New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in May 2026

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

Missed our April update? Check it out here.

This month, we launched multiple new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including Lab Maker, a new AI-powered learning experience that generates instant, personalized labs for popular AWS services; new and updated Microcredentials topics, as well as new classroom courses.

Details below!

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. AWS Digital Classroom courses dive deep with expert instruction and are available with Individual annual subscription and Team subscription.

AWS Labs

Introducing Lab Maker on AWS Skills Builder!

For learners looking to develop hands-on AWS skills exactly when they need them, AWS Skill Builder now offers Lab Maker—a powerful new AI-powered feature that generates instant, personalized labs for popular AWS services. Simply describe what you want to build in natural language, and Lab Maker generates step-by-step guided instructions, overlaid directly in a simulated AWS Management Console, helping you build practical cloud and AI skills at the moment you need them.

Start building today!

AWS Classroom Training

AWS Classroom Training offers live classes with instructors who teach you in-demand cloud skills and best practices using a mix of presentations, discussion, and hands-on labs. Ask questions, work through solutions in person, and get feedback from instructors accredited by AWS with deep technical knowledge.

This month, we launched the following classroom courses:

Fundamental:

• New! Amazon Quick for AI-Powered Productivity and Business Intelligence
• New! AWS Jam – Amazon Quick for AI-Powered Productivity and Business Intelligence
• New! Amazon Quick for AI-Powered Productivity and Business Intelligence with AWS Jam
• Major Update! Generative AI Essentials on AWS

AWS Certification exam preparation and updates

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 Domain Review courses, plus enhanced subscription content like official practice exams, Domain Practice courses, and AWS SimuLearn.

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

• Exam Prep Plan: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional (AIP-C01) is now available in Korean, Simplified Chinese, Japanese

Microcredentials

Microcredentials are FREE, hands-on assessments that place builders in simulated business scenarios and ask them to solve real challenges directly in a provisioned AWS environment. There are no multiple-choice questions. Builders configure, troubleshoot, and optimize in a live environment, the same way they would on the job.

Today, we’re announcing updates to our microcredentials portfolio in some of the most in-demand AI/ML skill areas:

• New! AWS MLOps Demonstrated – validates ability to use Amazon SageMaker AI to deploy foundation models and fine-tune ML models, run inference, configure observability, and scale applications.
• Major Update! AWS Agentic AI Demonstrated – validates skills configuring and integrating Amazon Bedrock AgentCore features, including Runtime, Gateway, and Memory.

Check out all of our microcredentials on AWS Skill Builder.