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October 27, 2026
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Has Anyone Taken the Adobe Experience Manager Sites Developer Exam?

Has anyone here taken the Adobe Experience Manager Sites Developer exam? I’m planning to take it soon and would love to hear about your experience. What topics should I focus on, how difficult was the exam, and what study resources helped you prepare? Any tips or advice would be really helpful. Thanks!

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iamnjain
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October 27, 2026

​@louisenrique 
You can focus on AEM Development section more as it weighs highest in Exam. If you have 1-2 AEM development project experience then it would be very helpful in clearing the exam. Below are section wise breakdown of exam topics to study.
 

Section 1: Configurations (15%)

  • Recognize the purpose of AEM Dispatcher configurations and caching
  • Determine the correct steps to configure multi-site in AEM
  • Explain how to create and manage OSGi configurations
  • Determine the correct steps to manage custom Oak indices
  • Identify how to create and manage AEM custom logs


Section 2: AEM development (37%)

 

  • Identify how to implement a proxy of a core-component
  • Given a scenario, identify how to create component functionality including the HTL, models, and services
  • Given a scenario, determine the correct steps to develop workflows
  • Given a scenario, outline the purpose of content fragments or experience fragments
  • Given a scenario, outline the purpose of content fragments or experience fragments
  • Given a scenario, determine the correct steps to implement editable templates


Section 3: Build and deployment (17%)

 

  • Identify the correct Maven project structure
  • Given a scenario, identify how to configure projects from archetypes


Section 4: Environment maintenance (13%)

 

  • Identify the purpose of AEM maintenance releases
  • Identify how to configure AEM across topologies
  • Given a scenario, identify the issues with the replication process
  • Identify how to create custom Oak indexes


Section 5: Analyzing and Debugging (18%)

 

  • Given a scenario, identify which log to analyze
  • Given a scenario, determine how to debug the client libraries
  • Given a scenario, identify which steps are involved in debugging AEM dispatcher configurations and caching
  • Given a scenario, determine the steps to debug issues in AEM environments

P.S. focus on AEM as a Cloud more. 

All the best for exam :)

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