Hi
@Ricardo1992,
As
@Chris Webb mentioned there are two exams in the new role based certifications which are specifically on SharePoint and once earnt, get you Teamwork Associate.
MS-300 - Deploying Microsoft 365 Teamwork
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-ms-300.aspxMS-301 - Deploying SharePoint Server Hybrid
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-ms-301.aspxMS-300 is 50% on SharePoint - that is SharePoint Online, with the other 50% made up by the other collaboration apps in Office 365 - Teams, OneDrive, Stream, Yammer with a bit of Delve thrown in too. You'll ideally need a few years of experience with the apps within Office 365. MS-301 is a whole different ball game and its all about SharePoint Server 2019 - half of it is about setup and configuration - things like the preferred architecture - Minrole - as well as things such as DR (via SQL), Backup, MUI & language packs, web applications, how to manage Site Collections and Search. The other half is configuring Hybrid between SharePoint Server and Office 365 with a small part being on SharePoint Server to SharePoint Online migrations using Microsoft's tools such as SPMT (SharePoint Migration Tool) and SMAT (SharePoint Migration Assessment Tool). Not going to lie here - 301 is tough, very tough if you don't manage Server as part of your role. I had to spin it up on my MSDN sub in Azure which took considerable time.
I have exam guides for both of these at
https://www.microsoft365pro.co.uk. However the guides alone will not be enough. I would recommend
- Searching for providers of the MOC Instructor Led Training (ILT) courses for these exams. These courses are MS-300T01/MS-300T02/MS-300T03/MS-300T04 (4 Day Course) for MS-300 and MS-301T01/MS-301T02/MS-301T03/MS-301T04 (4 Day Course) for MS-301. However, as the exams are still relatively new the availability of these courses and providers in your region may be limited
- Seeing Vlad Catrinescu's blog too here:
https://absolute-sharepoint.com/ms-300-study-guide-deploying-microsoft-365-teamwork- Vlad Catrinescu's book on deploying SharePoint 2019 on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Deploying-SharePoint-2019-Configuring-Premises- the books for MS-300/MS-301 should appear on Amazon soon
- Courses on SharePoint via Pluralsight and Udemy (Paid)
- Courses on Microsoft Learn (Free)
- Leveraging Docs.com which is free
- Utilize a Microsoft Demos Account if you are a Microsoft Partner (demos.microsoft.com) and an MSDN Azure subscription if you have one for test environments. If you don't have these you could look to use trial accounts or paid for a specific period.
If you are not too worried about doing the formal exams and certifications and just looking for an introductory course on SharePoint, or to broaden your knowledge then you should be able to get good SharePoint courses on sites like Pluralsight and Udemy. You may just choose to do one of the MCP exams and not go for the full cert.
Just a note that being active on Tech Community helps a ton with any MS exam, because you are helping to fix multiple issues you have a serious amount of engagement with the services. Daily engagement in this community over 6 - 12 months really will do wonders for your knowledge. I can personally attest to that and I doubt if I would have passed a few of the exams I have without it.
Hope that helps and answers your question!
Best, Chris
