New Microsoft Certified: Agentic DevOps Engineer Expert
Build on your DevOps expertise with the new Microsoft Certified: Agentic DevOps Engineer Expert certification and Exam AZ-401, now in beta. Agentic AI is transforming how DevOps teams ship software. The professionals who can weave AI assistance into continuous integration, delivery, and monitoring are the ones driving real operational impact. Ready to prove you can design and run agentic DevOps at scale? We're introducing the Microsoft Certified: Agentic DevOps Engineer Expert certification to validate your ability to deliver continuous value with AI-assisted DevOps across Azure DevOps and GitHub, using GitHub Copilot. Earn it by passing Exam AZ-401 Designing and Implementing Microsoft Agentic DevOps Solutions, now in beta. To earn the expert Microsoft Certified: Agentic DevOps Engineer Expert certification, you must also pass one of these two exams Exam GH-300: GitHub Copilot Exam AZ-104: Microsoft Azure Administrator Is this the right certification for you? This certification is designed for agentic DevOps engineers—developers or infrastructure administrators who bring people, processes, and products together to enable continuous delivery of value, and who enhance DevOps processes by integrating AI assistance tools. You collaborate with developers, site reliability engineers, platform engineers, Azure administrators, and security engineers. This certification demonstrates your ability to: Design and implement processes, traceability, and DevOps success metrics. Build source control strategies across Azure DevOps and GitHub. Design and implement build, release, and deployment pipelines with AI assistance. Apply security, compliance, and instrumentation strategies using AI agents. You should have strong skills in either administering or developing solutions using Microsoft technologies, plus practical experience with DevOps code languages including YAML, KQL, and Bicep. You should also have experience implementing both Azure DevOps and GitHub solutions using Microsoft and GitHub AI tools. Ready to prove your skills? The first 300 candidates can save 80% Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam AZ-401 (beta) on or before November 9, 2026 can get 80% off. Enter AZ401Glendon when prompted for payment during registration. This is not a private access code. Seats are first come, first served, and you must take the exam by November 9, 2026. The discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Get ready for Exam AZ-401 (beta): Review the Exam AZ-401 (beta) exam page and Exam AZ-401 study guide for details and topics covered. Complete the self-paced Microsoft Learn Plan: Optimize DevOps with AI agents on Azure. Start learning now on Microsoft Learn. Once generally available, the certification and exam will be available through Microsoft Credentials on AI Skills Navigator. Connect with Microsoft Training Services Partners in your area for in-person offerings. Read Just How Does One Prepare for Beta Exams? for more preparation ideas. Ready to get started? Remember, discounted spots are limited to the first 300 candidates taking Exam AZ-401 (beta) on or before November 9, 2026. Beta exam rescoring begins when the exam goes live, with final results released approximately 10 days later. Read Creating high-quality exams: The path from beta to live for details. Stay tuned for general availability in December. Additional information With this release, Exam AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions and Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert will retire on February 1, 2027. Take certification exams from home or the office. Read Online proctored exams: What to expect and how to prepare. For more certification updates, read Microsoft Credentials roundup: June 2026. Help shape future Microsoft Credentials. Join the Microsoft Worldwide Learning SME Group for Credentials on LinkedIn for beta exam alerts and opportunities to contribute to future learning and assessments.New Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate Certification
As organizations expand across cloud and AI, security expectations are rising fast. Exam SC‑500 (beta) helps you demonstrate your skills across identity, data, compute, and threat defense. Security roles are changing fast. As organizations expand across modern cloud environments, the scope of security has broadened. It’s no longer about protecting a single layer, it’s about securing identities, data, infrastructure, and AI systems together, continuously. Microsoft Certifications are evolving alongside these demands, helping you build and demonstrate the skills needed to secure today’s, and tomorrow’s, environments. Introducing the Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate certification. This new certification validates your ability to design and implement end-to-end security controls across cloud environments using modern, enterprise-ready security patterns. To earn it, you’ll need to pass Exam SC-500: Implementing End-to-End Security Controls for Cloud and AI Workloads, now available in beta. Is this the right Certification for you? This Certification reflects the security skills used to help protect modern cloud environments that support AI workloads, including identity protection, data security, AI model security, and cloud threat defense. It assesses a candidate’s knowledge of how to: Manage identity, access, and governance Secure storage, databases, and networking Secure compute Monitor and manage security posture Exam SC-500 is designed for security engineers who protect organizational systems and data across cloud and hybrid environments by implementing comprehensive security controls that proactively help prevent unauthorized access and mitigate risks. This role spans multiple security domains, including identity, network, application, data, and compute, and it supports the secure implementation and monitoring of infrastructure, identities, and data used by AI workloads. Responsibilities may include: Securing access to resources by using Microsoft Entra ID and Azure Key Vault Enforcing security and regulatory compliance Protecting cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and applications Securing AI solutions Monitoring and improving overall security posture They may work closely with architects, administrators, engineers, analysts, and developers responsible for Azure, Microsoft 365, identity and access, information protection, security operations, DevOps, application development, database platforms, and networks. Candidates for this exam should have practical experience in administration of Azure and hybrid environments, including compute, network, and storage. They need strong familiarity with Microsoft Entra ID and familiarity with Microsoft 365 administration. Ready to prove your cybersecurity skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam SC-500 (beta) on or before June 8, 2026, can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use code VistaSC500. 