ACP-120 is Atlassian's Jira Administration for Cloud exam (formerly Jira Administrator for Cloud). Passing it earns the ACP-JCA certification. It validates your ability to configure and manage Jira Cloud for any development or business team, covering permissions and security, workflows and automation, issue types, fields, screens and system settings.
The Jira Administration for Cloud exam (ACP-120) is the qualifying exam for the Atlassian Certified Professional – Jira Administration for Cloud (ACP-JCA) certification. It is Atlassian's main certification for Jira Cloud administrators.
The exam tests whether you can translate business requirements into the right Jira configuration and understand how your admin choices affect security, scalability and day-to-day manageability. You need to know Cloud-specific features, including both company-managed and team-managed projects.
ACP-120 is also the replacement path for ACP-100, the retired Jira Data Center admin exam. Atlassian now focuses its Jira admin certification on Cloud.
Exam Code : ACP-120
Exam Name : Jira Administration for Cloud (formerly Jira Administrator for Cloud)
Certification : Atlassian Certified Professional – Jira Administration for Cloud (ACP-JCA)
Vendor : Atlassian
Level : Professional
Product Covered : Jira Software Cloud (including Automation)
Question Format : Multiple-choice, scenario-based
Delivery : Proctored online or at a testing center
Scheduling : Atlassian Certification Portal (credit card or voucher)
Validity : 24 months
Official Prep : Free ACP-120 Exam Success course from Atlassian
Domain : Access, Permissions and Security
Weighting : 25–30%
Key Skills : Product access, global and project permissions, permission schemes, issue security levels, project roles and groups
Domain : Issue Types, Fields and Screens
Weighting : 15–20%
Key Skills : Issue type schemes, custom fields, field configurations, screens and screen schemes
Domain : Workflows and Automation
Weighting : 15–20%
Key Skills : Building and editing workflows, transitions, conditions, validators, post functions and Jira automation rules
Domain : General Project Configuration
Weighting : 10–15%
Key Skills : Company-managed vs team-managed projects, project settings, components, versions and shared configuration
Domain : Advanced User Features
Weighting : 10–15%
Key Skills : Advanced JQL, filters, filter subscriptions and dashboards
Domain : Notifications
Weighting : 5–10%
Key Skills : Notification schemes, events and email settings
Domain : System Administration
Weighting : 5–10%
Key Skills : Global settings, the admin portal, audit logs and system-level configuration
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Jira Cloud administrators with hands-on experience configuring Jira
System administrators and IT professionals who manage Jira for development or business teams
ACP-100 holders moving from Jira Data Center to Jira Cloud
ACP-620 holders who want to step up from project-level to site-level administration
ACP-120 is Atlassian's Jira Administration for Cloud exam. Passing it earns the Atlassian Certified Professional – Jira Administration for Cloud (ACP-JCA) certification.
Yes. ACP-120 is an active Atlassian certification and is now the main Jira admin certification, since Atlassian retired the Data Center admin exam (ACP-100) in September 2025.
Yes. Atlassian renamed the exam from Jira Administrator for Cloud to Jira Administration for Cloud. The exam code is still ACP-120.
Access, permissions and security carries the most weight, at 25–30% of the exam. It is followed by issue types, fields and screens (15–20%) and workflows and automation (15–20%).
ACP-120 Jira Administration for Cloud is the replacement path for ACP-100, which was retired on September 11, 2025.
Atlassian does not publish a fixed number of questions for ACP-120. The exam uses multiple-choice, scenario-based questions across seven domains.
ACP-120 covers site-wide Jira Cloud administration, including permissions, schemes, workflows and system settings. ACP-620 covers project-level administration, including boards, project roles, versions and reporting.
The certification is valid for 24 months.
Yes. Atlassian offers a free ACP-120 Exam Success course with technical lectures, an exam topics checklist and sandbox challenges.
Yes. Our team reviews the ACP-120 question bank against Atlassian's official exam topics and updates it as Jira Cloud changes.
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