Presentation on latest Azure certification exam paths, as presented by Dan Toomey to the Brisbane Azure User Group

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How to be Certifiable
when your head is in the cloud
Dan Toomey
@daniel2me

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Acknowledgements
Tiago Costa
@tiagocostapt
Mark O’Shea
@intunedin

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Retired Certifications
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/retired-certifications.aspx
Microsoft Certified Solution Associate (MCSA)
MCSA: Cloud Platform December 31, 2018
MCSA: Linux on Azure December 31, 2018
MCSA: Office 365 April 30, 2019
MCSA: Windows 10 April 30, 2019
MCSA: Microsoft Dynamics 365 June 30, 2019
MCSA: Machine Learning June 30, 2019
MCSA: Data Engineering with Azure June 30, 2019
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE)
MCSE: Cloud Platfrom and Infrastructure December 31, 2018
MCSE: Mobility April 30, 2019

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Retired Exams
AZ-100 Microsoft Azure Infrastructure and Deployment May 1, 2019
AZ-101 Microsoft Azure Integration and Security May 1, 2019
AZ-102 Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition June 30, 2019
AZ-200 Microsoft Azure Developer Core Solutions (released September 24, 2018) January 3, 2019
AZ-201 Microsoft Azure Developer Advanced Solutions (released September 24, 2018) January 3, 2019
AZ-202 Microsoft Azure Developer Certification Transition (released September 24, 2018) March 31, 2019
AZ-302 Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Certification Transition June 30, 2019
70-532 Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions December 31, 2018
70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions December 31, 2018
70-534 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions December 31, 2017
70-535 Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions December 31, 2018
70-774 Perform Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning June 30, 2019
70-775 Perform Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure HDInsight June 30, 2019
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/retired-certification-exams.aspx

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New Azure Certifications

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Why the change?
Azure growth in # of services
Individual services got several new features
Previous exams had a broad OD - Objective Domain
Large range of skills being covered by current exams

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4 new Azure job role certifications and training

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Job Task Analysis structure and alignment

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Job role certification advantages
Job role relevance
Focus on tasks and not on the overall
Easy to keep exams updated
Real-world experience
Narrow objective domain = Deep dive into more specific skills
Improves job opportunities

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Azure Apps and Infrastructure
Certifications

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Azure Apps and Infrastructure certifications

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Learning path for Azure Administrator role (previous)

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AZ-103
Learning path for Azure Administrator role (current)

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Learning path for Azure Developer role (previous)

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Learning path for Azure Developer role (current)
AZ-203

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Learning path for Azure Solutions Architect role

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Learning path for Azure DevOps Engineer role

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Other Azure Certifications
Badge Certification Req’d Exams Skills Measured
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security
Engineer Associate
AZ-500 • Manage identity and access
• Implement platform protection
• Manage security operations
• Secure data and applications
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer
Associate
AI-100 • Analyze solution requirements
• Design AI solutions
• Implement and monitor AI solutions
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer
Associate
DP-200,
DP-201
• Implement data storage solutions
• Manage and develop data processing
• Monitor and optimize data solutions
• Design Azure data storage solutions
• Design data processing solutions
• Design for data security and compliance
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist
Associate
DP-100 • Define and prepare the development
environment
• Prepare data for modeling
• Perform feature engineering
• Develop models
Microsoft Certified: Azure for SAP
Workloads Specialty
AZ-120 • Migrate SAP Workloads to Azure
• Design an Azure Solution to Support SAP
Workloads
• Build and Deploy Azure SAP Workloads
• Validate Azure Infrastructure for SAP
Workloads
• Operationalize Azure SAP Architecture

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Training options

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Training and Certification
 Microsoft Learning Partners Microsoft Learning Partners

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https://www.kaplanittraining.com/certification/microsoft
https://www.measureup.com/microsoft-technical/microsoft-practice-tests.html

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https://www.amazon.com.au/s?k=sjoukje
https://www.packtpub.com/au/catalogsearch/result/?q=sjoukje

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aka.ms/MSCert