Hi All Members:

This is an interesting article regarding " Updating Microsoft Certifications: How we KEEP them relevant"

I kinda agree with what the member on this page are saying, and the IT changes all going towards the "cloud" and train for the higher or the professional level certifications, but in order to reach this level of certification training you need either IT Industry experience or knowledge or IT Expert Certification, but what happens to those who are just starting out or making a career change into the IT industry, where does one start?  I myself started with the IT Strata Fundamentals ( Now called ITF+) and the CompTIA A+ and the Network+ Certification which is a good starting point, but happens if you need to use specific vendor products or training like Microsoft or Cisco?  Microsoft just recently ended (June 30 2022) the MTA (Microsoft Technology Associate) level certification, at first thinking that I didn't wanted to pursue this certification and just pursue the higher level professional  certifications like the MCSA or MCSE (Now Retired) but having limited experience or professional level certification like the MCSA, you need some kind of Foundational skills or knowledge in order to build that knowledge or experience, that's why I am bit upset with Microsoft as to WHY they  ENDED the MTA Certification, Yes I understand that technology or skills or job roles changes and you need to keep pace with those changes, they should of kept the MTA certifications and make changes to the MTA certifications Like Windows 10 or Windows 11 Certification or a NEW Windows Server 2019 and Networking Fundamentals should you decided to pursue a career as a System Administrator or "Hybrid" Administrator (Both on-premise or cloud) Certification training .  After doing the MTA training and passing those MTA Certifications, it gave me a new prospect or view on how the Microsoft Certification process works, believe me this didn't learned over night, it took sometime to learn some trial and error at the beginning but after learning the training objectives and how that particular technology works, it helped me learn how to plan and study for the Microsoft certification.  Now everything is about Cloud, virtualization and Automation (AI) and not so much about the in-person or on-prem work, since you can contract out this type of work and have someone who is more updated and skilled with the latest cloud training to help organization migrate to the cloud (like Azure).