Every public entry point to Adobe's documentation for AEM Assets. Tip: any Experience League page can be fetched as clean Markdown by appending .md to its URL S43.
Documentation portals
- AEM Assets as a Cloud Service — introduction — capability map (ingestion, AI, discovery, governance, integrations, agents, activation). S30
- AEM as a Cloud Service documentation hub — Assets, Sites, Forms, operations, security. S73
- Assets view introduction — lightweight UI. S31
- Assets Ultimate / Assets Prime — packages, user types, product profiles. S32 S33
- Content Hub overview — distribution portal. S35
- Dynamic Media Prime and Ultimate and Dynamic Media with OpenAPI overview. S34 S19
- Supported file formats — processing capabilities and limits. S46
- Notable changes: Assets Cloud Service vs 6.5 and Deprecated and removed features. S39 S38
- AEM 6.5 Assets documentation — on-premise / AMS line (Adobe lists 6.5 as "Legacy"). S43
- Brand Portal — legacy portal, maintenance mode. S65
- Experience League llms.txt — machine-readable index incl. MCP endpoints. S43
Developer resources
- AEM APIs (developer.adobe.com) — catalog of OpenAPI-based APIs (stable/experimental), Java/JS references, events. S1
- Assets Author API · experimental — spec download via the Redocly registry (see API spec downloads). S2 S3
- Dynamic Media with OpenAPI / Assets Delivery API · experimental modifiers. S4 S5
- Folders API · Content AI API. S6 S7
- Using the OpenAPI-based APIs — auth, pagination, errors, async jobs, versioning, experimental APIs. S8
- OpenAPI-based APIs — configuring access (
api.yaml). S11 - Assets developer reference (API matrix, direct binary upload). S17
- Assets HTTP API and Query Builder API — legacy APIs. S18 S95
- AEM Events guide and Adobe I/O Events webhooks. S9 S28
- Server-to-Server credential implementation — IMS token endpoint and lifetime. S15
- Using MCP with AEM as a Cloud Service. S41
- GitHub: adobe/aem-upload, adobe/aem-assets-selectors-mfe-examples, adobe/asset-share-commons, adobe/skills. S86 S87 S96
- npm: @adobe/aem-upload, @adobe/aio-lib-events. S85
- Status page: status.adobe.com. S91
Guides & tutorials
- OpenAPI-based AEM APIs — overview & auth decision, setup, S2S invocation tutorial. S12 S13 S14
- Service credentials for server-side APIs — legacy JWT flow, local dev tokens. S16
- Search and delivery with Dynamic Media with OpenAPI; restrict delivery. S20 S21 S22
- Add assets / Bulk Import, asset microservices. S47 S44
- AEM Assets tutorials (Experience League "Learn") — video tutorials. S89
- AEM Assets events for PIM integration (tutorial) — OpenAPI + I/O Events example. S10
Training & certification
Learning platform
- AEM Assets videos and tutorials (Experience League) — video walkthroughs of the Assets view and admin features; readable without an account (page updated 2026-09-22). S89 S89
- Experience League course "Configure and Optimize Experience Manager Assets" — self-paced course (about 2 h 30 min, four modules: folders and permissions, metadata schemas and processing profiles, creative-tool integrations, discoverability) with a certificate of completion. S103
- Access terms: Experience League courses are free for any signed-in Experience League user; sign-in uses an Adobe ID. S104
- Paid premium training:
learning.adobe.comnow redirects to an Experience League "Premium" area whose offer is rendered client-side; the certification FAQ describes Premium Learners as people whose employer subscribes through Adobe Digital Learning Services. Prices and AEM Assets course list: Not public in the pages read. S109 S100
Certifications (Adobe Customer Experience Certification Program, run on the Adobe Certification portal; Experience League's certification home points there) S102
| Certification | Exam | Audience / level | Format | Cost | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adobe Experience Manager Assets Developer Professional | AD0-E129 | Developers (AEM developers, DevOps, architects…); Professional (0–12 months); recommends 6+ months each of CMS, AEM Assets and Java | Online proctored (camera), English, 1 h 40 min, passing score 30/50 | USD 125 (USD 95 India) | S88 S97 S99 |