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 June 8, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Review the Exam SC-500 (beta) page for training resources, exam registration, and other details. The Exam SC-500 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 June 8, 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, go to AI Skills Navigator.New exam for Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate Certification
The new Windows Server Certification exam is here. One exam, in-demand hybrid skills—and a limited-time beta discount. Secure your spot before it fills up. Today’s IT infrastructure is more distributed than ever, spanning on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments and increasingly exposed to cyberthreats. Organizations need administrators who can secure, manage, and operate across this complexity to protect their valuable infrastructure. To support this shift, we’re evolving the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Certification and renaming it the Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate Certification. This updated Microsoft Certification validates your knowledge of deploying, implementing, managing, securing, and troubleshooting Windows Server. As part of this change, we’ve consolidated two exams to one. Effective September 2026, to earn this Certification, you’ll need to pass Exam AZ-802: Administering Windows Server, currently in beta. Is this the right Certification for you? The Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Administrator Associate Certification focuses on the practical skills needed to manage and secure Windows Server across Azure and on-premises environments, validating the ability to: Deploy and manage Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Manage Windows Server instances and workloads in a hybrid environment. Manage virtual machines (VMs). Implement and manage an on-premises and hybrid networking infrastructure. Manage storage and file services. Secure Windows Server infrastructure. Monitor and troubleshoot Windows Server environments. Candidates for this Certification administer identity, security, management, compute, networking, storage, and monitoring for Windows Server, and collaborate closely with architects, administrators, and engineers. They should have experience administering Windows Server by using technologies such as Windows Admin Center, Hyper-V, PowerShell, Azure Arc, Azure Monitor, Azure Update Manager, and Microsoft Defender for Cloud. They should also be familiar with AD DS. What’s new in Exam AZ-802 Exam AZ-802 replaces: Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure Exam AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services Both exams will be retired in September 2026. The new exam provides a focused, streamlined validation by combining essential skills into one experience while prioritizing the most relevant scenarios for modern administrators. Key updates include: A unified exam covering both core infrastructure and advanced services. Expanded hybrid management scenarios using Azure Arc, Azure Update Manager, and Azure Monitor. Updated security and protocol coverage, including OSConfig baselines, SMB over QUIC, Microsoft Entra Password Protection, and GPU partitioning. NOTE: We’re not retiring the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Certification; we’re refreshing the requirements to earn it, with a new single exam that better reflects today's hybrid and cloud-integrated Windows Server administration skills. If you already hold this Certification, no additional action is required on your part. Your Certification will reflect the new name after Exam AZ-802 goes live in September 2026; however, you may take Exam AZ-802. Note that passing the new exam will reset your Certification’s expiration date to one year from the date that you pass that exam rather than a year from your existing Certification’s expiration date. When you renew your certification, you will be assessed on the new skills added to this certification. For more details on the retirement of Exam AZ-800 and Exam AZ-801, read our recent blog post, The AI job boom is here. Are you ready to showcase your skills? Ready to prove your skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam AZ-802 (beta) on or before July 22, 2026, can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use code AZ802Chandler. 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 July 22, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Get ready to take Exam AZ-802 (beta): Review the Exam AZ-802 (beta) page for training resources, exam registration, and other details. The Exam AZ-802 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, only the first 300 candidates can get 80% off Exam AZ-802 (beta) with code AZ802Chandler on or before July 22, 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 August 2026. Additional information For more Certification updates, read our recent blog post, Microsoft Credentials roundup: June 2026. Follow our credentials news on The Skills Hub Blog as we roll out additional new Certifications in July, August, and September 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. Explore Microsoft Credentials on AI Skills Navigator.Evolving the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals Certification
