[NEW] AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty 2026
What you'll learn
- FULLY UPDATED FOR ANS-C00: Pass the AWS Certified Networking Specialty Certification
- All 700+ slides available as downloadable PDF
- Learn networking on AWS in depth
- Practice alongside several advanced hands-on
Requirements
- It is recommended to have taken at least one associate-level AWS certification
- Basics of networking are a nice-to-have although we explain them too in the course
Description
The AWS Certified Networking Specialty Exam ANS-C01 is one of the most challenging certification exams you can take from Amazon. Passing it tells employers in no uncertain terms that your knowledge of AWS networking is wide and deep. But, even experienced technologists need to prepare heavily for this exam. This course sets you up for success by covering all of the AWS networking topics on the exam and how they fit together.
Best-selling Udemy instructors Stéphane Maarek and AWS Networking expert Chetan Agrawal have teamed up to deliver the most comprehensive and hands-on prep course we've seen.
This course combines Stéphane's depth on AWS with Chetan's experience in AWS Networking. Chetan and Stéphane took and passed the exam themselves on the first try.
The world of networking on AWS includes in-depth knowledge about technologies and services. Here are some of the concepts we will cover:
Learn networking fundamentals with Amazon VPC
Learn advanced features of VPC
Understand DNS and DHCP options on VPC
Learn Networking Performance and Optimizations
Configure VPC Peering, VPC Gateway & Interface Endpoints
Learn Hybrid Networking (combining networking of on-premises and AWS) in depth.
In-depth configuration of Site-to-Site VPN, AWS Client VPN, and Direct Connect
Networking aspects of AWS Elastic Load Balancers and AWS CloudFront
Advanced DNS configurations with Route 53
Kubernetes networking and Amazon EKS Networking
Advanced Network architectures
many additional AWS networking features
You'll have many opportunities to reinforce your learning with hands-on exercises throughout the course. We'll also arm you with some valuable test-taking tips and strategies along the way.
AWS Networking is an advanced certification, and it's best tackled by students who have already obtained associate-level certification in AWS and have some real-world industry experience. This exam is not intended for AWS beginners.
You want to go into the AWS Certified Networking Specialty Exam confidently, which is what this course delivers. Hit the enroll button, and we're excited to see you in the course... and ultimately to see you get your certification!
Major course content updates:
27-05-2026: Added Private IP VPN over DX lecture under DX Security, Updated MACSec lecture.
25-04-2026: Added Transit gateway architecture lectures for Network Firewall and Network Function attachment
19-12-2025: Fully refreshed VPC endpoint section - IPv6, UDP support, Resource, Lattice service network endpoint
13-08-2025: VPC lattice section
17-12-2025: Refreshed Hybrid DNS Hands-on exercises (Lectures 196-198) with latest UI changes and Amazon Linux 2023 AMI.
06-11-2025: Minor updates as per increased limits and student's feedback. Improved audio for Client VPN section.
22-04-2024: Added "VPC sharing" lecture under Additional Topics section.
23-03-2024: Updated VPC DNS and DHCP section (no new lectures. Just re-recorded for better explanation)
11-03-2024: Updated lectures for AWS Shied, ACM and added AWS Firewall Manager
26-02-2024: Added lectures and hands-on walkthrough for AWS Cloud WAN
12-02-2024: Refreshed Transit Gateway lectures for Centralized architectures. Added TGW+VPN lecture. Added 10 practice questions for Transit gateway section.
02-01-2024: Added lectures for VPC IP Address Manager (IPAM), VPC Rechability Analyzer, VPC Network Access Analyzer
01-01-2024: Remove few lectures from Hybrid networking basics section as there was some repeatation
30-Sep-2023: Updated most of the Direct Connect lectures to accomodate latest changes/limits etc. Incorporated feedback from the students.
