Microsoft Certification Paths

Summary Microsoft is streamlining its expert-level technical certifications: Aligning to industry-recognized areas of competence while Providing flexibility to showcase your specific skills on Microsoft products and services Five new Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) and Developer (MCSD) specialties align to Centers of Excellence, used by the Microsoft Partner Network to identify technical competencies that are widely recognizable by both Microsoft partners and customers

How To Earn To earn each of these credentials, you must: Earn a qualifying Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification Pass a single additional exam from a list of electives associated with the corresponding Center of Excellence The resulting MCSE or MCSD certification will be added to your transcript and will never expire. Every year, you have the opportunity to re-earn the certification by passing an additional exam from the list of electives Each time you earn the certification, a new certification entry will be added to your transcript. This process replaces the existing MCSE/MCSD requirement of taking a specific recertification exam every 2 or 3 years. Details on the exams required to earn each of the new MCSE and MCSD certifications can be found on the corresponding web pages and will be subjects of a series of additional BornToLearn blog posts over the next few months. You will find that many currently available MCP exams will map to one or more new expert-level certifications. These certification changes apply only to MCSE and MCSD certifications. You will continue to earn and upgrade MCSA certifications as you do currently.

Transitioning to the New Certifications… Upon release of the new MCSE and MCSD certifications, transcripts will be reevaluated. Individuals who currently hold active MCSE or MCSD certifications from the following list will earn the corresponding new MCSE or MCSD certifications for 2016 without having to take any additional exams: MCSE: Server Infrastructure MCSE: Private Cloud MCSE: Data Platform MCSE: Business Intelligence MCSE: Enterprise Devices and Apps MCSE: SharePoint MCSE: Communication MCSE: Messaging MCSD: Universal Windows Platform MCSD: Web Applications MCSD: SharePoint Applications

…Transitioning to the New Certifications In addition, all individuals who have passed a qualifying elective exam since January 1, 2016 will be granted the corresponding new MCSE or MCSD certifications for 2016 without the need to take additional exams, if they have met all other exam requirements. Through Dec 31, 2016, individuals with inactive MCSE or MCSD certifications can earn the new certification by either: Taking a recertification exam Taking a new exam from the list of electives associated with the corresponding Center of Excellence

MCSE Cloud Platform & Infrastructure MCSE Mobility Earned: 2016 MOBILITY MCSA Windows 10 Elective MCSA Windows Server 2012 MCSE Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Earned: 2016 CLOUD PLATFORM & INFRASTRUCTURE MCSA Windows Server 2016 Elective MCSA Linux on Azure MCSA Cloud Platform MCSE Productivity Earned: 2016 PRODUCTIVITY MCSA Office 365 Elective MCSA SQL Server 2012/2014 MCSE Data Mgmt & Analytics Earned: 2016 DATA MANAGEMENT & ANALYTICS MCSA SQL 2016 Database Dev MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure - focusing on skills validation for Windows Server and Microsoft Azure MCSE: Mobility - focusing on skills validation for Windows Client and Enterprise Mobility Suite MCSE: Data Management and Analysis - focusing on skills validation for both on-premises and cloud-based Microsoft data products and services MCSE: Productivity - focusing on skills validation for Office 365, SharePoint, Exchange, and Skype for Business MCSD: App Builder - focusing on skills validation for Web and Mobile app development Elective MCSA SQL 2016 Database Admin MCSA SQL 2016 BI Development MCSD App Builder Earned: 2016 APP BUILDER MCSA Web Applications Elective MCSA Universal Windows Platform

MOBILITY PATH MCSE Mobility MOBILITY Earned: 2016 Elective 698: Installing and Configuring Windows 10 697: Configuring Windows Devices MCSA Windows 10 Elective Elective Exam PooL (SEPTEMBER 2016) 398 - Planning for and Managing Devices in the Enterprise 695 - Deploying Windows Desktops and Enterprise Applications 696 - Administering System Center Configuration Manager and Intune

Installing and Configuring CLOUD PLATFORM & INFRASTRUCTURE PATH 410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 411: Administering Windows Server 2012 412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services MCSA Windows Server 2012 740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016 741: Networking with Windows Server 2016 742: Identity with Windows Server 2016 MCSA Windows Server 2016 MCSE Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Earned: 2016 CLOUD PLATFORM & INFRASTRUCTURE Elective Elective Exam Pool (SEPTEMBER 2016) 532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions 533: Managing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions 534: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions 473: Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions 475: Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions 744: Securing Windows Server 2016 413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure 414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure 246: Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud 247: Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud 533: Managing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions LFCS: Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator MCSA Linux on Azure Choose two from: 532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions 533: Managing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions 534: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions 473: Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions 475: Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions MCSA Cloud Platform

PRODUCTIVITY PATH MCSE Elective Exam Pool (SEPTEMBER 2016) Earned: 2016 PRODUCTIVITY 346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements 347: Enabling Office 365 Services MCSA Office 365 Elective Elective Exam Pool (SEPTEMBER 2016) 345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016 339: Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 333: Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for Business 2015 334: Core Solutions of Microsoft Skype for Business 2015 331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 332: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 341: Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 342: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 336: Core Solutions of Microsoft Lync Server 2013 337: Enterprise Voice & Online Services with Microsoft Lync Server 2013

DATA MANAGEMENT & ANALYTICS PATH 461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases 463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 MCSA SQL Server 2012/2014 MCSE Data Mgmt & Analytics Earned: 2016 761: Querying Data With Transact-SQL MCSA SQL 2016 Database Dev DATA MGMT & ANALYTICS 762: Developing SQL Databases Elective 764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure 765: Provisioning SQL Databases MCSA SQL 2016 Database Admin 767: Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse 768: Developing SQL Data Models MCSA SQL 2016 BI Development Elective Exam Pool (SEPTEMBER 2016) 473: Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions 475: Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions 464: Developing Microsoft SQL Server Databases 465: Designing Database Solutions for SQL Server 466: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 467: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server

APP BUILDER PATH MCSD Elective Exam Pool (SEPTEMBER 2016) 480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 or 483: Programming in C# 486: Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications MCSA Web Applications MCSD App Builder Earned: 2016 APP BUILDER Elective 483: Programming in C# 357: Developing Mobile Apps MCSA Universal Windows Platform Elective Exam Pool (SEPTEMBER 2016) 532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions 487: Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services 488: Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions 489: Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions 354: Universal Windows Platform – App Architecture and UX/UI 355: Universal Windows Platform – App Data, Services, and Coding Patterns 496: Administering Microsoft Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 497: Software Testing with Visual Studio 498: Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management