Master Amazon Web Services with comprehensive practice tests
Cloud fluency and foundational AWS knowledge including core services, security, compliance, billing and pricing models.

Understanding of AI, ML, and Generative AI concepts and use cases on AWS.

Design and implement distributed AWS systems that are scalable, resilient, and cost-optimized.

Cloud-native application development skills and hands-on knowledge of core AWS services.

The current Developer Associate exam from 1 Dec 2026: building, securing, testing, deploying and troubleshooting applications on AWS, including AI-assisted development and securing AI services. DVA-C02 is kept as a legacy exam.
Skills in deploying, managing, and operating workloads on AWS aligned with latest industry best practices.

The earlier SysOps Administrator exam, kept for practice. AWS replaced it with the CloudOps Engineer exam (SOA-C03).
Data pipeline implementation and optimization on AWS.

Ability to build, deploy, and maintain ML solutions on AWS.

Design and deployment of scalable, complex AWS architectures including multi-tier applications, high availability, and disaster recovery.

The current Solutions Architect Professional exam: designing and delivering complex cloud architectures across security, cost, resilience, migration and operations. SAP-C02 is kept as a legacy exam.
Automation of testing and deployment, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and operating highly available systems on AWS.

Showcase advanced technical expertise in building and deploying production-ready generative AI solutions on AWS using services like Amazon Bedrock.

Design and management of AWS networks including hybrid connectivity, network architecture, and advanced routing.

Advanced ML model development, tuning, deployment, and optimization on AWS.

Security architecture, access controls, data protection, incident response, and detection capabilities on AWS.

The current Security Specialty exam: detection, incident response, infrastructure security, identity and access, data protection and security governance. SCS-C02 is kept as a legacy exam.
Build foundational knowledge before moving to associate-level certifications.
Use AWS Free Tier to gain practical experience with core services.
Review explanations for incorrect answers and revisit challenging topics.