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shellgio
Jun 27, 2026Iron Contributor
Feedback about MS-102 retirement
TL;DR: I don't think you should retire the MS-102 as it really is a big downgrade losing and expert M-365 administor certification just for it to be replaced by an unrelated and under leveled AI Ser...
pavithranayanakantha
Jul 29, 2026Copper Contributor
I don't mind Microsoft adding AI content to the certification path. What I don't understand is retiring the Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert certification and replacing it with an Associate-level certification. Instead of evolving the existing Expert certification with AI topics, administrators are being forced to switch to an Associate certification and validate many of the same core skills again, just to cover the AI additions. Updating MS-102 would have made much more sense. What a move. 😂