Certification roadmaps
Some credentials need one exam. These need several — a core exam plus a concentration, a prerequisite associate certification, or a pair that must be passed together. Each track page sets out which exams count, in what order, and what each one adds.
Credentials that map to a single exam do not get a separate page here: the exam page already covers everything there is to say about them.
The two-exam entry credential for IT support roles, covering hardware and networking in Core 1 and operating systems and security in Core 2.
CompTIA
Microsoft’s Azure architecture credential, earned by holding the Azure Administrator Associate certification and passing the AZ-305 design exam.
Microsoft
The professional-level enterprise networking credential: one core exam plus a concentration exam of your choice across routing, SD-WAN, design and wireless.
Cisco
Professional-level Cisco security: the SCOR core exam plus one concentration covering firewalls, identity services, email security or VPNs.
Cisco
An expert credential combining an Azure associate certification with AZ-400, covering delivery pipelines, infrastructure as code and instrumentation.
Microsoft
A two-stage hands-on credential: pass RHCSA to prove you can administer RHEL, then EX294 to prove you can automate it with Ansible.
Red Hat
Microsoft’s senior security credential, earned by holding one associate security certification and passing the SC-100 architecture exam.
Microsoft
The CNCF recognition awarded for holding all five Kubernetes certifications — CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA and KCSA — at the same time.
CNCF
The administrator progression: earn the Administrator credential first, then Advanced Administrator for complex sharing, automation and analytics.
Salesforce
The developer progression from Platform Developer I to Platform Developer II, covering Apex, Lightning Web Components and integration at scale.
Salesforce
A two-exam credential covering Windows Server administration across on-premises and Azure, from core infrastructure to high availability and migration.
Microsoft
An expert Microsoft 365 credential combining a prerequisite associate certification with the MS-102 tenant administration exam.
Microsoft
A two-exam security operations credential covering advanced detection and response plus digital forensics and incident response.
Cisco
The two-exam Oracle DBA credential, covering core administration in the first exam and backup, recovery and multitenant management in the second.
Oracle
The Power Platform architecture credential, earned by holding a functional consultant or developer certification and passing PL-600.
Microsoft
The professional data centre credential built on the DCCOR core exam, covering Nexus and ACI networking, UCS compute and storage networking.
Cisco
The professional automation credential for network engineers who write code, built on the DEVCOR core exam plus a concentration.
Cisco
The professional collaboration credential built on the CLCOR core exam, covering call control, endpoints, gateways and quality of service.
Cisco
The professional carrier networking credential built on the SPCOR core exam, covering MPLS, segment routing and provider-scale services.
Cisco