AWS Certified Database – Specialty (DBS-C01) Cert Prep: 1 Introduction and Services

Review fundamental database concepts—and the different database services offered by AWS—as you prepare to take and pass the AWS Certified Database – Specialty (DBS-C01) exam.

1. Introducing Databases

• AWS database: Specialty recommended knowledge
• Databases defined
• Relational databases
• Database management system (DBMS)
• Cloud-based vs. local databases
• Platform
• Database applications
• Database access languages
• Introducing SQL
• Reading data with SQL
• Writing data with SQL
• Working with database objects

2. Database Services

• AWS database services
• Relational databases (Aurora, Redshift, and RDS)
• Key-value (NoSQL) databases (DynamoDB)
• In-memory databases (ElastiCache)
• Document databases (DocumentDB)
• Graph databases (Neptune)
• Time series databases (Timestream)
• Ledger databases (QLDB)
• Instance-based database servers
• Access control and authentication