Welcome to the February update from AWS Training and Certification. This month, we unveiled 16 new self-paced courses for learners on AWS Skill Builder. Highlights include the AWS Jam Journey: DevOps re:Invent, three new AWS Builder Labs, and four new training courses tailored for AWS Partners. Additionally, the AWS Skill Builder Team subscription has expanded to four new countries and now offers enhanced Administrator reporting.
New Opportunities for Learners
AWS Skill Builder Subscription Enhancements
The AWS Jam Journey is a gamified learning experience designed to help users develop AWS skills through real-world challenges. Available with both Individual and Team subscriptions, the latest installment, AWS Jam Journey: DevOps re:Invent, introduces fundamental and intermediate challenges aimed at those looking to enhance their DevOps expertise.
AWS Builder Labs
The AWS Builder Labs offer guided, self-paced, interactive learning within the AWS Management Console. We have added three new labs to our existing collection:
- Getting Started with Amazon Comprehend: Custom Classification – A 75-minute fundamental lab for developers and software engineers focusing on creating and testing custom classification models.
- Getting Started with Amazon Comprehend: Custom Entity Recognition – A 60-minute fundamental lab aimed at helping developers create and test custom entity recognition models.
- Migrate a Monolith Web Application to AWS using Application Migration Service (MGN) – A comprehensive two-hour lab guiding users through the migration of a monolith web application to AWS, showcasing various AWS migration services.
New Free Digital Courses on AWS Skill Builder
Fundamental Courses:
- Getting Started with Bottlerocket – A 30-minute course exploring Bottlerocket, its benefits, and its use cases for container application development.
- Cloud for CEOs – A nine-minute course aimed at CEOs and executives, teaching the essentials of cloud benefits and AWS Cloud adoption strategies.
- AWS Foundations: Getting Started with AWS Cloud Essentials – A 60-minute course for various technical and business professionals to learn AWS Cloud fundamentals.
- Getting Started with Amazon QuickSight – A 60-minute course designed for business analysts to create engaging data visualizations.
- Getting Started with AWS Mainframe Modernization Service – A 60-minute course that offers insights into migrating mainframe applications to AWS.
- Getting Started with AWS Mainframe Modernization Refactor with AWS Blu Age – A 60-minute course on transforming legacy mainframe applications.
Intermediate Courses:
- Amazon EC2 Observability, Monitoring, and Troubleshooting – A two-hour course focused on managing EC2 environments for performance and scale.
- Data Modeling for Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) – A 60-minute course for database professionals on effective data modeling strategies.
Training for AWS Partners
Fundamental Courses:
- AWS Partner: Cloud Economics – A 2.5-hour course for AWS Partner staff on cloud financial management, featuring updated content and new short videos.
- AWS Partner: IBM z/OS Essentials (Technical) – A 60-minute course for technical professionals to understand IBM Mainframes and their ecosystems.
Intermediate Course:
- AWS Partner: Machine Learning (Sales) – A 60-minute course for sales professionals to learn how to engage in business-level discussions about AI and ML use cases.
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