You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
Picture superiority · Shepard 1967, Standing 1973
ATLASSIANConfluence Administration for Cloud
The Confluence Administration for Cloud certification validates your expertise in configuring and managing Confluence Cloud sites and spaces for your team. It is designed for Confluence administrators who want to prove their ability to support effective collaboration. Earning this credential demonstrates advanced, role-based knowledge and carries Atlassian's global recognition, helping you stand out as a trusted expert.
Exam formatMultiple choice
DeliveryAtlassian University
Free questions378
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What ACP-220 proves, and what it asks of you
What this certification covers, who it is written for, and what the exam itself looks like on the day.
7domains
16objectives
115concepts
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Confluence Administration for Cloud certification validates your ability to configure and manage Confluence sites and spaces, ensuring your team can collaborate effectively. This role-based certification is crafted for Atlassian solution administrators and highlights the advanced skills needed to manage a Confluence Cloud environment.
Earning this credential proves your expertise in the day-to-day administration of Confluence, from setting up spaces to managing site settings. It is part of Atlassian's Certified Professional program, designed to provide global recognition for your skills and help you advance your career as a trusted Confluence expert.
Who it’s for
This certification is for Confluence administrators who want to prove their expertise in configuring and managing Confluence sites and spaces for their team. It is designed for professionals who are responsible for the administration of their organization's Confluence Cloud environment. You are likely a current or aspiring Confluence Cloud admin looking to validate your skills, enhance your professional credibility, and demonstrate your ability to support effective team collaboration.
Recommended experience
Atlassian recommends combining documentation review, independent study, real-world experience, and free on-demand training to prepare for the exam. Real-world experience administering Confluence Cloud; Review of official Atlassian documentation; Independent study of Confluence administration topics; Completion of free on-demand training from Atlassian University
The syllabus
What you’ll learn
Every domain and objective Atlassian measures, with the weight they carry on the exam.
The official Atlassian exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
Access and Permissions
- Manage users and groups
- Configure space permissions
- Configure page and content restrictions
Space Setup and General Settings
- Set up Confluence spaces
- Configure general site settings
- Manage space templates and blueprints
Site Configuration
- Configure global Confluence site settings
- Manage apps and integrations
Content Administration
- Administer content across spaces
- Manage archiving and content retention
Security and Data Management
- Configure security controls
- Manage data residency and backups
Automation Rules
- Configure automation rules
- Manage automation components and triggers
Look and Feel
- Customize the look and feel of Confluence
- Configure themes and site appearance
On the day
The exam itself
Everything Atlassian publishes about sitting it, and nothing we inferred.
Prerequisites
No mandatory prerequisites — this certification has no required predecessor exam or credential.
Exam codeACP-220
CertificationConfluence Administration for Cloud
Exam formatMultiple choice
DeliveryAtlassian University
LanguagesEnglish
After you pass
Where this credential goes next
The path Atlassian lays out, how the credential is kept, and where to book.
Step-by-step path to Confluence Administration for Cloud
Credential earnedConfluence Administration for Cloud Certification Renewal and maintenance
Atlassian certifications must be renewed periodically to remain valid. Stay current with the latest technologies and maintain your certification.
Learn more about renewal requirements Lifecycle status
This certification is currently active and available. Atlassian maintains this certification to validate current skills and industry relevance.
Exam status: ActiveMaintained by Atlassian
Exam registration
Register for the exam through Atlassian University, Atlassian’s authorized testing partner.
Schedule your examVisit the official Atlassian certification page for exam policies and requirements.
View the official pageYour coach
And when you are serious, your coach Pip takes over
Your coach in the app reads what you have answered with the book closed and tells you one thing to do tonight. It will not count an answer you gave with the page open, and it will tell you when you are not ready.
See how the coach worksBefore you book
Questions people ask
Is the Confluence Administration for Cloud certification related to the Confluence Essentials certification?
Yes. The Confluence Essentials certification is a related credential for users, while the Confluence Administration for Cloud certification is a Professional-level credential for administrators. They are part of the same certification family but validate different skill sets.
Do I need to earn a lower-level Atlassian certification before taking ACP-220?
No. ACP-220 is a Professional-level exam that can be taken directly. While the Confluence Essentials certification is a related credential, it is not a mandatory prerequisite.
How should I prepare for the ACP-220 exam?
Atlassian recommends combining documentation review, independent study, real-world experience, and free on-demand training from Atlassian University to get exam-ready.
