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

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

Exam datasheet

Exam length
90 minutes
Questions
Maximum of 90
Passing score
750 on a scale of 100-900
Prerequisites
None
Recommended experience
18-24 months of hands-on experience working in a server environment
Recertification
3 years
Hiring-market salary
$55,000 - $75,000 USD annually
Certified professionals
over 100,000
Testing centerExam blueprint

Public hiring-market data — not a CBT Nuggets guarantee.

Skills your team builds

Server architectureServer administrationStorage managementSecurity and disaster recoveryTroubleshooting

Training path

Your team's training path

One CBT Nuggets course covers the full Server+ path. Your team can start today and have admin reporting visible from day one.

  1. Start here · primary course

    Server+

    This entry-level CompTIA Server+ training covers SK0-005 exam objectives so you can earn the Server+ certification. By earning the CompTIA Server+ certification, you're proving that you're broadly competent with server installation, maintenance and management. For supervisors, this CompTIA training can be used for SK0-005 exam prep, onboarding new systems administrators, individual or team training plans, or as a CompTIA reference resource.

    Knox Hutchinson
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Every certification includes

Expert-led video training
Virtual labs
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.

  1. Entry level

    2 certs

    A+

    Core 1: 220-1201, Core 2: 220 …

    Security+

    SY0-701

  2. Associate level

    5 certs

    AutoOps+

    AT0-001

    Data+

    DA0-002

    Network+

    N10-009

    Project+

    PK0-005

    Server+

    SK0-005

    You are here

  3. Professional level

    7 certs

    Cloud+

    CV0-004

    CloudNetX

    CNX-001

    CySA+

    CS0-003

    DataAI

    DY0-001

    Pentest+

    PT0-003

    SecurityX

    CAS-005

    Tech+

    FC0-U71

Customer outcome

Make SK0-005 a coverage number your auditor can quote

Server+ certified engineers are easy to count and easy to prove. CBT Nuggets bundles the prep into a single team playlist so leadership sees who's on the path, who finished, and who's exam-ready — without spreadsheets.

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1 path
from foundation to credential — assigned and tracked as one playlist

Coverage proof

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

Standardizing your team on SK0-005 gives leadership and auditors a coverage number they can quote — and gives CompTIA incident response a baseline of capability you can predict instead of hoping for.

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?

Team reporting in CBT Nuggets documents assigned training, completion, and certification coverage for internal governance or external audit conversations. Pair the Server+ path with your auditor's control crosswalk for the formal compliance mapping your specific framework requires.

What's the ROI of certifying our team on Server+?

IT Directors typically frame Server+ ROI in operational terms — faster troubleshooting, defensible role coverage, predictable onboarding velocity, and audit-ready training documentation. The metrics that matter aren't seat-time or completion percentages; they're mean time to resolve, time-to-productivity for new CompTIA hires, and certification coverage by role.

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

From the admin console, managers create a training playlist (one or more courses on the Server+ path), assign it to specific engineers or role groups, and track completion + practice-exam scores per learner. Team-wide reporting rolls up to a single dashboard you can export for monthly leadership reviews or quarterly compliance reporting. No spreadsheet, no per-engineer license fiddling.

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

Depends on the cert and the team's starting baseline. Entry-level CompTIA certs typically run 4–6 weeks per engineer from a cold start; associate-level certs run 8–12 weeks; professional/expert tracks can run 3–6 months. Most teams budget the full quarter for any associate-level certification so engineers have time to actually apply the lab work before the exam.

What if CompTIA updates the Server+ exam objectives?

CBT Nuggets updates CompTIA course content as exam objectives refresh — typically within weeks of the vendor's release. When CompTIA restructures or renames a track (a common pattern), the assigned training paths stay aligned with the same team training plan; managers don't have to rebuild the playlist from scratch. The training stays current without anyone losing their certification status mid-stream.

Ready to Server+-certify your team?

Build Server+ capability across your team

See how CBT Nuggets helps IT Directors plan and track Server+ training across the team — labs, practice exams, and reporting included.

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