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Re: Reminder: Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Application Developer Associate certification to be retired
Hi emrecet35, The certification and exam are retired and we've just launched a hands-on Applied Skill "Build collaborative apps for Microsoft Teams" that you may be interested in. https://learn.microsoft.com/credentials/applied-skills/build-collaborative-apps-microsoft-teams/Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification and Exam MS-500 retiring
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification and its required Exam MS-500: Microsoft 365 Security Administration, on June 30, 2023. Security-related roles have evolved to deliver solutions in specialized areas—like information protection, operations, or identity management—using multiple technologies. Because of this evolution, this certification no longer has a distinct role. Skills for security administrators are included in certifications like Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate (Exam SC-200: Microsoft Security Operations Analyst), Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate (Exam SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator), and Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate (Exam SC-400: Microsoft Information Protection Administrator), each reflecting the depth of knowledge for its particular specialization. Summary of updates to the Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: I’ve been preparing for Exam MS-500. What are my options? If you’ve been preparing for Exam MS-500, be sure to pass the exam on or before June 30, 2023. I’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification. What happens now? If you’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification, it will stay on your transcript. What about renewal for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification? Learners with an active Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of June 30, 2023. I’m considering earning the Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification. What should I do? If you’re considering earning the Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate certification, we recommend that you instead consider one or more of these certifications: Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst Associate, Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate, or Microsoft Certified: Information Protection Administrator Associate.The AI sky is the limit, with GitHub Copilot
Machine learning beginners who want to learn all about AI can do so with the help of an AI assistant—GitHub Copilot—and with the guidance of savvy Cloud Advocates Carlotta Castelluccio and Gustavo Cordido. I think that their six-episode video series Learning AI with GitHub Copilot on Microsoft Learn Shows is a great place to start your AI exploration. Carlotta and Gustavo help you discover the AI domain and show you how to ask GitHub Copilot questions about machine learning fundamentals. They explore basic domain knowledge by interacting with the AI assistant, demo how to build a classification model with only natural language instructions (plus GitHub Copilot), and then move to more advanced algorithms, known as neural networks. They even dive deep into computer vision, getting answers and explanations from GitHub Copilot. Go from theory to practice as you #LearnMicrosoftAI, in these practical episodes, where the AI sky is the limit.Speak your mind, with Azure Cognitive Speech Services
For intermediate AI engineers and developers who are ready to develop speech-enabled applications, I can say with confidence that the Process and Translate Speech with Azure Cognitive Speech Services learning path on Microsoft Learn is a great resource. It starts with a discussion of how to create speech-enabled apps with the Speech service, focusing on using the speech-to-text and text-to-speech APIs. Learn how these APIs enable you to create apps that are capable of speech recognition and synthesis. This practical learning path also explores how to translate speech with the speech service, building on speech recognition, transcribing spoken input in a specified language, and then returning translations of the transcription in other languages. Plus, this learning path helps prepare you for Exam AI-102: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution to earn the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate certification. Don’t be afraid to speak your mind—and make the most of speech-enabled apps—with Azure Cognitive Speech Services, as you #LearnMicrosoftAI.Microsoft Certified: Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty to be retired
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft Certified: Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification and its required Exam AZ-720: Troubleshooting Microsoft Azure Connectivity, on July 31, 2023, to better align with today’s in-demand job skills. If you’re a support engineer who implements, manages, and monitors an organization’s Azure environment, we recommend that you instead pursue the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate certification. If you have skills in planning, implementing, and managing Azure networking solutions, the Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate certification could be a good next step. Updates to the Microsoft Certified: Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam AZ-720. What are my options? A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam AZ-720, be sure to pass it on or before July 31, 2023. If you pass Exam AZ-720 on or before July 31, 2023, you’ll earn the Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification and it will be active for one year. Q. I’ve already earned the Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification. What happens now? A. If you’ve already earned the Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification, it will stay on your transcript. Q. What about renewal for the Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification? A. Learners with an active Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of July 31, 2023. The renewal window ends on January 31, 2024.The Microsoft Certified: Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification to be retired
