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CMS SaaS Advanced (Developer) Exam Blueprint

The CMS SaaS Advanced (Developer) exam has 20 multiple-choice questions, one scenario and one rationale question. You have 90 minutes and need 70% overall to pass. It covers 7 domains: Content Management and Publishing; Security, Access Control, and User Management; Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment; Content Delivery and APIs; Personalization and Targeting; Content Modeling and Structure; and Developer Experience and Extensibility. You need CMS SaaS Core first. Certifications are valid for about one year.

This exam is for
Developer
Implements solutions — builds and ships production code

You build and ship — implementing features with the SDKs and APIs, configuring the platform as code, and debugging real integrations. This exam confirms hands-on implementation skill: knowing the actual API surface, SDK patterns, and development workflows, not just the underlying concepts.

Typical rolesFront-end EngineersBack-end EngineersFull-stack Engineers
Question types & scoring
MCQScenarioRationale
Count2011
Min pass≥70%≥65%≥65%
70% overall to pass · 22 items total
Domains
7
weighted areas
Time limit
90 min
 
Attempts
3
per quarter
Retake
2 days
cooldown if not passed

Content Management and Publishing

3% weight~1 questions
Topics covered:Content ManagementOn Page EditingVisual BuilderApproval WorkflowsContent PublishingVersion ManagementCollaborationEditorial WorkflowTrash ManagementContent OrganizationCategory ManagementDrag And DropLink Management

Security, Access Control, and User Management

2% weight~1 questions
Topics covered:Access ControlContent SecurityRole ManagementUser ProvisioningSingle Sign OnOrganization ManagementEnterprise SsoCross Product IdentityContent Permissions

Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment

10% weight~2 questions
Topics covered:Cloud HostingDeploymentCi CdBuild PipelineEnvironment ManagementConfiguration ManagementCdnCachingAuto ScalingHigh AvailabilityCloud DeploymentCli ToolsContent PromotionHosting And Infrastructure

Content Delivery and APIs

35% weight~7 questions
Topics covered:Graphql ApiContent DeliveryHeadless DeliveryFull Text SearchContent IndexingReal Time SyncWebhooksSearch ConfigurationPaginationMulti Channel Publishing

Personalization and Targeting

5% weight~1 questions
Topics covered:Visitor GroupsAudience TargetingContent PersonalizationBehavioral TargetingGeo TargetingReal Time SegmentsRecommendation WidgetsContent RecommendationsA B TestingRecommendation OptimizationExperimentationRecommendation TrackingCustom CriteriaWidget ConfigurationFallback Strategies

Content Modeling and Structure

25% weight~5 questions
Topics covered:Content TypesProperty ConfigurationContent ModelingRich Text EditingBlock CompositionContent AreaEditor RegistrationContent ValidationEditor HintsTab Grouping

Developer Experience and Extensibility

20% weight~4 questions
Topics covered:Developer ExperiencePlugin DevelopmentCustom EditorsScheduled JobsContent EventsIntegrationsCustom RenderingApi Integration