CCIE Collaboration Blueprint Change Announced

Effective January 23, 2018 Cisco will be incorporating a new version of its CCIE Collaboration exam blueprint into both the written and lab exams. Those who are scheduled to take the CCIE Collaboration exam prior to this date will not be affected by the blueprint change.

For those who are scheduled to take the CCIE Collaboration exam on or after July 23, 2018 here are the major changes you can expect to see:

New segmentation of topics among exam domains
Removal and addition of some key topics in both the written and lab exams
The lab exam format will be 100% virtual with no physical technologies use

Domain Level Changes:

The v2.0 CCIE Collaboration exam will be split into 8 domains unifying the written and lab exam topics. What this means is that instead of having 9 domains in the written exam and 7 in the lab exam, candidates will be tested on topics in only 8 domains total across both exams. In version 2.0 of the CCIE Collaboration exam, instructions will explicitly state which domains pertain to which exam, and the relative weight of each domain.

Topics Added in v2.0:

Collaboration APIs

Cisco Expressway dial plan

Cisco Unified Communications Mobile and Remote Access

Cisco Spark Hybrid Services

Single-Sign-On

Ad-hoc and rendezvous conferencing on Cisco Meeting Server

Topics Removed in v2.0:

Digital telephony signaling: BRI/CAS/R2/NFAS

H.323 Registration, Admission, and Status (RAS) and gatekeepers

Cisco Mobile Voice Access (MVA)

Cisco Service Advertisement Framework (SAF) and Call Control Discovery (CCD)

IOS basic automatic call distribution (B-ACD}

Exam Format Changes:

The written exam format will stay the same with only the topics changes incorporated, the lab exam format however will be extremely different. In version 2.0 of the CCIE Collaboration Exam most devices will be virtualized. Additionally, there will no longer be any physical IP phones on candidates’ exam desktops - IP phones will be remotely controlled from the candidate's PC.

For further information on the CCIE Collaboration exam blueprint updates visit the Cisco website.