Is Cantrill’s DevOps Pro Course Actually Updated for DOP-C02?
A direct look at Adrian Cantrill’s AWS DevOps Engineer Professional course, what changed with DOP-C02, and whether the content is current enough for serious exam prep.
Short answer: yes. Adrian Cantrill’s AWS DevOps Engineer Professional course has been substantially updated for the current DOP-C02 exam. It is not a DOP-C01 course with a re-labelled cover. The lesson list, scenario work, and practice material were reworked around the current AWS exam guide, and the course page tracks ongoing changes.
Why this keeps coming up
AWS retired DOP-C01 and moved to DOP-C02 in 2023. The current exam leans harder into event-driven automation, multi-account operations, incident response, and hands-on troubleshooting under pressure. That shift made a lot of older DevOps Pro courses suddenly feel thin where the new exam goes deep.
If you are comparing courses, the question is not just 'is it updated?' but 'does the instructor treat updates as a real curriculum change or a patch?' Cantrill falls into the first camp.
What a proper update looks like
For the DevOps Professional course, a proper update means the content maps cleanly to the current exam guide and pushes beyond exam trivia. In Cantrill’s case, the update includes:
DOP-C02-aligned lessons rather than retired DOP-C01 references.
Scenario-driven labs for CI/CD pipelines, approval flows, and operational automation.
Coverage of modern AWS deployment, observability, and security guardrails.
That matters because the DOP-C02 exam is less about memorising service limits and more about choosing the right operational design under constraints.
How to verify the current state
Don’t take the course page headline as the only signal. Two checks are worth your time:
1. Open the [Cantrill DevOps Professional course page](https://learn.cantrill.io/p/aws-certified-devops-engineer-professional) and look for a DOP-C02 marker or changelog entry.
2. Compare the course outline against the [official AWS DevOps Engineer Professional exam guide](https://aws.amazon.com/certification/certified-devops-engineer-professional/).
Adrian also documents what changed in the course as AWS updates the exam guide. That changelog is the closest thing to a definitive 'yes, it’s current.' The community on [r/AWSCertifications](https://www.reddit.com/r/AWSCertifications/) generally treats the course as current for DOP-C02 and notes that the deeper operational demos hold up well for the exam.
Should you rely on it alone?
For most experienced AWS engineers, Cantrill’s DevOps Pro course is strong enough to form the core of your prep. But the DevOps Professional exam rewards hands-on comfort with deployment pipelines, remediation workflows, and multi-account operations. Pair the course with AWS Console reps, especially CodePipeline, CodeDeploy, CloudWatch, EventBridge, AWS Config, and Systems Manager. Add a high-quality practice exam set to expose weak operational areas.
Bottom line
Yes, Cantrill’s DevOps Professional course has been properly updated for DOP-C02. Check the changelog yourself before purchasing, but the outdated-course concern that surrounded some older DevOps Pro material does not apply here.