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Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced
Siemens SCADA end to end: WinCC V7/V8 from project to client-server and SQL, WinCC Unified with JavaScript, faceplates, plant objects and collaboration, and WinCC Advanced/flexible practice with alarms, trends, recipes and PLC interfacing.
Inside the course
From the lessons
SCADA and the WinCC Family
Instrumentation Tools
V7 Screens and Navigation
WinCCGURU
V7 Alarms, Logging, Trends
WinCCGURU
V7 Advanced: Recipes, Portability, Actions, Indirect Tags
WinCCGURU
WinCC Unified: Project, Screens, Navigation
WinCCGURU
Unified Parameter Sets, Faceplates, UDTs
WinCCGURU
Lesson frames belong to the creators named in the Credits below and are shown from YouTube.
What you will learn
Explain SCADA and the WinCC family, build a WinCC V7 project with drivers, tags, screens, animation, faceplates, VBS, alarms, logging, trends, reports, users and security, use User Archives, indirect addressing and global actions, connect SQL and set up client-server, build WinCC Unified projects with JavaScript, parameter sets, faceplates, plant objects and collaboration, and practise WinCC Advanced/flexible with alarms, PLC interfacing, ODBC and recipes.
- Place WinCC V7/V8, Unified and Advanced/flexible and choose between them
- Build a V7 project: drivers, tags, structure tags, screens, navigation, animation, faceplates, VBS
- Configure alarms, tag logging, trends, reports, users and runtime security
- Use User Archives, indirect addressing, global actions, SQL and client-server
- Build Unified projects with screens, JavaScript, parameter sets, faceplates and UDTs
- Model plant objects, configure collaboration, certificates and calendars in Unified
- Practise animation, alarms, PLC interfacing, ODBC and recipes in WinCC Advanced/flexible
For you
Taking Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced from the United States
- Free in the United States, as everywhere, and self-paced: lessons, notes and the final assessment are open at any hour, so your time zone and shift pattern do not matter.
- The optional certificate for learners in the United States is a one-off US$28.99. What you get for it
- Siemens is one of the automation brands most widely installed across the Americas, so this is a skill plants and integrators near you ask for.
- See automation and engineering jobs in the United States, and what the industry looks like in Houston, Detroit and Chicago.
- EDWartens also has a regional site for the United States, for classroom training and local support: edwartens.com/us.
The course project 路 about 20 hours
Three-line snack plant on WinCC V7: server and clients, archives, alarms, recipes and a shift report that prints itself
Design, build, test and document a WinCC V7 server-client SCADA for a three-line snack-food plant: tags from three S7-1500s over the S7-1500 channel, a plant overview and line pictures with a motor faceplate, Tag Logging sized for 90 days, Alarm Logging with classes mapped to an ISA-18.2 philosophy, a User Archive of product recipes sent to the PLC, and a Report Designer shift report triggered at every shift end. You deliver the project, your own tag list and FAT record, and the backup and restore note. The sample pack shows what a SCADA integrator hands over.
Sample document pack, 8 documents, filled in for the scenario
- HMI specSCADA Screen Hierarchy and Picture Specification: WinCC V7 Server, Hartwell Snacks
- Tag listWinCC Tag List and Naming Convention: Three S7-1500s over the S7-1500 Channel
- Alarm philosophyAlarm Philosophy: Hartwell Snacks Production Lines
- Alarm listAlarm List: Lines 1 to 3 (Alarm Logging Configuration)
- Network architectureNetwork Architecture: Three Line Cells, SCADA Zone and Office
- IP planIP Address Plan and Device List: Plant Control VLAN 10 and SCADA VLAN 20
- FATFactory Acceptance Test Record: WinCC V7 Server and Clients, Hartwell Snacks
- O&M manualOperation and Maintenance: WinCC Server (Operation, Reports, Recipes, Backup and Restore)
Read inside the course and download as a workbook. The project is optional practice, marked when you submit it; the certificate needs only the modules and the final assessment.
Course content
15 modules 路 99 lessons 路 19h 6m
In order, at whatever pace suits you. Each module ends with a practice task that builds on the last.
- 01SCADA and the WinCC Family4 lessons38m
- 02WinCC V7: Project, Drivers, Tags7 lessons43m
- 03V7 Screens and Navigation4 lessons38m
- 04V7 Animation, Faceplates, VBS5 lessons1h 7m
- 05V7 Alarms, Logging, Trends5 lessons25m
- 06V7 Reports, Users, Security5 lessons22m
- 07V7 Advanced: Recipes, Portability, Actions, Indirect Tags5 lessons54m
- 08V7/V8 Databases, Client-Server, Scripting9 lessons2h 57m
Requirements
- Who it is for
- Intermediate. PLC basics assumed; the HMI course is good preparation.
