Prepare for Your AWS Certification Exam
Find exam guides, sample questions, and other exam preparation resources
Before taking an AWS Certification exam, we recommend you have hands-on experience with relevant AWS products and services. We offer the following resources to supplement your experience and help you prepare for AWS Certification. Browse each collection—featuring exam guides, links to exam scheduling, and more—and get started today!
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Foundational-level AWS Certification
Cloud Practitioner
Learn cloud fundamentals and best practices
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Download the exam guide
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam.
Download the sample questions
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials | Classroom
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials | Digital
AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials | Digital | Portuguese and Spanish
Explore more AWS Cloud Practitioner training
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Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapers.
Overview of Amazon Web Services || How AWS Pricing Works || Compare AWS Support Plans
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare with Exam Readiness virtual training
Join one of our complimentary AWS Certification exam preparation webinars. These live webinars led by accredited AWS instructors will help prepare you for AWS Certification exams by exploring main topics on the exam, as well as identifying specific areas to study.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
Register at aws.training
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Associate-level AWS Certifications
Solutions Architect - Associate
Learn to design highly available systems
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Download the exam guide (SAA-C02)
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
AWS Technical Essentials | Classroom
Architecting on AWS | Classroom
Architecting on AWS - Accelerator | Classroom
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Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
Study tip: Focus on the following whitepapers
AWS Well-Architected webpage (various whitepapers linked)
Browse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.
Study tip: Focus on the following FAQs
Amazon EC2 || Amazon S3 || Amazon VPC || Amazon Route 53 || Amazon RDS || Amazon SQS
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS
Exam Readiness training focuses on teaching you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate course is offered in multiple formats:
- Classroom training for learning and engaging in a physical or virtual classroom with an AWS-accredited instructor
- Free digital training for learning when and where it’s convenient for you
- Free webinars for a presentation from an AWS-accredited instructor followed by live Q&A
The course reviews sample exam questions in each topic area and how to interpret the concepts being tested so that you can more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Find the option that works best for you.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
Developer - Associate
Learn to develop applications for the cloud
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam.
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
AWS Technical Essentials | Classroom
Introduction to AWS Elastic Beanstalk | Digital
Introduction to Containers | Digital
Introduction to Serverless Development | Digital
Developing on AWS | Classroom
Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) Primer | Digital
Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) Primer | Digital
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Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapers.
AWS Well-Architected Framework || Practicing Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery on AWS Accelerating Software Delivery with DevOps || Microservices on AWS || Serverless Architectures with AWS Lambda || Optimizing Enterprise Economics with Serverless Architectures || Running Containerized Microservices on AWS || Blue/Green Deployments on AWS
Browse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following FAQs.
Amazon Simple Queue Service || Amazon DynamoDB || Amazon ElastiCache || Amazon Kinesis || AWS Lambda || Amazon API Gateway || AWS Elastic Beanstalk || AWS Identity and Access Management || AWS Key Management Service
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS
Exam Readiness training focuses on teaching you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Developer - Associate course is offered in multiple formats:- Classroom training for learning and engaging in a physical or virtual classroom with an AWS-accredited instructor
- Free digital training for learning when and where it’s convenient for you
- Free webinars for a presentation from an AWS-accredited instructor followed by live Q&A
The course reviews sample exam questions in each topic area and how to interpret the concepts being tested so that you can more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Find the option that works best for you.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
Register at aws.training
SysOps Administrator - Associate
Learn to automate applications, networks, and systems
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Get exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Download the exam guide
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam.
Download the sample questions
A new version of the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate exam is coming in 2021. Learn more.
Finally, review the official exam study guide for the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate exam. Written by AWS experts, this book prepares you to demonstrate your networking skills in an examination setting, covering exam objectives while guiding you through hands-on exercises based on situations you'll likely encounter as an AWS Certified SysOps Administrator. From deployment, management, and operations to migration, data flow, cost control, and beyond, this guide will help you internalize the processes and best practices associated with AWS.
Buy the official exam study guide
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
AWS Technical Essentials | Classroom
Systems Operations on AWS | Classroom -
Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Study Tip: Focus on the following whitepapers
AWS Well-Architected Framework || Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Connectivity Options || How AWS Pricing Works
Browse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.
Study Tip: Focus on the following FAQs
Amazon EC2 || Amazon S3 || Amazon VPC || Amazon Route 53 || Amazon RDS || Amazon SQS
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS
Exam Readiness training focuses on teaching you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate course is offered in multiple formats:- Classroom training for learning and engaging in a physical or virtual classroom with an AWS-accredited instructor
- Free digital training for learning when and where it’s convenient for you
- Free webinars for a presentation from an AWS-accredited instructor followed by live Q&A
The course reviews sample exam questions in each topic area and how to interpret the concepts being tested so that you can more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Find the option that works best for you.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
Register at aws.training
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Professional-level AWS Certifications
Solutions Architect - Professional
Build complex solutions with data services, governance, and security
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam.
