AWS Training and Certification Blog

As more organizations are investing in digital transformation to accelerate business growth and competitive positioning, they’re quickly finding they lack the necessary cloud-skilled talent to help reach their cloud goals. This blog post shares actionable steps leaders can take now to stand up cloud skills training programs to support their cloud business goals, retain valuable talent, and become an organization where skills development is the key ingredient to innovation.

If you’re studying to become an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or just want to expand your cloud knowledge, AWS has two great new opportunities for you. We’re introducing a new season of AWS Power Hour: Cloud Practitioner on Twitch. And we’re combining this 6-episode series with our latest AWS Get Certified Challenge.

Recent research we commissioned from AlphaBeta, found an estimated 86 million more workers (14% of the workforce) need to be trained over the next year across Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and South Korea combined, to keep pace with technological advancements. Find out how AWS is continuing to support digital transformation in the APJ region with the launch of AWS Skill Builder Individual and Team subscriptions . . .

Are you a job-seeker looking to gain hands-on experience to land the tech role of your dreams? Are you one of the many employers struggling to find qualified tech talent? If you answered “yes” to either question, you’ve landed in the right place. Read on to learn how job-seekers and employers alike can achieve their personal and professional goals with internships . . .

This blog shares an example of how a large organization leveraged a comprehensive cloud skills training strategy to achieve its digital transformation goals while empowering its employees to be a part of their Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud journey . . .

Igor Soroka, a former mechanical engineer, took the self-employment plunge and became a freelance cloud software consultant. In this blog, he shares highlights from his cloud learning journey and outlines the resources he used to earn six AWS Certifications.

Did you know that we recently updated the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification exam? Registration is now open and the first day to take the new exam is August 30, 2022. This certification showcases your knowledge and skills of AWS technology across a wide range of AWS services. It demonstrates […]

Editor’s note: This blog highlights one learner’s journey to an AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner certification. Jenn Kaufer, an AWS Communications Program Manager, shares her experience preparing for and taking the exam and explains the benefits of earning this certification, even for those in non-technical roles. Employment anniversaries at Amazon are called “Amaversaries”, and they’re an […]

Editor’s note: In July, Amazon Web Services (AWS) Training and Certification released new courses and offerings for cloud learners of all backgrounds, AWS customers, and AWS Partners. New digital courses focus on AWS Cloud Adoption Framework 3.0, cost optimization and operations, storage with Amazon Snow Family, Amazon FSx, and developing with Amazon EC2. Additionally, we […]

Check out the latest courses and offerings from AWS Training and Certification, including courses on managing containers, serverless solutions, hybrid storage solutions, large-scale workloads, AWS configurations, machine learning fundamentals, AWS billing & cost management, and common cloud workload use cases for the financial services industry.