- Software
- WinCC V8 trial (21 days) for the V7/V8 modules; the STEP 7 and WinCC (TIA Portal) trial (21 days) for the Unified and WinCC Advanced modules What to download, and how
- Hardware
- None. PLCSIM or simulators provide data.
Software you need
What to download, where from, what it costs and how to install it. Every link goes to the maker's own site, never a mirror.
Required
- 01Free trial: 21 days
SIMATIC WinCC V8.2 Trial
Siemens
- Runs on
- Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise or LTSC 64-bit, Windows 10 LTSC 64-bit, or Windows Server 2022/2025
- Account
- A free Siemens account registered for Industry Online Support (SiePortal)
- Size
- about 9.2 GB (ISO)
Registered users can download the WinCC V8.2 trial and test it for 21 days. Siemens says the trial is only for test and demo systems and must not be used in production.
Steps
- 1.Open the WinCC V8.2 Trial Version page (entry 110006093) and sign in.
- 2.Download SIMATIC_WinCC_Trial_V8.2_Trial.iso (9.2 GB).
- 3.Mount the ISO and run the setup as administrator.
- 4.Follow the setup and restart when asked.
- 5.Open WinCC Explorer and create a single-user project to start.
- Siemens links a Getting Started guide in the WinCC V8 information portal; use it for your first project.
- Windows 10 Pro is not in the V8.2 list; only Windows 10 LTSC.
Official download pagesupport.industry.siemens.com - 02Free trial: 21 days
SIMATIC STEP 7 Professional and WinCC (TIA Portal) V21 Trial
Siemens
- Runs on
- Windows 11 Pro or Enterprise 64-bit (24H2), Windows 10 Enterprise 2021 LTSC, or Windows Server 2022/2025. Windows 11 Home is supported only for the Basic editions.
- Account
- A free Siemens account registered for Industry Online Support (SiePortal)
- Size
- about 8.1 GB for the main ISO, plus an optional 3.1 GB DVD 2 with hardware support packages
Siemens lets registered users download the V21 trial of STEP 7 (Basic and Professional), STEP 7 Safety and WinCC and test it for 21 days. The same package is used for the full product; after 21 days you need a purchased licence to keep working.
Steps
- 1.Open the Siemens trial page (entry 109989774) and sign in with your Siemens Industry Online Support account.
- 2.Download TIA_Portal_STEP7_Safety_WinCC_V21.iso (8.1 GB).
- 3.Download S7-PLCSIM_V21.iso (2.5 GB) from the same page: PLCSIM is a separate download.
- 4.Right-click each ISO, choose Mount, and run Start.exe as administrator. Install STEP 7 and WinCC first, then PLCSIM.
- 5.Follow the setup, accept the licence terms and restart the PC when asked.
- 6.Open TIA Portal V21 and create a new project to confirm it runs.
- Install from a local drive with plenty of free space; Siemens lists 20 GB free as the minimum and the ISOs alone are over 10 GB.
- You only need DVD 2 if you want extra hardware support packages.
- If you cannot install locally, Siemens also offers a 21-day TIA Portal Cloud trial in the browser (one-hour sessions, not in every country).
Official download pagesupport.industry.siemens.comAlternatives
- TIA Portal Cloud trial: 21 days free in a cloud virtual machine, no install. Sessions are limited to one hour and it is not available in every country.
Checked against each maker's own page on 27 September 2026. Trial lengths and editions change; the maker's page is the final word.
Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced at a glance
Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced is a free, self-paced online course from EDWartens for engineering students, ITI and diploma holders, and working engineers in automation and control. It has 15 modules and 19h 6m of video lessons by WinCCGURU, WinCCGURU, Instrumentation Tools and others, with written notes and worked problems, a practical project with a document pack and a 15-question final assessment (pass mark 60%). Learning is free with an account; an optional certificate with a public verification code is issued when you pass. Last updated 27 September 2026.
All course factsHide course facts
- Price
- Free, for good. No trial, no card. The only paid item is the optional certificate, a small one-off fee.
- Who it is for
- Engineering students, ITI and diploma holders, and working engineers in automation and control
- Format
- 15 self-paced modules, 19h 6m of video, written notes, a practice task per module and one final assessment.
- Level
- Intermediate. Intermediate. PLC basics assumed; the HMI course is good preparation.
- Brand
- Siemens
- Software
- WinCC V8 trial (21 days) for the V7/V8 modules; the STEP 7 and WinCC (TIA Portal) trial (21 days) for the Unified and WinCC Advanced modules
- Hardware
- None. PLCSIM or simulators provide data.
