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New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in July 2025

Welcome to July’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 June course update? Check it out here.

This month, we launched 6 new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including 4 new AWS Builder Labs, a new, free AWS Cloud Quest offering equipping professionals with essential generative AI skills, as well as new Certification exam prep materials.

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 and updates to AWS Skill Builder subscription below:

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 hundreds of AWS Builder Labs, available with an AWS Skill Builder Individual subscription and Team subscription.

See our newest labs:

Game-Based Learning

Develop AWS skills with interactive and hands-on learning environments!

AWS Certification exam preparation and updates

Certification

  • Coming Soon! AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate Exam: formerly known as AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate, the Exam is being updated to align with the latest skills and knowledge in monitoring and maintaining AWS workloads. The updated exam, under its new name, will include containers as an in-scope topic. Registration opens on September 9, 2025. This exam is offered at $150 USD and will be available in English, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese. The last day to take the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator – Associate (SOA-C02) will be September 29, 2025.

Exam prep

Prepare for AWS Certification exams with confidence. Sign in to AWS Skill Builder to enroll in an Exam Prep Plan. Each plan includes free content such as practice question sets and enhanced content, via subscription, like official practice exams, self-paced labs, and game-based learning.

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

Looking for a fun way to get ready for your exam? Prepare to become an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate in a 3D virtual escape room adventure. Complete a series of exam-style questions that include the answer rationales, build solutions in hands-on labs, and solve interactive puzzles developed by the experts at AWS.
AWS Escape Room: Exam Prep for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) is available within any AWS Skill Builder subscription and a free demo will be available in AWS Skill Builder soon. Learn more about preparing for AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03) on AWS Skill Builder.

AWS Jam for AWS Classroom Courses

Some of our popular three-day, instructor-led courses offer an optional fourth-day AWS Jam, or you can schedule AWS Jam as a standalone one-day event. AWS Jam is an immersive, hands-on learning experience featuring gamified challenges that test your newly acquired skills. Alongside the hands-on labs included in the courses, this curated, instructor-led session lets you apply AWS solutions to real-world scenarios. This month, we’ve added two new additions focused on Machine Learning Engineering.

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