So I've been following the other threads about the uncertainty of this exam counting towards the MCSA:Server 2012 certification.
What I have gathered is that there has not been any notification or indication of it being phased out as an elective. This truly puts those who have studied at a disadvantage. I had some hope recently when I saw people were still having it count despite the website/cert planner not showing that as a possibility anymore.
I then saw the latest two 2012 threads that contradicted each other whereas one mentioned "still valid, but not showing due to website issues" and the other saying it was "silently removed in March".
I know others have forewarned to just stick to 412 at this point, but I couldnt take that as an answer since I am almost done studying for this. So I decided to ask Microsoft MCP support myself.
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Hi there, I am almost finished studying for the 74-409 Hyper-V exam that was listed as an elective for the MCSA 2012. I really need to know if this still counts as I have put in months of studying and have not received any indication or notification of a change.
Please let me know if this is valid or if there is anything I need to know. I know of someone who has passed within the last month and I wish to do the same.
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Thank you for contacting Microsoft about certification requirement.
Since you have yet to complete the last exam, you may still take the substitute exam 74-409 within 60 days from now for us to grant the MCSA certification to your profile.
Once you passed the last required exam, please contact us back so we can manually add the certification to your transcript since it will not be added automatically.
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Message received date: 7/9/17
Turns out that I now have a 60 Day Grace period for this exam.
Perhaps there really was no announcement. I suggest everyone to email Microsoft if you are in the same boat as I am.
This really is some unfair bs but I am glad they care enough to manually honor the elective.