| Adobe Experience Manager Digital Librarian Professional | AD0-E143 | Business practitioners managing assets; Professional (0–12 months) | Online proctored (camera), English, 1 h 40 min, passing score 30/50; exam updated 2025-06-10 | USD 125 (USD 95 India) | S88 S98 S99 |
- AD0-E129 blueprint: asset workflows (24%), asset organisation and console (22%), metadata (24%), asset types incl. content fragments (18%), feature sets — Brand Portal, Dynamic Media, Creative Cloud (12%). S97
- AD0-E143 blueprint: organising assets (20%), managing assets and metadata incl. smart tags, DRM, Dynamic Media (40%), distributing and searching (20%), workflows and projects (20%). Adobe states it does not count toward partner specialization. S98
- Preparation: a free practice test (AD4-E129, 1 h 40 min) and an Exam Prep Guide (EPG-E129) exist for AD0-E129; an Exam Prep Guide (EPG-E143) exists for AD0-E143. Prep guides ask for an Adobe ID sign-in. S97 S101
- Program rules: certifications are valid two years and most renew free via two short modules (about 15 min each); after a failed attempt, retake after 24 h, then 15 calendar days for later attempts, each attempt needing a new voucher; partner employees get 33% off, students 33% off. S99 S100
- Other Experience Manager certifications on Adobe's list (Business Practitioner, Sites, Forms, Technical Foundations, Content Author, DevOps, Cloud Service Migration, Sites Architect) are not Assets-specific; no Assets-specific Expert or Master level is listed. S88
- The former Experience League exam-guide URL (
…/aem-professional/aem-assets-p-developer) now redirects (301) to the Certification portal page. S97
Partner programme
- Adobe Digital Experience Partner Program — Adobe's unified partner programme (the program guide still uses the name "Adobe Solution Partner Program"); offers on-demand learning, partner certification and accreditation journeys, sandboxes and certification prep events. S108 S105
- Tiers (Community, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum): from Bronze, 33% off certification exams and 3 / 15 / 30 / 45 certification vouchers by tier; higher tiers carry certification-count requirements. S105
- Product specializations are earned per region (AMER, EMEA, APAC, Japan) and require staff certifications that are active and valid at least 90 days after the request; global status after three regions. Unverified The guidelines (updated 2026-02-10) restrict specializations to Silver, Gold and Platinum, while the program guide lists Bronze as "Eligible for Specializations". S106 S105
- The partner portal's AEM Assets page has a "Training & events" area (application certification, sales and technical accreditations, on-demand training); its content, and whether an AEM Assets-specific specialization exists with which certification counts: Behind login. S107
- Partners sign in to the Certification portal with their Solution Partner Portal credentials so certifications are credited to their company. S100
Release notes & roadmap
- Current AEM Cloud Service release notes — monthly (2026.9.0 on 2026-09-24), Assets GA/LA/Beta sections. S37
- AEM releases roadmap — Cloud Service feature/maintenance schedule, AEM 6.5 and 6.5 LTS service packs, support end dates. S40
- Adobe Priority Product Update — monthly e-mail on release notes. S37
- Public roadmap: none beyond the schedule above (Not public).
Community
- Experience League Communities — AEM Assets forums. S91
- Adobe Summit — annual conference (AEM Assets sessions, 2026 "agentic DAM"). S79
Legal & trust
- Adobe Trust Center — compliance list and compliance FAQ. S75 S74
- AEM as a Cloud Service security overview (links to a security white paper PDF that returned 404 on 2026-09-30). S72
- HIPAA readiness for AEM as a Cloud Service. S69
- IMS support / SSO. S68
- Products and technical support periods (EOL matrix) — linked from the roadmap. S40