AWS Certified Database - Specialty

The AWS Certified Database – Specialty (DBS-C01) validates expertise in recommending, designing, and maintaining optimal AWS database solutions across relational, NoSQL, in-memory, graph, time-series, and ledger databases. It is aimed at database specialists who work with the full range of AWS database services and understand when to apply each service based on workload requirements, performance targets, cost constraints, and operational needs.

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What is the AWS Certified Database - Specialty (DBS-C01)?

Who Should Take This Course?

Database administrators managing AWS database services in production
Solutions architects designing data persistence layers on AWS
Data engineers selecting and integrating AWS databases in data platforms
Backend developers building data-intensive applications on AWS
DBAs migrating on-premises databases to AWS managed services
Cloud architects who want specialized depth in AWS database portfolio

What You Will Learn in the DBS-C01 Course

A comprehensive curriculum covering all exam objectives with hands-on labs and real-world practice.

Workload-Specific Database Design

Select and design the right AWS database service for each workload type.

Relational databases: Amazon RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL, MariaDB, Oracle, SQL Server)
Amazon Aurora and Aurora Serverless for high-performance relational workloads
Amazon DynamoDB for high-throughput, low-latency NoSQL workloads
Amazon DocumentDB for MongoDB-compatible document storage
Amazon Neptune for graph database use cases
Amazon Keyspaces (Apache Cassandra) for wide-column workloads
Amazon Timestream for time-series data and IoT telemetry

Deployment and Migration

Deploy database solutions and execute database migrations to AWS.

AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) for homogeneous and heterogeneous migrations
AWS Schema Conversion Tool (SCT) for schema translation
Blue/green deployments for RDS and Aurora with minimal downtime
Multi-AZ deployments and read replicas for RDS and Aurora
DynamoDB global tables for multi-region active-active replication

Database Management and Operations

Manage, maintain, and optimize AWS database environments.

Amazon RDS automated backups, manual snapshots, and point-in-time recovery
Aurora backup and cloning for development and testing
DynamoDB on-demand and provisioned capacity modes and auto-scaling
Amazon ElastiCache (Redis, Memcached) for in-memory caching and session management
Performance Insights and Enhanced Monitoring for RDS/Aurora

Security and Compliance

Secure database environments and enforce data governance controls.

VPC network isolation for RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB endpoints
IAM database authentication for RDS and Aurora
Encryption at rest with AWS KMS and encryption in transit with TLS
Amazon Macie for sensitive data discovery in database exports
AWS Secrets Manager for automated database credential rotation

Monitoring, Troubleshooting, and Optimization

Monitor database performance and apply tuning techniques.

CloudWatch metrics and alarms for RDS, Aurora, and DynamoDB
RDS Performance Insights for query-level performance analysis
DynamoDB CloudWatch Contributor Insights for hot partition analysis
Query optimization: indexing strategies, query plans, and execution analysis
Aurora auto-scaling and DynamoDB adaptive capacity for variable workloads

Course Prerequisites

Pre-requisites training is free when you purchase the course from ProSupport

5+ years of general database technology experience
AWS Solutions Architect Associate or equivalent AWS experience
Hands-on experience with at least one AWS database service (RDS, DynamoDB, or Aurora)
Understanding of database design concepts: normalization, indexing, and query optimization
Familiarity with database security controls and backup/recovery strategies

Exam Information

Everything you need to know about the DBS-C01 certification exam.

Exam Component	Details
Exam Name	AWS Certified Database - Specialty
Exam Code	DBS-C01
Exam Type	Multiple Choice and Multiple Response
Total Questions	65
Passing Score	750 (out of 1000)
Exam Duration	180 minutes
Language	English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese
Exam Provider	AWS / Pearson VUE
Exam Focus	AWS database selection, design, deployment, migration, management, monitoring, and security
Exam Registration	Register via aws.amazon.com/certification or Pearson VUE testing centers globally
Retake Policy	14 days wait after first failure; 90 days after second and subsequent failures
Certification Validity	3 years (renewable via recertification exam)