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In our April update, we are excited to unveil a range of new training courses and certifications designed to equip you and your teams with essential skills for navigating AWS services and solutions. If you missed our March update, you can find it here.
This month, we have launched 14 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder. This includes 9 fresh AWS Builder Labs, 4 new Digital Classroom courses, and an innovative game-based learning tool, AWS Skill Builder Trivia. This engaging platform allows users to create interactive, multiplayer trivia quizzes for live training sessions and events.
New Features for AWS Skill Builder Subscriptions
AWS Skill Builder subscriptions are now available worldwide, granting access to enhanced AWS Certification exam preparation and hands-on AWS Cloud training. This includes interactive learning experiences like AWS Cloud Quest, AWS Industry Quest, AWS Builder Labs, and AWS Jam challenges. Select plans also provide access to AWS Digital Classroom courses, ensuring in-depth learning from expert instructors.
Check out the latest enhancements to AWS Skill Builder subscriptions:
Game-Based Learning
Are you ready to transform your team meetings into thrilling trivia competitions? AWS Skill Builder Trivia is here to make learning more enjoyable! This tool lets you create customized multiplayer trivia quizzes with various settings, including pre-designed templates and AI-generated questions tailored to specific knowledge areas. Participants can join live sessions using a code or QR code, competing in real time to answer questions and rise on the leaderboard.
AWS Builder Labs
Our AWS Builder Labs offer hands-on cloud skills training through the AWS Management Console. With over 200 labs available, you can learn at your own pace with an AWS Skill Builder Individual or Team subscription.
Here are some of our newest labs:
Fundamental:
- Lab – Transform Data with Amazon Data Firehose
- Lab – Introduction to Amazon EMR Cluster Management and Job Processing
- Lab – Deploy and Scale MySQL Databases with Amazon RDS for MySQL
- Lab – Create Queues and Handle Messages using Amazon Simple Queue Service (Amazon SQS)
- Lab – Implement Custom Authentication with Amazon Cognito
- Lab – Create and Manage a Basic Kafka Cluster using Amazon Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka (MSK)
- Lab – Build Chatbots with Amazon Lex
Intermediate:
- Lab – Building Secure and Responsible Gen AI with GuardRails for Amazon Bedrock
- Lab – Configure File Systems with Amazon FSx
AWS Digital Classroom
AWS Digital Classroom courses merge the benefits of live classroom training with the flexibility of digital learning. They encompass comprehensive knowledge delivery through recordings from expert instructors, demonstrations, hands-on labs, knowledge checks, and assessments. Enjoy the freedom to learn at your own pace and revisit content whenever needed. This offering is available as part of the AWS Skill Builder Individual annual subscription and Team subscription.
This month, we are proud to present the following AWS Digital Classroom courses:
Intermediate:
- Digital Classroom – MLOps Engineering on AWS
- Digital Classroom – Running Containers on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS)
- Digital Classroom – Designing and Implementing Storage on AWS
Advanced:
- Digital Classroom – Advanced Architecting on AWS
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With all these new offerings, there’s never been a better time to enhance your skills with AWS.