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New Version: ArcGIS Enterprise Geodata Management Professional 2025
Available to Public: Published 30 October 2025
The 2025 exam version tests the candidates’ skills related to configuration, designing, data distribution, data loading, maintenance, versioning, archiving, and tuning of enterprise geodatabases. It expects the candidates to have at least 4 years of applied experience with geodatabases.
- Exam Details Page in Esri Academy (Access exam learning plan, buy exam vouchers)
- Exam Information Guide (EIG) in Esri Community (view detailed exam information, access exam preparation resources)
- Number of Questions: 75
- Exam Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes
Previous Version: Enterprise Geodata Management Professional 2201
Retired December 31 2025
The 2201 exam version is a professional level exam. It is intended for candidates that have four years of applied experience and should be proficient in best practices and uses of ArcGIS related to the structure and function of enterprise geodatabases.
- Exam Information Guide in Esri Community (view detailed exam information, access exam preparation resources)
- Number of Questions: 65
- Exam Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes
Learn more about exam retirement here.
Exam Version Comparison – 2025 vs 2201
Key Differences:
- Number of Questions: # of questions changes due to # of sections, overall exam items/topics, and complexity of exam content among other factors.
- ArcGIS Enterprise Geodata Management Professional 2025 exam has 75 questions
- ArcGIS Enterprise Geodata Management Professional 2201 exam has 65 questions
- Exam Duration: Exam duration is established and monitored to ensure it aligns with total number of exam topics, average test completion time of exam from one version to the next, and to account for any changes in the number of questions, number of sections, or total number of topics.
- ArcGIS Enterprise Geodata Management Professional 2025 exam is 1 hour 30 minutes
- ArcGIS Enterprise Geodata Management Professional 2201 exam is 1 hour 45 minutes
- Exam Blueprint: The exam blueprint is the information outlined in the Exam Information Guide (EIG). This is created as a result of exam development efforts in collaboration with ArcGIS users like yourself. Learn more about exam development below.
- The 2025 exam version re-organized to align with current software version
2025 Exam Version – Available to Public | 2201 Exam Version – Retired |
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Design - 29% | Design - 29% |
Determine the appropriate geodatabase strategy that meets defined requirements | Determine the appropriate geodatabase strategy that meets defined requirements |
Determine the appropriate data association options within a normalized data model | Determine the appropriate data association options within a normalized data model |
Determine the appropriate method to store and serve data | Determine the appropriate method to store and serve data |
Determine the correct versioning and archiving workflow | Determine the correct versioning workflow |
Determine the correct data distribution solution | Determine the correct data distribution solution using scalability and data synchronization frequency |
Configuration 23% | Configuration 22% |
Determine how to create, enable, configure, and upgrade an enterprise geodatabase | Determine how to create, enable and configure an Enterprise geodatabase |
Apply the correct data security model implementation | Determine the correct data security model implementation |
Apply the correct distributed data configuration | Determine the correct distributed data configuration |
Manage mobile data workflows | Determine the correct process to manage mobile data workflows |
| Determine the correct data backup, recovery, and retention solutions |
Loading, Transferring, and Editing 17% | Loading, Transferring, and Editing 12% |
Understand the steps involved when using different data loading and updating options | Determine the steps involved when using different data loading options |
Understand the implications of using SQL with geodatabase editing | Determine the appropriate method when using SQL with a geodatabase |
Determine the correct workflow to migrate a geodatabase | Determine the correct workflow to migrate or upgrade a geodatabase |
Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Performance 31% | Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Performance 38% |
Troubleshoot issues with an enterprise geodatabase (i.e., performance, data sync, versioning, etc.) | Troubleshoot performance issues with an Enterprise geodatabase |
Locate and interpret information in geodatabase system tables | Apply concepts to locate and interpret information in geodatabase system tables |
Determine the appropriate strategy to create and maintain indexes | Determine the appropriate strategy to create and maintain indexes |
Evaluate common connection or locking issues | Troubleshoot geodatabase versioning related issues |
Evaluate the application and workflow factors that affect database load and performance | Apply a strategy to administer geodatabase archiving |
| Determine how to resolve a common connection or locking issue |
| Troubleshoot distributed data synchronization issues |
| Troubleshoot advanced geodatabase functionality |
| Troubleshoot application and workflow factors that affect database load and performance |
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