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How to pass each certification: a domain-by-domain breakdown, a sequenced study plan, exam-day tips, and how to judge when you are ready to book. 45 available, free to read. For practice questions, browse the certification catalogue.

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AIStudy guide

AWS Certified AI Practitioner

Amazon Web Services AIF-C01

Foundational AI and generative AI knowledge for the AWS AI Practitioner exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 15 objectives · free guideFree
AIStudy guide

NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Generative AI LLMs

NVIDIA NCA-GENL

Foundational generative AI and large language model knowledge for the NVIDIA-Certified Associate Generative AI LLMs exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 22 objectives · free guideFree
AIStudy guide

NVIDIA-Certified Associate: AI Infrastructure and Operations

NVIDIA NCA-AIIO

Foundational AI infrastructure and operations knowledge - GPU architecture, the NVIDIA software stack, data centre networking, and operations - for the NVIDIA-Certified Associate AI Infrastructure and Operations exam.

3 domains · 22 objectives · free guideFree
AIStudy guide

NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Generative AI Multimodal

NVIDIA NCA-GENM

Foundational multimodal generative AI knowledge across text, image, and audio for the NVIDIA-Certified Associate Generative AI Multimodal exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

7 domains · 23 objectives · free guideFree
AIStudy guide

NVIDIA-Certified Associate: Accelerated Data Science

NVIDIA NCA-ADS

GPU-accelerated data science with RAPIDS, cuDF, cuML, XGBoost, and Dask for the NVIDIA-Certified Associate Accelerated Data Science exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

8 domains · 40 objectives · free guideFree
AIStudy guide

AI Governance Professional (AIGP)

IAPP AIGP

Comprehensive AI governance knowledge for the IAPP Certified AI Governance Professional exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 24 objectives · free guideFree
AIStudy guide

Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer

Google Cloud PMLE

Build, deploy, scale, and monitor machine learning and generative AI solutions on Google Cloud, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

6 domains · 14 objectives · free guideFree
AIStudy guide

GitHub Copilot

GitHub GH-300

Use GitHub Copilot effectively and responsibly across the IDE, CLI, and chat, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

6 domains · 21 objectives · free guideFree

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SecurityStudy guide

FCP - FortiGate Administrator

Fortinet FCP-FGT-AD

Applied FortiGate configuration, operation, and day-to-day administration knowledge for the Fortinet Certified Professional FortiGate Administrator exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 17 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)

ISACA CISM

Management-focused information security certification covering governance, risk, programme management and incident response for the ISACA CISM exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 35 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC)

ISACA CRISC

Risk-focused ISACA certification covering governance, IT risk assessment, risk response and reporting, and the technology and security knowledge a risk practitioner needs, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 35 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

CompTIA Security+ (SY0-701)

CompTIA SY0-701

Foundational cybersecurity certification covering security concepts, threats and mitigations, security architecture, operations, and program management for the CompTIA Security+ SY0-701 exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 28 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)

ISACA CISA

Audit-focused certification covering the IS audit process, governance and management of IT, systems acquisition and implementation, operations and resilience, and protection of information assets for the ISACA CISA exam, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 25 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)

(ISC)2 CISSP

Advanced security-practitioner certification covering all eight (ISC)2 CISSP domains, from security and risk management to software development security, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

8 domains · 62 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals (SC-900)

Microsoft SC-900

Foundational certification covering security, compliance, and identity concepts and the capabilities of Microsoft Entra, Microsoft security solutions, and Microsoft Purview, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 14 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator (SC-300)

Microsoft SC-300

Associate-level certification covering identity and access administration with Microsoft Entra: user and workload identities, authentication, Conditional Access, and identity governance, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 24 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect (SC-100)

Microsoft SC-100

Expert-level certification covering the design of Zero Trust security strategy, security operations, identity, infrastructure, and application and data protection across Microsoft and hybrid multicloud environments, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 14 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

Microsoft Security Operations Analyst (SC-200)

