The Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2021 Architect Associate exam is designed for individuals who possess a strong foundation knowledge in architecting infrastructure using Oracle Cloud Infrastructure services. This certification covers topics such as: Launching Bare Metal and Virtual Compute Instances, Instantiating a Load Balancer, Using Advanced Database features (Dataguard, BYOL, Data encryption, RAC, and EXADATA), Advanced Networking Concepts, Architecting Best Practices for HA and Security, Identity and Access Management, Networking, Compute, and Storage. This certification validates deep understanding of OCI services to spin up infrastructure and provides a competitive edge in the industry. Up-to-date OCI training and hands-on experience are recommended. This certification is available to all candidates.