AWS · MLA-C02
AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer – Associate
ML engineers, data scientists and MLOps engineers on AWS. The de facto successor to the retired ML Specialty.
$150associateBeta
Retired · 2026-06-01associateCloud$165
Retired. This exam is no longer offered. The replacement is Microsoft Certified – Machine Learning Operations Engineer Associate.
Retired June 1, 2026. AI-300 (MLOps Engineer Associate) replaces it.
Who it's for: Nobody new. Take AI-300.
ML engineers, data scientists and MLOps engineers on AWS. The de facto successor to the retired ML Specialty.
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