Are Project+ and Server+ changing from "good for life" to CE certifications?

[Gregory Childers]

There are multiple threads on Reddit (I know I really shouldn't keep visiting that site) that claim CompTIA has sent out notices that Project+ and Server+ are changing from "good for life" certifications to CE certifications on October 1, 2025. I personally did not receive any notification, nor can I find any reference to it outside of Reddit.

Can anyone definitively confirm or deny this claim?

 

[Bruce Weaver]

I can confirm I received the same email you've shown for Server+.
I also see it on the CompTIA site

 

[Patrick Asamago]

There are multiple threads on Reddit (I know I really shouldn't keep visiting that site) that claim CompTIA has sent out notices that Project+ and Server+ are changing from "good for life" certifications to CE certifications on October 1, 2025. I personally did not receive any notification, nor can I find any reference to it outside of Reddit.

Can anyone definitively confirm or deny this claim?

See the mail i git on it below:

 

[Tony Mationg]

well, better to take the cert exams while still not in the CE state. =)

 

[VICTOR CHIDI OKPURUKA]

all the effect of the migration.

This shift from non-profit to for-profit status isn't just corporate news—it directly impacts your certification's future value, cost, and renewal process.

we see how to goes through the coming months and years.

 

[Michael Schmitz]

i did not get those Emails.. but that is the way it is....

 

[Rick Butler]

I never saw any e-mails on that either. But I would not be surprised by the move. I can see a CE requirement for Project+, as things tend to shift in the world of PM. Server+...well, perhaps not as pervasive unless we wanted to focus more on virtual server technology, rather than on-prem servers. But then, that would cross over into Cloud+, which is a CE cert already.

 

[Michael Schmitz]

I never saw any e-mails on that either. But I would not be surprised by the move. I can see a CE requirement for Project+, as things tend to shift in the world of PM. Server+...well, perhaps not as pervasive unless we wanted to focus more on virtual server technology, rather than on-prem servers. But then, that would cross over into Cloud+, which is a CE cert already.

I am ok with that. Maybe there will be a ProjectX Cert or Server+ will run out, as others before..

 

[Rick Butler]

I doubt we'll see a "ProjectX" - mostly because it would collide heavily with the PMI certs. People might assume it's on par with the PMP.

I know Server+ has teetered on the edge of "stay or go". Basically, it's there to fill in that role for on-prem environments - maybe dipping its toes in the private cloud space.

 

[jarrelrivera]

There are multiple threads on Reddit (I know I really shouldn't keep visiting that site) that claim CompTIA has sent out notices that Project+ and Server+ are changing from "good for life" certifications to CE certifications on October 1, 2025. I personally did not receive any notification, nor can I find any reference to it outside of Reddit.

Can anyone definitively confirm or deny this claim?

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Yes, this is confirmed.

For those who didn't get the email, see link for reference:

https://help.comptia.org/hc/en-us/articles/40383243876500-Server-and-Project-Transition-to-CE-Certifications

 

[Bruce Weaver]

And now I have received a survey from CompTIA about considering making Tech+ a CE course as well.

 

[Gregory Childers]

And now I have received a survey from CompTIA about considering making Tech+ a CE course as well.

I can't imagine anyone wanting to extend Tech+ beyond three years.

 

[Bruce Weaver]

I can't imagine anyone wanting to extend Tech+ beyond three years.

That was exactly my input to the survey they sent out! Move forward, not renew Tech+, but with the new for-profit model.....