive learning and lab experiences like AWS Cloud Quest, AWS Industry Quest, AWS Builder Labs, and AWS Jam challenges. AWS Digital Classroom courses dive deep with expert instruction and are available with Individual annual subscription and Team subscription.

Check out the newest additions and updates to AWS Skill Builder subscription below:

AWS Builder Labs

AWS Builder Labs help you learn cloud skills, hands-on, with practice in the AWS Management Console. Learn at your own pace with hundreds of AWS Builder Labs, available with an AWS Skill Builder Individual subscription and Team subscription.

See our newest labs:

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Game-based learning

We’re excited to announce that AWS Cloud Quest and AWS SimuLearn are now available in seven languages, making hands-on cloud learning more accessible to learners worldwide. All roles, learning plans, and assignments—representing over 200 solution-building labs—have been fully translated into Spanish (Latin America), French (Français), Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Japanese, in addition to the existing English versions. Learners can easily select their preferred language from the settings menu to experience these immersive learning platforms in the language that works best for them.

AWS Cloud Quest offers a 3-D role-playing game with real-world scenarios where learners build solutions using the AWS console, while AWS SimuLearn provides AI-powered customer meeting simulations that transition into guided, hands-on solution building. Whether you’re building foundational skills or diving deep into advanced AWS topics, you can now access the complete learning experience in your native language. Visit AWS Skill Builder to explore both products and start your cloud learning journey today.

AWS Certification exam preparation and updates

Certification

Beta registration opens for the new AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional on November 18, 2025! Validate your ability to build production-ready AI solutions using foundation models, RAG architectures, and vector databases. Ideal for experienced developers ready to demonstrate their expertise in creating secure, scalable AI applications that deliver real business value. The first 5,000 participants will receive a special Early Adopter badge when they pass the exam! The beta exam is 205 minutes and consists of 85 questions. We encourage you to please visit the test day policies page for helpful information regarding testing rules, including breaks, to ensure you are prepared for this comprehensive exam. The Exam Prep Plan: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional will be available on November 18, 2025 on AWS Skill Builder. The plan will also reference digital role-based training to refresh your AWS knowledge and skills.

Additionally, For developers seeking to fill in deeper technical gaps in knowledge, our new Advanced Generative AI Development on AWS classroom course covers foundation model implementation, retrieval augmentation with Knowledge Bases, agentic AI development with AgentCore, and enterprise integration patterns in a hands-on, three-day format that aligns with the role’s focus on production-ready solutions.

We’re also making updates to the AWS Certified Security – Specialty exam to include a greater focus on generative AI and machine learning security. To support candidates preparing for the new exam, an updated Exam Prep Plan will be available on November 18, 2025. Candidates can also refresh their AWS knowledge and skills by enrolling in the AWS Security Engineer Advanced Learning Plan, which covers crucial aspects of cloud security needed to perform a Security Engineer role using the AWS Cloud. We’ve also announced the upcoming retirement of the AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty and shared resources to help you continue your AI/ML training and certification journey. Learn more about these updates on our AWS Training and Certification blog.

AWS Classroom Training

AWS Classroom Training offers live classes with instructors who teach you in-demand cloud skills and best practices using a mix of presentations, discussion, and hands-on labs. Ask questions, work through solutions in person, and get feedback from instructors accredited by AWS with deep technical knowledge.

This month we launched the following classroom course designed for developers seeking to master the implementation of production-ready generative AI solutions on AWS.

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