New Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Business Professional Certification
As data moves across tools and teams, security risks increase. Built for business professionals, the new Exam SC‑730 (beta) validates how you protect data, reduce risk, and respond to incidents. Work today depends on shared data, AI and cloud tools, and constant collaboration. As that expands, so do everyday security risks, phishing attempts, accidental data exposure, and misuse of sensitive information. Security isn’t handled by one team anymore. It shows up in day-to-day decisions made across roles. To reflect that shift, we’re introducing a new certification focused on how business professionals contribute to security in their daily work. The Microsoft Certified: Cybersecurity Business Professional Certification helps you validate your ability to recognize common threats, apply everyday security best practices, protect sensitive data, and respond appropriately to incidents to help protect your organization. To earn this new Certification, you need to pass Exam SC-730: Cybersecurity Business Professional, currently in beta. Is this the right Certification for you? This Certification validates your ability to apply practical security awareness and foundational knowledge related to reducing risk, supporting compliance, and safeguarding your organization in today’s threat landscape. It assesses how well you can: Understand cybersecurity concepts. Recognize cybersecurity risks and threats. Apply basic security best practices to protect the organization. Report and respond to security Incidents. As a candidate for this Certification, you’re a business professional (administrator, analyst, project manager, marketer, or sales pro) who relies on digital tools and cloud-based collaboration. Although security may not be your primary responsibility, you regularly handle sensitive information and work across networks, which increases your exposure to cyber risks. You’re accountable for protecting personal and organizational data and for complying with company privacy and security policies. You have foundational knowledge of cybersecurity awareness, privacy expectations, and security event response, and you understand basic security concepts well enough to apply simple, role-relevant practices that help support organizational compliance and risk awareness. You should be able to: Recognize common threats, such as phishing, malware, and social engineering. Apply basic protection practices, including strong passwords, multifactor authentication, and safe internet use. Follow organizational privacy and security policies when handling sensitive data. Report suspected incidents promptly and take appropriate steps during data breaches. Maintain continuous awareness of evolving threats and best practices through organizational updates and training. Ready to prove your cybersecurity skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam SC-730 (beta) on or before May 27, 2026 can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use SC730Eclipse. This is not a private access code. The seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. As noted, you must take the exam on or before May 27, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Review the Exam SC-730 (beta) page for exam registration and other details. The Exam SC-730 study guide explores key topics covered in the exam. Connect with Microsoft Training Services Partners in your area for in-person offerings. Need other preparation ideas? Check out Just How Does One Prepare for Beta Exams? Ready to get started? You can take Certification exams online, from your home or office. Get the details in Online proctored exams: What to expect and how to prepare. Remember, the number of spots is limited to the first 300 candidates on or before May 27, 2026. Beta exam rescoring begins when the exam goes live, with final results released approximately 10 days later. For more details, read Creating high-quality exams: The path from beta to live. Stay tuned for general availability of this Certification in July 2026. Additional information For more cloud and AI Certification updates, read our recent blog post, The AI job boom is here. Are you ready to showcase your skills? Follow our credentials news on The Skills Hub Blog as we roll out additional new Certifications in May, June, and July 2026. Join our Microsoft Worldwide Learning SME Group for Credentials on LinkedIn for beta exam alerts and opportunities to help shape future Microsoft learning and assessments. If you’d like to learn more about Microsoft Credentials, visit AI Skills Navigator.New Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Sales AI Consultant Associate Certification
Agent-powered experiences are transforming how sellers manage pipelines, qualify opportunities, and engage customers. Show you’re ready to design agent-enabled sales solutions with the new Exam AB-210 (beta). Selling is changing fast. As AI becomes part of everyday work, sales teams aren’t just using new tools, they’re working in entirely new ways, side by side with AI, Microsoft Copilot, and autonomous agents. To support this shift, organizations are investing in people who can design and run AI-powered sales experiences not just configure systems. The new Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Sales AI Consultant Associate Certification is built for today’s sellers who want to operate at the intersection of sales and AI. It focuses on how to design and deliver AI-powered sales solutions across the entire lead-to-cash lifecycle with a strong emphasis on: Copilot-driven productivity and insights AI-powered opportunity research and qualification Agent configuration and lifecycle management Secure, scalable automation grounded in responsible AI To earn the certification, you’ll need to pass Exam AB-210: Accelerating Sales Pipelines with AI in Dynamics 365, currently in beta. Is this the right Certification for you? This Certification assesses your knowledge and skills on how to design, configure, and operationalize AI‑powered sales solutions by using Dynamics 365 Sales, Microsoft Copilot in Dynamics 365 Sales, and sales agents across the lead‑to‑cash lifecycle. As a candidate for this Certification, you’re evaluated on your understanding of how business requirements can be reflected in seller workflows that use agents, conversational intelligence, predictive insights, guided automation, and secure app‑based access, rather than relying solely on manual configuration. This Certification represents a fundamental shift from configuring sales systems to designing AI‑enhanced seller experiences, reflecting how sales teams actually work today, alongside AI, Copilot, and autonomous agents, emphasizing: Agent configuration and lifecycle management. Copilot‑driven productivity and insight generation. AI‑powered opportunity research and qualification. Secure, scalable automation aligned with governance and responsible AI practices. As a candidate for this Certification, you should have knowledge of: Interpreting an organization’s sales processes