{"id":13427,"date":"2020-03-01T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T23:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=13427"},"modified":"2020-02-29T11:40:39","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T10:40:39","slug":"microsoft-retires-mcsa-mcsd-and-mcse-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2020\/03\/01\/microsoft-retires-mcsa-mcsd-and-mcse-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft retires MCSA, MCSD, and MCSE certification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; display: inline\" src=\"http:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/winb.jpg\" width=\"58\" align=\"left\" height=\"58\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.borncity.com\/blog\/?p=228893\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">German<\/a>]Microsoft&nbsp; has just announced that it will discontinue its certifications (MCSA, MCSD, MCSE) for certain programs such as Windows Server 2019, Windows SQL Server 2019 and so on. <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/vg08.met.vgwort.de\/na\/60410a71ccfe4b508b5b1aa0b0176da2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\">Microsoft provides so-called certifications in programs like MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate), MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer), MCSE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert). To get such a certification, people have to take an exam. The certificates are intended to provide evidence of expertise that the acquirer has certain knowledge of Microsoft products in the relevant field.<\/p>\n<h2>A Twitter splitter<\/h2>\n<p>I stumbled yesterday on Twitter upon a tweet from Tero Alhonen, saying, that Microsoft is retiring these certifications. The tweet alludes to the fact that Microsoft on Twitter has just announced innovations for Cortana, but at the same time is retiring the certifications. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We're also excited to share that there will not be Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2019 certifications and basically everything that has anything to do with on-prem will be wiped out <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZveSxGMS1j\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZveSxGMS1j<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tero Alhonen (@teroalhonen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/teroalhonen\/status\/1233517514832916482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span id=\"preserveee1d0a80411042598378c68b29d83167\" class=\"wlWriterPreserve\"><SCRIPT charset=\"utf-8\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async><\/SCRIPT><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>This has been announced within the Microsoft Learning Blog in the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learning\/community-blog-post.aspx?BlogId=8&amp;Id=375282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MCSA, MCSD, MCSE certifications retire; with continued investment to role-based certifications<\/a>. The reason: Microsoft's new focus on role-based training and certification (i.e. focus on the cloud). <\/p>\n<h3>Expansion of the Cloud<\/h3>\n<p>Since Microsoft announced its focus on role-based training and certification in September 2018, the portfolio has been expanded by a total of 34 certifications in the areas of Azure, Modern Workplace and Business Applications. <\/p>\n<h3>Old certificates are being discontinued<\/h3>\n<p>As Microsoft intends to further expand its role-based learning offerings in the cloud solutions area, all remaining exams related to Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) will be discontinued on June 30, 2020. Here is the list of what will be discontinued:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Certifications with exams scheduled to retire on June 30, 2020<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>MCSA: BI Reporting<br \/>MCSA: Dynamics 365 for Operations<br \/>MCSA: SQL 2016 BI Development<br \/>MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Admin<br \/>MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Dev<br \/>MCSA: SQL Server 2012\/2014<br \/>MCSA: Universal Windows Platform<br \/>MCSA: Web Applications<br \/>MCSA: Windows Server 2012<br \/>MCSA: Windows Server 2016<br \/>MCSD: App Builder<br \/>MCSE: Business Applications<br \/>MCSE: Core Infrastructure<br \/>MCSE: Data Management &amp; Analytics<br \/>MCSE: Productivity  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Exams Retiring on June 30, 2020<\/strong>  <\/p>\n<p>70-333: Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for Business 2015<br \/>70-334: Core Solutions for Microsoft Skype for Business 2015<br \/>70-339: Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016<br \/>70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016<br \/>70-457: Developing Mobile Apps<br \/>70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012<br \/>70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012<br \/>70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services<br \/>70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure<br \/>70-414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure<br \/>70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012<br \/>70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012\/2014<br \/>70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012\/2014 Databases<br \/>70-463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012\/2014<br \/>70-464: Developing Microsoft SQL Server 2012\/2014 Databases<br \/>70-465: Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server<br \/>70-466: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server<br \/>70-467: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server<br \/>70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3<br \/>70-483: Programming in C#<br \/>70-486: Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications<br \/>70-487: Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services<br \/>70-537: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack<br \/>70-705: Designing and Providing Microsoft Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations<br \/>70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016<br \/>70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016<br \/>70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016<br \/>70-743: Upgrading Your skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016<br \/>70-744: Securing Windows Server 2016<br \/>70-745: Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter<br \/>70-761: Querying Data with Transact-SQL<br \/>70-762: Developing SQL Databases<br \/>70-764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure<br \/>70-765: Provisioning SQL Databases<br \/>70-767: Implementing a Data Warehouse using SQL<br \/>70-768: Developing SQL Data Models<br \/>70-777: Implementing Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Solutions<br \/>70-778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI<br \/>70-779: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Excel<br \/>MB2-716: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customization and Configuration<br \/>MB6-894: Development, Extensions and Deployment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance<br \/>MB6-897: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail<br \/>MB6-898: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources  <\/p>\n<p>So anyone who is currently studying for MCSA, MCSD or MCSE certification should get into the hoofs. After all, they have to pass all the necessary tests before the programs are discontinued. However, the training content in these areas should still be available. Details can be found in the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/learning\/community-blog-post.aspx?BlogId=8&amp;Id=375282\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MCSA, MCSD, MCSE certifications retire; with continued investment to role-based certifications<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[German]Microsoft&nbsp; has just announced that it will discontinue its certifications (MCSA, MCSD, MCSE) for certain programs such as Windows Server 2019, Windows SQL Server 2019 and so on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1319],"tags":[2302,2303,2304,2305,65],"class_list":["post-13427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-certification","tag-mcsa","tag-mcsd","tag-mcse","tag-microsoft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}