To be added soon - Kindly refer AWS documentation or Re:Invent videos or AWS blogs until we publish a lecture here:
AWS Interconnect (Multi-cloud connectivity)
API Gateway PrivateLink integration with VPC resources
IPv6 on AWS (DNS64, NAT64)
AWS Route53 Profiles
Instructor
My name is Stephane Maarek, and I'll be your instructor in this course. I teach about AWS certifications, always focusing on helping my students improve their professional proficiencies in AWS. I am also the author of some of the most highly-rated & best-selling courses on AWS Lambda, AWS CloudFormation & AWS EC2.
Throughout my career in designing and delivering these certifications and courses, I have already taught 1,000,000+ students and gotten 350,000+ reviews!
I'm delighted to welcome Chetan Agrawal as my co-instructor for this course!
Chetan has been passionate about AWS Networking. He himself learned Networking in the cloud practically during his 6+ years of professional career as a Cloud and DevOps architect. Cloud platforms provide an opportunity to try and experiment with networking configurations quickly; hence, wherever possible, these courses include supporting hands-on exercises/demos that you can implement. This helps retain knowledge and build skills for a lifetime.
With AWS becoming more than a buzzword, I've decided it's time for students to learn how to properly be an AWS Advanced Networking Specialist. So, let’s kick start the course! You are in good hands!
This course also comes with:
Lifetime access to all future updates
A responsive instructor in the Q&A Section
Udemy Certificate of Completion Ready for Download
A 30-Day "No Questions Asked" Money Back Guarantee!
Join me in this course if you want to pass the AWS Certified Advanced Networking Specialty Certification and master the AWS platform!
Who this course is for:
- Anyone wanting to acquire the knowledge to pass the AWS Certified Networking Specialty Certification
- Anyone wanting to understand AWS Networking in depth
Instructors
Stephane is a solutions architect, consultant and software developer that has a particular interest in all things related to Cloud & Big Data. He's also a many-times best seller instructor on Udemy for his courses in AWS and Apache Kafka.
[See FAQ below to see in which order you can take my courses]
Stéphane is recognized as an AWS Hero and is an AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional & AWS Certified DevOps Professional. He loves to teach people how to use the AWS properly, to get them ready for their AWS certifications, and most importantly for the real world.
He also loves Apache Kafka. He used on the Program Committee organizing the Kafka Summit in New York, London and San Francisco. He also was an active member of the Apache Kafka community, and has authored blogs on Medium and the guest blog for Confluent. He also has co-founded Conduktor, a prominent company in the Kafka ecosystem.
During his spare time, Stéphane composes piano music, that he publishes online under the artist name Makera ?
FAQ: In which order should you learn?...
AWS Cloud: Start with AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner or AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate, then move on to AWS Certified Developer Associate and then AWS Certified SysOps Administrator. Afterwards you can either do AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional or AWS Certified DevOps Professional, or a specialty certification of your choosing. You can also learn about AI with the AWS Certified AI Practitioner course!
Apache Kafka: Start with Apache Kafka for Beginners, then you can learn Connect, Streams and Schema Registry if you're a developer, and Setup and Monitoring courses if you're an admin. Both tracks are needed to pass the Confluent Kafka certification.
I am having 20+ years of IT industry experience out of which last 7 years I worked as Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS (India & UK). I am experienced in architecting highly available, scalable, secure cloud infrastructure and single click cloud infrastructure automation using tools like CloudFormation, Terraform and more. I have designed and built multiple cloud solutions for enterprise and startup companies. I have also been helping customers evaluate their DevOps maturity and build CI/CD pipelines across domains. I am proficient in multiple DevOps tools like Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Ansible etc
Along with learning new technologies, I am passionate about sharing my experience with others. I believe that challenge isn’t in learning new technology but using the right technology in right way. My knowledge videos and community events has helped many professionals to start and uplift their career in Cloud and DevOps space.
I believe in learning by doing and that's why all the training courses I build includes lots of hands on exercises and assignments from very beginning. In my opinion, after you get basic knowledge of the topic you want to learn, directly go and implement small use cases. Go on further extending what you implement. In this process you will come across some roadblocks and that's where you learn and that learning lasts forever.
Happy learning !!