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AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

ANS-C01 retires on . Get the team certified on the current exam, or plan the move to AWS training, with a CBT Nuggets demo.

AWS retires the required exam ANS-C01 on . After that, AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty can no longer be earned on the current exams. See current AWS training: all AWS certifications.

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Course
1
Practice exam
4
Core skills
$300
Exam fee (AWS)
AWS cloud engineering team reviewing architecture diagrams together
Difficulty
Difficulty: 4 of 5 (Advanced)
Advanced
Exam fee (AWS)
$300
Courses on path
1
Official source
AWS’s official exam page
Exam code
  • ANS-C01

Exam datasheet

Format
Multiple choice, multiple response
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
5 years of hands-on experience architecting and implementing network solutions, advanced knowledge of AWS networking concepts
Recertification
3 years
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Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$300

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty path takes ANS-C01.

  1. ANS-C01AWS Certified Advanced Networking - SpecialtyRetiring Practice exam included on every Teams seat
    Exam fee
    $300
    Exam length
    170 minutes
    Questions
    65
    Passing score
    750/1000

    Exam blueprint: ANS-C01

Skills your team builds

Design and implement hybrid IT network architectures at scaleImplement core AWS services according to basic architectural best practicesDesign and maintain network architecture for all AWS servicesLeverage tools to automate AWS networking tasks

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    ANS-C01

    This expert AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty training prepares engineers to design, implement, and secure complex hybrid cloud architectures. You'll prepare for the ANS-C01 exam as you learn to manage AWS VPC environments, Transit Gateway, and Direct Connect in accordance with the Well-Architected Framework. You'll also validate your skills in network optimization, DNS management with Route 53, and implementing robust network security across multi-account organizations. This course also includes an AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty practice exam​, to help you reinforce skills and certify with confidence.

    Knox Hutchinson, Scott Pletcher
    119 videosPractice exam13h
    Open course

Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

AWS career ladder

Where AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty sits in your team's AWS progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

  1. Entry level

    2 certs

    AWS Certified AI Practitioner

    AIF-C01

    AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

    CLF-C02

  2. Associate level

    5 certs

    AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer – Associate

    SOA-C03

    AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate

    DEA-C01

    AWS Certified Developer – Associate

    DVA-C02

    AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate

    MLA-C02

    AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

    SAA-C03

  3. Professional level

    2 certs

    AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional

    AIP-C01

    AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

    SAP-C02

  4. Specialist level

    2 certs

    AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

    ANS-C01

    You are here

    AWS Certified Security – Specialty

    SCS-C03

Customer outcome

Build AWS capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see AWS skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

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Team capability

Make AWS a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on AWS gives leadership a clear picture of AWS skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty

Exam
  • ANS-C01

Frequently asked questions about AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty training for their team.

How does AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty fit into our compliance or governance program?

IT leaders often cite this credential when documenting who on the team is trained to run hybrid connectivity, network firewalls, and network logging and monitoring on AWS. Team reporting adds per-learner progress, completion, and completion exports as audit evidence. The formal mapping to any control framework is decided by your auditor's crosswalk, not by the certification itself.

Who on the team should hold AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty, and what can a certified team own?

This credential fits network engineers and cloud infrastructure engineers who are responsible for AWS and hybrid network architecture. The linked course prepares them to own Site-to-Site VPNs, Direct Connect, Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, AWS Client VPN, and multi-account networking. It also covers load balancing, DNS, content delivery, AWS firewall solutions, network logging and monitoring, and CloudFormation-driven deployments.

What does CBT Nuggets AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to AWS's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty?

The linked live courses add up to about 13 hours of video. Total time to certify depends on the team's starting point, especially existing experience with VPC routing, hybrid connectivity, and multi-account designs on AWS. Team reporting shows each engineer's progress and completion along the way.

What if AWS updates the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates AWS course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When AWS restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

Certifying the team before 31 December 2026?

Get every engineer certified before ANS-C01 retires

Assign the AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty courses, see who has finished them in the team report, and plan the move to AWS training for the rest of the team.

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