FREE Voucher for Microsoft AI Skills Challenge coming soon - potential ACE credits

[BritStudent]

Microsoft has cut down a lot on free vouchers, so this is pretty rare these days.

They are offering a free voucher for one of the following exams:

• AI-900 - Azure AI Fundamentals - 1 ACE credit
  
• AI-102 - Azure AI Engineer Associate - 3 ACE credits
  
• DP-100 - Data Scientist Associate - 3 ACE credits
  
• DP-600 - Fabric Analytics Engineer Associate
  

You need to register for one of the challenges, then from March 19th to April 19th you have to complete one of the free Microsoft training paths.

The vouchers aren't lasting very long on this one though, you have to book and sit the exam by 24th June with no extensions beyond that date.

Anyone should be able to do the AI-900 with a few days of study, the others will definitely need some general IT knowledge and more intensive effort, but the AI-102 and DP-100 should be doable in the timeframe if you put the effort in.

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/cloudskillschallenge/ai/registration/2024

[bjcheung77]

Thanks for the update, it seems they've renewed their continuation of providing freebies similar to what they've done previous years, we have a few threads such as this one here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...per-person

[Chimera]

• Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Build next generation apps with Azure OpenAI
  Aligned Certification Exam: AI-102 Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution
  
  
• Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Azure AI Fundamentals
  Aligned Certification Exam: AI-900 Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals
  
  
• Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Fabric Analytics Engineer
  Aligned Certification Exam: DP-600 Implementing Analytics Solutions Using Microsoft Fabric
  
  
• Microsoft Learn AI Skills Challenge: Azure Machine Learning
  Aligned Certification Exam: DP-100 Designing and Implementing a Data Science Soluition on Azure
  

[homeschoolmom1]

No ACE credits though, correct?

[jch]

Several of these certifications have ACE credit recommendations. Microsoft is pretty good about getting and renewing ACE evaluations.

[jg_nuy]

Microsoft ACE listings:
https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pa...Active%22)

[BritStudent]

No ACE credits though, correct?

None for DP-600, the others as per my post.

If anyone has access to the Microsoft Enterprise Skills Initiative through their employer, they could take quite a few exams at half price, many of which give ACE credits. The ones in my signature for example, add up to 25 credits as I recall. If unsure if you have access, you can try to register here: https://esi.microsoft.com/

[bjcheung77]

These are great for those looking at a balanced mix/match trifecta of certs, degree, experience. It really depends on the person and their needs or wants, and how they want to mix the balance in their favor, depending on their scenario or situation. Some may want to favor more certs/experience and others may focus on the degree, it won't really matter as long as it brings you to the educational goal. For example, UMPI BAS/BLS has 60+ electives, you can bring in all the cheapies/freebies that have ACE credit recommendations into the electives to hit the trifecta!

[hsufeng]

I know that Microsoft's certifications contain ACE credits, but I'm curious if the university is verified with a certificate from Microsoft after Microsoft doesn't partner with Credly?