ServiceNow Certified Administrator. What are next steps?

stryker129 · ‎11-30-2016

Hi guys,

Currently I'm employee and working on a company and I've successfully passed ServiceNow Certified Administrator.

Now I've a several questions:

1. Probably stupid question, but: What are the benefits of this certificate? How can I use it?

2. Is there any pricing related to developer instance? For example, I'd like to buy (have) separate instances for developers and for production purposes.

3. Are there any advantages if I'll pass ServiceNow Developer certification? Do I need to try to pass it? Any reasons would be appreciated?

Sorry if these questions are stupid, but it just my thinking out loud.

Thanks in advance.

Chuck Tomasi · ‎11-30-2016

Hi Ivan,

First, congratulations on passing the System Administrator certification! The benefit is that it shows you are serious about advancing your career skills and have an assessment to prove it.

Regarding developer instances, there is no cost related to the personal developer instances, however these are meant more for learning and sandbox testing over production level work. You CAN do production work, but recognize they don't have the same level of backups, SLA, etc. with them and if left 'unattended' they may be reclaimed. This is where features like Source Control come in very handy.

The Certified Application Developer certification is another level of certification that demonstrates again that you are serious about your career and know your stuff when it comes to building custom applications. Do you NEED to pass it? That's up to you. The market for ServiceNow app creators is growing. The cert. (and experience) gives you a definite advantage.

Finally, these are not stupid questions.

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Chuck Tomasi · ‎11-30-2016

Hi Ivan,

First, congratulations on passing the System Administrator certification! The benefit is that it shows you are serious about advancing your career skills and have an assessment to prove it.

Regarding developer instances, there is no cost related to the personal developer instances, however these are meant more for learning and sandbox testing over production level work. You CAN do production work, but recognize they don't have the same level of backups, SLA, etc. with them and if left 'unattended' they may be reclaimed. This is where features like Source Control come in very handy.

The Certified Application Developer certification is another level of certification that demonstrates again that you are serious about your career and know your stuff when it comes to building custom applications. Do you NEED to pass it? That's up to you. The market for ServiceNow app creators is growing. The cert. (and experience) gives you a definite advantage.

Finally, these are not stupid questions.

stryker129 · ‎12-01-2016

Hello Chuck, thanks for your answer.

But, developer instance will retire in 10 days of inactivity. My question was about any partner program for companies like our where we will have an instance without inactivity limitations? Are there any customer programs on SN? Are they pre-paid? How much do they cost? What are benefits of using it?

Thank you.

Chuck Tomasi · ‎12-01-2016

We have a partner program if you want to check in to that. There is a cost for that.

https://www.servicenow.com/content/dam/servicenow/documents/datasheets/ds-tech-partner-program.pdf https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj09unct9PQ...

Customers have two options. The first is the personal developer instances noted above. The second is to pay for additional developer instances. I don't have costs on that. You should contact your ServiceNow account rep if you are interested in that option.

paulinabednarik · ‎06-01-2018

Hi Chuck,

I've just passed my Administrator exam. And now I wonder what it should be my next step. I've got 7 month experience of working on ServiceNow. What would be the next step/certification?

Thanks!

Kind Regards

Paulina