You can see it againUnder pressure people bring back shapes and positions long after the wording has gone.
Picture superiority · Shepard 1967, Standing 1973
ATLASSIANAtlassian Cloud Organization Admin
The Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin certification validates your ability to manage Atlassian cloud at the organization level—covering user and group management, admin roles, and advanced features like custom email and admin APIs. It is designed for administrators responsible for security, policies, and global settings across their organization's Atlassian cloud environment. Earning this credential demonstrates you have the foundational skills to confidently operate and govern Atlassian cloud at scale.
Exam formatMultiple choice with single correct answer and two distractors
Duration90 minutes
DeliveryCertiverse
Free questions219
Content last reviewed 30 July 2026 · Up to date
The certification
What ACP-520 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.
4domains
9objectives
60concepts
US $249exam fee
What it is
What this certification is
What it validates, who it is written for, and the experience it assumes.
About this certification
The Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin (ACP-520) certification is a foundational credential for administrators who manage Atlassian cloud at the organization level. It validates your ability to handle key administrative tasks such as managing users and groups, configuring admin roles, and implementing advanced features like custom email domains and admin APIs. The exam is designed to test your practical knowledge and decision-making in real-world scenarios, ensuring you can effectively support your organization's Atlassian cloud environment.
This certification is ideal for those in their first 6–12 months as a Cloud Org Admin, providing a structured path to demonstrate your skills and advance your career. By earning this credential, you show employers that you have the expertise to manage Atlassian cloud securely and efficiently, making you a valuable asset to any team.
Who it’s for
This certification is for administrators who manage Atlassian cloud at the organization level, including tasks like user management, security, policies, and global settings. It is ideal for those responsible for overseeing multiple sites and products, managing user access, and configuring advanced features across their organization's Atlassian environment. If you are an Atlassian administrator looking to formalize your skills and gain recognition for your ability to operate at the organization level, this certification is designed for you. It is also suitable for IT professionals who support Atlassian tools and want to deepen their understanding of cloud organization administration.
Recommended experience
Atlassian recommends that candidates have 6–12 months of experience as a Cloud Organization Admin before taking the exam. Hands-on experience managing Atlassian cloud organizations, including user and group administration; Familiarity with admin roles and permissions across Atlassian cloud products; Understanding of advanced features such as custom email configuration and admin APIs; Practical experience with Atlassian administration documentation and test environments
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
Organization Settings
- Manage Atlassian organization settings
- Verify domains
Atlassian Access and Authentication
- Configure Atlassian Access
- Configure SAML single sign-on
- Configure SCIM user provisioning
Users, Groups, and Admin Roles
- Manage users and groups
- Assign admin roles
Product Access and Security Controls
- Manage product access
- Configure security controls
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-520
CertificationAtlassian Cloud Organization Admin
Exam formatMultiple choice with single correct answer and two distractors
Duration90 minutes
Questions45 questions
DeliveryCertiverse
LanguagesEnglish
PricingUS $249
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 Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin
Credential earnedAtlassian Cloud Organization Admin Certification 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 Certiverse, 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
How is the updated ACP-520 exam different from the original version?
The updated ACP-520 exam, launched in 2026, has a new format with 45 questions and a 90-minute duration. Each question is direct with a single correct answer and two distractors. The content has been refreshed to reflect the evolution of the Atlassian cloud platform.
Is there a practice exam available for ACP-520?
Yes, Atlassian has launched the first-ever practice exam for ACP-520 in Certiverse. It can be taken up to two times for free, requires no secure browser or proctoring, and mirrors the style and difficulty of the real exam.
Do I need to have a lower-level Atlassian certification before taking ACP-520?
No, there are no mandatory prerequisites for ACP-520. However, Atlassian recommends having 6–12 months of experience as a Cloud Organization Admin.
What are the online proctoring requirements for the ACP-520 exam?
For the online proctored exam, you must have a clear room and desk, and you should run the pre-check on your system well in advance to ensure equipment compatibility. Log in to the exam as soon as you are able to avoid day-of technical difficulties.
Can I take the ACP-520 exam at a testing center?
The updated ACP-520 exam is proctored online only, so you take it from the convenience of your home or office. Testing center availability may vary, but the official exam page indicates online proctoring as the primary delivery method.
What job roles does the Atlassian Cloud Organization Admin certification map to?
This certification is designed for administrators responsible for managing Atlassian cloud at the organization level, including tasks like user management, security, policies, and global settings. It is ideal for Cloud Org Admins and IT professionals supporting Atlassian tools.
How soon can I retake the ACP-520 exam if I fail?
The official retake policy for ACP-520 is not published on the exam page. It is recommended to check the Certiverse platform or contact Atlassian University for specific retake waiting periods.
Are there any discounts or vouchers available for the ACP-520 exam?
Atlassian has offered discounts on certification exams and prep courses in the past. For current pricing and any available discounts, refer to the official Atlassian University certification page.
Information freshness · Content last reviewed on 2026-07-30 Up to date
Practice free questions 219 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.
4domains
9objectives
60concepts
47free 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
1Organization Settings59 questions
2Atlassian Access and Authentication96 questions
3Users, Groups, and Admin Roles42 questions
4Product Access and Security Controls22 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 Atlassian organization settings7 pagesOpen →
Free in front of it
33 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
219 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.
219questions
47pages
9objectives
Freealways
Browse by domain
Every objective, and every page range, is a link — so you can pick up exactly where you left off.
1Organization Settings59 questions
2Atlassian Access and Authentication96 questions
3Users, Groups, and Admin Roles42 questions
4Product Access and Security Controls22 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.
60concepts
219free 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.
4official links
60concepts 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 — 9 objectives, 60 concepts written under them, and free questions against every one. When Atlassian changes the outline, this page changes with it.
9objectives on the outline→60concepts written→219free 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.