Overview and Historical Context for Microsoft's Approach to Professional Certification Offeringsedit
Historically, The Microsoft Corporation offered a number of certifications relating to its product offerings. In the 1990s and well into the early 2000s these offerings were extensive and well received by the IT community. An extensive network of Microsoft Solution Provider organizations offered robust training and formal examinations were provided through other contract testing vendors.
Certifications were earned by passing exams aligned to a specific certification offering. Typically multiple examinations were required to obtain either a hardware centered certifications such as the MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) or a more software orientated offering such as the MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer). The process of earning certification has changed multiple times since its initial inception.
Into the 2020s the Microsoft announced that it was retiring all existing Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certifications, introducing new pathways, and changing the way individuals earn and maintain those Microsoft certifications. [2]
Under the new process, the number and selection of exams required to achieve a Microsoft certification varies.[3][unreliable source?]
These certifications were planned to be phased out effective June 30, 2020, in favor of "role-based" certifications focused primarily on Azure and Microsoft 365.[4] However, on March 26, 2020, Microsoft announced that the remaining exams associated with MCSA, MCSE and MCSD will retire on January 31, 2021.[5]
Historically, MCSE and MCSD credentials required the individual to recertify after a period of two to three years in order to keep the credential in the "Active section" of their transcript. Under the new system, the MCSE and MCSD credentials no longer have a recertification requirement, they remain on the "Active transcript" of the holder, once gained. Individuals instead can now re-earn a certification every year by passing an additional elective exam.[6]
These changes were driven by the increasing cadence of updates to Microsoft products and services. The industry has also moved away from the traditional Client - Server technology model to current software 'rental' models such as Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) and related cloud based IT offerings.
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article needs to be updated Please help update this to reflect recent events or newly available information January 2021 Some of this article s listed sources may not be reliable Please help improve this article by looking for better more reliable sources Unreliable citations may be challenged and removed January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Microsoft Certified Professional was a certification program from Microsoft 1 Contents 1 Overview and Historical Context for Microsoft s Approach to Professional Certification Offerings 2 More Recent Certification Offerings 3 See also 4 ReferencesOverview and Historical Context for Microsoft s Approach to Professional Certification Offerings editHistorically The Microsoft Corporation offered a number of certifications relating to its product offerings In the 1990s and well into the early 2000s these offerings were extensive and well received by the IT community An extensive network of Microsoft Solution Provider organizations offered robust training and formal examinations were provided through other contract testing vendors Certifications were earned by passing exams aligned to a specific certification offering Typically multiple examinations were required to obtain either a hardware centered certifications such as the MCSE Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer or a more software orientated offering such as the MCSD Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer The process of earning certification has changed multiple times since its initial inception Into the 2020s the Microsoft announced that it was retiring all existing Microsoft Certified Professional MCP Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer MCSD Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert MCSE and Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate MCSA certifications introducing new pathways and changing the way individuals earn and maintain those Microsoft certifications 2 Under the new process the number and selection of exams required to achieve a Microsoft certification varies 3 unreliable source These certifications were planned to be phased out effective June 30 2020 in favor of role based certifications focused primarily on Azure and Microsoft 365 4 However on March 26 2020 Microsoft announced that the remaining exams associated with MCSA MCSE and MCSD will retire on January 31 2021 5 Historically MCSE and MCSD credentials required the individual to recertify after a period of two to three years in order to keep the credential in the Active section of their transcript Under the new system the MCSE and MCSD credentials no longer have a recertification requirement they remain on the Active transcript of the holder once gained Individuals instead can now re earn a certification every year by passing an additional elective exam 6 These changes were driven by the increasing cadence of updates to Microsoft products and services The industry has also moved away from the traditional Client Server technology model to current software rental models such as Software as a Service SaaS Platform as a Service PaaS and related cloud based IT offerings More Recent Certification Offerings editThe current list of Certifications are 7 Fundamentals Microsoft Certified Educator MCE Microsoft Office Specialist MOS Role based Microsoft Azure Microsoft 365 Dynamics 365 Microsoft Power Platform Microsoft Teams Specialty Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty Azure IoT Developer Specialty Azure for SAP Workloads SpecialtySee also editMicrosoft Technology AssociateReferences edit Microsoft Learning Become a Microsoft Certified professional Microsoft Corporation Retrieved 2018 02 13 MCSA MCSD MCSE certifications retire with continued investment to role based certifications learn microsoft com Retrieved 2023 03 30 Massive changes to Microsoft Certifications blog firebrandtraining co uk Retrieved 2017 10 26 Mary Jo Foley Microsoft is retiring its MCSA MCSD and MCSE certifications in June 2020 ZDNet Retrieved 2020 03 01 Matt Barclay Microsoft Announces Date of Sweeping Retirement of MCSA MCSE MCSD Certifications GlobalKnowledge com Retrieved 2021 02 09 Top 12 Questions About the New Streamlined Certification Paths Born to Learn Archived from the original on 2017 10 26 Retrieved 2017 10 26 Browse Certifications and Exams Microsoft nbsp This article related to Microsoft is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Microsoft Certified Professional amp oldid 1192439277 Microsoft Certified Database Administrator 28MCDBA 29, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
