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

Welcome to December’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 last course update? Check it out here.

This month, we launched nine new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including five new AWS Builder Labs, a new AWS Jam focused on troubleshooting AWS Web Development issues in a gamified learning environment, and one new AWS Digital Classroom course. We also launched AWS Learning Assistant for AWS Builder Labs, a new AI-powered, chat-based guide that enhances self-paced learning by providing real-time responses and insights to learners.

New AWS Skill Builder subscription features

AWS Skill Builder subscriptions are available globally and unlock enhanced AWS Certification exam prep and hands-on AWS Cloud training including interactive learning and lab experiences like AWS Cloud Quest, AWS Industry Quest, AWS Builder Labs, and AWS Jam challenges. Select plans offer access to AWS Digital Classroom courses to dive deep with expert instruction. AWS Digital Classroom courses dive deep with expert instruction and are available with Individual annual subscription and Team subscription.

Check out the newest additions to AWS Skill Builder subscription:

AWS Learning Assistant

Elevate your AWS skills with the AI-powered, trainer-inspired AWS Learning Assistant. AWS Learning Assistant offers expert guidance, inspired by AWS classroom instructors, delivering in-depth explanations of AWS concepts, services, and real-world applications. It effectively bridges the gap in live instruction by offering on-demand Q&A support and is designed to deepen understanding and enhance the overall learning experience. The assistant is now available for over 200 self-paced labs across AWS Builder Labs and AWS Digital Classroom courses for AWS Skill Builder subscribers (Individual and Team). It is available in English.

AWS Builder Labs

AWS Builder Labs help you learn cloud skills, hands-on, with practice in the AWS Management Console. Learn at your own pace with 200+ AWS Builder Labs, available with an AWS Skill Builder Individual subscription and Team subscription.

See our newest labs:

• Fundamental:
  • Lab – Exploring the Generative Business Intelligence Features in Amazon QuickSight
• Intermediate:
  • Lab – Re-imagine Developer Experience Using Amazon Q Developer
• Advanced:
  • Lab – Explore Generative AI Use Cases with LangChain and Amazon Bedrock
  • Lab – Build and Evaluate Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) Applications using Knowledge Bases for Amazon Bedrock
  • Lab – Deploying a CI/CD Pipeline with a managed deployment using AWS CDK

Game-based Learning

Put your skills to the test by solving challenges that emulate real AWS use cases. Gain hands-on experience in troubleshooting and resolving common issues encountered during web development and deployment on the AWS Cloud. Through a combination of theoretical lessons and practical exercises, you will develop the skills necessary to handle real-world scenarios involving web application security, deployment, and incident response.

• Advanced:
  • Jam Journey: Troubleshooting AWS Web Development Issues

AWS Digital Classroom

AWS Digital Classroom courses combine the depth of live classroom training with the convenience of digital learning. They provide comprehensive knowledge and skills enablement through recordings of expert instructors, demonstrations, hands-on labs, knowledge checks, and assessments. Enjoy flexibility in time, location, and pace, along with the ability to pause, rewind, and revisit content. AWS Digital Classroom is available as part of AWS Skill Builder Individual annual subscription and Team subscription.

This month we launched the following AWS Digital Classroom courses:

• Intermediate:
  • Digital Classroom – Practical Data Science with Amazon SageMaker

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

• Fundamental:
  • Updated! Generative AI for Executives

AWS Digital Training from AWS Training Partners

• Fundamental:
  • AWS Cloud Technology Consultant Professional Certificate from edX

AWS Training for Partners

AWS Training and Certification offers exclusive training content for our AWS Partners. Our newest course, AWS Partner: Digital Sovereignty on AWS (Technical), explores the key concepts of digital sovereignty, including digital sovereignty themes, examples of sovereignty requirements, and typical customer challenges and questions, including how to help customers remain compliant and acquire the right tools and services without sacrificing the benefits of working in the cloud.

• Intermediate:
  • AWS Partner: Digital Sovereignty on AWS (Technical)