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Certification study guides, free
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. 74 available, free to read. For practice questions, browse the certification catalogue.
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AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Amazon Web Services AIF-C01
Foundational AI and generative AI knowledge for the AWS AI Practitioner exam.
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.
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.
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.
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.
AI Governance Professional (AIGP)
IAPP AIGP
Comprehensive AI governance knowledge for the IAPP Certified AI Governance Professional exam.
Claude Certified Developer - Foundations
Anthropic CCDV-F
Building, integrating, and shipping production applications with the Claude API, the Agent SDK, Claude Code, custom tools and MCP servers.
Claude Certified Architect - Foundations
Anthropic CCAR-F
Agentic architecture, MCP tool design, Claude Code configuration, structured output, and reliability, for architects who make production tradeoff decisions with Claude.
Google Cloud Professional Machine Learning Engineer
Google Cloud PMLE
Build, deploy, scale, and monitor machine learning and generative AI solutions on Google Cloud.
GitHub Copilot
GitHub GH-300
Use GitHub Copilot effectively and responsibly across the IDE, CLI, and chat.
Microsoft 365 Certified: Copilot and Agent Administration Fundamentals
Microsoft AB-900
Microsoft 365 core services, Purview data protection and governance, and the day-to-day administration of Copilot and agents.
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
Microsoft AI-901
Responsible AI, model selection and AI workloads, then building generative, agentic, speech, vision and information-extraction solutions with Microsoft Foundry.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
ISC2 CISSP
Advanced security-practitioner certification covering all eight (ISC)2 CISSP domains, from security and risk management to software development security.
ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional
ISC2 CCSP
Cloud architecture, data security, platform and application security, operations, and legal risk for the ISC2 Certified Cloud Security Professional exam.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity
ISC2 ISC2-CC
Entry-level cybersecurity foundations across security principles, access controls, network security, and operations.
CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004)
CompTIA CS0-004
Defensive cybersecurity analyst certification covering security operations, vulnerability management, incident response, and reporting for the CompTIA CySA+ CS0-004 (V4) exam.
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Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E)
IAPP CIPP-E
Master European data protection law and GDPR compliance for the IAPP CIPP/E certification.
Certified Information Privacy Professional/US (CIPP/US)
IAPP CIPP-US
US privacy law and information management knowledge for the IAPP CIPP/US exam.
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Google Cloud Professional Data Engineer
Google Cloud PDE
Design, build, and manage data processing systems on Google Cloud.
Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
Microsoft AZ-104
Associate-level certification covering administration of Azure identities, storage, compute, networking, and monitoring.
Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals (DP-900)
Microsoft DP-900
Foundational certification covering core data concepts and relational, non-relational, and analytics workloads on Azure.
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.
Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate (MD-102)
Microsoft MD-102
Associate-level certification covering device enrollment and identity, Windows deployment with Autopilot, endpoint security and updates, app management, and automated endpoint operations with Microsoft Intune.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Microsoft AZ-900
Foundational certification covering cloud concepts, Azure architecture and services, and Azure management and governance.
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.
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.
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.
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services CLF-C02
Foundational AWS Cloud knowledge spanning cloud value, security and compliance, core services and billing.
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.
Databricks Certified Data Engineer Associate
Databricks Data-Engineer-Associate
Associate-level certification covering ingestion with Auto Loader and Lakeflow Connect, PySpark and SQL transformation, Lakeflow Jobs orchestration, CI/CD with bundles, and Unity Catalog governance on the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tableau Certified Data Analyst
Tableau Analytics-DA-201
Connecting and preparing data, calculations and analysis, dashboards and stories, and publishing to Tableau Cloud and Server for the Tableau Certified Data Analyst exam.
Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
Cloud Native Computing Foundation KCNA
Kubernetes core concepts, container orchestration, application delivery, and the cloud native ecosystem, for the entry point to the CNCF certification ladder.
Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer
Google Cloud GCP-ACE
Deploy, secure, and operate applications and infrastructure on Google Cloud.
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
HashiCorp TF-Associate-004
Infrastructure as Code with Terraform: the core workflow, configuration, modules, state management, and HCP Terraform, for practitioners proving day-to-day Terraform fluency.
