ZCP Training and Certification

# Learn ZCP. Prove it.

A ZSoftly-issued certification program with four levels. Learning paths and hands-on labs are free and run on ZCP. Exams are paid. Results are verifiable. Practitioner opens in January 2027.

[Register interest](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/contact)

[Read why we are building it](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/blog/why-we-are-building-zcp-training-and-certification)

## Four levels

Learning paths and labs are free. Exams are paid.

Practitioner
Opens first

How ZCP is organised

CAD 100

exam fee

Learning path and labs: free

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- Delivery

  Online exam, honour code
- Audience

  Anyone who works with the platform
- Launch

  January 2027

[Register interest](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/contact)

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Covers

- Accounts, projects and regions
- Compute, storage and networking basics
- Kubernetes on ZCP
- Billing and the CLI

Associate

Build and operate workloads

CAD 250

exam fee

Learning path and labs: free

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- Delivery

  Live proctored exam
- Audience

  Engineers running production on ZCP
- Launch

  After Practitioner

[Register interest](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/contact)

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Covers

- Deploying and operating VMs and Kubernetes
- Private networking, VPCs and load balancing
- Backups, snapshots and recovery
- Monitoring and day-two operations

Professional

Design platforms on ZCP

CAD 300

exam fee

Learning path and labs: free

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- Delivery

  Live proctored exam
- Audience

  Architects and senior engineers
- Launch

  After Associate

[Register interest](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/contact)

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Covers

- Platform design and migrations
- Multi-region patterns
- Security and identity
- Cost and capacity planning

Tracks

Networking

Storage

PaaS

DevOps

Expert

Hybrid and multi-cloud

CAD 500

exam fee

Learning path and labs: free

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- Delivery

  Live proctored exam
- Audience

  Lead architects
- Launch

  After Professional

[Register interest](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/contact)

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Covers

- Hybrid cloud with ZCP and on-premises platforms
- Multi-cloud with ZCP beside hyperscalers
- Governance, resilience and exit planning
- Capacity, performance and fleet operations

Tracks

Hybrid Cloud

Multi-Cloud

## How it works

Learning path

### Free and self-paced

Work through each level at your own speed. The learning path costs nothing.

Labs

### Hands-on on ZCP

Practise in a sandbox on ZCP with free lab credits. You use the same console, CLI and API as customers.

Exam

### Online, then proctored

Practitioner is an online exam under an honour code. Live proctoring starts at Associate. A beta exam sets the pass mark.

Badge

### Verifiable results

A pass earns a certificate and a digital badge, each with a public verification page.

## Training partners and collaborators

We cannot reach every learner ourselves, so we want partners to teach these courses. Training companies, college programs, user groups and consultancies are welcome to deliver ZCP courses in Canada and worldwide. Partners get their own space on the platform, with their own learners, branding and reports.

 [Tell us about your audience](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/contact)

## Where it runs

Everything will run on ZCP in Canada. Learner records, results, certificates and backups will stay in Canada, with disaster recovery copies in a second Canadian region. The learning platform is Moodle with its IOMAD distribution, open source under the GPL.

Get started

## Start building on sovereign cloud today.

Start with CA$100 in credit. Earn up to CA$300 as you spend. No long-term contract.

[Start building for free](https://cloud.zcp.zsoftly.ca/register)

[Talk to our team](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/contact)

Eligible new accounts only · CA$200 spend unlocks CA$200 more, up to CA$300 · Offer ends Dec 31, 2026 · Prepaid adds a CA$1 verification payment, credited to your account · [Terms apply](https://zcp.zsoftly.ca/legal/terms#launch-credit) · ZSoftly Technologies Inc., Ottawa ON