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About the credential

Confluence Essentials is for current and future Confluence users who want to power their career growth by proving they understand how to create, organize, and collaborate on work effectively in Confluence, including:

  • Basic Confluence terms

  • Navigating in Confluence

  • Creating and managing pages in Confluence

  • Enhancing pages in Confluence

  • Using Atlassian Intelligence in Confluence

  • Exploring advanced features in Confluence

  • Collaborating on pages in Confluence

  • Using whiteboards in Confluence

  • Searching for pages in Confluence

Note that this ACA does not include any user, space, or site administration and does not include integration with Jira or Jira Service Management.

This certification is intended for the following users:

  • Current and future users of Confluence Cloud

  • Atlassian partners who provide solutions and/or training to Atlassian Cloud customers

When you earn a certification in Confluence Essentials, you show that you can:

  • Interpret Confluence terms and their relationship to features such as spaces, pages, and macros.

  • Understand basic and advanced editing features to create organized content.

  • Execute searches for page content using basic and advanced search to locate specific pages.

  • Create pages utilizing templates to have predefined structure to adhere to established formats.

  • Create engaging content by utilizing Atlassian Intelligence, formatting, and macros.

  • Manage pages including sharing, copying, moving, and archiving to keep spaces organized.

  • Discover advanced Confluence features including Databases, Calendars, and Whiteboards to enable more advanced use cases for team collaboration.

  • Utilize best practices for using Confluence and keeping spaces organized.

Topics covered

  1. Intro to Confluence terms and navigation ~ 12%

  2. Creating pages and basic editing ~ 35%

  3. Advanced editing ~ 15%

  4. Working with pages ~ 35%

  5. Advanced features ~ 8%

Exam specifics

Price: $100
Exam Time: 60 minutes
Questions: 25
Passing Score: 72%
Location: Proctored online or in-person

Atlassian recommends a mixture of review of documentation, self-study, and our free on-demand training.

Free on-demand training

We’ve put together a collection of free self-paced courses in the Confluence Essentials certification path. Complete the path to become fully prepared to take the exam.

Exam scheduling

  1. Review how to schedule and take an exam.

  2. Schedule your exam in the certification portal.

  3. Review information on how to prepare your environment for the exam and what test aides are permitted.

  4. Mark your calendar, get plenty of rest, and do your best!

Certification maintenance

Atlassian certifications are valid for 24 months.

To learn how to renew your certification, please visit the Maintain your certification page.

Contact us

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