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft Certified: Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification and its required Exam AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub, on July 31, 2023. If you’re a learner who wants to implement, manage, and monitor Azure environments, we encourage you to pursue the Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate certification. If your interest is in administering core and advanced Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies, you might want to earn the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification. Updates to the Microsoft Certified: Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam AZ-600. What are my options? A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam AZ-600, be sure to pass it on or before July 31, 2023. If you pass Exam AZ-600 on or before July 31, 2023, you’ll earn the Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification and it will be active for one year. Q. I’ve already earned the Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification. What happens now? A. If you’ve already earned the Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification, it will stay on your transcript. Q. What about renewal for the Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification? A. Learners with an active Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of July 31, 2023. The renewal window ends on January 31, 2024.AI Copilot: Powerful experiences from screen one
With AI Copilot in Power Apps, you can build an app—and the data behind it—simply by describing what you need through conversation steps. In this way, your apps get Copilot-powered experiences built in from the first screen, offering your users insights in conversation instead of clicks. For me, a great place to find the details on AI Copilot is in the AI Copilot overview (preview) documentation on Microsoft Learn. This helpful information and the related links show you how the power of AI Copilot can benefit app makers and end users in Power Apps. Plus, it explores prerequisites for the AI features in Power Apps and suggests additional recommended content. Power Apps can help everyone turn their ideas into custom solutions to solve business challenges, and you can use AI Copilot to create powerful experiences—from screen one—in these solutions, as you #LearnMicrosoftAI.The Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification to be retired
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification and its required Exam AZ-220: Microsoft Azure IoT Developer, on July 31, 2023, to focus on developing a path more aligned to the way that real-world professionals approach IoT. Skills needed for IoT projects cut across multiple roles, including developer, architect, administrator, and data analyst. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam AZ-220. What are my options? A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam AZ-220, be sure to pass it on or before July 31, 2023. If you pass Exam AZ-220 on or before July 31, 2023, you’ll earn the Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification and it will be active for one year. Q. I’ve already earned the Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification. What happens now? A. If you’ve already earned the Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification, it will stay on your transcript. Q. What about renewal for the Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification? A. Learners with an active Azure IoT Developer Specialty certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of July 31, 2023. The renewal window ends on January 31, 2024.No formal training? No problem, with Microsoft Power Platform
If you’re a self-directed and solution-focused app maker, and you enjoy working with the maker tools of Microsoft Power Platform to simplify, automate, and transform tasks and processes and to solve business problems, I highly encourage you to pursue the Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate certification. You might have experience with Visual Basic for Applications, Excel PivotTables, Teams, and other tools, and you’re comfortable working with IT administrators and Microsoft Power Platform developers using technology to help solve issues for your organization. This Microsoft Certification validates your ability to design and create apps and to automate workflows, in addition to analyzing and visualizing data in the context of an app or automated workflow. To earn it, pass Exam PL-100: Microsoft Power Platform App Maker. Formal training isn’t required—no problem—but bring your interest in understanding the capabilities of these critical tools and how to apply them, as you #LearnMicrosoftAI.New Practice Assessments available on Microsoft Learn
Practice Assessments on Microsoft Learn helps you practice, assess your knowledge, and identify the areas where you may need additional preparation to accelerate your chances of passing certification exams. Get ready for exam day with our four new Practice Assessments: Exam AZ-140: Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure Exam AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced ServicesNew Practice Assessments available on Microsoft Learn
Practice Assessments on Microsoft Learn helps you practice, assess your knowledge, and identify the areas where you may need additional preparation to accelerate your chances of passing certification exams. Get ready for exam day with our four new Practice Assessments: Exam AZ-140: Microsoft Azure Administrator Exam AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure Exam AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced ServicesUpdates to the Dynamics 365 certification portfolio