What job roles does the Confluence Administration for Cloud certification map to?
This certification is designed for Confluence administrators who are responsible for configuring and managing Confluence sites and spaces for their teams.
Can I recertify by passing a different Atlassian exam?
Atlassian certifications must be renewed periodically. The specific renewal method, including whether passing a different exam qualifies, is not detailed in the official exam materials.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 378 questions, free, no account needed.
The curriculum
The whole exam, mapped and written
Every domain, every objective, and every concept Atlassian measures — each one written out.
7domains
16objectives
115concepts
82free pages
The domains, and what sits inside them
Every objective below is a page you can open and practise now, without an account.
The official Atlassian exam outline · checked 30 July 2026 · See the source
1Access and Permissions79 questions
2Space Setup and General Settings75 questions
3Site Configuration61 questions
4Content Administration51 questions
5Security and Data Management27 questions
6Automation Rules49 questions
Not a table of contents
Every line on this map already opens
In front of every objective the practice pages are already there, free and without an account. This is one objective, opened.
Manage users and groups6 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
29 questions on this objective, five to a page. Every range above is a real page, open now, with no account.
Reading the map is not the same as knowing the ground
The curriculum tells you what is on the exam. Proving you know it is a different job — and it is the one the closed-book run does.
Free questions
378 questions. No account, no card.
The whole bank is open. 5 questions to a page, every answer explained, and a discussion thread on each one.
378questions
82pages
16objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Access and Permissions79 questions
2Space Setup and General Settings75 questions
3Site Configuration61 questions
4Content Administration51 questions
5Security and Data Management27 questions
6Automation Rules49 questions
What a practice page gives you
1Five to a page
Short enough to finish, long enough to matter.
2Every answer explained
Not only which one is right — why the others are wrong.
3A discussion on each
Ask, answer, and vote. Every question has its own thread.
A question, and the idea behind it
Every question comes from a concept
These are not trivia. Each one is written against a concept in the book, so when you get one wrong there is somewhere to go and find out why.
The visual book
See it once. Carry it into the exam.
The pages shown here come from our AI-900 book — an example of how each concept is written in plain language and, where the idea needs one, drawn as a full page you can take in at a glance.
115concepts
378free questions
Why a picture, and not another paragraph
Three reasons, and each one is a real finding rather than a slogan.
You can see it againThe whole idea at onceWhere it starts, what happens in the middle, what comes out, and the mistake to avoid.
Multimedia principle · MayerThe look-alikes sit togetherThe pairs the exam tests are drawn side by side, so the difference is seen, not told.
Dual coding · PaivioWhat one page is made of
You are never asked to read a poster here — only to see how one is built. After that, every other page is legible at a glance.
1A numbered strip on top
The idea as a sequence, followed with a finger before a word is read.
2Panels for the parts
What it is, how the machine learns it, when it is the right tool.
3The trap, framed
The distinction the exam tests, given its own box instead of buried in prose.
4One line at the bottom
The sentence to carry into the exam room.
Open book, on purpose
Answer it with the picture beside you
This is the part that teaches. The illustration and the written explanation stay where they are while you work, so a scenario stops being a memory test and becomes something you can simply look at.
It teaches · it does not count
A smartphone uses AI to unlock when the owner looks at the camera. Which AI capability is being used?
AImage classification
BFacial recognition
COptical character recognition
DObject detection
Look at the five steps. Detect finds a face, align straightens it, encode turns it into numbers, search compares it with a stored face, and decide answers one question: is this the same person? Classification would only say “a face”. Detection would only draw a box. Neither decides whose.
Then the page shuts, and it starts counting
The same questions come back with the book closed — that run is the one that counts. After it, your coach picks one thing for tonight, sized to the time you have, and brings pages back before you lose them.
Testing effect · Roediger & Karpicke 2006 · spacing effect · Cepeda et al. 2006
Official resources
Straight from Atlassian
Where the exam is defined, scheduled and scored.
2official links
115concepts mapped
The source
Atlassian’s own pages
We link to them rather than repeat them, so nothing here goes stale behind them.
Checked against the source
Every objective on the official Atlassian outline already has questions here
We build from the official skills outline, not from a summary of it — 16 objectives, 115 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Atlassian changes the outline, this page changes with it.
16objectives on the outline→115concepts written→378free questions
An official page tells you what will be asked. It cannot tell you what you will get right.
That is the only question worth answering the night before, and no link answers it. You answer it by taking the questions with the book closed, and seeing what comes back.