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About AWS
Subscription Plans Offered by AWS Certification
Digital Training Offered By AWS
Types of Digital Training on AWS
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About AWS

Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that offers on-demand APIs and cloud computing platforms on a pay-as-you-go basis. Along with the services, AWS also offers online training to those who want to progress in the field of cloud computing via its learning platform, AWS Digital Classroom. AWS Digital Classroom courses ensure that students are trained in as much depth as classroom training. Students are trained through hands-on labs, game-based training and various certification resources.

Provider Name	AWS
Established In	2002
Official Website	https://aws.amazon.com/training/digital/aws-digital-classroom/
Founded By	Andy Jassy
Popular For	Cloud Computing certifications
Top Selling Courses	AWS Certified Security – Specialty AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Student Base	21 million+

Commonly asked questions
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Q: Should a learner opt for an Individual monthly subscription or an Individual annual subscription on AWS?

While both subscription plans offer almost the same syllabus, annual subscription offers an additional feature of AWS Digital Classroom. Apart from this additional feature, the price of the two subscription plans are significantly different. While monthly subscription costs $29, the annual subscription is worth $449.

Q: What will students learn in Cloud Quest: Solutions Architect offered by AWS?

Cloud Quest: Solutions Architect is the only 3D role-playing game that helps in building practical AWS cloud skills. Based on your role choice, be it serverless developer or ML specialist, the game allows application of specialised cloud skills in the virtual city. The game provides assignments based on your chosen role. Once the student finishes the achievement, he/she will be awarded with a digital badge.

Q: What are the features of AWS Jam?

AWS Jam is a type of immersive gamified training to help learners apply their AWS Cloud skills for solving real-world, open-ended problems through AWS services. Some of the courses include re:Invent 2023: Security, Jam Journey: Machine Learning 2024, Engage in the best of re:Invent Analytics 2022 among others. Courses within AWS Jam require subscription.

Q: Which courses are free of cost on AWS?

The following courses are available free of cost on AWS:

AWS Skill Builder learner guide
Foundations of Prompt Engineering
Building Language Models on AWS
Amazon Bedrock Getting Started
AWS for Games: Cloud Game Development - Knowledge Badge Readiness Path

Subscription Plans Offered by AWS Certification

The following types of subscription plans are available for AWS certification:

Plan Type	About
Free learning content	AWS offers 600+ free courses and 1000+ lab experience with generative AI-powered simulations and instructor-driven digital courses.
Individual monthly subscription	This is a paid plan for individuals that includes hands-on labs, game-based simulation, examination preparation and validation challenges.
Individual annual subscription	Along with every feature included within the individual monthly subscription, the plan includes expert instruction via AWS digital classroom.
Team subscription	This subscription plan caters to teams of 5 or more people to help the entire team build their cloud capabilities.

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Commonly asked questions
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Q: How can students search for AWS digital courses?

Students can search for digital courses using AWS Skill builder. The skills builder helps students in building, applying and assessing building skills with 1000+ lab experiences through guided self-paced labs, game-based training, simulations and validation challenges.

Digital Training Offered By AWS

Following types of digital training are offered by AWS certification

Role	Courses
Cloud Practitioner	Cloud Practitioner Essentials AWS SimuLearn: Cloud Practitioner Learning Plan Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner AWS Card Clash
Solutions Architect	AWS SimuLearn: Solutions Architect Learning Plan Cloud Quest: Solutions Architect Solutions Architect Learning Plan Solutions Architect Learning Plan Digital Classroom - Architecting on AWS Amazon Elastic Block Store Primer Deploying your First AWS Lambda Container
Developer	Introduction to Containers AWS SimuLearn: Serverless Developer Learning Plan Cloud Quest: Serverless Developer Digital Classroom - Developing on AWS Event Driven Architecture with Amazon EventBridge Front-end is for Everyone Developer Learning Plan
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence	Introduction to Generative AI - Art of the Possible Building a Machine Learning Ready Organization
Data Analytics	Amazon EMR Getting Started AWS Glue Getting Started Introduction to Amazon Athena Amazon Redshift Getting Started Serverless Analytics Getting Started with Amazon OpenSearch Service

Types of Digital Training on AWS

AWS Digital training can be categorised based on the following segregations:

Types	About
Amount	AWS offers both paid and free courses as per the requirements of learners. Those seeking to learn a skill can enrol in its free courses. However, those students who want to get certified or skilled should enrol in paid courses.
Duration	AWS courses are as short as 0-1 hours to as long as more than 2 hours.
Type	AWS also has training segregated based on types including digital courses, courses with labs, AWS Jam, Game-based learning courses and self-paced lab courses.
Skill Level	AWS courses are further segregated on skill level. Courses are categorised as fundamental, intermediate, advanced and multiple levels.
Domain	Another segregation is based on domain. Students can choose courses based on the domain in which the student wants to build their career.

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Students Ratings & Reviews

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Akshit Gupta

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Learning Experience: It was good

Faculty: It was good It was good

Course Support: It was good

Reviewed on 18 Mar 2023Read More

Aman Goyal

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Learning Experience: It was good to start with if you are from the technical background. I have learnt it from the Udemy. I have gone through many online sources but the tutor on Udemy has the best of all content. I have cleared it in one go. AWS is the cloud platform that is booming right now and we have to update our skills as well.

Faculty: It was recorded but the content is the beat of all and updated. Practical labs were there, that is also recorded but gives you the knowledge if how to use service. They are always updated within few days of any new services added to the AWS platform.

Reviewed on 13 Mar 2023Read More

Deepakkumar G

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Learning Experience: Very good

Faculty: Yes it is ok It is good

Course Support: It is good

Reviewed on 11 Mar 2023Read More

VVignesh Kumar

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Learning Experience: great experience with a very good contents that are in the Amazon Web Services

Faculty: It was great Most of the contents are already available in the AWS website

Reviewed on 11 Mar 2023Read More

Dinesh Malviya

AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate

Learning Experience: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate showcases knowledge and skills in AWS technology, across a wide range of AWS services. The focus of this certification is on the design of cost and performance optimized solutions, demonstrating a strong understanding of the AWS Well-Architected Framework. This certification can enhance the career profile and earnings of certified individuals and increase your credibility and confidence in stakeholder and customer interactions.

Faculty: Knowledge and skills in compute, networking, storage, and database AWS services as well as AWS deployment and management services.

Reviewed on 11 Mar 2023Read More

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FAQs Related To AWS

Q: What is AWS Educate?

AWS Educate is a platform for beginners in the cloud domain regardless of their educational background, technical experience and work experience. Anyone interested in building a career in the cloud domain can go through AWS free and self-paced online training resources and labs. Interested candidates can evaluate their cloud skills without even creating an Amazon account.

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