Microsoft SC-200

Associate-level certification covering security operations with Microsoft Sentinel and Microsoft Defender XDR: configuring automation and detections, responding to incidents across Defender workloads, and threat hunting with KQL, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

3 domains · 19 objectives · free guideFree
SecurityStudy guide

GitHub Advanced Security (GH-500)

GitHub GH-500

Application-security certification covering GitHub Secret Protection, supply chain security, Code Security with CodeQL, security operations, and enterprise administration, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

6 domains · 28 objectives · free guideFree

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CloudStudy guide

Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer

Google Cloud PDE

Design, build, and manage data processing systems on Google Cloud, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 20 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

Microsoft AZ-104

Associate-level certification covering administration of Azure identities, storage, compute, networking, and monitoring, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 15 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)

Microsoft DP-900

Foundational certification covering core data concepts and relational, non-relational, and analytics workloads on Azure, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 11 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Microsoft Power Platform Fundamentals (PL-900)

Microsoft PL-900

Foundational certification covering the business value and core components of Microsoft Power Platform including Power Apps, Power Automate, and Power Pages, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 12 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Microsoft 365 Administrator (MS-102)

Microsoft MS-102

Associate-level certification covering deployment and management of a Microsoft 365 tenant, identity and access, threat protection with Defender XDR, and compliance with Microsoft Purview, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 12 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst (PL-300)

Microsoft PL-300

Associate-level certification covering preparing, modeling, visualizing, and analyzing data and deploying assets in Microsoft Power BI, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 12 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Designing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305)

Microsoft AZ-305

Professional-level certification covering design of identity, governance, monitoring, data storage, business continuity, and infrastructure solutions on Azure, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 12 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions (AZ-400)

Microsoft AZ-400

Expert-level certification covering DevOps process design, source control, build and release pipelines, security and compliance, and instrumentation across Azure DevOps and GitHub, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 24 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft AZ-900

Foundational certification covering cloud concepts, Azure architecture and services, and Azure management and governance, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

3 domains · 11 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

Amazon Web Services SAA-C03

Associate-level AWS certification covering secure, resilient, high-performing and cost-optimised architecture design on AWS, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 32 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

AWS Certified CloudOps Engineer - Associate

Amazon Web Services SOA-C03

Associate-level AWS certification for deploying, operating and troubleshooting workloads on AWS: monitoring and remediation, reliability and business continuity, automation, security operations and networking, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 32 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Amazon Web Services DVA-C02

Associate-level AWS certification for developers who build, deploy, secure and troubleshoot cloud-native applications on AWS, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 32 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Amazon Web Services CLF-C02

Foundational AWS Cloud knowledge spanning cloud value, security and compliance, core services and billing, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 30 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional

Amazon Web Services SAP-C02

Professional-level AWS certification covering organisational complexity, new solution design, continuous improvement, and workload migration and modernisation, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

4 domains · 31 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional

Amazon Web Services DOP-C02

Professional-level AWS certification for designing and automating delivery pipelines, infrastructure as code, resilience, observability and security at scale on AWS, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

6 domains · 34 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

SnowPro Core Certification (COF-C03)

Snowflake COF-C03

Foundational Snowflake certification covering the AI Data Cloud architecture, access and governance, data loading, performance, and data collaboration, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 28 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Microsoft Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate (DP-600)

Microsoft DP-600

Associate-level certification covering the design, preparation, securing and modelling of enterprise analytics solutions in Microsoft Fabric, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

3 domains · 21 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

GitHub Actions (GH-200)

GitHub GH-200

Associate-level GitHub certification covering workflow authoring, action development, enterprise-scale management and secure, optimised automation with GitHub Actions, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

5 domains · 32 objectives · free guideFree
CloudStudy guide

Microsoft Fabric Data Engineer (DP-700)

Microsoft DP-700

Associate-level certification covering implementing data engineering solutions using Microsoft Fabric: ingesting and transforming data, securing and managing an analytics solution, and monitoring and optimising it, with a worked explanation on every practice question.

3 domains · 26 objectives · free guideFree

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