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Applicare University

Applicare University

Learn Applicare. Build Real Skills. Get Certified.

Build the skills to monitor, troubleshoot, optimize, and manage modern applications with Applicare. Learn through structured courses, hands-on practice, and certification paths designed for beginners through advanced professionals.

4
Progressive certification levels
40+
Focused lessons
Labs
Hands-on practice & a capstone
Verified
Shareable digital badges
Why learn Applicare?

From Monitoring to Mastery

Modern applications need more than basic monitoring. IT teams need to understand what is happening across applications, infrastructure, databases, and user activity—and quickly identify what needs attention.

1
Discover
Understand your application environment.
2
Observe
See application and infrastructure performance.
3
Detect
Identify abnormal behavior and performance issues.
4
Correlate
Connect metrics, events, and application behavior.
5
Diagnose
Find the root cause faster.
6
Respond
Take action before problems impact users.
Skills & real-world outcomes

Build Skills That Matter in the Real World

Application & Infrastructure Monitoring
Understand application health, availability, infrastructure, and resource performance.
Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis
Move from symptoms to underlying causes faster.
Performance Analysis
Identify bottlenecks and understand application behavior.
Database & Dependency Insights
Understand how databases and application dependencies affect performance.
Alerting & Incident Response
Detect issues and respond effectively.
Optimization
Identify opportunities to improve performance and resource efficiency.

Turn Applicare knowledge into practical skills that help teams improve application reliability, performance, and operational efficiency.

Certification journey

Your Path from Beginner to Applicare Expert

Each level builds on the one before it and ends with a graded assessment. Pass, and you earn a verifiable Applicare credential you can add to your résumé and LinkedIn.

1
Beginner
Associate
ACA
Start with the fundamentals.
4–6 hrs · Free
2
Intermediate
Operator
ACO
Build confidence in monitoring and everyday operations.
8–12 hrs · exam + lab
3
Advanced
Professional
ACP
Develop advanced technical and performance skills.
12–16 hrs · exam + 2 labs
4
Expert
Expert
ACE
Master advanced Applicare capabilities.
20+ hrs · proctored + capstone
A credential that proves it.
  • Timed, scenario-based exams — multiple choice plus hands-on labs at higher levels.
  • Passing score of 75% (Associate / Operator) or 80% (Professional / Expert).
  • Expert level adds a proctored exam and a reviewed capstone project.
  • One free retake per attempt window if you don't pass first time.
  • Badges are verifiable online and valid for two years, renewable with continuing education.
🎖
Applicare Certified
Shareable on LinkedIn and embeddable on your site — backed by a public verification link.
Courses & hands-on learning

Learn by Doing

Build practical Applicare expertise through structured courses, hands-on exercises, and real-world monitoring and troubleshooting scenarios.

1
Learn
Guided lessons at your own pace, with knowledge checks along the way.
2
Practice
Hands-on labs against a live Applicare environment.
3
Apply
Pass the certification exam and earn a verifiable digital badge.
Beginner
Applicare Certified Associate
ACA
⏱️ 4–6 hours📝 40-question exam · 75% to pass🎓 Verifiable digital badge
You'll learn
  • Observability fundamentals
  • Platform tour & navigating the dashboard
  • Metrics, logs & traces
  • Monitoring your first application
Certification
Associate (ACA) credential
Intermediate
Applicare Certified Operator
ACO
⏱️ 8–12 hours📝 50 questions + 1 lab · 75%🎓 Verifiable digital badge
You'll learn
  • Service flow & topology mapping
  • App Analyzer & HTTP transactions
  • Alerts, definitions & blackouts
  • Dashboards, KPIs & database monitoring
Hands-on lab
1 practical lab included
Certification
Operator (ACO) credential
Advanced
Applicare Certified Professional
ACP
⏱️ 12–16 hours📝 60 questions + 2 labs · 80%🎓 Verifiable digital badge
You'll learn
  • ArcIn AI root-cause analysis
  • IntelliSense anomaly detection
  • IntelliTune auto-remediation
  • Integrations, synthetic monitoring & SLOs
Hands-on labs
2 practical labs included
Certification
Professional (ACP) credential
Expert
Applicare Certified Expert
ACE
⏱️ 20+ hours📝 Proctored exam + capstone · 80%🎓 Premium verifiable badge
You'll learn
  • Reference architecture & scale
  • Multi-cloud & Kubernetes
  • Security posture & capacity planning
  • Capstone: design a full deployment
Hands-on capstone
Reviewed capstone project
Certification
Expert (ACE) credential
Pricing

Simple, per-certification pricing.

For everyone
Associate
ACA
Free
Includes guided lessons + exam📝 40-question exam · 75%
Enroll free →
For SREs & platform engineers
Operator
ACO
$149
Includes lessons, 1 lab + exam📝 50 questions · 75%
Enroll — $149 →
For senior & AIOps engineers
Professional
ACP
$299
Includes lessons, 2 labs + exam📝 60 questions · 80%
Enroll — $299 →
For architects & leads
Expert
ACE
$499
Includes lessons + capstone📝 Proctored exam · 80%
Enroll — $499 →
Training a team? Volume licensing, private cohorts, and instructor-led sessions are available for enterprises.
Enterprise training

Build Applicare Expertise Across Your Team

Give your organization a consistent way to build Applicare expertise across administrators, engineers, operators, and technical leaders.

Private Cohorts
Run a dedicated certification cohort for your team, at your own pace.
Instructor-Led Sessions
Live, guided training sessions for administrators, engineers, and operators.
Volume Licensing
Certify your whole team with volume-based enterprise pricing.
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Start Your Applicare Journey

Whether you're new to Applicare or ready to become an expert, Applicare University gives you a clear path to build practical skills and get certified.