As AI cloud solution adoption accelerates, demonstrate your readiness to build modern, responsible Azure AI solutions using Microsoft Foundry and Python with the new Exam AI‑901 (beta). AI is no longer a distant, abstract idea. Organizations around the world are adopting it right now to streamline workflows and strengthen operational efficiency. As a result, the demand for AI solution developers is accelerating. To support this shift, we’re evolving the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals Certification. The updated Microsoft Certification validates your knowledge of AI concepts and capabilities and your ability to implement AI solutions by using Azure and Microsoft Foundry. After June 30, 2026, to earn this Certification, you’ll need to pass Exam AI-901: Azure AI Fundamentals, currently in beta. The Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals Certification is designed for people who are beginning their journey in AI solution development, and it validates that you can apply responsible AI principles in real‑world scenarios. It also provides a strong foundation for pursuing more advanced role‑based Certifications in Azure AI and machine learning. Is this the right Certification for you? The Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals Certification focuses on the practical skills needed to build modern AI apps and agents by using Foundry. By preparing to earn the Certification, you build practical, job‑relevant skills. Exam AI-901 validates your ability to: Describe AI concepts and capabilities, including principles of responsible AI, along with AI workloads, model components, and configurations. Implement AI solutions with Foundry, including generative AI apps and agents, in addition to AI solutions for text and speech, computer vision and image-generation capabilities, and information extraction. As a candidate for this Certification, you should have conceptual knowledge of AI solutions in Azure and the foundational technical skills to work with them. You also need knowledge of Python coding syntax and programming techniques, and you should be familiar with provisioning Azure resources. With its expanded focus, Exam AI-901 replaces Exam AI-900, which is being retired on June 30, 2026. The new exam addresses: Generative AI and agents, with updated coverage of the Foundry portal, tools, and models. AI workloads, responsible AI principles, and solution patterns. Simple approaches to implementing AI solutions using Foundry. Area Exam AI‑900 (old) Exam AI‑901 (new) Audience Nontechnical or technical beginners Technical beginners planning to build AI solutions Skills tested Understanding AI and machine learning concepts; identifying when to use Azure AI services Understanding AI concepts; implementing AI solutions with Microsoft Foundry Required coding knowledge None Basic Python syntax and programming concepts Knowledge level Introductory, conceptual understanding of Azure AI services (classic approach) Foundational understanding of Azure resources, plus implementation with Foundry, provisioning Azure resources, and modern AI development tooling Focus What is AI? How do I build an AI app by using Foundry? NOTE: We’re not retiring the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals Certification, we’re updating the requirements to earn it with Exam AI-901, which reflects today’s AI solution development skills. If you already hold this certification, no action is required, and taking AI-901 will not change the name of your existing credential. However, you may choose to take AI-901 to showcase your knowledge of the latest AI technologies and a broader set of AI skills. Ready to prove your Azure AI skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam AI-901 (beta) on or before May 6, 2026, can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use code AI901Medford. 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 6, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Get ready to take Exam AI-901 (beta): Review the Exam AI-901 (beta) exam page for details. The Exam AI-901 study guide explores key topics covered in the exam. Work through the self-paced Course AI-901: Introduction to AI in Azure. 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, only the first 300 candidates can get 80% off Exam AI-901 (beta) with code AI901Medford on or before May 6, 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 June 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 April, May, and June 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. Explore Microsoft Credentials on AI Skills Navigator.New Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate
Ready to move from prototypes to production? Demonstrate your readiness to deliver scalable, real‑world AI apps and agents using Azure services and Microsoft Foundry with the new Exam AI‑103 (beta). As AI changes how work is done across many industries and roles, organizations are rapidly moving AI apps and agents from experimentation into operational use. These shifts create opportunities for software developers who can build generative AI apps and production‑ready agents on Azure. To meet these opportunities, we’re introducing the Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate Certification. This new Microsoft Certification focuses on modern AI development, including generative AI, multimodal scenarios, agentic workflows, and responsible AI, by using Azure services and Microsoft Foundry to deliver scalable, real-world solutions. To earn this new Certification, you need to pass Exam AI-103: Developing AI Apps and Agents on Azure, currently in beta. Is this the right Certification for you? This Certification validates the skills needed to build and deploy AI apps and agents using production‑oriented development practices on Azure by using Foundry, the unified platform for model management, agent configuration, and evaluation pipelines. Exam AI-103 demonstrates your ability to plan and manage Azure AI solutions and to implement generative AI and agentic solutions, computer vision solutions, text analysis solutions, and information extraction solutions. As a candidate for this Certification, you’re a developer who uses Python and Azure services to plan, implement, and manage AI solutions and agents that take advantage of Foundry, working closely with business stakeholders, solution architects, data scientists, DevOps engineers, and cloud security engineers. For this exam, you should have experience developing apps by using Python, and you need to be familiar with the capabilities of general AI, generative AI, and Azure services. Exam AI-103 provides a modernized, scenario‑driven focus on agent development as the core of Azure AI solution building, expanding coverage into multimodal generation (images, video, speech), visual understanding, large language model–first text analysis, and information‑extraction pipelines for retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). Candidates demonstrate their ability to work with end‑to‑end solution scenarios that involve grounded, multimodal, governed, and secure AI system design. Ready to prove your skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam AI-103 (beta) on or before May 7, 2026, can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use code AI103Claxton. 