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V2

Cloud Essentials+

CompTIA Cloud Essentials+ validates your foundational knowledge of cloud computing and its business impact, including cloud concepts, business principles, management, governance, risk, and security. This certification will be permanently retired as part of CompTIA’s product alignment efforts, with the last day to take the exam on September 25, 2025. Schedule and complete your exam before this deadline to earn the certification.

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Cloud Essentials+ (V2) exam objectives

Cloud concepts (24%) 

  • Service models: understanding software as a service (SaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), and platform as a service (PaaS).
  • Deployment models: exploring public, private, and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Shared responsibility model: explaining the roles of cloud providers and users.

Business principles of cloud environments (28%)

  • Financial aspects: analyzing capital expenditures (CapEx), operating expenditures (OpEx), and subscription models.
  • Vendor relations: evaluating service-level agreements (SLAs), training, and support options.
  • Cloud migration: comparing lift-and-shift, hybrid, and phased approaches.

Management and technical operations (26%) 

  • Cloud operations: managing resources, monitoring performance, and optimizing workloads.
  • Automation and orchestration: implementing tools for provisioning, scaling, and configuration management.
  • Disaster recovery: planning backup strategies, failover processes, and recovery testing.

Governance, risk, compliance, and security for the cloud (22%) 

  • Risk management: assessing and mitigating risks in cloud environments.
  • Compliance: understanding data sovereignty, regulatory concerns, and certifications.
  • Security: implementing encryption, access controls, and vulnerability assessments.

 

Exam details

  • Exam version: V2

  • Exam series code: CLO-002

  • Launch date: November 2019

  • Number of questions: maximum of 75 questions

  • Types of questions: multiple-choice

  • Length of test: 60 minutes

  • Passing score: 720 (on a scale of 100-900)

  • Languages: English and Japanese

  • Recommended experience: 6–12 months of work experience as a business analyst in a tech environment, with some exposure to cloud technologies

  • Retirement: September 25, 2025

Skills learned

  • Understand service models, deployment models, and shared responsibility to grasp foundational cloud concepts.

  • Evaluate financial impacts, manage vendor relations, and develop migration strategies to align with business principles.

  • Implement data management, optimization techniques, and DevOps practices for effective cloud management and operations.

  • Assess risks, ensure compliance, and apply security measures to strengthen governance and security.

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