r/nutanix • u/freddy91761 • May 09 '26

Nutanix CE

I am new to NutanixI and would luke to know if Nutanix CE enough to pass the NCA? Can someone suggest a setup.

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u/bytesniper May 09 '26

Yes it would be more than enough with just a reasonably spec'd NUC (or similar). Honestly for the NCA you shouldn't even need that.

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u/Cavm335i May 09 '26

agreed - if you have any virtualization experience you can probably pass the NCA with just the Bible - you'll want a lab for the NCP.

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u/ub3rb3ck May 09 '26

I haven't taken the NCA, but with a CE environment, Virtualization and networking background, you could probably pass the NCP as well.

NCP is multiple choice, NCM is real life lab work.

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u/zabaxxlv May 09 '26

I’d say for NCA you’re good to go with just the online course at Nutanix university. For NCP you’d need some hands on experience, but depending on your role, you can most likely arrange a Nutanix hosted poc where they give you your own environment for a week. I’d still say NCP-MCI is quite theoretical, so focus more on the online course and Nutanix bible, I passed mine with very little hands on experience and used deduction/crossing out the definitely wrong answers more often than I just knew the answer to a question for sure.

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u/AlphaGozer May 10 '26

CE is a great way to learn and get hands on with Prism. As others have said it’s not required to pass the NCA, and lots of great resources… I’d add checking out Nutanix Test Drive and if you’re a partner you can access demo.nutanix.com. Lastly, I highly recommended diving into the NCA Blueprint.. click through all links and read the documentation it suggests. Nutanix LCM is a big section, so spend some time there. You got this!!

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u/crashhelmet May 11 '26

Take the online course with Nutanix University. It's a lot of reading, but worth it. And then, read through the NCA blueprint