New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in October 2024

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

Missed our September course update? Check it out here.

This month, we launched 11 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including 6 new generative AI digital courses. In addition, registration is now open for the standard version of the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam. Take the first attempt of the exam at the full price of $100 USD, on or before February 15, 2025, and get a free exam retake if you are not successful. Plus, when you earn the AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification on or before February 15, 2025, you’ll receive a limited-edition Early Adopter badge in addition to your certification badge!

AWS Certification exam preparation and updates

Certification exams

Registration is now open for the standard version of the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam. In addition to English, the exam is also available in Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean, and Simplified Chinese. Schedule your exam and dive into the 4-step Exam Prep Plan to approach exam day with confidence.

Save on the standard exam with the Foundational Retake

From October 9, 2024 until February 15, 2025, you can participate in the Foundational Retake! Take the first attempt of the AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam at the full price of $100 USD, on or before February 15, 2025, and get a free exam retake if you are not successful.

Plus, when you earn the AWS Certified AI Practitioner certification on or before February 15, 2025, you’ll receive a limited-edition Early Adopter badge in addition to your certification badge!

Exam prep

Prepare for AWS Certification exams with confidence, following 4-step plans on AWS Skill Builder. Each plan includes free content such as practice question sets and enhanced content, via subscription, like official practice exams, self-paced labs, and game-based learning.

This month, we launched the following AWS Certification exam prep materials:

• Exam Prep Official Pretest: AWS Certified AI Practitioner: now available in Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, and Portuguese (Brazil) (English is already available)

Free Digital Training on AWS Skill Builder

AWS Skill Builder offers access to 600+ free digital courses and learning plans to learners of all skill levels in 200+ countries and territories.

This month, we launched the following free digital courses:

Free digital courses

• Intermediate
  • Building Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) workflows with Amazon OpenSearch Service
  • AWS Flash – Sustainability Strategies with Generative AI
• Advanced
  • Updated! Building Generative AI Applications Using Amazon Bedrock
  • Updated! Building Language Models on AWS
  • Customizing and evaluating LLMs using Amazon SageMaker JumpStart
  • Empower Search with AI using Amazon OpenSearch Service

Free digital Learning Plans

• Generative AI Learning Plan for Model Builders