That's a wrap - OCI Certifications 2021

Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis. 🙂And all done 🥳Here, you can find a list of links to help you achieve these certifications:How to study for 1Z0-1085-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2021 Associatehttp://alexzaballa.blogspot.com/2021/06/how-to-study-for-1z0-1085-21-oracle.htmlHow to study for 1z0-1067-21 - Oracle...

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How to study for 1Z0-1104-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Security 2021 Associate

 Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis. 🙂Some questions on this new exam are very similar to 1z0-1070-21!Not sure what they will do in the future, I think if Oracle is planning to maintain both exams, these exams should be...

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How to study for 1Z0-1093-21 - Oracle Cloud Database Services 2021 Specialist

Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis. 🙂This exam is completely new and harder than 1z0-998-20/1z0-1044-20!A good start point is here:https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/become-an-oracle-cloud-database-services-specialist/35644/91401I...

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How to study for 1Z0-997-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 Architect Professional

 Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis. 🙂A lot of new and very well elaborated questions on this exam!A good start point is here:https://www.thatfinnishguy.blog/2019/11/28/how-i-studied-for-the-oracle-cloud-infrastructure-2019-certified-architect-professional-1z0-997/and...

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How to study for 1z0-1070-21 - Oracle Cloud Platform Identity and Security Management 2021 Specialist

Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂A good start point is here:https://medium.com/@arunksingh16/oracle-cloud-platform-identity-and-security-management-notes-7edbda93c5d5You can the pdfs and videos here:https://learn.oracle.com/ols/learning-path/become-a-cloud-security-administrator/35644/38707Here you can find some sample questions...

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How to study for 1z0-1076-21 - Oracle Cloud Platform Systems Management 2021 Specialist

 Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂The best start point is here:http://courtneyllamas.com/omc-resources/Some great blog posts:https://medium.com/@nassyambashahttps://talesfromthedatacenter.com/category/oracle-managment-cloud/You...

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How to study for 1Z0-1072-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 Architect Associate

 Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂The questions on this exam are completely new and very well elaborated.About the new exam process, it was much easier than PearsonVue.I decided to take this exam today at 12:00 PM and...

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How to study for 1Z0-1089-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 HPC and Big Data Solutions Associate

 Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂On this test, I was not expecting to see new things (comparing the exam topics with the previous one). I got between 3 to 5 new questions.Of course, I don't remember the question...

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How to study for 1z0-1094-21 - Oracle Cloud Database Migration and Integration 2021 Specialist

Hi all,This is a new exam and it's great to test your knowledge.I have the impression that this exam was different from the previous tests.This exam privileges the knowledge acquired on a daily basis much more than the knowledge acquired in preparation for the test.On this preparation material, I missed having something about how to analyze the workload of environments before migration and how this impacts the decision of choosing the shape and type...

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How to study for 1z0-931-21 - Oracle Autonomous Database Cloud 2021 Specialist

 Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂From 2019 to 2020 exams, the only one that completely changed was the Autonomous Database Exam and I was expecting the same from 2020 to 2021 exams (You can check this by analyzing the...

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How to study for 1Z0-1088-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 Enterprise Workloads Associate

 Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂On this test, I was not expecting to see new too many new things and it was the case, I got between 3 to 5 new questions.Of course, I don't remember the question from the 2020 exam (did...

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How to study for 1Z0-1084-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Developer 2021 Associate

Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂I'm taking the tests after midnight, having two boys, it's the only quiet time at home :)On this test, I was not expecting to see a lot of new things and it was the case, I got between...

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How to study for 1z0-1067-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 Cloud Operations Associate

 Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂I'm taking the tests after midnight, having two boys, it's the only quiet time at home :)On this test, I was not expecting to see new things(Comparing the exam topics with the previous...

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How to study for 1Z0-1085-21 - Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations 2021 Associate

Hi all,I decided to take all the 2021 OCI exams to check what changed and guide people in the process of taking these certifications.Well, not all the exams. I will do only the ones that I did in 2019/2020 and are the things that I work on a day-to-day basis 🙂I'm taking the tests after midnight, having two boys, it's the only quiet time at home :)Since the Oracle Cloud certifications are valid for 18 months (24 months for other vendors),...

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How to study for Google Professional Data Engineer (GCP)

 Hi all,Some people were asking me how to study for Google Professional Data Engineer certification!The first place to go is: https://cloud.google.com/certification/data-engineerMake sure you achieve 100% on sample questions before seat to take the exam.This book is a great starting point to understand the GCP concepts: https://www.amazon.com/Official-Google-Certified-Professional-Engineer/dp/1119618436I also did this course: https://googlecourses.qwiklabs.com/I'm...

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