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Standardize your team on Server+ with a structured CompTIA training path — a blueprint-weighted practice exam and team admin reporting included on every CBT Nuggets Teams seat.

1
Course
1
Practice exam
5
Core skills
$390
Exam fee (CompTIA)
IT operations team at help desk workstations with ticket queues and network diagrams
Difficulty
Difficulty: 3 of 5 (Moderate)
Moderate
Exam fee (CompTIA)
$390
Courses on path
1
Exam code
  • SK0-005

Exam datasheet

Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
18-24 months of hands-on experience working in a server environment
Recertification
3 years

Exams

Exams for this certification

Exam fees per engineer, paid to the exam vendor$390

Exam — Required

Every engineer on the Server+ path takes SK0-005.

  1. Exam fee
    $390
    Exam length
    90 minutes
    Questions
    Maximum of 90
    Passing score
    750 on a scale of 100-900

    Exam blueprint: SK0-005

Skills your team builds

Server architectureServer administrationStorage managementSecurity and disaster recoveryTroubleshooting

Every certification course includes

  • Expert-led video training
  • Certification practice exams
  • Per-team completion reporting

CompTIA career ladder

Where Server+ sits in your team's CompTIA progression

The cert your team is on now, plus the levels above and below. Use this to map an engineer's next-step credential or to plan headcount coverage across tiers.

Customer outcome

Build SK0-005 capability across the whole team, not one engineer

Assign the Server+ course to the engineers who need it, and the team report shows who has started, who has finished, and who has passed the practice exam — the view leadership uses to see CompTIA skills coverage across the team and where the gaps are.

Team capability

Make SK0-005 a number on your team capability sheet, not a single engineer’s certificate.

Standardizing your team on SK0-005 gives leadership a clear picture of CompTIA skills coverage — who has completed the training, who is still on the path, and where the gaps are — so staffing and escalation plans rest on known capability instead of on one engineer.

Credential: Server+

Exam
  • SK0-005

Frequently asked questions about Server+ training

Common questions IT directors ask when evaluating Server+ training for their team.

How does Server+ fit into our internal compliance and governance program?

Teams often cite Server+ when documenting that the engineers who rack hardware, configure storage and manage server access have validated, vendor-neutral server skills. CBT Nuggets team reporting provides per-learner completion and completion exports that can support audit evidence, while your auditor's control crosswalk decides how the credential maps to the formal requirements of your framework.

Who on the team should hold Server+, and what can a certified team own?

Server+ fits systems administrators and the engineers who handle physical and virtual servers day to day. The linked course covers racking and cabling, internal hardware components, RAID and server storage, OS installation, network settings, licensing, virtualization, Linux fundamentals, identity and access management, and physical security. A certified team can own server builds, storage configuration, access controls, and backup, restore and disaster recovery planning.

What does CBT Nuggets Server+ training include for a team?

CBT Nuggets Server+ courses are built by named expert trainers. Where a course includes hands-on virtual labs or a practice exam mapped to CompTIA's published exam objectives, the course list on this page says so. Team admin reporting tracks assignment, completion and exam readiness per engineer — the view managers use to run a team training program.

How do I assign and track Server+ training for my team?

From the admin console, managers assign the Server+ courses directly to specific engineers or role groups and track completion and practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can review or export for leadership reviews or compliance reporting.

How long does it take to certify a team on Server+?

The linked CBT Nuggets training for Server+ runs about 26 hours of video. Actual time to certify depends on each engineer's starting point with server hardware, storage, virtualization and Linux, so IT leaders typically plan around the team's current baseline.

What if CompTIA updates the Server+ exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates CompTIA course content as exam objectives refresh, and this page shows the current exam's status and any retirement date the vendor has announced. When CompTIA restructures or renames a track, the assigned training stays aligned with the same team training plan, and the training stays current without anyone losing their progress mid-stream.

Ready to Server+-certify your team?

Build Server+ capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT leaders plan and track Server+ training across the team — a practice exam and reporting included.