2V0-72.22 is the Spring Professional Develop exam from Broadcom (VMware), and passing it earns the Spring Certified Professional certification. It has 60 questions, a 130-minute time limit and a scaled passing score of 300. It tests Spring Core, Data Management, Spring MVC, Testing, Security and Spring Boot.
The Spring Professional Develop exam (2V0-72.22) is the qualifying exam for the Spring Certified Professional certification, now offered by Broadcom. It validates that you can use the major features of Spring and Spring Boot to build and deliver production-ready enterprise and microservices applications.
The exam is designed for Java developers with 6–12 months of hands-on Spring experience. You should be confident with configuration, data access, REST, AOP, auto-configuration, Actuator, Spring Security and the Spring testing framework. Exam questions reference Spring Framework 5.3 and Spring Boot 2.5.
Exam Code : 2V0-72.22
Exam Name : Spring Professional Develop
Certification : Spring Certified Professional [v2]
Vendor : Broadcom (VMware)
Number of Questions : 60Duration130 minutes
Passing Score : 300 (scaled, 100–500)
Exam Fee : $250 USD
Delivery : Proctored, Pearson VUE (test center or online)
Recommended Experience : 6–12 months with the Spring Framework
Reference Versions : Spring Framework 5.3, Spring Boot 2.5
Registration : Through Spring Academy (part of the Spring Academy Pro subscription)
Status : Active
Section : 1 – Spring Core
Objectives : 6
Key Topics : Java configuration, bean scopes, properties and profiles, SpEL, component scanning, bean lifecycle, BeanPostProcessor, proxies, AOP pointcuts and advice
Section : 2 – Data Management
Objectives : 3
Key Topics : JdbcTemplate, data access exceptions, transaction propagation and rollback rules, Spring Data JPA repositories
Section : 3 – Spring MVC
Objectives : 2
Key Topics : Spring MVC with Spring Boot, the REST request lifecycle, REST controllers for all HTTP verbs, RestTemplate
Section : 4 – Testing
Objectives : 2
Key Topics : JUnit 5, Spring integration tests, test profiles, MockMvc, slice testing
Section : 5 – Security
Objectives : 3
Key Topics : Authentication and authorization with Spring Security, method-level security
Section : 6 – Spring Boot
Objectives : 3
Key Topics : Dependency management, properties, auto-configuration and overrides, Actuator endpoints, custom metrics and health indicators
Java developers who build applications with Spring and Spring Boot
Backend and microservices developers who work with REST APIs
Developers who want an official, vendor-backed Spring credential for career growth
2V0-72.22 is the Spring Professional Develop exam from Broadcom (VMware). Passing it earns the Spring Certified Professional certification.
The exam has 60 questions.
You need a scaled score of 300 on a scale of 100 to 500.
You have 130 minutes. That time includes an allowance for non-native English speakers.
The exam costs $250 USD.
Yes. Broadcom still lists 2V0-72.22 as the qualifying exam for Spring Certified Professional, and you can schedule it through Pearson VUE.
Exam questions reference Spring Framework 5.3 and Spring Boot 2.5.
The exam covers six sections: Spring Core, Data Management, Spring MVC, Testing, Security and Spring Boot.
Broadcom recommends 6–12 months of hands-on experience with the Spring Framework.
Yes. Our team reviews the 2V0-72.22 question bank against Broadcom's official exam guide and updates it when the objectives change.
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