Achieving CCIE Collaboration certification proves your skills with complex collaboration solutions. To earn CCIE Collaboration certification, you pass two exams: a qualifying exam that covers core collaboration technologies, and a hands-on lab exam that covers enterprise collaboration solutions through the entire network lifecycle, from designing and deploying to operating and optimizing.

Step 1: Pass the qualifying exam

Implementing and Operating Cisco Collaboration Core Technologies (CLCOR 350-801)

The qualifying exam, Implementing and Operating Cisco Collaboration Core Technologies, focuses on your knowledge of collaboration infrastructure.

The qualifying exam earns a specialist certification, so you can get recognized for your accomplishments along the way.

Recommended training: Implementing and Operating Cisco Collaboration Core Technologies (CLCOR)

Step 2: Pass the lab exam

CCIE Collaboration v2.0

Last date to test: April 26, 2020

The Cisco CCIE® Collaboration lab exam is an 8-hour, hands-on exam which requires candidates to configure, and troubleshoot a series of complex network scenarios.

CCIE Collaboration v3.0

First date to test: April 27, 2020

This 8-hour hands-on lab exam covers the end-to-end lifecycle of complex collaboration infrastructure, from designing and deploying to operating and optimizing.