AWS Partner - Ways to get free AWS Credits

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AWS Certification - Associate level cert earns $300 per employee cert and Pro / Speciality gets $500 which is sent to the partner once every quarter.

WAR Remediation Accelerator Pilot Program 

1. Milestone 1: Receive $5,000 USD AWS Credits if you achieve 40% or above Remediation Rate as reflected in the WA Dashboard on September 31st, 2023, at 5:00pm PST, with at least 10 additional reviews during the Apr 1st to Jun 30th 2023.
2. Milestone 2: Receive $5,000 USD AWS Credits if you achieve 50% or above Remediation Rate as reflected in the WA Dashboard on September 31st, 2023, at 5:00pm PST, with at least 15 additional reviews during the July 1st to September 30th 2023

* Amazon Web Services (“AWS”) reserves the right to modify or cancel the offer at any time.
* AWS reserves the right to disqualify you from participating in this Offer if we determine in our sole discretion that you do not comply with any of these Terms and Conditions.
* Offer is non-transferable and may not be resold.
* If you violate any of these terms and conditions, the offer will be invalid.

Additional Reference:

WAPP Workflow and Funding Guide

AWS Well-Architected Service Credit Request Form 
Please take note that there is a 30-days SLA for the issuance of Service Credit by our program team. 

For Well-Architected Training Schedule: 

• AWS Partner: Well-Architected Best Practices (Technical)
• AWS Partner: Advanced AWS Well-Architected Best Practices (Technical)

How to view your company’s current HRI remediation rate? 
You can view your current 2023 HRI remediation rate in your Partner Central dashboard. (Sign in to Partner Central > Go to “Programs” > Go to “Program Application” > Search for Well-Architected Partner Program and click “Update Program” > You can view your company dashboard)

WAR Compliance Accelerator Campaign 

[Note: The one enrolled for WAR Remediation Accelerator Pilot Program is not eligible for this.]

Pre-requisite for partners: Must use an automation tool and have a published Well-Architected offering on marketplace.

Milestone 1: Receive $5,000 USD AWS Credits when the partner achieves 25 or above Workloads and Remediates 65 HRIs as reflected in the WA Dashboard, with at least 10 additional reviews and a remediation rate of 34% during the October 10 to December 10, 2023 (Known as “Campaign Period”).

Milestone 2: Receive another $5,000 USD AWS Credits when the partner achieves 30 or more workloads and 70 HRIs Remediated as reflected in the WA Dashboard, with at least 15 additional reviews during October 10 to December 10, 2023. 

For the purpose of counting the performance in this pilot, we will take the Compliance snapshot found in your WAPP Dashboard on Partner Central on October 9, 2023, at 5:00pm PST (close of business) as the basis of calculating Milestone 1 and 2. 

You can view your current 2023 HRI Compliance in your Partner Central dashboard. (Sign in to Partner Central > Go to “Programs” > Go to “Program Application” > Search for Well-Architected Partner Program and click “Update Program” > You can view your company dashboard)