Cloud certifications
55 current certifications across three providers. Retired exams, and exams retiring within a month, keep their details and syllabus but are no longer supported for practice.
Foundational · 3
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Foundational understanding of AWS Cloud concepts, services, security, architecture, pricing and support.
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Foundational knowledge of AI, machine learning and generative AI concepts and AWS AI services.
AWS Certified AI Business Strategist (Beta)
New business-oriented AI certification (beta). No technical experience required. Details to be confirmed at general availability.
Associate · 7
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
Design secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised architectures on AWS. The most popular cloud certification worldwide.
AWS Certified Developer – Associate
Develop, test, deploy and debug cloud-based applications on AWS.
AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C03)
Updated Developer – Associate exam, successor to DVA-C02 (last day 1 December 2026). Registration opens 27 October 2026; exam details are provisional until AWS publishes the DVA-C03 exam guide.
AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate
Deploy, manage and operate workloads on AWS (formerly SysOps Administrator – Associate).
AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate
Implement data pipelines, manage data stores, and ensure data quality, security and governance on AWS.
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate
Build, deploy and operationalise ML workloads on AWS. MLA-C02 replaces this exam from late September 2026.
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (MLA-C02)
Updated ML Engineer – Associate exam. Registration opens September 2026; domains to be confirmed from the published exam guide.
Professional · 4
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
Advanced design of distributed systems and migration strategies on AWS. SAP-C03 registration opens 27 Oct 2026.
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional (SAP-C03)
Updated Solutions Architect – Professional exam launching late 2026; domains to be confirmed from the published exam guide.
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Provision, operate and manage distributed systems and CI/CD on AWS.
AWS Certified Generative AI Developer – Professional
Design, build, evaluate and operate generative AI applications on AWS (Amazon Bedrock, agents, RAG).
Specialty · 4
AWS Certified Security – Specialty
Advanced skills in securing workloads and architectures on AWS.
AWS Certified Security – Specialty (SCS-C02)
Previous version of the Security – Specialty exam. Question bank retained for practice; superseded by SCS-C03.
AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
Design and implement AWS and hybrid network architectures at scale. Retires 31 December 2026.
AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty
Retired specialty exam. Bank retained for ML fundamentals practice.