and seller experience. Building and extending model-driven apps. Building Power Automate cloud flows. Ready to prove your skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam AB-210 (beta) on or before May 27, 2026, can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use AB210LMBaking. This is not a private access code. The seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. As noted, you must take the exam on or before May 27, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Review the Exam AB-210 (beta) page for exam registration and other details. The Exam AB-210 study guide explores key topics covered in the exam. Connect with Microsoft Training Services Partners in your area for in-person offerings. Need other preparation ideas? Check out Just How Does One Prepare for Beta Exams? Ready to get started? You can take Certification exams online, from your home or office. Get the details in Online proctored exams: What to expect and how to prepare. Remember, the number of spots is limited to the first 300 candidates on or before May 27, 2026. Beta exam rescoring begins when the exam goes live, with final results released approximately 10 days later. For more details, read Creating high-quality exams: The path from beta to live. Stay tuned for general availability of this Certification in July 2026. Additional information For more AI business solution Certification updates, read our recent blog post, The AI job boom continues: Build the skills that move business forward. Follow our credentials news on The Skills Hub Blog as we roll out additional new Certifications in May, June, and July 2026. Join our Microsoft Worldwide Learning SME Group for Credentials on LinkedIn for beta exam alerts and opportunities to help shape future Microsoft learning and assessments. If you’d like to learn more about Microsoft Credentials, visit AI Skills Navigator.New Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate Certification
Today’s AI workloads rely on developers who can integrate services and support resilient architectures. Show your readiness to design and run AI solutions on Azure, with new Exam AI-200 (beta). AI is rewriting how cloud applications are designed and delivered, opening new opportunities for developers who design scalable, secure cloud solutions on Azure. As AI adoption grows, expertise in containers, data services, event-driven architectures, and operational monitoring is the foundation for reliable AI solutions. To support this shift, we’re introducing the new Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate Certification to help you validate your knowledge of building, integrating, and monitoring AI solutions on Azure by using containerized compute, vector-enabled databases, event-driven AI pipelines, serverless functions, secret management, and distributed observability. To earn this new Microsoft Certification, you need to pass Exam AI-200: Developing AI Cloud Solutions on Azure, currently in beta. Is this the right Certification for you? This Certification demonstrates your ability to: Develop containerized solutions on Azure. Develop AI solutions by using Azure data management services. Connect to and consume Azure services. Secure, monitor, and troubleshoot Azure solutions. As a candidate for this Certification, you’re responsible for contributing to all phases of implementing AI solutions on Azure, with an emphasis on back-end services and components. You’re also responsible for supporting all phases of the development lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, deployment, security, and monitoring. You should be proficient in: Azure SDKs and third-party SDKs used in Azure. Azure data management services. Azure monitoring and troubleshooting. Azure messaging and eventing. Vector databases. Python programming. Implementing containerized applications on Azure. Exam AI-200 assesses skills relating to building and operating AI solutions on Azure. It moves beyond traditional web-app patterns to highlight practical skills in the services and architectures that power production AI systems. The exam focuses on deploying and scaling containerized AI workloads and on integrating back-end services to handle messaging and events. As a candidate for this Certification, you’re evaluated on your knowledge of building serverless inference endpoints, orchestrating asynchronous AI processing workflows, implementing semantic retrieval with vector databases, and monitoring the health and performance of AI solutions that deliver real business value at scale. Ready to prove your skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam AI-200 (beta) on or before May 27, 2026, can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use AI200Piedmont. This is not a private access code. The seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. As noted, you must take the exam on or before May 27, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Review the Exam AI-200 (beta) page for training resources, exam registration, and other details. The Exam AI-200 study guide explores key topics covered in the exam. Connect with Microsoft Training Services Partners in your area for in-person offerings. Need other preparation ideas? Check out Just How Does One Prepare for Beta Exams? Ready to get started? You can take Certification exams online, from your home or office. Get the details in Online proctored exams: What to expect and how to prepare. Remember, the number of spots is limited to the first 300 candidates on or before May 27, 2026. Beta exam rescoring begins when the exam goes live, with final results released approximately 10 days later. For more details, read Creating high-quality exams: The path from beta to live. Stay tuned for general availability of this Certification in July 2026. Additional information For more cloud and AI Certification updates, read our recent blog post, The AI job boom is here. Are you ready to showcase your skills? Follow our credentials news on The Skills Hub Blog as we roll out additional new Certifications in May, June, and July 2026. Join our Microsoft Worldwide Learning SME Group for Credentials on LinkedIn for beta exam alerts and opportunities to help shape future Microsoft learning and assessments. If you’d like to learn more about Microsoft Credentials, visit AI Skills Navigator.Microsoft Power Platform Developers Blueprint Survey Opportunity
Greetings! Microsoft is updating the certification for Microsoft Power Platform Developers, and we need your input through our exam blueprinting survey. The blueprint determines how many questions each skill in the exam will be assigned. Please complete the online survey by May 27, 2026. Please also feel free to forward the survey to any colleagues you consider subject matter experts for this certification. If you have any questions, feel free to contact John Sowles at josowles@microsoft.com or Don Tanedo at dtanedo@microsoft.com. Microsoft Power Platform Developers blueprint survey link: https://www.starttest.com/starttest2/startsurvey?programid=187&guid=5E2B3AA4-0C24-43A1-99A2-F5BF6F5955E1