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 7, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Get ready to take Exam AI-103 (beta): Review the Exam AI-103 (beta) exam page for details. The Exam AI-103 study guide explores key topics covered in the exam. Work through the self-paced Course AI-103: Develop AI apps and agents on Azure. 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, only the first 300 candidates can get 80% off Exam AI-103 (beta) with code AI103Claxton on or before May 7, 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 June 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 April, May, and June 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. Explore Microsoft Credentials on 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: Intelligent Applications Builder Associate Certification
Design the next generation of AI‑powered business applications. Show you can combine apps, agents, automation, and Copilot into intelligent solutions in Microsoft Power Platform, with Exam AB‑410 (beta). The way business solutions are built is changing fast. Today, it’s not enough to create an app or automate a task in isolation; builders need to bring together apps, agents, automation, data, and AI experiences into solutions that can adapt to real business needs. That’s why we’re introducing the Microsoft Certified: Intelligent Applications Builder Associate Certification, designed for professionals who are ready to use Microsoft Power Platform, Copilot, and natural language to build the next generation of intelligent business applications. To earn this new Microsoft Certification, you need to pass Exam AB-410: Building Intelligent Applications, currently in beta. Is this the right Certification for you? This Certification validates the skills of intelligent app builders who can confidently navigate the evolving AI and agent ecosystem, including how to: Create a foundation for intelligent applications. Create intelligent applications. Build business application logic and automation. Candidates for this Certification: Build AI-powered solutions in Microsoft Power Platform by using Copilot, natural language prompts, and low-code tools. Create apps, data models, and flows that connect agents, AI models and prompts, and visualizations. Develop Dataverse data models and model-driven and canvas apps. Integrate agents and Copilot features across apps and Power Pages. Build cloud flows and business logic. They partner with admins on security, identity, roles, and policies; governance teams on responsible AI, ALM, solutions and pipelines, and monitoring; builders and architects on solution design; and stakeholders on requirements, iteration, and adoption. For this exam, candidates should have experience with Dataverse modeling, Power Automate cloud flows, Power Apps development, AI capabilities in Microsoft Power Platform, building solution assets with natural language, and Power Pages. Before taking Exam AB-410, candidates should have: Familiarity with Copilot in Power Apps, Copilot in Power Automate, Copilot in Power Pages, and Copilot in Dataverse. Awareness of creating agents with Microsoft Copilot Studio. Foundational knowledge of AI models and prompts in AI Hub. Ability to map business processes to flows, agents, or app capabilities. Ability to work with Dataverse as a core data platform. Familiarity with low-code automation, including Power Fx. Awareness of environment governance, roles, policies, and solution lifecycle steps. Ready to prove your skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam AB-410 (beta) on or before June 17, 2026, can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use AB410KBMaui. 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 June 17, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Review the Exam AB-410 (beta) page for training resources, exam registration and other details. The Exam AB-410 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 June 17, 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 Microsoft Credentials news on The Skills Hub Blog as we roll out additional new Certifications in 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, go to AI Skills Navigator.New Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Contact Center AI Engineer Associate Certification
Deliver always‑on customer service at scale. Prove your ability to design and run modern contact center solutions in Dynamics 365 that combine agents and human expertise, with Exam AB‑250 (beta). Customer expectations now demand fast, continuous service across every channel. Meeting that expectation requires contact center solutions that combine human expertise with intelligent automation, while staying scalable, secure, and well governed. This shift is creating new opportunities for professionals who can translate business and service requirements into modern contact center solutions that work across voice and digital channels. To support this evolution, we’re introducing the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Contact Center AI Engineer Associate Certification. It validates your ability to design, implement, and operate contact center as a service (CCaaS) solutions using Dynamics 365 Contact Center and service‑oriented autonomous agents. To earn this new Microsoft Certification, you need to pass Exam AB-250: Transforming Contact Center Experiences with AI in Dynamics 365, currently in beta. Is this the right Certification for you? This Certification validates the skills to use AI, Microsoft Copilot, and