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
Advanced Architecting on AWS | Classroom -
Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapers
AWS Key Management Service Best Practices || Web Application Hosting in the AWS Cloud || Migrating AWS Resources to a New RegionBrowse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following FAQs
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS
Exam Readiness training focuses on teaching you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional course is offered in multiple formats:- Classroom training for learning and engaging in a physical or virtual classroom with an AWS-accredited instructor
- Free digital training for learning when and where it’s convenient for you
- Free webinars for a presentation from an AWS-accredited instructor followed by live Q&A
The course reviews sample exam questions in each topic area and how to interpret the concepts being tested so that you can more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Find the option that works best for you.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
DevOps Engineer - Professional
Use DevOps practices to develop and maintain AWS applications
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Download the exam guide
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam. -
Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
Introduction to AWS CloudFormation | Video
AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) Primer | Digital
Advanced Developing on AWS | Classroom
DevOps Engineering on AWS | Classroom -
Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapersRunning Containerized Microservices on AWS || Implementing Microservices on AWS || Infrastructure as CodeBrowse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.STUDY TIP: Focus on the following FAQs -
Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional course, available via both classroom and free digital training, teaches you how to interpret exam questions, apply concepts being tested by the exam, and allocate your study time. The course reviews sample exam questions on each topic area and explains how to interpret the concepts being tested to help you more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Our training is built by the experts at AWS, so content is current with the latest best practices.
Find classroom training | Take free digital training
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
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Specialty AWS Certifications
Advanced Networking - Specialty
Design and implement AWS architectures
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Get exam guides and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Download the exam guide
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam.Download the sample questions
Finally, review the official exam study guide for the AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty exam. Written by AWS experts, this book prepares you to demonstrate your networking skills in an examination setting, covering exam objectives while guiding you through hands-on exercises based on situations you'll likely encounter once you’re AWS Certified in advanced networking.
Buy the official exam study guide
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with recommended courses.
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Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapers.
Best Practices for VPCs and Networking in Amazon WorkSpaces Deployments || Building a Scalable and Secure Multi-VPC AWS Network Infrastructure || Amazon Virtual Private Cloud Connectivity Options || AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency || High Performance Computing on AWS Redefines What is Possible || Integrating AWS with Multiprotocol Label Switching || AWS Certified Advanced Networking Official Study Guide: Specialty Exam
Browse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following FAQs.
Amazon VPC || AWS Direct Connect || Amazon Route 53 || Amazon CloudFront || Elastic Load Balancing
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS. We’ll teach you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. Our training is developed by us, so content is current with the latest best practices. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty course is offered in classroom or free digital training formats. The course reviews sample exam questions in each topic area, and covers advanced networking concepts to help you prepare for the exam.
Security - Specialty
Learn processes and best practices for securing the AWS platform
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam.
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
Getting Started with AWS Security, Identity, and Compliance | Digital
AWS Security Fundamentals (Second Edition) | Digital
Architecting on AWS | Classroom
Security Engineering on AWS | Classroom -
Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapers
Security Pillar – AWS Well Architected Framework || Amazon Web Services: Overview of Security Processes || AWS Security Best Practices || Security at Scale: Logging in AWS || AWS Key Management Best Practices || AWS Security Incident Response Guide || AWS Best Practices for DDoS Resiliency || Building a Scalable and Secure Multi-VPC AWS Network Infrastructure || Security & Compliance Quick Reference Guide
Browse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following FAQs:
AWS Identity & Access Management (IAM) || AWS Single Sign-On || AWS Organizations || AWS Security Hub || Amazon GuardDuty || Amazon Inspector || AWS Config || AWS Shield || AWS CloudTrail || AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) || Amazon Macie || AWS Key Management Service (KMS) || AWS Certificate Manager || AWS Secrets Manager || Amazon Detective || Amazon VPC || AWS Direct Connect || AWS Route 53 || AWS Artifact
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Security - Specialty course, available via both classroom and free digital training, teaches you how to interpret exam questions, apply concepts being tested by the exam, and allocate your study time. The course reviews sample exam questions on each topic area and explains how to interpret the concepts being tested to help you more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Our training is built by the experts at AWS, so content is current with the latest best practices.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
Machine Learning - Specialty
Build and tune machine learning models on AWS
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam.
