Taking the Episerver CMS exam

Knowledge areas

The Episerver CMS exam is based on version 11 and covers the following categories.

Product Knowledge

• Concept
• Editing
• Administering
• Finding information

• Breaking changes in the past two major releases

• New features in the past two major releases

Installation, Operation, and Configuration

• Environment
• Deployment
• Error handling
• License model
• Add-ons
• Multisite
• Digital Experience Cloud Service

Content Model

• Rendering
• Content types and models
• Properties
• Validation
• Content approvals
• A/B testing
• Forms

Creating Websites

• Technical architecture
• Authentication
• Globalization and localization
• Performance and scalability
• Data storage
• Personalization
• Indexed search

Advanced Concepts

• Plug-ins
• Scheduled jobs
• Initialization modules
• Extending the Episerver UI
• Content providers
• Integration
• Notifications

Recommended preparation

To increase your chances of passing the exam, we highly recommend a mixture of training and practical CMS development experience.

Training courses

Depending on whether you are new to Episerver or a merited Episerver developer, we recommend different courses, either combined or separate, as part of your preparations.

• Episerver CMS - Development Fundamentals and 
  Episerver CMS - Advanced Development
  Combining these 3-day courses will give you a solid and deep knowledge on CMS development and will take you from basic to advanced development level. Between the two course occasions you will be able to build on your practical developer experience with real-life web projects.

• Episerver CMS - Developer Boot Camp
  The Boot Camp is a 5-day course, starting from a basic level intensely bringing you from basic to advanced level. The certification exam is included in the course fee.

• Episerver CMS - Developer Masterclass
  The course is aimed at experienced Episerver developers who want to quickly and efficiently become an Episerver Certified Developer. The course will end with the certification exam itself and the exam fee is included in the pricing of the course.

Recommended reading

We recommend that candidates read through the latest versions of the technical documentation and user manuals available on Episerver World.