AWS Certified Database Specialty

The AWS Certified Database - Specialty exam is intended for individuals who perform a database-focused role. This exam validates a candidate's comprehensive understanding of databases, including the concepts of design, migration, deployment, access, maintenance, automation, monitoring, security, and troubleshooting.

This exam validates a candidate's ability to complete the following tasks:

Understand and differentiate the key features of AWS database services
Analyze needs and requirements to design and recommend appropriate database solutions by using AWS services

Who Should Take This Exam?

AWS Certified Database - Specialty is intended for individuals with experience and expertise working with on-premises and AWS Cloud-based relational and non-relational databases. Before you take this exam, we recommend you have:

Five years of experience with common database technologies
Two years of hands-on experience and expertise working with on-premises and AWS Cloud-based relational and NoSQL databases
Ability to understand and differentiate the key features of AWS database services
Ability to analyze needs and requirements to design and recommend appropriate database solutions by using AWS services

Steps to Achieve Your AWS Certified Database - Specialty Certification

Attend Planning and Designing Databases on AWS
Pass the following exams:

Exam DBS-C01

AWS Database - Specialty: Courses

Planning and Designing Databases on AWS

In this course, you will learn about the process of planning and designing both relational and nonrelational databases. You will learn the design considerations for hosting databases on Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2).

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AWS Database - Specialty Exams

Exam DBS-C01 - The exam features a combination of two question formats: multiple choice and multiple response.

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AWS Certification Renewal

Certification through AWS is valid for three years from the date it was earned. Before the three-year period expires, you must recertify to keep your certification current and active.
To keep your certification active, you must take the current version of the exam that corresponds to your certification before it expires. AWS does not require or accept other methods of recertification, such as continuing education credits.
For Foundational and Associate level certifications, you can also satisfy the recertification requirement for a current certification by passing or recertifying with a higher-level role-based exam.

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