Changes coming to Microsoft exams starting December 31st 2018

This mainly effects Azure exams and MCSE Cloud and Infrastructure certification.

https://buildazure.com/2018/09/24/introducing-role-based-microsoft-azure-certification-shakeup/

Glad I got my MCSE Cloud and Infrastructure a few days ago. Alot of study material will have to be rewritten because of this

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Ertaz

malachi1612 wrote: »

This mainly effects Azure exams and MCSE Cloud and Infrastructure certification.

https://buildazure.com/2018/09/24/introducing-role-based-microsoft-azure-certification-shakeup/

Glad I got my MCSE Cloud and Infrastructure a few days ago. Alot of study material will have to be rewritten because of this

Same here. Passed 533/535 back in June and 744 on Monday. The good news is if I do Azure stack in January I should get an MCSE Core Infrastructure 2019 out of the deal.....

bluewarlord8

So all in all, is it worth studying/passing the 70-740 exams? After all, they will be retired soon.

malachi1612

I don't see anything about server exams being retired, only Azure, MCSE Cloud and Infrastructure.

Ertaz

malachi1612 wrote: »

I don't see anything about server exams being retired, only Azure, MCSE Cloud and Infrastructure.

The 2012 stuff is still available in their latest roadmap.

poolmanjim

It's also a requirement to have the 2012 and 2016 exams to get an MCSE:CI now. They're not retiring those. It seems only some Azure stuff is going away.

eillinois31

Skyliinez92 wrote: »

Whoa, hold the brakes. Who said these exams are being retired? I don't see anything about the MCSA: Windows Server 2016 ending anytime soon.

I think they are mistaking the 70-740 exam with Azure. These(70-740/741/742) are definitely NOT being retired. Basically if anyone is looking at taking for example 70-533, you probably want to review the red portions here which points the the new Azure test https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-70-533.aspx

IMPORTANT: Microsoft is making significant changes to this certification. To learn more, see the blog post on role-based certification on Microsoft Learning Community. As a result, exam 533 will be replaced with two new exams that cover the Azure Administrator job role more extensively than this exam does. To support these changes, we are retiring exam 533 on December 31, 2018.
To learn more about these new exams and what they assess, visit:

If you have taken this exam and want to transition to the new Azure Administrator certification, you should take Exam AZ-102: Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition.

eillinois31

Just noticed Udemy has videos for the AZ-100 if interested, $11.99 atm https://www.udemy.com/az-100-skylines-academy/