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Optimizely

Optimizely PaaS Administrator Certification : Free for Everyone

Optimizely has recently launched a free PaaS Administrator Certification.

https://academy.optimizely.com/student/activity/2958208-paas-cms-administrator-certification?sid=a5b1a937-c694-4e99-b753-821bac3d9173&sid_i=0

 

Exam Details:

  • Questions: 50
  • Duration: 60 minutes
  • Passing Score: 80%

In case of failure, you can retake the exam after 24 hours.

  • After passing the exam, Credly will send an email with badge details.
  • Good Luck!

Hope this helps.

Happy Optimizing!

December 8, 2025
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Sitecore

2024 – Contributions

The 2024 year has been great with presenting at Sitecore Symposium, and various Sitecore User Groups worldwide. 

Symposium Presentation: 

 

Blog Posts : 

 

Presentations : 

 

Contributions: 

  • Dec 22, 2023 – Feedback/Review for Sitecore Content Hub Administrator Certification Exam – 
  • Dec 15, 2023 – Feedback for Sitecore MVP Program – 
  • Mar 01, 2024 – Sitecore CDP & Personalize Certification Exam Beta review
  • April 19, 2024 – Reviewed Sitecore Dev 10 Beta Exam

 

 Co-organized SUG-Pittsburgh Meetups: 

 

YouTube – Videos published for SUG – Pittsburgh  

  • Jan 02, 2024 – Abstracting personalization – CP
  • Mar 20, 2024 – Sitecore XM Cloud 101 – A Beginner’s Guide
  • Apr 03, 2024 – From Brainstorm to Brilliance: The Untold Story of Sitecore Hackathon
  • Apr 12, 2024 – Sitecore XM Cloud Forms
  • May 6, 2024 – Achieving Behavioral Personalization with XM Cloud Plus 
  • May 22, 2024 – Sitecore Search and XM Cloud – Experiences and Learnings
  • June 11, 2024 – Tips and Tricks for Next.js and Sitecore Headless
  • Aug 5, 2024 – Content Hub Web Client SDK – Internal & External Integrations
  • Sep 3, 2024 – Sitecore Troubleshooting 101
  • Oct 8, 2024 – 8 Content Migration Pitfalls to Avoid and Lessons Learned

 

Co-organized SUG-Philadelphia Meetups: 

 YouTube – Videos published for SUG – Philadelphia 

 

Conferences I attended: 

  • Symposium 
  • MVP Summit 
  • MVP Lunches   
  • MVP Webinars 
  • All SUG Pittsburgh and Queen City meetups  
  • Many SUG Boston/ Columbus/ Atlantic meetups   

 

Plans for 2026: 

Learn and contribute: 

  • Composable DXP 
  • Sitecore Saas Offerings 
  • Containerization 

Co-organize : 

  • Monthly SUG-Pittsburgh meetup 
  • Quarterly SUG-Philadelphia meetup 

Present: 

  • SUGCON EU/Symposium 
  • SUG Meetups 

Happy New Year! Happy Sitecoring!

December 22, 2024
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Sitecore

My 2023 Reflections

2023 has been a great year – I went to India in the Summer and Minneapolis in the Fall to attend three events – MVP Summit, Sitecore DX, and SUGCON- NA (had a lot of learning in organizing!).

Presentations

Blog Posts

Certifications

  • Jan 2023 – Sitecore Content Hub Admin Certification
  • Mar 2023 – Sitecore Content Hub Developer Certification
  • Sep 2023 – Sitecore XM Cloud Certification

Contributions

  • SUGCON- NA Organizer
  • XM Cloud Beta Training and Feedback
  • XM Cloud Alpha Review Exam
  • User Testing Feedback with Sitecore Search 

Co-organized SUG-Pittsburgh Meetups

Co-organized SUG-QueenCity Meetups

YouTube videos published for SUG – Pittsburgh  

Conferences I attended

  • MVP Summit
  • Sitecore DX
  • SUGCON-NA
  • MVP Sitecore Lunches and Webinars
  • All SUG Pittsburgh and Queen City meetups 
  • Many SUG Boston/ Columbus/ Atlantic meetups  

Plans for 2024 :

Learn and contribute:

  • XM Cloud Plus
  • Sitecore CDP and Personalize

Co-organize :

  • Monthly SUG-Pittsburgh meetup
  • Monthly SUG-QueenCity meetup

Present:

  • SUGCON EU/Symposium
  • SUG Meetups

Happy Sitecoring!

January 2, 2024
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Sitecore

My 2022 Reflections

2022 has been a good year so far – I traveled to India and Chicago for the Sitecore Symposium. Lots of learning and fun!

