AWS Training and Certification Blog
Category: Announcements
Announcing Lab Maker Build, Save, and Share: Create custom AWS Labs and share them across your organization
Today, we’re excited to announce Build, Save, and Share for Lab Maker on AWS Skill Builder. With this launch AWS Skill Builder Team Subscription customers can now save their AI-generated custom labs, relaunch them with one click, and share them with their organization through a new Lab Creation Hub. Building custom labs is powerful. Sharing […]
Introducing Contests and Tournaments: New ways to practice and compete in AWS Card Clash
Cloud learning is more effective when learners can apply what they have learned, compare approaches with others, and choose an experience that fits the moment. Sometimes a team needs a flexible challenge that participants can complete across a week or across time zones. Other times, a community wants the energy of direct competition, a live bracket, […]
Introducing the new AWS Cloud Quest: AI-powered practice, hands-on building, and a path to official AWS badges
Today we’re announcing a major refresh to AWS Cloud Quest, the 3D, role-based learning game on AWS Skill Builder.
Introducing Self-Paced Trivia and Polls: new ways to compete and connect in AWS Skill Builder Trivia
Today, we’re excited to announce Self-Paced Trivia and Polls, two new capabilities that give teams more flexibility in how they learn and engage. Self-Paced Trivia lets participants compete on their own schedule. Polls let facilitators gather audience input without changing the score. Used independently or together, they help organizations create learning experiences that fit the moment.
Updates to AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate (MLA-C02)
AWS Certification is updating the AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate exam. Registration for the beta version of the exam will be available in English starting September 1, 2026. The last day to take the current version of the exam (MLA-C01) in English will be September 28, 2026.
What’s new in Cohorts Studio: Edit, collaborate, and scale
Cohorts Studio now supports edits, shared management, and more. Along with these core updates, this release also includes expanded content options, engagement tools, global cohort support, and streamlined administration. In this post, we cover how these capabilities help you manage cohort programs with less effort.
Introducing AWS SimuLearn learning plan badges: Verifiable proof of hands-on cloud skills
Today we’re excited to announce AWS SimuLearn learning plan badges, a new way for learners to showcase the hands-on cloud skills they’ve built. When a learner completes all assignments in a SimuLearn learning plan, they earn an official AWS badge that represents the work they completed: customer conversations, architecture design, hands-on building, and validated outcomes.
A new way to keep your AWS Certification current
Starting today, you can maintain your AWS Certification for an additional year by completing curated training and hands-on labs on AWS Skill Builder instead of retaking a full certification exam.
New courses and certification updates from AWS Training and Certification in May 2026
Welcome to May’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.
This month, we launched multiple new digital training products on AWS Skill Builder including Lab Maker, a new AI-powered learning experience that generates instant, personalized labs for popular AWS services; new and updated Microcredentials topics, as well as new classroom courses.
Accelerate your business intelligence skills with AWS Jam and Amazon Quick
In this post, we explore how our newest AWS Jam experience can transform your BI capabilities through a unique combination of structured challenges and practical application. You’ll discover the six real-world challenges you’ll tackle and learn how this experience can accelerate your career growth in business intelligence and AI-powered analytics.









