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SnowPro Advanced: Administrator (ADA-C02) Certification

The SnowPro Advanced: Administrator (ADA-C02) certification validates advanced administrative skills for managing Snowflake Data Cloud environments securely, efficiently, and at scale. It focuses on account administration, security, governance, performance tuning, and advanced operational tasks.

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What is SnowPro Advanced: Administrator (ADA-C02) Certification about?

This role-based certification is designed for experienced Snowflake administrators who manage production environments and support enterprise-grade deployments. The ADA-C02 exam tests your ability to administer and optimize Snowflake accounts, enforce security and governance policies, monitor and tune performance, handle data sharing and disaster recovery, and perform backups and replication. It replaces the earlier ADA-C01 exam and represents current best practices for Snowflake administration.


EXAM FORMAT:

  • Exam Version: ADA-C02
  • Total Number of Questions: 65
  • Question Types: Multiple Select, Multiple Choice, Interactive
  • Time Limit: 115 minutes

What are the objectives of SnowPro Advanced: Administrator (ADA-C02) Certification ?

The certification assesses that you can: 

  • Manage and administer Snowflake accounts, including security and governance (users, roles, policies). 
  • Maintain database objects and virtual warehouses effectively for performance and cost control. 
  • Perform monitoring, tuning, and optimization of queries and compute resources. 
  • Configure and manage data sharing and use the Snowflake Marketplace securely. 
  • Implement disaster recovery strategies, backups, and data replication across accounts.

Who is SnowPro Advanced: Administrator (ADA-C02) Certification for?

This certification is ideal for professionals who: 

  • Are Snowflake Administrators responsible for enterprise deployments. 
  • Work as Database or Cloud Administrators managing Snowflake accounts and infrastructure. 
  • Support security, governance, and compliance functions on Snowflake. 
  • Are Infrastructure or Platform Engineers focusing on performance, tuning, and resilience. 

What are the prerequisites for SnowPro Advanced: Administrator (ADA-C02) Certification?

To be well-prepared for this exam: 

  • You should have 2 + years of hands-on experience administering Snowflake in production. 
  • Fluency in ANSI SQL and Snowflake’s advanced SQL extensions is highly beneficial. 
  • Active SnowPro Core certification (or solid foundational Snowflake knowledge) is recommended before attempting this advanced exam.
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