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When I am Veeam 12 certified (VMCE), do I need to to take the whole VMCE+ exam?

  • August 18, 2026
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Hello,

I did my Veeam 12 (VMCE) exam in September 2025 and passed it.

Now when I would like to do VMCE+, I understood that I do not have to do the VBR Training, only Veeam One and Orchestrator.

But do I have to do the complete Exam, including VBR?

Best regrards,

Michael

Best answer by Jonty

Hi ​@Michael Funke 
I hope you keeping well. I use ​@Federica post to help with my understanding here. 

In there she said(you can skip right to the last paragraph) but as far as I understand you are required to do all training except the VBR and then the Exam
 

To earn VMCE+, you complete three trainings:

  1. Veeam Backup & Replication: Configure, Manage, and Recover (VBR)
  2. Veeam Data Platform: Monitor, Manage, Analyze (Veeam ONE)
  3. Veeam Data Platform: Scale, Automate, Secure (Veeam Orchestrator)

The courses are available through the Veeam University PRO eLearning subscription, with instructor-led options available only for the Backup & Replication course. There may be an option to have the Veeam ONE and Veeam Orchestrator training instructor-led as well, but there is still no fixed date on the go-to-market.

 After each training you complete, you earn a badge.

 

Complete all three and pass the exam, and you earn the VMCE+ certification badge:

For existing VMCE holders, there is no automatic upgrade, you will need to complete the three new v13-aligned trainings to become eligible for VMCE+. The good news: if you are VBR v12 or v13 trained, or VMCE v12 certified, you can skip the VBR training this time.

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Jonty
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  • August 18, 2026

Hi ​@Michael Funke 
I hope you keeping well. I use ​@Federica post to help with my understanding here. 

In there she said(you can skip right to the last paragraph) but as far as I understand you are required to do all training except the VBR and then the Exam
 

To earn VMCE+, you complete three trainings:

  1. Veeam Backup & Replication: Configure, Manage, and Recover (VBR)
  2. Veeam Data Platform: Monitor, Manage, Analyze (Veeam ONE)
  3. Veeam Data Platform: Scale, Automate, Secure (Veeam Orchestrator)

The courses are available through the Veeam University PRO eLearning subscription, with instructor-led options available only for the Backup & Replication course. There may be an option to have the Veeam ONE and Veeam Orchestrator training instructor-led as well, but there is still no fixed date on the go-to-market.

 After each training you complete, you earn a badge.

 

Complete all three and pass the exam, and you earn the VMCE+ certification badge:

For existing VMCE holders, there is no automatic upgrade, you will need to complete the three new v13-aligned trainings to become eligible for VMCE+. The good news: if you are VBR v12 or v13 trained, or VMCE v12 certified, you can skip the VBR training this time.


Chris.Childerhose
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  • August 18, 2026

Yes you have to write the exam otherwise you don't get the certificate. 😂 


Federica
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  • August 18, 2026

Hello,

I did my Veeam 12 (VMCE) exam in September 2025 and passed it.

Now when I would like to do VMCE+, I understood that I do not have to do the VBR Training, only Veeam One and Orchestrator.

But do I have to do the complete Exam, including VBR?

Best regrards,

Michael

Hi ​@Michael Funke VMCE and VMCE+ are two different exams. So yes, you have to take the VMCE+ if you want to reach that certification.

Requirements for certification are bein trained in:

  1. Veeam Backup & Replication: Configure, Manage, and Recover (VBR)
  2. Veeam Data Platform: Monitor, Manage, Analyze (Veeam ONE)
  3. Veeam Data Platform: Scale, Automate, Secure (Veeam Orchestrator)


Because you are VMCE v12 certified you can skip the VBR requirement and go straight to Veeam Veeam Data Platform: Monitor, Manage, Analyze (Veeam ONE).

 


coolsport00
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  • Veeam Legend
  • August 18, 2026

@Michael Funke - you are correct. Because you have a current VMCE on v12, you do not need to take the VBR v13 Course; only the VONE & VRO Courses. 

But, the VMCE+ exam covers ALL THREE topics. There is only one VMCE+ exam. Ther are no separate exams with only certain products in it. So yes, when you register to take the VMCE+ exam, it will cover all 3 products.

Let us know if you have any further questions.

Best on the exam!


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  • August 18, 2026

@Michael Funke - you are correct. Because you have a current VMCE on v12, you do not need to take the VBR v13 Course; only the VONE & VRO Courses. 

But, the VMCE+ exam covers ALL THREE topics. There is only one VMCE+ exam. Ther are no separate exams with only certain products in it. So yes, when you register to take the VMCE+ exam, it will cover all 3 products.

Let us know if you have any further questions.

Best on the exam!

Is there a question pool for VMCE+ ?


coolsport00
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  • August 18, 2026

Is there a question pool for VMCE+ ?

No Michael. There are some VMCE practice questions spread throughout here on the VMCE+ Study Hall page from last yr you can look over. But that’s about all there is that I’m aware of.


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  • August 18, 2026

I did the VMCE v12 certification 18 months ago. In the past few weeks I completed the latest VONE & VRO on-demand training in prep for the VMCE+ exam.  I noticed the VBR on-demand training course (in the same place where I just completed the VONE & VRO on-demand training) is all VBR v12 subject matter, some of it which is quite old material, and at the end of it there’s a “What’s new in VBR v13” section. It was mentioned above that there is a VBR v13 training course, is that right?

I think I still have access to a set of VMCE v12 practice questions from 18+ months ago. Are those practice questions/quizzes any good to use as study preparation for the VBR topics in the VMCE+ exam? 

Regards, George.


Chris.Childerhose
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  • August 19, 2026

Yeah the v13 stuff is at the end of the v12 materials and hopefully they make it all v13.  The older quiz stuff is of some benefit but there is a lot of new stuff in the new exam.


  • New Here
  • August 19, 2026

Thanks Chris. So reading between the lines - am I right in saying that most of the VBR related questions in the VMCE+ exam are based on v12 of the VBR product, as there still isn’t a full VBR v13 training course?


Chris.Childerhose
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  • Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
  • August 19, 2026

Not really as there are based on v13 mostly as well as other products in the training.  Trust me. 😉


  • New Here
  • August 19, 2026

Ok. So there’s little point in studying/going through the currently available VBR training - except for the “what’s new in VBR v13” content - because it’s all v12 product based and the VBR questions in the VMCE+ exam are v13 based. Am I right?


Chris.Childerhose
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  • Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
  • August 19, 2026

Yes that is what I would suggest.


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  • August 19, 2026

Thanks. And as mentioned above in this thread, there are currently no VBR v13 practice questions/quizzes, nor is there any overall VMCE+ practice questions/quizzes available, correct? The ones “spread throughout the study hall from a year ago” are most likely not of much help in prep for VMCE+ exam by the sounds of it?


Chris.Childerhose
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  • Veeam Legend, Veeam Vanguard
  • August 19, 2026

That's correct.