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MicrosoftRole-basedCertificationRoadmap

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AguidetonavigatingtheMicrosoftRole-basedCertificationlandscape.

FundamentalsThe“Fundamentals”certificationsaretargetedtowardsthosejuststartingoutwiththetechnologiescovered,havingzeroto2yearsofexperience,orlookingtochangecareers.

AssociateThe“Associate”certificationaretargetedtowardsprofessionalsthatalreadyhaveexperienceworkingwiththetechnologiescovered,having2ormoreyearsofexperience.

ExpertThe“Expert”certificationsaretargetedtowardsprofessionalsthathaveadvancedlevelsofexperienceandskillswiththetechnologiescovered.Theseprofessionalshavetwotofiveormoreyearsofexperience.ManyExpertcertificationsrequireaspecificAssociatelevelcertificationasaprerequisite.

2+yearsofexperience2– 5yearsofexperienceJustgettingstarted,orchangingcareers.

38%CloudrelatedITpositionsby2021

35%ITProfessionalssaythey’remoreinfluential

duringclouddeployments

36.9%ITProfessionalsclaimedcertificationhelped

performcomplextasksmoreconfidentlySources:IDC/Microsoft, Cloud Skills and Organizational Influence: How Cloud Skills Are Accelerating the Careers of IT Professional, May 2017Pearson VUE, The Value of IT Certification Survey, January 2017https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/certification-benefits.aspx

Whygetcertified?TherecanbemanyreasontopursueatechnicalcertificationinMicrosoftAzure.MicrosoftcertificationsareamongthemosthighlyregardedcertificationsintheITfield.ThisgoesforanyMicrosoftcertification,andtheMicrosoftAzurerelatedcertificationsareamongthoseattheforefrontoftheleadingedgeoftechnology.

Therearedifferentcertificationpathstochoosedependingonyourexpertiseandbackground.ThereareafewbenefitsMicrosoftAzurecertificationscanofferregardlessofthecertificationpathyouchoose.

MicrosoftAzurecertificationshelpyouproveyourexpertiseandskillswiththelatestcloudtechnologythatispoweringthedatacenters,applications,andsolutionsofthefuture.

HerearesomeofthetopreasonstogetcertifiedwithMicrosofttechnologies!

HighGrowthOpportunity

Oftenincreasedtrainingandcertificationcanleadtopayincreasesorevennewjobopportunities.

BecomeaLeader

ShowyourexpertiseinaverifiedandrespectedmannerthroughMicrosoftcertification.Youwillevengetbadgesthatyoucanshareonyourresumeandacrosssocialmediatoshowwhatyou’veaccomplished.

HigherProductivity

Certificationwillhelpyoubemuchmoreproductivewiththevarioustechnologiesyou’reworkingwith.Thisincreaseinproductivityandefficiencywillleadyoutomanybenefitssuchaspayincreasesornewjobopportunities.

JobRolesTherearefourmainjobrolecategoriesthatMicrosofthasorganizedtherole-basedcertificationsinto.Thesejobrolesaresortoflargepersonasthatgroupabroadsetofjobskillsanddutiesintoaspecificrolegrouping.TheseallowMicrosofttobettertargetgroupsofspecificreal-worldjobswiththevariouscertificationsoffered.

Administrator

TheAdministratorroleisapersonathatdefinesAdministratorswhoimplement,monitor,andmaintainsolutionsusingMicrosofttechnologies.

SolutionsArchitect

TheSolutionsArchitectroleisapersonathatdefinessolutionsarchitectthathaveexperienceusingMicrosoftAzuretechnologiestodesignsolutionsthatmeettheneedsofthebusiness.

FunctionalConsultant

TheFunctionalConsultantroleisapersonathatdefinesconsultantswhocananticipateandplanforcustomerneedswhileleveragingMicrosoftDynamics365tomeetthoseneeds.

ExpertiseLevelsThejob-rolefocusedcertificationsarestructuredinto3expertiselevels.

Developer

TheDeveloperroleisapersonathatdefinessoftwaredevelopersusingMicrosofttechnologiestodesign,build,test,andmaintainsolutions.

MicrosoftCertified:FundamentalsThereare3Fundamentalslevelcertificationsavailableforthosegettingstartedwiththetechnologiescovered,orlookingforacareerchange.

• MicrosoftCertified:AzureFundamentals• Microsoft365Certified:Fundamentals• MicrosoftCertified:Dynamics365Fundamentals

Whileit’srecommendedtostartwithaFundamentalscertification,theyarenotrequiredprerequisitestoearningtheAssociateorExpertcertifications

MicrosoftCertified:AssociateThelargestoftheMicrosoftcertificationlevelsistheAssociatelevel;forthosewithtwoyearsofworkingexperience.ThesearethecertificationstargetedtowardsmostprofessionalsworkinginIT.

• MicrosoftCertified:AzureAdministratorAssociate• MicrosoftCertified:AzureSecurityEngineerAssociate• MicrosoftCertified:AzureDeveloperAssociate• MicrosoftCertified:AzureAIEngineerAssociate• MicrosoftCertified:AzureDataEngineerAssociate• MicrosoftCertified:AzureDataScientistAssociate

MicrosoftCertified:ExpertThereare3ExpertlevelcertificationsforthosewithmoreadvancedexpertiseofMicrosoftAzureandcloudtechnologies;forthosewithtwotofiveyearsofdeeptechnicalexperience.Thesearegenerallynotthecertificationsyoustartwith,butratherthecertificationsyouworkuptowardsafterobtainingan“Associate”levelcertification.

• MicrosoftCertified:AzureSolutionsArchitectExpert• MicrosoftCertified:AzureDevOpsArchitectExpert• Microsoft365Certified:EnterpriseAdministratorExpert

CertificationPathsHerearelayoutsofthedifferentcertificationpathsfortheAssociateandExpertlevelcertifications.KeepinmindthislistisfocusedontheMicrosoftAzurecertifications,mostly,asthesearethemostpopular.

MicrosoftCertified:AssociateMicrosoftCertified:AzureAdministratorAssociate

MicrosoftCertified:AzureDeveloperAssociate

MicrosoftCertified:AzureAIEngineerAssociate

MicrosoftCertified:AzureDataEngineerAssociate

MicrosoftCertified:AzureDataScientistAssociate

MicrosoftCertified:AzureSecurityEngineerAssociate

ExamAZ-103MicrosoftAzureAdministrator

ExamAZ-203DevelopingSolutionsforMicrosoftAzure

ExamAI-100DesigningandImplementinganAzureAISolution

ExamDP-200ImplementinganAzureDataSolution

ExamDP-100DesigningandImplementingaDataScienceSolutiononAzure

ExamAZ-500MicrosoftAzureSecurityTechnologies

ExamDP-201DesigninganAzureDataSolution

MicrosoftCertified:Expert

MicrosoftCertified:AzureSolutionsArchitect

ExamAZ-300MicrosoftAzureArchitectTechnologies

ExamAZ-301MicrosoftAzureArchitectDesign

MicrosoftCertified:DevOpsEngineerExpert

MicrosoftCertified:AzureAdministratorAssociate

MicrosoftCertified:AzureDeveloperAssociate

ExamAZ-400MicrosoftAzureDevOpsSolutions

Microsoft365Certified:MessagingAdministratorAssociate

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