Certification path

The logical Nutanix journey - start at the Associate level, build the Professional core with NCP-MCI and climb to Master; the NCP specializations branch off NCP-MCI. At the top, NCX is earned through a technical dossier and an oral defense rather than an exam.

Associate

NCA

Professional (core)

NCP-MCI

Master

NCM-MCI

Expert

NCX

Associate (Services)

NCS Core

Professional specializations

Data Protection NCP-BC Security NCP-NS Storage NCP-US Automation NCP-MCA Database NCP-DB Kubernetes NCP-CN Artificial Intelligence NCP-AI Cloud Clusters NCP-CI AWS Cloud Clusters NCP-CI Azure VDI NCP-EUC