CompTIA Cloud+ Essentials Retirement Date?

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Hi IT Pro TV:

What the retirement date for the CompTIA Cloud+ Essentials (CV0-001) Exam? Some websites says its June 12 2020 and another one says its July 31 2020? I can't any info on the comptia website? Dan L.

@Daniel-Loyer ,

I hope all is well. So a few things on this...

First, the exam number for the ORIGINAL version of the Cloud+ Essentials exam is CL0-001, not CV0-001.

Second, CompTIA DOES NOT have an official announcement posted about a retirement date as of now, but they typically will move to retire an older exam within 6 - 12 months of the new one being made available, and the CL0-002 exam was launched approx. 6 months ago ( November of 2019 ).

The sooner the better if you are looking to take the older exam would be the way to go here.

Good Luck !!

Cheers,

Adam

@Adam-Gordon

Hi Adam:

I got this info from an email from (howtonetwork.com) and it states that `the old exam (Cl0-001) Cloud Essentials will expire on July 31 2020. Then on another website (https://www.getcertified4less.com/Cloud-Exam-Vouchers-s/215.htm) their saying the Cloud Essentials expires on June 12, 2020, this is very confusing, which is right?

Dan Loyer

@Daniel-Loyer,

I think you'll have to take into consideration what Adam mentioned about an official announcement. Neither of the 2 companies you mentioned have been authorized to announce a retirement date. So those companies are doing a guess as much as we would be if we were to try predict the real date without an official announcement.

In our day and age, anything that "sounds" or in case "reads" as official language doesn't necessarily mean it is. I would only trust a date when you see an email from CompTIA or see it at their certification website.

Dear ITProTV:

Its Confirmed by CompTIA, the CompTIA Cloud Essentials CL0-001 will retire on June 12 2020, hoping to have the deadline of the exam extended till July or Aug 2020, very disappointed when I got the email, today (May 12, 2020) only 5 weeks left not sure if that's enough time to study for this exam?


@Daniel-Loyer,

You've got time for the Cloud Essentials if you will schedule your time. Because of this published date now. I would schedule it soon..or that date will not be a deadline it will appear suddenly as you think there is plenty of time.

Hi IT Pro or Ronnie:

Any ideas or Suggestions as to how I could find practice tests/exams for the CompTIA Cloud Essentials CLO-001? Neither Measure=up or Kaplan offer these practice exam on their website? Or should I go with a Voucher Seller Or Provider that sells vouchers with a second attempt (reply) which can be a bit more expensive.

@Daniel-Loyer,

The only one I could find that was non-braindump was from CompTIA itself: https://www.comptia.org/training/certmaster-practice/cloud-essentials
It's 69.00 USD.

@Ronnie-Wong

Hi Ronnie:

Thanks for trying, I did checked out the link that you posted but it pointed to the CLO-002? and not the ClO-001? I know that the CLO-001 is 60 min and 50 Questions but is there major differences between the two exams with the exception of the number of questions, Is CLO-002 much harder than the CLo-001 Exam? Since finding any CLO-001 Practice exam are harder to find, is it worth the cost to buy a Voucher with a Second Reply (like most Microsoft Exam) if I fail one exam I could try a second time with the free voucher?

Dan Loyer

@Daniel-Loyer,

My assumption if you're not finding one, it is because the exam was not as popular for the practice exam makers to choose to produce it more than it's original iteration, if there were any at all.

This depends on your confidence level. There is no harm is getting a second exam voucher...especially if it's not tied directly to the exam. You might be able to use it for another exam, possibly? Not sure. So that if you pass it, you can use it on another exam.