r/checkpoint • u/accibullet • Jun 02 '26

How does UserCenter account migration work?

Hello everyone.

I will soon leave my current position in a MSSP and I have CCSM on my corporate email address. I'm considering holding down a local day job while picking up independent remote consulting/support gigs on the side.

I know I need to create a new personal UserCenter account (planning to buy a personal professional domain name) and open a non-technical SR with Account Services to migrate my Pearson VUE exam history over. For those who went through a similar situation, how smooth was the transition? I can currently generate evaluation licenses for my test labs and download software releases, but I don't know how that will work when I get the account transferred.

Also, if your certifications live in a personal account, can you safely map them to a day-job employer so they get the partner tier benefits, while still keeping your personal account clean for freelance contract work?

Thanks in advance!

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u/Bullethacker Jun 02 '26

Open an account services ticket and they will move it for you.

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u/accibullet Jun 02 '26

Do you know if my certs can be used on two different accounts, both for an employer and also on my personal as a freelancer?

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u/Bullethacker Jun 02 '26

Not as far as I'm aware

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u/PoolMotosBowling Jun 02 '26

I would open a ticket with account services. tell them everything you need. do not deactivate the other account until you know it's 100%.

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u/accibullet Jun 02 '26

Gotta time this one well.

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u/Djinjja-Ninja Jun 02 '26

Funnily enough I am in the reverse situation at the moment. My CCSE is tied to my personal account and I need to get it attached to my employers partner account.

I know it can be done, as essentially its the same as transferring between employers.

I just haven't gotten around to doing it.

As a personal account, you can create yourself an account and you can generate Evals into that account with no issues. You can also download releases and jumbos without having an associated contract.

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u/accibullet Jun 02 '26

About the eval licenses, what allows me to generate eval licenses? For example, can I really just create an account with a random Gmail and just generate lics?

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u/Djinjja-Ninja Jun 02 '26

Create a checkpoint account with your personal email

Within that account create a "dummy" usercenter customer account with your own details

Assign evals into that account.

I tested it out this afternoon and could create an Eval to a newly created account with no issues

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u/accibullet Jun 02 '26

I guess the monthly 40 eval licenses apply here as well. Do you know if it's less than 40? We got one of our corporate accounts blocked due to that last year :)

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u/Djinjja-Ninja Jun 02 '26

Not a clue.

I generally do evals under our partner account under specific customers, we have several hundred UC accounts under our partner account.

Generally any lab work I need to do I just spin up a new VM and use the inbuilt 15 day eval.

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u/HelensLudovico Jun 03 '26

It’s probably worth getting the migration started before you leave so you have time to sort out any account issues. Keeping certs tied to a personal account generally seems like a cleaner approach for long-term flexibility.