Study resources for AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty exam

Study resources for AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty exam

  • aws
  • June 13, 2023

I took the AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty exam in June of 2023 and passed it on my first attempt. Here are some resources I compiled while preparing for the exam. This list includes links to the courses I took, public practice tests, and 180 documentation resources related to the services covered in the exam. I hope you find these resources useful. Good luck with your exam!

Courses:

Practice Exams:

AWS Documentations to read:

CategoryDocumentation
architecturehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/derive-insights-from-aws-modern-data/derive-insights-from-aws-modern-data.html
architecturehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/build-e2e-data-driven-applications/build-e2e-data-driven-applications.html
architecturehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/build-modern-data-streaming-analytics-architectures/build-modern-data-streaming-analytics-architectures.html
architecturehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/big-data-analytics-options/aws-lake-formation.html
artifacthttps://aws.amazon.com/artifact/faq/
athenahttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/improve-amazon-athena-query-performance-using-aws-glue-data-catalog-partition-indexes/
athenahttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/glue-athena.html
athenahttps://aws.amazon.com/athena/faqs/
athenahttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/partitions.html
athenahttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/work-with-data-stores.html
athenahttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/troubleshooting-athena.html
athenahttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/top-10-performance-tuning-tips-for-amazon-athena/
athenahttps://catalog.us-east-1.prod.workshops.aws/workshops/9981f1a1-abdc-49b5-8387-cb01d238bb78/en-US/30-basics/306-workgroups
athenahttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/what-is.html
athenahttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/convert-to-columnar.html
athenahttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/athena/latest/ug/ddl-sql-reference.html
athenahttps://aws.amazon.com/athena/resources/
cloudtrailhttps://aws.amazon.com/cloudtrail/faqs/
confighttps://aws.amazon.com/config/faq/
datalakeshttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/easily-manage-your-data-lake-at-scale-using-tag-based-access-control-in-aws-lake-formation/
datalakeshttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/design-patterns-for-an-enterprise-data-lake-using-aws-lake-formation-cross-account-access/?anda_dl6
datalakeshttps://aws.amazon.com/big-data/datalakes-and-analytics/what-is-a-data-lake/
dmshttps://aws.amazon.com/dms/faqs/
dmshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Troubleshooting.html
dmshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Source.html
dmshttps://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/dms-high-target-latency/
dmshttps://aws.amazon.com/dms/pricing/
dmshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/SchemaConversionTool/latest/userguide/CHAP_Welcome.html
dmshttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/aws-dms-now-supports-native-cdc-support/
dmshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/dms/latest/userguide/CHAP_Task.CDC.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/best-practices.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/DAX.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Introduction.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/HowItWorks.ReadWriteCapacityMode.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/specifying-conditions.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Streams.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/BackupRestore.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/Streams.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/HowItWorks.CoreComponents.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/ServiceQuotas.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/HowItWorks.Partitions.html
dynamodbhttps://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/throttled-ddb/
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/GSI.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/GlobalTables.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/LSI.html
dynamodbhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/amazondynamodb/latest/developerguide/HowItWorks.ReadConsistency.html
dynamodbhttps://aws.amazon.com/dynamodb/faqs/
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-manage-view.html
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-manage-view-web-log-files.html
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-plan-file-systems.html
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-security.html
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/UsingEMR_ViewingMetrics.html
emrhttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/respond-to-state-changes-on-amazon-emr-clusters-with-amazon-cloudwatch-events/
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-spark-glue.html
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-manage.html
emrhttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-emr-serverless-now-generally-available-run-big-data-applications-without-managing-servers
emrhttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/best-practices-for-resizing-and-automatic-scaling-in-amazon-emr/
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-cluster-location-data-storage.html
emrhttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/best-practices-for-securing-amazon-emr/
emrhttps://aws.amazon.com/emr/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=4
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-plan-ha-applications.html
emrhttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/best-practices-for-running-apache-spark-applications-using-amazon-ec2-spot-instances-with-amazon-emr/
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-instance-group-configuration.html
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-data-encryption-options.html#emr-encryption-localdisk
emrhttps://docs.amazonaws.cn/en_us/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-fine-grained-cluster-access.html
emrhttps://aws.amazon.com/emr/features/
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-concurrent-steps.html
emrhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-plan-instances-guidelines.html
emr, securityhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/emr-security.html
firehosehttps://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/faqs/
firehosehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/dev/troubleshooting.html
firehosehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/dev/create-name.html
gluehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/crawler-data-stores.html
gluehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/monitor-spark.html
gluehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/glue-troubleshooting-errors.html
gluehttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/work-with-partitioned-data-in-aws-glue/
gluehttps://aws.amazon.com/glue/faqs/
gluehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/aws-glue-best-practices-build-secure-data-pipeline/building-a-secure-data-pipeline.html
gluehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/aws-glue-programming-python-transforms.html
gluehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/workflows_overview.html
gluehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/populate-data-catalog.html
gluehttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/crafting-serverless-streaming-etl-jobs-with-aws-glue/
gluehttps://aws.amazon.com/glue/pricing/
gluehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/glue/latest/dg/schema-registry-works.html
hivehttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ReleaseGuide/emr-metastore-external-hive.html
iamhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/IAM_UseCases.html
iamhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/best-practices.html
iamhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/access_policies_identity-vs-resource.html
iamhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/intro-structure.html
kafkahttps://aws.amazon.com/msk/what-is-kafka/
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/pricing/
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/kinesis-data-stream-throttling/
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/writing-with-agents.html
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/shared-fan-out-consumers.html
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/firehose/latest/dev/disaster-recovery-resiliency.html
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/service-sizes-and-limits.html
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/enhanced-consumers.html
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/pricing/?nc=sn&loc=3
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/working-with-streams.html
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/preprocessing-data-in-amazon-kinesis-analytics-with-aws-lambda/
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/kinesis-producer-adv-retries-rate-limiting.html
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/kinesis-record-processor-scaling.html
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/disaster-recovery-resiliency.html
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/java/how-connectors.html
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/troubleshooting-consumers.html
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/troubleshooting-producers.html
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/under-the-hood-scaling-your-kinesis-data-streams/
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/kinesis-data-streams-troubleshoot/
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-streams/faqs/
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/developing-producers-with-sdk.html
kinesishttps://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-firehose/pricing/
kinesishttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/streams/latest/dev/developing-producers-with-kpl.html
kinesis data analyticshttps://aws.amazon.com/sns/faqs/
kinesis data analyticshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/dev/windowed-sql.html
kinesis data analyticshttps://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/data-analytics/faqs/
kinesis data analyticshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/dev/stagger-window-concepts.html
kinesis data analyticshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/kinesisanalytics/latest/dev/streaming-sql-concepts.html
kinesis video streamshttps://aws.amazon.com/kinesis/video-streams/faqs/
kinesis video streamshttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/emr/latest/ManagementGuide/logging_emr_api_calls.html
mskhttps://aws.amazon.com/msk/faqs/
opensearchhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/cloudwatch-alarms.html
opensearchhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticsearch-service/latest/developerguide/aes-bp.html
opensearchhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/latest/developerguide/sizing-domains.html
opensearchhttps://aws.amazon.com/elasticsearch-service/resources/
opensearchhttps://aws.amazon.com/opensearch-service/
opensearchhttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/opensource/open-distro-elasticsearch-shard-allocation/
quicksighthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/vpc-qeni.html
quicksighthttps://aws.amazon.com/quicksight/resources/faqs/
quicksighthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/working-with-visual-types.html
quicksighthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/lake-formation/latest/dg/qs-integ-lf.html
quicksighthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/welcome.html
quicksighthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/quicksight/latest/user/anomaly-detection.html
rdshttps://aws.amazon.com/rds/faqs/
rdshttps://aws.amazon.com/rds/details/backup/
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/stored-procedure-create.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/t_Distributing_data.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c_Compression_encodings.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c-spectrum-external-schemas.html
redshifthttps://aws.amazon.com/redshift/faqs/
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c_high_level_system_architecture.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/t_Sorting_data.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c-query-performance.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/t_Loading_data.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c_Distribution_examples.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c_workload_mngmt_classification.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/working-with-clusters.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/t_Loading_data.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/r_Database_objects.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/managing-cluster-operations.html#rs-resize-tutorial
redshiftBhttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/10-best-practices-for-amazon-redshift-spectrum/
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/cm-c-implementing-workload-management.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/working-with-snapshots.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/dg/c_choosing_dist_sort.html
redshifthttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/redshift/latest/mgmt/overview.html
redshifthttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/amazon-redshift-serverless-now-generally-available-with-new-capabilities/
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/privatelink/vpc-endpoints-s3.html
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/example-bucket-policies.html
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/Welcome.html
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/optimizing-performance.html
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/object-lifecycle-mgmt.html
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/replication.html
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/optimizing-performance.html
s3https://aws.amazon.com/s3/storage-classes/
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/whitepapers/latest/building-data-lakes/building-data-lake-aws.html
s3https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/security-best-practices.html
s3https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/s3-glacier-select/
s3https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/s3-request-limit-avoid-throttling/
s3https://aws.amazon.com/s3/faqs/
s3https://aws.amazon.com/glacier/faqs/
sagemakerhttps://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/developer-resources/
sagemakerhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/gs.html
sagemakerhttps://aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/faqs/
securityhttps://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/analytics-lens/security.html
securityhttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/database/best-practices-for-securing-sensitive-data-in-aws-data-stores/
sparkhttps://aws.amazon.com/big-data/what-is-spark/
sqshttps://aws.amazon.com/sqs/faqs/
stepfunctionshttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/orchestrate-apache-spark-applications-using-aws-step-functions-and-apache-livy/
stepfunctionshttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/big-data/orchestrate-amazon-redshift-based-etl-workflows-with-aws-step-functions-and-aws-glue/
stepfunctionshttps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-using-step-functions-to-orchestrate-amazon-emr-workloads/
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