# Professional collaboration engineer
They transform business objectives into tangible configurations, policies, and security practices related to users, content, and integrations. They leverage their understanding of their organization’s mail routing and identity management infrastructure to enable efficient and secure communication and data access. 

Professional collaboration engineers operate with an engineering and solutions mindset and use tools, programming languages, and APIs to automate workflows. They look for opportunities to educate end-users and increase operational efficiency while advocating for Google Workspace and the Google toolset.

# Abilities validated by the certification
This certification enables one to:
* Plan and implement Google Workspace authorization and access
* Manage user, resource, and Team Drive lifecycles
* Manage mail
* Control and configure Google Workspace services
* Configure and manage endpoint access
* Monitor organizational operations
* Advance Google Workspace adoption and collaboration

# Recommended experience
3+ years of industry experience including 1+ year Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) administration experience.

# Prepare for the exam
## 1. Exam guide
You can review the exam guide [here](https://cloud.google.com/certification/guides/collaboration-engineer).
## 2. Training
You can view the preferred learning path [here](https://cloud.google.com/training/admin#collaboration-engineer-learning-path).
## 3. Webinar
You can attend a webinar by registering [here](https://cloudonair.withgoogle.com/events/why-certify-google-cloud?utm_source=cgc&utm_medium=et&utm_campaign=-&utm_content=why-certify-cgc-cert-collab-eng&utm_term=-).
## 4. Additional resources
You can view the additional resources on the *concepts and critical components* of Google Workspace by visiting,

[**Google Workspace Home**](https://workspace.google.com/)
[**Google Workspace Admin Help**](https://support.google.com/a#topic=4388346)

## 5. Sample questions
You can view the sample questions for this certification [here](https://cloud.google.com/certification/sample-questions/collaboration-engineer).

## 6. Schedule your exam
You can register for your exam [here](https://www.webassessor.com/googlecloud/).

What is Google Professional Collaboration Engineer certification?

Professional collaboration engineer They transform business objectives into tangible configurations, policies, and security practices related to users, content, and integrations. They leverage their understanding of their organization s mail routing and identity management infrastructure to enable efficient and secure communication and data access. Professional collaboration engineers operate with an engineering and solutions mindset and use tools, programming languages, and APIs to automate workflows. They look for opportunities to educate end-users and increase operational efficiency while advocating for Google Workspace and the Google toolset. Abilities validated by the certification This certification enables one to:  Plan and implement Google Workspace authorization and access Manage user, resource, and Team Drive lifecycles Manage mail Control and configure Google Workspace services Configure and manage endpoint access Monitor organizational operations Advance Google Workspace adoption and collaboration  