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Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA)
National Healthcareer Association CCMA
Master the clinical, administrative, and patient-care skills tested on the NHA Certified Clinical Medical Assistant exam.
Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam (PTCE)
PTCB PTCE
Comprehensive pharmacy technician knowledge across medications, federal law, patient safety, and order processing.
AAPC Certified Professional Coder (CPC)
AAPC CPC
Comprehensive CPT, ICD-10-CM, and HCPCS Level II medical coding knowledge for the AAPC Certified Professional Coder exam.
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IRS Enrolled Agent - SEE Part 1: Individuals
IRS / Prometric SEE-1
Comprehensive individual taxation knowledge for the IRS Special Enrollment Examination Part 1.
IRS Enrolled Agent - SEE Part 2: Businesses
IRS / Prometric SEE-2
Comprehensive business taxation knowledge for the IRS Special Enrollment Examination Part 2.
IRS Enrolled Agent - SEE Part 3: Representation, Practices and Procedures
IRS / Prometric SEE-3
Comprehensive representation, practice, and procedure knowledge for the IRS Special Enrollment Examination Part 3.
FINRA Securities Industry Essentials (SIE)
FINRA SIE
Foundational securities industry knowledge - capital markets, products and risks, trading, accounts, and the regulatory framework - for the FINRA SIE exam.
FINRA Series 7 (General Securities Representative)
FINRA Series-7
Comprehensive general securities representative knowledge for the FINRA Series 7 qualification examination.
IIA Certified Internal Auditor - Part 1: Essentials of Internal Auditing
The Institute of Internal Auditors CIA-1
Foundations, ethics, governance, risk, control, and fraud risk knowledge for Part 1 of the IIA Certified Internal Auditor exam.
IIA Certified Internal Auditor - Part 3: Internal Audit Function
The Institute of Internal Auditors CIA-3
Internal audit operations, the audit plan, function quality, and engagement results and monitoring knowledge for Part 3 of the IIA Certified Internal Auditor exam.
IIA Certified Internal Auditor - Part 2: Internal Audit Engagement
The Institute of Internal Auditors CIA-2
Engagement planning, information gathering and analysis, supervision, and communication knowledge for Part 2 of the IIA Certified Internal Auditor exam.
Certified Financial Planner (CFP) Examination
CFP Board CFP
The eight Principal Knowledge Domains of the CFP exam - conduct and regulation, planning fundamentals, insurance, investments, tax, retirement, estate and the psychology of financial planning - with every answer explained, right and wrong.
IT Service Management2
ITIL 4 Foundation
PeopleCert / Axelos ITIL-4
Foundational service management knowledge across the ITIL 4 key concepts, four dimensions, service value system, guiding principles, and practices.
ServiceNow Certified System Administrator (CSA)
ServiceNow CSA
Platform navigation, instance configuration, lists and forms, self-service and automation, data and access control, and integration on the Now Platform, for the ServiceNow CSA mainline exam.
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PMI Project Management Professional (PMP)
PMI PMP
People, process, and business-environment project management across predictive, agile, and hybrid approaches for the PMI Project Management Professional exam.
PMI Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)
PMI CAPM
Foundational project management knowledge across predictive, agile, and business analysis approaches for the PMI CAPM examination.
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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA 200-301)
Cisco 200-301
Foundational networking knowledge across switching, routing, IP services, security, and automation for the Cisco CCNA 200-301 exam.
CompTIA Network+ (N10-009)
CompTIA N10-009
Foundational networking knowledge - OSI model, addressing, routing, operations, security, and troubleshooting - for the CompTIA Network+ N10-009 exam.
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CompTIA A+ Core 1 (220-1101)
CompTIA 220-1101
Foundational hardware, networking, mobile device, and troubleshooting knowledge for the CompTIA A+ Core 1 exam.
CompTIA A+ Core 2 (220-1102)
CompTIA 220-1102
Operating systems, security, software troubleshooting, and operational procedures for the second exam of the CompTIA A+ certification.
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How to study well (any cert)
Three short guides on the habits that decide a pass, whichever exam you sit:
- How to tell you are ready to sit the exam - read your scores by domain, not as a single number.
- How certification exam questions are written - answering the MOST or BEST option the way the vendor expects.
- Why it matters that wrong answers are explained - each wrong answer is a second lesson.