How to Ace the AWS Cloud Practitioner Certification with Minimal Effort

Forecast: cloudy with a 100% chance of passing on your first try.

Nicole Janeway Bills
10 min readJun 20, 2020
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This is a guide for anyone who is excited to spend less time studying and more time doing high impact work enabled by AWS products. Whether or not you’ve worked with AWS before, hopefully you’ll find this approach helpful on your journey to Cloud Practitioner Certification. Although Amazon recommends six months of familiarity with cloud architecture before sitting for the exam, with the right mindset for preparation, anyone can ace the exam in much less time.

The Cloud Practitioner Certification is the foundational level of Amazon’s 12 certification options, which include advanced tracks in Architecture and DevOps as well as specialty paths for Machine Learning, Data Analytics, Networking, and more. Getting AWS Certified can be a confirmation of job skills or the launching of a new career. Here’s a guide to passing the exam in three easy steps.

Ready to join me on cloud nine? Let’s get started!

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In this guide:

  1. Introduction to the AWS Cloud

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Nicole Janeway Bills
Nicole Janeway Bills

Written by Nicole Janeway Bills

Founder of datastrategypros.com where we help busy professionals ace the Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) exam and other data-related exams.

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