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Certification paths
How the certifications fit together
1
SLES 15 foundation
- SUSE Certified Administrator in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 (2025 Update)sca_sles15_2025Current baseline admin certification.
2
Advanced Linux administration
- SUSE Certified Engineer in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15sce_sles_15Engineer-level track above SCA; requires SCA 12 or 15.
3
Stackable specializations
- SUSE Certified Engineer in SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability 15sce_sle_ha_15HA track that stacks after SCA 15.
- SCE in SLES for SAP Applications 15sce_sap_15_1 / sce_sap_15_2Two-part SAP specialization that requires the HA engineer certification.
What changed
The timeline
- 2004-07-01
CLE and CLP are formalized: Novell describes CLE as a hands-on Linux Services certification for SLES 8 and says CLP is the practical launch point into the CLE track.
- 2004-12-09
CLE study guide preview is published: Novell's official study guide preview presents CLE as a practical Linux credential and reinforces the company's early CNE and CNA certification history.
- 2022-03-07
SUSE certification family is clarified: SUSE groups its certification catalog around SCA, SCE, SCDS, and SCA+ and routes exams through Questionmark with Clarus and Accredible for records and badges.
- October 31, 2024
SLES 12 SP5 general certifications ended
- December 31, 2024
SLES 15 SP5 general certifications ended
- 2025-01-01
SCA in SLES 15 2025 Update is announced: The current SCA 15 update is targeted for January 2025 and aligns with the SLE201v15 administration course.
- March 12, 2025
Storage for Virtualization certification framework launched
- March 19, 2025
Temenos Core gets SUSE Rancher Prime certification
- 2025-04-30
Earlier SCA 15 exam version is retired: SUSE states that the earlier SCA 15 exam version is retired on 30 April 2025.
- April 30, 2025
SUSE Edge 3.4 course replaces the v3 path
- July 28, 2025
Data Protection for Virtualization certification framework launched
- November 4, 2025
SCK 10.0 becomes required for new YES submissions
- December 31, 2025
SLES 15 SP6 general certifications end in LTSS
- January 27, 2026
SUSE Virtualization adds Lenovo storage certification
- January 30, 2026
Rancher Manager 2.7/2.8 path retires for Rancher Prime
- February 19, 2026
SUSE Virtualization adds Dell storage certification
- June 8, 2026
SCK 10.01 released for YES submissions (Virtualization 1.8)
- July 31, 2026
RKE2 provisional path ended
- July 31, 2026
SLE201v16 now requires SCA in SLES 16; SLES 15 auth ends
- October 31, 2027
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS ends
- December 31, 2027
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS ends
- December 31, 2028
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS ends
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