Cisco recently announced changes to Ccie Collaboration track in the form of V2.0 major update. If you recall, in its current format, CCIE Collaboration exam consists of the following eight sections (in addition to Evolving Technologies which had its own revision to v1.1).

V1.0 Sections (8)

• Cisco Collaboration Infrastructure
• Telephony Standards and Protocols
• Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM)
• Cisco IOS UC Apppcations and Features
• Quapty of Service and Security in Cisco Collaboration Solutions
• Cisco Unity Connection
• Cisco Unified Contact Center Express
• Cisco Unified IM and Presence

Cisco dubbed this update as a major update which means that scope of content changes are of the order of 50%+.

Now, compared to CCIE Collaboration v1.0, the above eight domains have undergone significant update both in terms of the content (i.e. sections/topics) and weights. Let me summarize.

CCIE Collaboration Written and Lab Exams Section Name Changes (V2.0)

V2.0 Sections (7)

• Protocols and APIs
• Infrastructure and Quality of Services
• Call Control and Dial plan
• Endpoints, User Management, and Mobility
• Edge Services
• Media Resources, Meetings, and Call Recording
• Collaboration Applications

CCIE Collaboration Written and Lab Exams Section Weight Changes (V2.0)

• Protocols and APIs
  • Weight (Written Exam): 12%
  • Weight (Lab Exam): 12%
• Infrastructure and Quality of Services
  • Weight (Written Exam): 10%
  • Weight (Lab Exam): 11%
• Call Control and Dial plan
  • Weight (Written Exam): 20%
  • Weight (Lab Exam): 24%
• Endpoints, User Management, and Mobility
  • Weight (Written Exam): 10%
  • Weight (Lab Exam): 10%
• Edge Services
  • Weight (Written Exam): 16%
  • Weight (Lab Exam): 18%
• Media Resources, Meetings, and Call Recording
  • Weight (Written Exam): 12%
  • Weight (Lab Exam): 12%
• Collaboration Applications
  • Weight (Written Exam): 10%
  • Weight (Lab Exam): 13%

CCIE Collaboration Written and Lab Exams Topic Changes (V2.0)

Topics Added

• Collaboration APIs
• Cisco Expressway dial plan
• Cisco Unified Communications Mobile and Remote Access
• Cisco Spark Hybrid Services
• Single-Sign-On
• Ad-hoc and rendezvous conferencing on Cisco Meeting Server

Topics Removed

• Digital telephony signaling: BRI/CAS/R2/NFAS
• H.323 Registration, Admission, and Status (RAS) and gatekeepers
• Cisco Mobile Voice Access (MVA)
• Cisco Service Advertisement Framework (SAF) and Call Control Discovery (CCD)
• IOS basic automatic call distribution (B-ACD}

CCIE Collaboration Written and Lab Exams Hardware and Software Versions Changes (V2.0)

The CCIE Collaboration v2.0 lab exam equipment and software does away with Physical device footprint in favor of virtualization. In addition, there will no longer be any physical IP phones on exam takers' desktops - IP phones will be remotely controlled with the help of PC equipped with a headset for questions that require audio verifications. In v2.0, Cisco Unified Communications Manager version 12.0 will be used.

Please note that CCIE Collaboration Written and Lab Exams changes outlined in v2.0 are slated to take effect on July 23 2018.

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