Presentations:

Blog Posts :

Certifications:   

  • Feb 2022 – Sitecore OrderCloud Certification
  • Apr 2022 – Sitecore 10 System Administrator Certification
  • May 2022 – Sitecore CDP and Personalize Certification

Co-organized SUG-Pittsburgh Meetups :

Co-organized SUG-QueenCity Meetup :

Conferences I attended:

  • Sitecore Symposium
  • Virtual Developer Day
  • MVP Sitecore Lunches
  • All SUG Pittsburgh and Queen City meetups 
  • Many SUG Boston/ Columbus/ Atlantic meetups  

Plans for 2023 :

Learn and contribute:

  • Composable DXP
  • Sitecore Send
  • Sitecore CDP and Personalize

Co-organize :

  • Monthly SUG-Pittsburgh meetup
  • Monthly SUG-QueenCity meetup

Present:

  • Sitecore Virtual Developer Day
  • SUGCON EU/Symposium
  • SUG Meetups

Happy Sitecoring!

December 31, 2022
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CDP&Personalize / Sitecore

Sitecore CDP and Personalize Certification – Tips and Tricks

Sitecore CDP and Personalize Certification - Tips and Tricks

Sitecore CDP and Personalize Certification – Tips and Tricks

Here are some tips and tricks, that helped to get certified in Sitecore CDP and Personalize.

The first step is to register for the Sitecore CDP and Personalization exam and block a date that really helps in achieving the goal.

  1. Go through the documentation once you complete email Sitecore partner enablement partnerenablement@sitecore.com to get access to the sandbox environment.
  2.  The Sitecore Partner Enablement will send an invitation to access the Sandbox. 
  3.  Now go through the instructor-led training along with lab assignments
    Tip: I have used my blog site as a sample site to do assignments. It would be ideal to have a sample commerce site for order-related assignments.
  4. Familiarize with the core concepts and utilize the QA tool to test out various scenarios for Experiences and Experiments.
  5. Make sure to take the quiz after each section, which will give an idea of your understanding of the concepts.
  6. The questions were use case and scenario-based, so understanding the concept is crucial.
  7. The exam has 30 multiple-choice questions that have to be completed in an hour. You will have a good amount of time to revisit the answers.
    Note: Beginning of the exam, It says it has 50 questions, this might be a typo. It has only 30 questions, chill out.

Good luck! Happy Sitecoring!

June 1, 2022
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Sitecore

My 2021 Reflections

Hope everyone got the Covid-19 vaccines and staying safe.  

Here are my contributions for the year – 

Presentations:

Blog Posts :

Award :

  • Experience Awards 2021 (Honorable Mention)  

Certification:   

  • Sitecore 10 .NET Developer Certification  

Contributions :

  • Logged Sitecore Bugs  
    •  CS0208574 Forms are missing in Forms Designer View
    •  CS0206915 High memory utilization on xConnect/Solr server 

Conferences I attended:

  • Symposium
  • SUGCON  
  • Virtual Developer Day
  • MVP Sitecore Lunches  
  • All Pittsburgh SUG meetups 
  • Most of the SUG Boston/ Queen City/ Columbus meetups  

Co-organized SUG-Pittsburgh Meetups :

Co-organized SUG-QueenCity Meetup :

 

Plans for 2021 :

Learn and contribute:

  • Sitecore 10.2
  • Composable DXP
  • Containerization
  • Sitecore Saas Offerings

Co-organize :

  • Monthly SUG-Pittsburgh meetup
  • Monthly SUG-QueenCity meetup

Presentations:

  • Sitecore Virtual Developer Day
  • SUGCON EU/Symposium
  • SUG Meetups

Happy Sitecoring!

 

November 29, 2021
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Sitecore

Sitecore Certification : Exam and Review

I recently took the Sitecore 9.0 Certified Platform Associate Developer exam online and passed with an overall score of 88%.

Here are the steps I have taken to become certified:

  • Took the Developer’s Fundamental Collection online. You can also do it through Instructor-Led or Virtual Classroom options – https://learning.sitecore.com/#homepage-learning-solutions
  • Went through all the modules and lab exercises. When I completed the fifth module, I received an access key in the email to book the exam.
  • You can book the exam in-person in the center or online. I chose online and booked the exam via https://www.webassessor.com/sitecore/index.html
  • This is a proctor guided exam, no book allowed. Also, the exam software Senitel says you should have an external web camera. It worked with the in-built camera on my work computer. So don’t worry about the external camera.
  • The exam has 50 questions and 90 minutes to complete. You can review the answers as many times as you want. I completed the exam in 30 minutes and review the answers in the next 30 minutes and I still have 30 more minutes left!
  • Overall I got a 88% score. Here is my Topic level scoring:

Architecture: 100%
Creating and Editing Items: 100%
Development Environment: 75%
Docs and Support: 100%
Installation: 100%
Publishing: 100%
xManagement: 100%
Field Types: 83%
Media: 100%
Templates: 85%
Versioning: 100%
Presentation: 77%
API: 100%
Modules and Packages: 100%
Performance: 100%
Search: 80%

  • Once you complete you exam, you will receive an email from test center with score and certification pdf file. Good luck!

Note:

  • Sitecore Professional Developer – This examination is for Version 8.2
  • Sitecore Certified Platform Associate Developer – This is for Version 9.0

January 7, 2019
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