1. Microsoft Certification Paths

2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. …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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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