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How do I get certified in Oracle Autonomous Database? What material can I use to prepare for it? What's the exam like? How long is the certification valid for? If these questions have been keeping you up at night, then join Lois Houston and Nikita Abraham in their conversation with Senior Principal OCI Instructor Susan Jang to understand the process of getting certified and begin your learning adventure. Oracle MyLearn: mylearn.oracle.com/ Oracle University Learning Community: education.oracle.com/ou-community LinkedIn: linkedin.com/showcase/oracle-university/ X (formerly Twitter): twitter.com/Oracle_Edu Special thanks to Arijit Ghosh, David Wright, and the OU Studio Team for helping us create this episode. -------------------------------------------------------- Episode Transcript

00:00 Welcome to the Oracle University Podcast, the first stop on your cloud journey. During this series of informative podcasts, we'll bring you foundational training on the most popular Oracle technologies. Let's get started!

00:26 Lois: Hello and welcome to the Oracle University Podcast. I'm Lois Houston, Director of Innovation Programs with Oracle University, and with me is Nikita Abraham, Principal Technical Editor.

Nikita: Hi everyone! If you've listened to us these last few weeks, you'll know we've been discussing Oracle Autonomous Database in detail. We looked at Autonomous Database on serverless and dedicated infrastructure.

00:51

Lois: That's right, Niki. Then, last week, we explored Autonomous Database tools. Today, we thought we'd wrap up our focus on Autonomous Database by talking about the training offered by Oracle University, the associated certification, how to prepare for it, what you should do next, and more.

Nikita: Yeah, we'll get answers to all the big questions. And we're going to get them from Susan Jang. Sue is a Senior Principal OCI Instructor with Oracle University. She has created and delivered training in Oracle databases and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for over 20 years. Hi Sue! Thanks for joining us today.

Sue: Happy to be here!

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Lois: Sue, what training does Oracle have on Autonomous Database? Sue: Oracle University offers a professional-level course called the Oracle Autonomous Database Administration Workshop. So, if you want to learn to deploy and administer autonomous databases, this is the one for you. You'll explore the fundamentals of the autonomous databases, their features, and benefits. You'll learn about the technical architecture, the tasks that are involved in creating an autonomous database on a shared and on a dedicated Exadata infrastructure. You'll discover what is the Machine Learning, you'll discover what is APEX, which is Application Express, and SQL Developer Web, which is all deployed with the Autonomous Database. So basically everything you need to take your skills to the next level and become a proficient database administrator is in this course.

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Nikita: Who can take this course, Sue? Sue: The course is really for anyone interested in Oracle Autonomous Database, whether you're a database administrator, a cloud data management professional, or a consultant.

The topics in the course include everything from the features of an Autonomous Database through provisioning, managing, and monitor of the database.

Most people think that just because it is an Autonomous Database, Oracle will do everything for you, and there is nothing a DBA can do or needs to do. But that's not true. An Oracle Au