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification and its required Exam MB-340: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant, on June 30, 2023, as a result of the recent Dynamics 365 certification portfolio review. Updates to the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam MB-340. What are my options? A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam MB-340, be sure to pass the exam on or before June 30, 2023. If you pass Exam MB-300 and Exam MB-340 on or before June 30, 2023, you’ll earn the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification and it will be active for one year. Q. I’ve already earned the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification. What happens now? A. If you’ve already earned the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification, it will stay on your transcript. Q. What about renewal for the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification? A. Learners with an active Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of June 30, 2023. The renewal window ends on December 31, 2023.The Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Support Engineer Specialty certification to be retired
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Support Engineer Specialty certification and its required Exam MS-740: Troubleshooting Microsoft Teams, on July 31, 2023. However, for engineers with a fundamental understanding of networking, telecommunications, audio/visual and meeting room technologies, and identity and access management, the new Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certification and its required Exam MS-721: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer might be a great option. Updates to the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Support Engineer Specialty certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam MS-740. What are my options? A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam MS-740, be sure to pass it on or before July 31, 2023. If you pass Exam MS-740 on or before July 31, 2023, you’ll earn the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Support Engineer Specialty certification and it will be active for one year. Q. I already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Support Engineer Specialty certification. What happens now? A. If you’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Support Engineer Specialty certification, it will stay on your transcript. Q. What about renewal for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Support Engineer Specialty certification? A. Learners with an active Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Support Engineer Specialty certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of July 31, 2023. The renewal window ends on January 31, 2024.The Microsoft 365 Certified: Exchange Online Support Engineer Specialty certification to be retired
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft 365 Certified: Exchange Online Support Engineer Specialty certification and its required Exam MS-220: Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Online on July 31, 2023. We encourage support engineers who are interested in planning, deploying, and troubleshooting the messaging infrastructure in hybrid and cloud enterprise environments to instead consider pursuing the Microsoft 365 Certified: Messaging Administrator Associate certification. Updates to the Microsoft 365 Certified: Exchange Online Support Engineer Specialty certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam MS-220. What are my options? A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam MS-220, be sure to pass it on or before July 31, 2023. If you pass Exam MS-220 on or before July 31, 2023, you’ll earn the Microsoft 365 Certified: Exchange Online Support Engineer Specialty certification and it will be active for one year. Q. I’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Exchange Online Support Engineer Specialty certification. What happens now? A. If you’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Exchange Online Support Engineer Specialty certification, it will stay on your transcript. Q. What about renewal for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Exchange Online Support Engineer Specialty certification? A. Learners with an active Microsoft 365 Certified: Exchange Online Support Engineer Specialty certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of July 31, 2023. The renewal window ends on January 31, 2024.New certification and required exam for Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification and its required Exam MS-720: Microsoft Teams Voice Engineer, on June 30, 2023. The certification will be replaced by the new Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certification, available now. We’re expanding the definition of the role—the current certification is focused on one technology, but as we carefully examine what organizations are looking for, it’s clear that the role has evolved to include a broader-based set of skills to build and manage solutions across multiple communications technologies, including audiovisual (AV), telephony systems, and team meeting room solutions. To earn the new certification, you’ll need to pass the new Exam MS-721: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer. Because this certification embraces a wider range of skills rather than deep expertise in a single technology, the level will be associate. The associate-level certification will not require any prerequisites—you need only pass the new exam. Updates to the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: Q. I’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification. What happens now? A. If you’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification, you’ll see both the original Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert and the new Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certifications on the transcript in your profile on Microsoft Learn. In November 2023, the renewal window opens for the new Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certification. Be sure to pass the renewal assessment before the certification expires, to prove that you’re current on the skills for the new definition of the role. The Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification will stay on your transcript in your profile on Microsoft Learn, and you’ll be able to renew it through December 2023 (extending the expiration for one year). After it expires, it will move to the certification history