Free or reduced certs 2017?

Welly_59

There's a sticky for free certs for a few years back but nothing for 2017.

If you know of any free or reduced price certs active now then please post!

I'll kick off with Palo alto accredited configuration engineer. Free and tested online:

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/education/ace

EagerDinosaur

Microsoft are currently transitioning from 2-yearly recertification to yearly "re-earning" of certifications, which is resulting in some surprising buy-one-get-one-free situations.

For example, a person who already has MCSA (SQL Server 2012/14) can upgrade to MCSA (SQL Server 2016) by passing a single exam (70-762), and get a "free" MCSE (Data Management and Analytics) at the same time.

alias454

Splunk has a Free Fundamentals Course
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAAH9?ac=News_Feb09_EDU

NetworkingStudent

Comptia has a discount on their Cloud+ beta exam. The exam is $50.00

https://certification.comptia.org/certifications/cloud
Be the First to Take the New Exam
As part of CompTIA’s high-stakes exam development process, beta exams for the newest version of CompTIA Cloud+ are available for just $50 for the first 800 people to register for and take the exam. (A US $285 value!) More information is in the exam details below.

You can get vouchers for a good price at this link:
Discount IT Certification Exam Voucher for CompTIA and Microsoft

I have used them before, and they're a valid vendor.

stryder144

NetworkingStudent wrote: »

You can get vouchers for a good price at this link:
Discount IT Certification Exam Voucher for CompTIA and Microsoft

I have used them before, and they're a valid vendor.

I have used them as well. They are very customer oriented. I bought two vouchers with about fifteen days of use left on them, which meant a really nice discount. They called me within minutes of placing the order so that they could verify that I knew that the vouchers were expiring soon. Since I didn't recognize the number, I let it go to voicemail. They left a message and sent an email. When I responded to the email, they added an additional fifteen days onto the vouchers at no additional cost. Now, I always start at their website when I need to purchase a voucher.