Microsoft Releases SharePoint 2016 MCSE information

MCP2000

The 70-339 exam will test you on the following topics:

• Design SharePoint infrastructure (15–20%)
• Plan authentication and security (15–20%)
• Plan workload optimization (15–20%)
• Plan productivity solutions (15–20%)
• Manage search capabilities (10–15%)
• Plan and configure cloud services (5–10%)
• Monitor and optimize a SharePoint environment (10–15%)

The path for the SharePoint 2016 MCSE is not yet released, but if it's like the MCSE: Messaging (Exchange 2016) exam path, the path for the SharePoint 2016 MCSE would be the following:

• 70-346 (Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements)
• 70-347 (Enabling Office 365 Services)

After successfully completing steps 1 and 2, you’ll earn a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA): Office 365 certification.

• 70-339 (Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 (in development))

To view more information about the exam from the Microsoft Learning site, check out the exam here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-339.aspx .

Source Info: https://absolute-sharepoint.com/2016/05/microsoft-releases-sharepoint-2016-mcse-information.html

MCP2000

MCSE SharePoint 2016 will require 3 exams compared to 2013's 4 exams.

The 2013 covers more on prem while it looks like 2016 is going cloud with the addition of configuring cloud services. It appears that they hare putting the info from the previous 2 2013 exams into the 1 2016 exam as it covers designing the SP environment and workload optimization.