SCI Course Authorization Requirements

In addition to holding an SCI certification, instructors must have authorization to teach particular courses.

The following table shows the certification requirements for currently available SUSE Training courses.

Course Authorization Requirements (July 2025)

Course Code Course Title Full Authorization Provisional Authorization
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SLE211v15 SLES 15 Deployment SCDS in SLES 15 Expired 31 July 2023
SLE201v15 SLES 15 Administration SCE in SLES 15  N/A
SLE301v15 SLES 15 Advanced Administration SCE in SLES 15 N/A
SLES for SAP Applications
SLE322v15 HA for S/4HANA and Netweaver SCE in SLES for SAP Applications Expired 30 April 2023
SLE323v15 HA for SAP HANA Scale Up SCE in SLES for SAP Applications Expired 30 April 2023
High Availability
HAE311v15 SLE 15 HA Deployment SCDS in High Availability Expired 31 July 2024
HAE321v15 SLE 15 HA Operations SCE in High Availability Expired 30 April 2024
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager
SMGR201v5 SUSE Multi-Linux Manager 5 Operations SCA in SUSE Multi-Linux Manager SCA in SUSE Manager 4
SUSE Rancher Prime
KUB211v1.24 Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 Deployment SCDS in Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 Expired 31 October 2023
RKE201v2 Kubernetes Administration with RKE2 SCA in Rancher Kubernetes Engine 2 SCA in Rancher Manager 2.7 and 2.8 until 31 July 2026
RAN201v2.12 SUSE Rancher Manager Prime Deployment and Operations SCA in SUSE Rancher Prime Expired 11 November 2025
LHN201v1.5 Longhorn Deployment and Operations SCA in Longhorn Expired 9 October 2024
SEC201v5 SUSE Security Deployment and Operations SCA in SUSE Security SCA and SCDS in SUSE NeuVector 5
NEU201v5 SUSE NeuVector 5.x Operations SCA in SUSE NeuVector 5 Expired 31 July 2023
NEU211v5 SUSE NeuVector 5 Deployment SCDS in SUSE NeuVector 5 Expired 31 July 2023
SUSE Edge
EDGE211v3.4 SUSE Edge 3 Platform Deployment SCDS in SUSE Edge N/A
EDGE211v3 SUSE Edge 3 Platform Deployment SCDS in SUSE Edge Expired 30 April 2025
SUSE Observability
  SUSE Observability Deployment and Basic Operations SCA in SUSE Observability N/A

Provisional authorizations do not receive badges. SCIs are expected to obtain full teaching authorization within 60 days of an exam being released based on a course.

N/A – Not Applicable