As companies increasingly shift workloads to the public cloud, cloud computing has moved from a nice-to-have to a core competency in the enterprise. This shift requires a new set of skills to design, deploy, and manage applications in cloud computing.
As the market leader and most mature provider in the cloud computing space in China, currently offers multiple certifications divided into 3 categories: Professional, Specialty, and Apsara Clouder, covering both foundational and specialty cloud computing topics.
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Choosing the right Alibaba Cloud certification: What’s the value?
Getting Alibaba Cloud certified shows that you have some of the most in-demand (and profitable) skills as validated by one of the most recognizable entities in cloud computing. In the enterprise, certification demonstrates a shared understanding of a platform, a shared terminology, and a certain level of cloud expertise that can speed up time to value for cloud projects.
Importance of cloud certifications
Alibaba Cloud certifications themselves stand out for their rigor and thoroughness in evaluating a candidate’s skills, with an emphasis on hands-on experience and best practices. If you’re already working with Alibaba Cloud, or you have prior experience with other public cloud providers such as AWS or Azure, preparing for a certification can help strengthen your knowledge by clarifying key concepts. If you’re new to Alibaba Cloud, it can provide the foundational knowledge and skills you’ll need to work with Alibaba Cloud services and solutions down the road. For organizations looking for new recruits, Alibaba Cloud certifications validate a candidate’s familiarity and knowledge of best practices in cloud architecture, management, and security.
Which cloud certification is best?
The certifications are divided into 3 categories: Professional, Specialty, and Apsara Clouder.
In the picture above you can find a visual guide to get a better understanding of all Alibaba Cloud certifications.
Alibaba Cloud Professional Certifications
Alibaba Cloud currently offers 12 professional certifications: six associate-level certifications, four professional-level certifications, and two expert-level certifications. The professional certifications are the highest-level certification offered by Alibaba Cloud and wholly demonstrates capabilities.
Alibaba Cloud Associate-Level Certifications
Associate certifications are designed for cloud practitioners and beginners who desire to know the foundations of Alibaba Cloud in a specific technical field. The complexity of these exams is low to mid level.
You can learn more about each certification by visiting the links in the table below:
| Associate-Level Certifications | Website |
|---|---|
| ACA Cloud Computing | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/aca_cloudcomputing |
| ACA Cloud Security | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/aca_cloudsecurity |
| ACA Big Data | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/aca_bigdata |
| ACA Cloud Native | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/aca_cloudnative |
| ACA Developer | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/aca_developer |
| ACA System Operator | http://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/aca_operator |
Alibaba Cloud Professional-Level Certifications
Professional certifications are designed cloud architects, engineers, developers and operators with hands-on experience in Alibaba Cloud. The complexity of these exams is mid to high level.
You can learn more about each certification by visiting the links in the table below:
| Professional-Level Certifications | Website |
|---|---|
| ACP Cloud Computing | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/acp_cloudcomputing |
| ACP Cloud Security | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/acp_security |
| ACP Big Data | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/acp_bigdata |
| ACP DevOps Engineer | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/acp_devops |
Alibaba Cloud Expert-Level Certifications
Expert certifications are designed for those who are highly experienced and proficient in a special technical field and their related services such as Cloud Computing or Big Data. These exams are really tough.
You can learn more about each certification by visiting the links in the table below:
| Expert-Level Certifications | Website |
|---|---|
| ACE Cloud Computing | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/ace_cloudcomputing |
| ACE Big Data | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/ace_bigdata |
Alibaba Cloud Specialty Certifications
Specialty certifications prepare users to deepen their knowledge in a specific domain, such as DevOps, networking, big data, or cloud migration.
You can learn more about each certification by visiting the links in the table below:
| Specialty Certifications | Website |
|---|---|
| DevOps | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/course/316 |
| Networking | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/course/319 |
| Big Data Analysis | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/course/317 |
| Machine Learning | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/course/318 |
| Relational Database | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/course/333 |
| Cloud Migration | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/course/345 |
Alibaba Cloud Apsara Clouder Certifications
Apsara Clouder certification courses teach and evaluate a user’s ability to perform certain functions with Alibaba Cloud products. By completing the course and doing a small quiz, you automatically get the certification. They are very useful to deeply understand how a specific Alibaba Cloud service works.
You can learn more about the Apsara Clouder certifications by visiting the link in the table below:
| Apsara Clouder Certifications | Website |
|---|---|
| Apsara Clouder Certifications | https://edu.alibabacloud.com/certification/clouders |
How do I become Alibaba Cloud certified?
If you want to get a closer look at each exam, I recommend you to read the following articles. We deep dive into each exam, explaining the requirements, the price, the level and some tips:
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Associate (ACA) Cloud Computing Certification exam
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Professional (ACP) Cloud Computing Certification exam
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Associate (ACA) Security Certification exam
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Professional (ACP) Security Certification exam
- Alibaba Cloud Associate (ACA) Cloud Native Certification
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Associate (ACA) Big Data Certification exam
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Professional (ACP) Big Data Certification exam
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Associate (ACA) Developer Certification exam
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Associate (ACA) System Operator Certification exam
- Passing the Alibaba Cloud Professional (ACP) DevOps Engineer Certification exam
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