AWS Solutions-Focused
Immersion Days

January - November, 2024

You are invited! Join us to learn how to build on AWS. 

Bringing builders together to learn about AWS

AWS Solutions-Focused Immersion Days are a series of events that are designed to educate you about AWS products and services and help you develop the skills needed to build, deploy, and operate your infrastructure and applications in the cloud. Immersion Days leverage a modular content format and are structured to provide general overviews of a given service or solution. Hands on labs provide you with an immersive experience in the AWS console. Sessions are delivered by AWS Solutions Architects and subject matter experts. 

Why attend?

Whether you are new to AWS or an experienced user, you can learn something new at an Immersion Day. These events are designed to help you develop the right skills to create new insights, enable new efficiencies, and make more accurate decisions.   

Who should attend?

These events are designed for the technical audience including Infrastructure Administrators, Database Administrators, Developers, and Architects. However, anyone is welcome to attend and learn new skills. 

What is AWS Builder’s Quest?

AWS Builder's Quest is a digital badge program that provides recognition for participation and completion of AWS technology learning events. These events include AWS Immersion Days. AWS Builder's Quest encourages a wider and deeper understanding of AWS cloud technologies while introducing new learning paths and highlighting personal achievements. Use our digital badges to showcase a rich picture of a learning journey that increases confidence with practical cloud skills allowing you to innovate using AWS. Join one of our Solution Focused Immersion Day events to find out more. Read the FAQs below for additional information.

Event Calendar 2024

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is an Immersion Day?
An Immersion Day allows hands-on time with AWS services under the guidance of Solution Architects for a particular topic. They are designed by topic, and typically have 2-4 presentations along with 2-4 hands on labs that follow a continuous thread to help learners become familiar with the service. These events are a common starting point for customers looking to prepare to use a service or solution in a meaningful project.

Do I need experience using AWS services to attend the event?
Not at all. You might want to plan on attending the monthly Introduction to AWS session we offer if this will be your first time using AWS services.

Will there be any hands on during the event?
Most of the events offer “hands on” labs to help you get to know a service. Please check in the description of the immersion day session to see if hands on labs are included.

Will using the services during the event cost me money?
During the immersion day sessions, you will be given an AWS account for the day to perform the labs in a temporary environment. The exception to this is the Control Tower Immersion Day. Control Tower itself has no cost associated with it, but the different services you utilize will determine the cost.

Do I need an AWS account to attend?
Not at all. However, if you would like help setting up your account, just let your moderator know when you join and we will setup a time that works for you.

How many events can I attend?
There are no restrictions on the number of events you can attend.

What should I do if I do not receive a confirmation email after registering?    
Please reach out to csc-immersion-day@amazon.com and make sure you include the event title and date in your email.

What happens if I show up late?
We understand things happen and sometimes you may need to join late. Please plan to join the event at the beginning so we can set you up with the temporary AWS account. If you join the event late, you may not receive a temporary account. You would need to either use your own AWS account (which may incur costs), or you can watch the labs as a demo and work on them in your own AWS account at a later date.

Do I need to download anything before the event?
For most events, nothing is required. If your event requires any special downloads, it will be referenced in the email confirmation you receive. Depending on the platform for the event, you may need to download the client to participate.

What virtual event platform are the Immersion Days delivered on?
We are utilizing Webex. For specific platform and operating system requirements please visit: https://help.webex.com/en-us/article/fz1e4b/System-requirements-for-Webex-services.

What browser can I use?
For web versions of the training platform, we recommend the Chrome browser. For specific platform and operating system requirements please visit: https://help.webex.com/en-us/article/fz1e4b/System-requirements-for-Webex-services.

Do I have to stay for the entire event?
There is no time requirement, however, we don’t record the sessions so you could miss important information if you leave early. Many of the events happen on a reoccurring basis, so you can possibly attend another session if you have to leave early.

Will I be given a recording of the event?
These events are not recorded.

Should I use my company email to register?
We request that you use your company email to register. By registering with your company email, we can quickly and easily get you connected with your account team.

Will I be given a copy of the slides presented during the event?
We will share a copy of the presentation slides after the immersion day session.

Are Sessions offered in any other language?
At this time, we will have sessions available in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Not all sessions are available in all languages. The delivery language will be noted on the specific event.

How can I contact the AWS Solution Immersion Day team if I have questions that aren't listed here?
You can contact our team via email csc-immersion-day@amazon.com.

What is AWS Builder’s Quest?
AWS Builder's Quest is a digital badge program that provides recognition for participation and completion of AWS technology learning events including AWS Immersion Days. AWS Builder's Quest is an innovative and fun way for builders to receive recognition for an AWS technology learning event by obtaining digital badges. Not all events offer an AWS Builder's Quest Badge. Please refer to the individual event to see what badge is available.

Why is it called AWS Builder’s Quest?
Customers embark on the quest and achieve the next level by accumulation of AWS Learning Participant badges. As you earn the participant badges, you will automatically earn Level Badges. AWS Builder's Quest Learning Participant badges provides recognition for participation and completion of AWS technology learning events. AWS Builder's Quest Level badges provide recognition for joining multiple immersion day sessions.

Why be part of AWS Builder’s Quest? 
AWS Builder’s Quest asserts that a builder successfully completed an AWS technology learning event. As a part of AWS Builder's Quest, builders can visually represent their achievements using digital badges which can be used to showcase a rich picture of a learning journey on professional networks such as LinkedIn.
 
Who can use AWS Builder’s Quest?
Anyone who participates in a Solution Focused Immersion Day event hosted by an AWS Solutions Architect.
 
What is the difference between AWS Builder’s Quest and AWS Certification?
An AWS Builder’s Quest Learning Participant badge asserts that a learner has successfully participated in technology learning event such as an AWS Immersion Days. There is no written or formal testing required post event to attest to proficiency of the specific service. AWS certification provides documentation of competency and proficiency of a specific area. AWS Certification requires passing a formal test to be certified.
 
Are Control Tower Immersion Days different?
Yes, Control Tower Immersion Days are different in that you need to have your own AWS Account. We will not provide temporary AWS accounts for these events. We ask that customers conduct these Workshop Prerequisites prior to the event. Also, all of the work conducted alongside our instructors should be done in a test (sandbox) environment. We do not recommend handling any production environment workloads during this workshop. Please refer to the session description for additional information.