agents to deliver scalable, always-on service across voice and digital channels. It assesses a candidate’s ability to: Deploy Dynamics 365 Contact Center Implement channels Configure agents and AI Configure work distribution Configure the representative experience Manage Contact Center analytics Candidates collaborate with customer service leaders, contact center managers, IT teams, and legal and compliance stakeholders to ensure solutions align with operational goals, policies, and responsible AI principles, including security, data protection, transparency, and accountability. They should have experience with Microsoft Power Platform and Microsoft Teams and know how to use automation, integrations, and AI to optimize service workflows. They should also be able to translate business and service requirements into scalable, well-governed contact center solutions where human representatives and autonomous agents work together securely and compliantly. Candidates for Exam AB-250 should: Have experience implementing or planning CCaaS solutions. Understand how voice, social, and digital channels are orchestrated in a contact center. Know key contact center roles, including representatives, supervisors, and administrators. Have a basic understanding of agents, AI self-service, and AI-assisted experiences. Ready to prove your skills? Take advantage of the discounted beta exam offer. The first 300 people who take Exam AB-250 (beta) on or before June 18, 2026, can get 80% off. To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use AB250LMHiking. 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 June 18, 2026. Please note that this discount is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. How to prepare Review the Exam AB-250 (beta) page for exam registration and other details. The Exam AB-250 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 June 18, 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 Microsoft Credentials news on The Skills Hub Blog as we roll out additional new Certifications in 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, go to 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.New GitHub Certified: Agentic AI Developer
The developer skill set is evolving as daily workflows change with AI agents. Be among the first to prove your skills in building intelligent AI-powered workflows with the new Exam GH-600 (beta). We’re looking for members of the GitHub community who are already exploring how AI agents fit into modern development workflows to help us test a new beta exam. GitHub Certified: Agentic AI Developer, is a new, role-based certification focused on how developers and teams operate, supervise, and integrate AI agents across the software development lifecycle (SDLC). To earn this new Certification, you need to pass Exam GH-600: Agentic AI Developer, currently in beta. If you’ve been working with tools like GitHub Copilot, experimenting with agent workflows, or thinking about how to safely introduce AI into your development processes, we’d love your input. Is this the right certification for you? This Certification could be a great fit if you’re a software developer, platform engineer, DevOps engineer, security engineer, or technical product manager working with AI-assisted or agent-driven development workflows. It highlights your ability to supervise and govern autonomous behavior, and ensure reliable, secure delivery using GitHub. It also validates your expertise in configuring agent workflows, managing execution environments, and collaborating across teams to build and operate modern, AI-enabled development systems. GH-600 is a role-based exam, including scenario-based questions for AI-enabled environments. The exam covers how to: Integrate agents into the SDLC Define boundaries between planning, reasoning, and execution Configure tools, permissions, and environments for agents Manage memory, state, and long-running execution Evaluate and improve agent performance Coordinate multi-agent workflows Implement guardrails and human-in-the-loop systems This is less about knowing a specific feature and more about understanding how to operate AI systems safely and effectively in real-world development workflows. Why earn a GitHub Certification? GitHub Certifications offer professionals, teams, and organizations a globally recognized way to validate GitHub expertise and to stand out in a rapidly shifting digital landscape. These credentials are a signal of deep technical proficiency, real-world readiness, and alignment with in-demand job roles across the tech ecosystem. Whether you're an individual looking to boost your career or an enterprise enabling team growth, GitHub Certifications allow you to verify critical skills across the GitHub platform from foundational collaboration workflows to advanced DevOps practices. A new direction for GitHub Certifications GH-600 is part of a broader shift toward certifications that reflect how development is evolving. As AI agents become part of everyday workflows, the skills required are changing from writing code to designing, supervising, and improving systems that write and operate on code. We’re excited to build this with the community, and we’d love for you to be part of it. Ready to get involved? To receive this discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use GH600Flanders. This is not a private access code. Spots are limited and offered on a first-come, first-served basis. The first 100 people who take Exam GH-600 (beta) on or before May 31, 2026, can get 80% off market price. Please note that this beta exam is not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China. Additional details on availability and registration will be shared soon. Get ready to take Exam GH-600 (beta). Review the GitHub Certification study guide for details. Explore the exam scope and topics to understand what’s covered. Take the beta exam and share your feedback after completing it. Beta exam rescoring begins when the exam goes live, with final results will be released 8 weeks after the beta period concludes. Stay tuned for general availability of this Certification in July 2026. Want even more in-depth preparation? Connect with our Training Service Partners, who are also trusted GitHub partners, offering best-in-class resources to help you prepare.