section of your transcript. Q. I’m preparing for Exam MS-720, and I’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate certification that’s required for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification. What should I do? A. If you’re preparing for Exam MS-720, and you’ve already earned the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate certification, you can continue preparation for Exam MS-720 and take it before it retires in June 2023. If you pass the exam, you’ll earn the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification and will be granted the new Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certification. Q. I’m considering earning the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification but haven’t started yet. What should I do? A. If you’re considering earning the Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Voice Engineer Expert certification, we recommend that you instead work toward the new Microsoft 365 Certified: Collaboration Communications Systems Engineer Associate certification. You can get started with the skills measured on Exam MS-721 and this curated collection of collaboration communications systems engineer learning paths.Reimagining the certifications for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultants
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate certification and its required Exam MB-320: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing, on June 30, 2023, to streamline your certification path. We moved some of the relevant skills measured by this certification to the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate certification and some to the new Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification. Updates to the Microsoft Certified: Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: I’ve been preparing for Exam AZ-720. What are my options? If you’ve been preparing for Exam AZ-720, be sure to pass it on or before July 31, 2023. If you pass Exam AZ-720 on or before July 31, 2023, you’ll earn the Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification and it will be active for one year. I’ve already earned the Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification. What happens now? If you’ve already earned the Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification, it will stay on your transcript. What about renewal for the Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification? Learners with an active Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of July 31, 2023. The renewal window ends on January 31, 2024.Retiring Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification
As previously announced, we’re retiring the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification and its required Exam MB-340: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant, on June 30, 2023, as a result of the recent Dynamics 365 certification portfolio review. Updates to the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification. The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey: Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam MB-340. What are my options? A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam MB-340, be sure to pass the exam on or before June 30, 2023. If you pass Exam MB-300 and Exam MB-340 on or before June 30, 2023, you’ll earn the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification and it will be active for one year. Q. I’ve already earned the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification. What happens now? A. If you’ve already earned the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification, it will stay on your transcript. Q. What about renewal for the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification? A. Learners with an active Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of June 30, 2023. The renewal window ends on December 31, 2023.Make the smart move! Add intelligence to your apps with Azure OpenAI Service
Calling all intermediate-level AI engineers and developers! If you’re ready to add intelligence to your apps, I highly recommend the Develop AI solutions with Azure OpenAI learning path on Microsoft Learn. Azure OpenAI Service brings generative AI models to the Azure platform, enabling you to develop powerful AI solutions that benefit from the security, scalability, and integration of other services provided by Azure. In this learning path, explore and test generative AI models, and build natural language solutions to understand, converse, and generate content. Plus, this learning path helps you prepare for Exam AI-102: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution to earn the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate certification. Make the smart move! Find out how to build an OpenAI Service solution, as you #LearnMicrosoftAI.If you have AI on the brAIn, don’t miss our daily #LearnMicrosoftAI tips!
We’re all aware of the amazing abilities of AI, but many of us wonder how to make the most of it in our daily tasks—to improve customer experiences, increase productivity, and drive results. Microsoft AI offers these possibilities, but where do you start? Right here! Beginning on June 5, 2023, stay tuned here in the Microsoft Learn hub on Tech Community for a daily #LearnMicrosoftAI tip. In these tips, community members will provide practical AI skilling advice, including “Soar to new AI developer heights with GitHub Copilot” and “Flex your apps with AI Builder,” to name just a few. Whether you’re a tech beginner or you have years of experience in the field, you’ll find something new to learn. These tips will cover a range of technologies and tools, like Azure OpenAI Service, Azure Machine Learning, AI Builder, Power Virtual Agents, GitHub Copilot, and more. They’ll also include various resources from Microsoft Learn, such as Microsoft Certifications, learning paths and documentation, instructor-led training, and recorded shows. We’ll share an AI skilling tip every weekday— find them on Microsoft Tech Community discussions using the label Learn Microsoft AI filter or search using #LearnMicrosoftAI. Did you miss one tip? Stay tuned for weekly recaps every Friday on Twitter and LinkedIn.