- Certificate
- Optional EDWartens Certificate of Completion, verifiable by code. Not a vendor credential.
- Video lessons by
- WinCCGURU, WinCCGURU, Instrumentation Tools, PLC SCADA Training (independent creators, credited below)
- Language
- English
- Last updated
- 27 September 2026
A shareable EDWartens certificate
Finish every module and pass the final assessment, and the optional EDWartens certificate is yours. It carries a unique verification code on a public page anyone can check, so it stands up when a recruiter looks it up. See it below.
The course itself stays free whether or not you ever buy one.
Stuck? Ask a practising engineer
A free course usually means a comment section and hope. This one does not. Every module has an Ask-your-trainer panel that reaches the same engineers who teach our paid programme: people who commission panels for a living, not moderators.
Pairs well with
PLC programming 路 FreeSiemens TIA PortalFrom zero electrical knowledge to a working, simulated S7-1200 program, for nothing.
PLC programming 路 FreeSiemens TIA Portal in Three HoursThe first three hours of the Siemens TIA Portal course, cut to end on a win: what a PLC is, how it is wired, a project configured in TIA Portal, and your first ladder program running in simulation. Finish it in an evening or two, earn a certificate, and carry straight on into the full course.
PLC programming 路 FreeTIA Portal: Build a MachineOne machine, start to finish. Take a bottle filling line from a written specification and an I/O list to a structured S7-1200 program with a fill station, a capper, a reject sorter and an operator screen with alarms, then test it against a written record and archive it for hand-over. The lessons are the reference; the machine is yours, and it is what you submit.
PLC programming 路 FreeSiemens S7-1200 with TIA Portal: The Tutorial SeriesEvery S7-1200 instruction, one short video at a time: bits, edges, timers, counters, comparators, maths, MOVE, conversion, analog scaling, jumps and shift registers.More free courses: Free Siemens PLC courses 路 Free SCADA courses
Learning paths with this course
- Siemens engineer path 路 13 coursesThe Siemens stack most plants actually run: TIA Portal from zero, the S7-1200 instruction series, program structure, HMI panels, interrupts, PID, commissioning, Factory I/O projects, the S7-300 installed base, advanced S7-1500, safety, WinCC SCADA and LOGO!.
- SCADA specialist 路 4 coursesFour of the most widely installed SCADA platforms: InTouch, Ignition, WinCC and Citect, from tags to alarms, history and clients.
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Common questions
Which WinCC is this?
All three that matter: classic V7/V8 for large SCADA, Unified in TIA Portal for new projects, and Advanced/flexible for practice and the installed base.
Do I need a PLC?
No. PLCSIM, the WinCC simulators and internal tags provide data for every exercise.
Some source lessons are members-only. Are they included?
No. Five members-only lessons from one series were left out; their topics are covered by public lessons from the other series.
Is the Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced course really free?
Yes. Every module, practice task and assessment. You create an account so your progress is saved and the assessments can be marked. The certificate is the only paid item, and only if you want it.
What certificate do I get, and is it a Siemens qualification?
An EDWartens Certificate of Completion, issued when you pass the final assessment, with a verification code anyone can check. It is not a Siemens credential and is never described as one.
Who made the video lessons in the Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced course?
The creators named in the Credits block at the foot of this page, on their own YouTube channels. EDWartens did not make the videos and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
How long does the Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced course take?
Plan on about 26 hours in all, including the video lessons, notes and practice tasks. It is self-paced, so you work through the fifteen modules at your own speed.
What you walk away with
Your certificate for Siemens WinCC SCADA: V7, Unified and Advanced
Finish the course, pass the final, and this is the document with your name on it.
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Learning is free. The certificate is optional.
Add it now and pay only when you have finished the course, or come back for it later. One-off, US$28.99, with a receipt.
Issued by EDWartens, the training division of Wartens, as a Certificate of Completion for this self-paced course. Sold by Wartens Ltd (England and Wales). It is not a vendor certification, a university award or a CPD-accredited activity, and it does not certify competence on live equipment. Delivered electronically; see the refund policy.
Credits
Who made the video lessons
The video lessons in this course were created by the people below, not by EDWartens. Every lesson streams from its creator's own YouTube channel; EDWartens neither hosts nor sells that footage, and the creators are not affiliated with EDWartens and do not endorse this course. What EDWartens wrote is the study plan, the notes, the practice tasks and the assessments.
- WinCCGURUthe WinCC V7.4 step-by-step course and V8 lessons
- WinCCGURUthe WinCC Unified V17 full course
- Instrumentation Toolsthe WinCC SCADA training course
- PLC SCADA Trainingthe Siemens WinCC SCADA training series
If you are one of these creators and would like a lesson removed or credited differently, write to info@wartens.com.