Review current AWS certification routes, older exam-code replacements, and announced AWS exam updates before choosing an IT Mastery practice page.
Use this page when you are checking whether an AWS certification code is current, recently replaced, retired, or announced as an upcoming update before you start practice.
Always verify AWS’s official pages before scheduling. Certification names, retirement dates, registration windows, and exam guides can change.
These pages exist so candidates can subscribe for notifications and try original planning questions while waiting for formal AWS successor details. They should not be used as official AWS exam guides.
| AWS update | What to do on Mastery Exam Prep |
|---|---|
| SOA-C03 CloudOps Engineer Associate replaced older SysOps Administrator route names | Use SOA-C03 for current practice and SOA-C02 only as a replacement page. |
| AIP-C01 Generative AI Developer - Professional is the newest AWS professional-level GenAI route represented here | Use AIP-C01 for live IT Mastery practice. |
| MLA-C01 Machine Learning Engineer Associate is the current applied ML engineering route represented here | Use MLA-C01 for live IT Mastery practice, especially if you previously searched MLS-C01. |
| SAA-C04, DVA-C03, SOA-C04, and SCS-C04 successor-code searches | Use the early notification pages above for notifications, but use the current AWS exam pages for current official preparation until AWS publishes formal successor guides. |
| Agentic AI, Serverless, and Incident Response microcredential searches | Use Agentic AI , Serverless , and Incident Response as early planning pages with Notify me forms, then use the current AWS pages for official preparation until AWS publishes formal details. |
AWS version codes matter, but unconfirmed future codes can create stale study plans. Until AWS publishes a replacement exam guide or coming-soon page for a successor, use the current page for that certification family. If you want a notification when this site updates a successor page, use the matching early notification page.
| If a course, forum, or saved note mentions… | Use this current page first | Optional notification page |
|---|---|---|
| SAA-C04 | SAA-C03 Solutions Architect Associate | SAA-C04 |
| DVA-C03 | DVA-C02 Developer Associate | DVA-C03 |
| SOA-C04 | SOA-C03 CloudOps Engineer Associate | SOA-C04 |
| SCS-C04 | SCS-C03 Security Specialty | SCS-C04 |
If AWS later posts an official successor code, the matching early notification page should be revised before it is presented as a regular practice page.
These pages exist for candidates who want early notifications around focused AWS skill areas. They include original sample questions and candidate-preparation models, but they are not official AWS exam guides.
| Notification page | Best current page to use for practice now |
|---|---|
| AWS Agentic AI Microcredential | AIP-C01 Generative AI Developer Professional |
| AWS Serverless Microcredential | DVA-C02 Developer Associate |
| AWS Incident Response Microcredential | SCS-C03 Security Specialty |
| Older code | Open this replacement page | Current route to use |
|---|---|---|
| CLF-C01 | CLF-C01 replacement route | CLF-C02 |
| SAA-C02 | SAA-C02 replacement route | SAA-C03 |
| DVA-C01 | DVA-C01 replacement route | DVA-C02 |
| SOA-C02 | SOA-C02 replacement route | SOA-C03 |
| DOP-C01 | DOP-C01 replacement route | DOP-C02 |
| SAP-C01 | SAP-C01 replacement route | SAP-C02 |
| SCS-C02 | SCS-C02 replacement route | SCS-C03 |
| MLS-C01 | MLS-C01 replacement route | MLA-C01 or AIP-C01 |
| DAS-C01 | DAS-C01 replacement route | DEA-C01 |
| DBS-C01 | DBS-C01 replacement route | DEA-C01 , SAA-C03 , or SOA-C03 |