AWS Ramp-Up Guide: AWS Databases

For data engineers, architects, developers, and operations engineers

These are the most salient learning resources from our classrooms, digital curricula, video library, and AWS Lab Environment, that relate to
AWS Database domain. This Ramp-Up Guide is not intended to be consumed entirely. Different sections tackle different objectives. Some
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Learn the Fundamentals of the AWS Cloud

Learning Resource Type
AWS Ramp-Up Guide: Cloud Essentials Ramp-Up Guide

AWS Database Fundamentals

Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Introduction to Building with AWS Databases 3.0 Digital Training
$ Planning and Designing Databases on AWS 18.0 Classroom Training
AWS Database Offerings 4.0 Digital Training
Build Modern Apps with Purpose-Built Databases 3.0 Digital Training

Amazon NoSQL Services

Amazon DynamoDB
Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Amazon DynamoDB Service Primer 0.3 Digital Training
Amazon DynamoDB for Serverless Architectures 2.0 Digital Training
$ Building with Amazon DynamoDB Tables 1.0 Self-paced Lab
Developing with Amazon DynamoDB 16.0 Digital Training
Amazon DynamoDB - Troubleshooting 0.75 Digital Training

Amazon DocumentDB
Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type

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Getting Started with Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) 1.0 Digital Training
Build With Amazon DocumentDB (with MongoDB compatibility) 1.0 Digital Training
Data Modeling for Amazon DocumentDB 1.0 Digital Training
Performance Tuning on Amazon DocumentDB 1.0 Digital Training
$ Building with Amazon DocumentDB Databases 1.0 Self-paced Lab

AWS In-Memory Databases

Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Amazon ElastiCache Service Introduction 0.1 Digital Training
Getting Started with Amazon ElastiCache 2.0 Digital Training
Data Modeling for Amazon ElasticCache for Redis 0.8 Digital Training
Getting Started with Amazon MemoryDB for Redis 1.0 Digital Training
Build with Amazon MemoryDB for Redis 1.0 Digital Training

Amazon Neptune
Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Getting Started with Amazon Neptune 2.0 Digital Training
Data Modeling for Amazon Neptune 1.0 Digital Training
Build with Amazon Neptune 1.0 Digital Training
Building Highly Connected Applications using Amazon Neptune 0.5 Digital Training

Amazon Keyspaces
Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Getting Started with Amazon Keyspaces 1.0 Digital Training

Amazon Timestream
Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Getting Started with Amazon Timestream 1.0 Digital Training

Amazon QLDB

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Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type

Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) Service Primer 0.3 Digital Training

AWS Relational Database Services

Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Amazon RDS Service Primer 0.3 Digital Training
Amazon Aurora Service Primer 0.3 Digital Training
Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL and Amazon RDS PostgreSQL 7.0 Digital Training
Amazon Aurora MySQL and Amazon RDS MySQL 8.0 Digital Training
Getting Started with Amazon RDS for MariaDB 1.0 Digital Training
$ Introduction to Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) (Windows) 1.0 Self-paced Lab
$ Introduction to Amazon Aurora 1.0 Self-paced Lab
$ Building with Amazon Aurora 1.0 Self-paced Lab
PostgreSQL Fundamentals 0.3 Digital Training
PostgreSQL Fundamentals – Architectures 1.0 Digital Training
PostgreSQL Fundamentals – SQL Command Line 0.3 Digital Training
PostgreSQL Fundamentals: Explain 0.5 Digital Training
Amazon Aurora MySQL - Basics 0.3 Digital Training
Amazon Aurora MySQL - Migration 0.3 Digital Training
Mapping a Few Core Oracle DB Concepts to Amazon RDS/Aurora PostgreSQL
0.8 Digital Training
Concepts
Building Highly Connected Applications using Amazon Neptune 0.5 Digital Training
Data Modeling for Amazon Neptune 1.0 Digital Training
Amazon ElastiCache Service Introduction 0.1 Digital Training
Getting Started with Amazon ElastiCache 2.0 Digital Training
Data Modeling for Amazon ElasticCache for Redis 0.8 Digital Training
Getting Started with Amazon MemoryDB for Redis 1.0 Digital Training
Build with Amazon MemoryDB for Redis 1.0 Digital Training

Amazon Redshift

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Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type

Getting Started with Amazon Redshift 1.0 Digital Training
Best Practices for Data Warehousing with Amazon Redshift 1.5 Digital Training
$ Introduction to Amazon Redshift 1.3 Self-paced Lab
$ Working with Amazon Redshift 2.0 Self-paced Lab
$ Building with Amazon Redshift Clusters 1.0 Self-paced Lab

AWS Database Migrations

Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Migrating to AWS: A high level introduction 0.7 Digital Training
Introduction to Database Migration 0.8 Digital Training
$ Introduction to AWS Database Migration Service 1.5 Self-paced Lab
Moving to Managed Databases on AWS 4.0 Digital Training
Break Free From Legacy Databases 2.0 Digital Training

Certification
Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Exam Readiness: AWS Certified Database – Specialty 3.5 Digital Training
AWS Certified Database – Specialty exam guide 1.0 Exam Guide
AWS Certified Database – Specialty sample questions 4.0 Sample Questions
$ AWS Certified Database – Specialty exam 3.0 Exam

With Our Training Partners

Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
$ Amazon DynamoDB: Building NoSQL Database-Driven Applications 8 edX Digital Training

Additional Resources
Learning Resource Duration (hrs) Type
Databases on AWS Webpage
AWS Databases – the right tool, for the right job Infographic

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Architecture Best Practices for Databases Explore

AWS Database Blog Blog
Enter the Purpose-Built Database Era E-Book
Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) Documentation
Amazon ElastiCache Documentation
Amazon DocumentDB Documentation
Amazon DynamoDB Documentation
Amazon Keyspaces (for Apache Cassandra) Documentation Documentation
Amazon Neptune Documentation
Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB) Documentation
Amazon Redshift Documentation
Migrating Your Self-Managed MongoDB Databases to AWS with Amazon DocumentDB Webpage

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