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                    <p>AWS Certification helps learners build credibility and confidence by validating their cloud expertise with an industry-recognized credential and organizations identify skilled professionals to lead cloud initiatives using AWS.
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                    <p>We offer role-based certifications to validate expertise for those in Cloud Practitioner, Architect, Developer, and Operations roles, plus Specialty certifications to validate advanced skills in specific technical areas. View
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                      <h2>Available AWS Certifications</h2>
                      <h3>Foundational</h3>
                      <p>Knowledge-based certification for foundational understanding of AWS Cloud. <strong>No prior experience needed.</strong></p>
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                      <h3>Professional</h3>
                      <p>Role-based certifications that validate advanced skills and knowledge required to design secure, optimized, and modernized applications and to automate processes on AWS. <strong>2 years of prior AWS Cloud experience
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                        <li>AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional</li>
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                      <h3>Associate</h3>
                      <p>Role-based certifications that showcase your knowledge and skills on AWS and build your credibility as an AWS Cloud professional. <strong>Prior cloud and/or strong on-premises IT experience recommended.</strong></p>
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                      <h3>Specialty</h3>
                      <p>Dive deeper and position yourself as a trusted advisor to your stakeholders and/or customers in these strategic areas. <strong>Refer to the exam guides on the exam pages for recommended experience.</strong></p>
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                        <li>AWS Certified Database Specialty</li>
                        <li>AWS Certified SAP on AWS Specialty</li>
                        <li>AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty</li>
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                      <div class="answer"><span class="alabel">A.</span> <span class="acontent">The best preparation for certification exams is practical experience. We recommend six months to two years of hands-on experience using AWS. We also offer
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