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
Practical Data Science with Amazon SageMaker | Classroom (virtual or in person)
The Machine Learning Pipeline on AWS | Classroom (virtual or in person)
Process Model: CRISP-DM on the AWS Stack | Digital
The Elements of Data Science | Digital
Deep Learning on AWS | Classroom (virtual or in person)
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Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapers
Power Machine Learning at Scale || Managing Machine Learning Projects || Machine Learning Foundations: Evolution of ML and AI || Augmented AI: The Power of Human and Machine || Machine Learning Lens - AWS Well-Architected Framework
Browse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.STUDY TIP: Focus on the following FAQs:
Amazon CodeGuru || Amazon Comprehend || Amazon Comprehend Medical || Amazon Forecast || Amazon Fraud Detector || Amazon Kendra || Amazon Lex || Amazon Personalize || Amazon Rekognition || Amazon Textract || Amazon Transcribe || Amazon Translate || Amazon SageMaker || Amazon SageMaker Ground Truth || Amazon Augmented AI || AWS Deep Learning Containers
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS
Exam Readiness training focuses on teaching you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty course is offered in multiple formats:- Classroom training for learning and engaging in a physical or virtual classroom with an AWS-accredited instructor
- Free digital training for learning when and where it’s convenient for you
- Free webinars for a presentation from an AWS-accredited instructor followed by live Q&A
The course reviews sample exam questions in each topic area and how to interpret the concepts being tested so that you can more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Find the option that works best for you.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
Register at aws.training
Data Analytics - Specialty
Design and implement AWS services to derive value from data
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam. -
Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
Data Analytics Fundamentals | Digital
Big Data on AWS | Classroom -
Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapers.
Amazon EMR Migration Guide: How to Move Apache Spark and Apache Hadoop From On-Premises to AWS | Big Data Options on AWS | Lambda Architecture for Batch and Stream Processing | Streaming Data Solutions on AWS with Amazon Kinesis | Teaching Big Data Skills with Amazon EMR | Reference Architecture: SQL Based Data Processing in Amazon ECS
Browse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.STUDY TIP: Focus on the following FAQs:
Amazon Athena | Amazon EMR | Amazon Redshift | Amazon CloudSearch | Amazon Kinesis Video Streams | Amazon Kinesis Data Streams | Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose | Amazon Kinesis Data Analytics | Amazon ElasticSearch Service | Amazon Managed Service for Kafka (MSK) | Amazon Redshift | Amazon QuickSight | AWS Data Exchange | AWS Glue | AWS Lake Formation | AWS Data Pipeline
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS.
Exam Readiness training focuses on teaching you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty course is offered in multiple formats:
- Classroom training for learning and engaging in a physical or virtual classroom with an AWS-accredited instructor
- Free digital training for learning when and where it’s convenient for you
The course reviews study questions in each topic area and how to interpret the concepts being tested so that you can more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Find the option that works best for you.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
Database - Specialty
Learn to plan, design, manage, and secure AWS database solutions
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Download exam guide and sample questions
Review the exam guide, which contains the content outline and target audience for the certification exam. Perform a self-assessment to identify your knowledge or skills gaps.
Also, review the sample questions, which demonstrate the format of the questions used on the exam.
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Explore relevant AWS training
Build your technical skills with these recommended courses:
AWS Database Offerings | Digital
Planning and Designing Databases on AWS | Classroom
Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Database - Specialty | Digital
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Read AWS whitepapers and FAQs
Broaden your technical understanding with whitepapers written by the AWS team, independent analysts, and AWS partners.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following whitepapers
Configuring Amazon RDS as an Oracle PeopleSoft Database || Determining the IOPS Needs for Oracle Database on AWS || Comparing the Use of Amazon DynamoDB and Apache HBase for NoSQL || Best Practices for Deploying Microsoft SQL Server on AWS || Migrating Oracle Database Workloads to Oracle Linux on AWS || Migrating Applications Running Relational Databases to AWS || Modernizing the Amazon Database Infrastructure || Strategies for Migrating Oracle Databases to AWS || AWS Database Migration Service Best Practices || Migration Strategy for Relational Databases || Best Practices for Running Oracle Database on AWS || Deploying Microsoft SQL Server on Amazon Web Services || Getting Started with Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB Compatibility)
Browse our list to familiarize yourself with commonly raised questions and issues.
STUDY TIP: Focus on the following FAQs
Amazon Aurora || Amazon DocumentDB (with Mongo Compatibility) || Amazon DynamoDB || Amazon ElastiCache || Amazon Neptune || Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) || Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) || Amazon Redshift || Amazon Database Migration Service
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Take Exam Readiness training
Prepare for your AWS Certification exam with Exam Readiness training by AWS
Exam Readiness training focuses on teaching you how to interpret exam questions and allocate your study time. Our Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Database - Specialty course is offered in multiple formats:
- Classroom training for learning and engaging in a physical or virtual classroom with an AWS-accredited instructor
- Free digital training for learning when and where it’s convenient for you
The course reviews study questions in each topic area and how to interpret the concepts being tested so that you can more easily eliminate incorrect responses. Find the option that works best for you.
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Take a practice exam
Test your knowledge online in a timed environment.
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