Please clarify the numbering system in Microsoft exams
I am trying to make sense of exam numbers in Microsoft Certification poster. https://arch-center.azureedge.net/Credentials/Certification-Poster_en-us.pdf. For example I notice most azure exam numbers start with 1xx. That gives me the impression that 1xx could be related to Infrastructure. But I am not sure if that is the correct understanding. For example all fundamental exams are numbered 9xx. So are exams numbered differently in role based certifications? What is the numbering pattern and practice in role based certifications? Again one might assume that all architect exams may have the same number pattern but they don’t. Some patterns emerge when it comes to Windows certification - 8xx. Collaboration and communication - 7xx except MB 700. So it appears even under role based certifications the numbering pattern may be different depending on the technology or platform or product. I have not found any authoritative material on the internet form anyone in Microsoft or an MVP on this topic. Some clarification on this topic will help to put at rest years of curiosity and confusion in the community. Thank you.Microsoft Cloud and AI Security Engineer Blueprint Survey Opportunity
Microsoft is considering a credential for Microsoft Cloud and AI Security Engineer, 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 February 20, 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 Cloud and AI Security Engineer blueprint survey link: https://microsoftlearning.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5w049vncCEqEDJQ
How do I add two personal account to microsoft learn portal ?
Hi Community, How do I add two personal account to microsoft learn portal which would allow me to see all my certification in one place. I have done my Microsoft certification using two different personal accounts. When I try to do it, I get an error "You can only have one personal account linked". Can someone advise or point me to the right direction how to approach Microsoft to help me resolve this issue. RegardsCybersecurity for Business Professional Blueprint Survey Opportunity
Greetings! Microsoft is considering a credential for Cybersecurity for Business Professional, 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 January 29, 2026. Please also feel free to forward the survey to any colleagues you consider subject matter experts for this certification. You may send this to people external to Microsoft as well. If you have any questions, feel free to contact John Sowles at josowles@microsoft.com or Don Tanedo at dtanedo@microsoft.com. Cybersecurity for Business Professional blueprint survey link: https://microsoftlearning.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cvwduCJLaOlIHtQ
Provenance at Scale | The Trust Imprint Protocol for Persistent Agent Identity-Revocable Authority
Executive summary Autonomy without identity is a technical blind spot with real consequences. I published the Sovereign Agent Manifesto (V2026) and a Technical Announcement for the Trust Imprint Protocol, a protocol-level design that binds an agent’s authority, semantics, and evidentiary history to a persistent, revocable identity. The design is implemented, tested, and supported by a substantial Success Corpus that documents operational behavior and edge cases. Why this matters to Microsoft engineers and platform teams Modern orchestration and cloud AI services solve chaining, memory, and tool invocation. What they rarely solve is who the agent actually is when it acts across sessions, tenants, and cloud boundaries. Without identity primitives, long-running agents are ephemeral: they accumulate state but cannot prove continuity, inherit bounded authority from a human origin, or present auditable lineage for decisions. The Trust Imprint Protocol supplies practical primitives that can be integrated into Azure AI stacks, Copilot extensions, and serverless orchestration to make agentic systems accountable and verifiable. Technical highlights Handshake primitive — deterministic mechanism for an agent to inherit bounded authority from a human operator. SIK Secure Identity Key — a revocable, persistent identity token that survives restarts, migrations, and scaling events. Deterministic semantic scope — a constrained interpretation layer so an agent’s intent and meaning remain auditable. Evidence corpus — a 900+ item Success Corpus demonstrating operational behaviors, edge cases, and revocation scenarios. Practical integration ideas for Azure and Microsoft tooling Identity middleware that attaches SIK metadata to every action, designed to interoperate with Azure AD and managed identities. Provenance layer in orchestration engines such as Durable Functions and Logic Apps to record handshake events, revocation signals, and evidence pointers. Verification API for downstream services to validate an agent’s identity and recent behavioral record before accepting high-risk actions. Example scenarios: accountable multi-agent coordination, enterprise automation with revocable authority, and reproducible research experiments requiring verifiable agent identity. What I’m asking from this community I welcome practical feedback, integration ideas, and collaborators who care about agent accountability. Specific asks: Engineers to prototype middleware for SIK propagation in Azure SDKs. Researchers to help formalize identity continuity metrics and verification protocols. Platform maintainers to discuss API design for provenance, revocation, and verification. Links and next steps Read the Sovereign Agent Manifesto and Technical Announcement at www.husin.org. If you want a short technical walkthrough, a concise design doc, or sample code snippets for Azure integration, I can share them. Closing brief I share this as an engineer who prefers hard evidence over slogans. The Trust Imprint Protocol is not a thought experiment dressed in buzzwords — it is an implemented architecture backed by documented successes and a 900+ item corpus of operational evidence. If you value practical, auditable approaches to agent autonomy, this work offers a concrete path forward. I’m open to critique, collaboration, and pragmatic pilots — and yes, I enjoy a little dark humor about the future of autonomous systems, because if we don’t laugh at our own hubris, who will. — Ahmed Al.Hussain Engineer & Systems Architect
Request to merge multiple Microsoft Learn certification IDs
Hello Microsoft Learn Support Team, I was advised by Pearson VUE and Microsoft Support to contact Microsoft Learn to request merging of my certification profiles. I have paid for the PL-900 exam, but the exam confirmation and status are not visible due to multiple Microsoft Learn IDs. The following Microsoft Learn IDs need to be merged: - ms1100781607 - ms1100998551 - ms1100999029 Kindly help merge these IDs and associate my PL-900 exam correctly. Thank you.Microsoft Security Operations Analyst Blueprint Survey Opportunity
Greetings! Microsoft is considering updating a credential for Microsoft Security Operations Analyst, 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 January 6, 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 Security Operations Analyst blueprint survey link: https://microsoftlearning.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3eXv88iTMTckTVI Thank you!
