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Microsoft killing many certifications
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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning...&Id=375282

Certifications with exams scheduled to retire on June 30, 2020

MCSA: BI Reporting
MCSA: Dynamics 365 for Operations
MCSA: SQL 2016 BI Development
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Admin
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Dev
MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014
MCSA: Universal Windows Platform
MCSA: Web Applications
MCSA: Windows Server 2012
MCSA: Windows Server 2016
MCSD: App Builder
MCSE: Business Applications
MCSE: Core Infrastructure
MCSE: Data Management & Analytics
MCSE: Productivity


Exams Retiring on June 30, 2020

These exams retire at 11:59 PM Central Time on June 30, 2020
70-333: Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for Business 2015
70-334: Core Solutions for Microsoft Skype for Business 2015
70-339: Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
70-457: Developing Mobile Apps
70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012
70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure
70-414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure
70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012
70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014
70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases
70-463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014
70-464: Developing Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases
70-465: Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server
70-466: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server
70-467: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server
70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
70-483: Programming in C#
70-486: Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications
70-487: Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services
70-537: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack
70-705: Designing and Providing Microsoft Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations
70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016
70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016
70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016
70-743: Upgrading Your skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016
70-744: Securing Windows Server 2016
70-745: Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter
70-761: Querying Data with Transact-SQL
70-762: Developing SQL Databases
70-764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure
70-765: Provisioning SQL Databases
70-767: Implementing a Data Warehouse using SQL
70-768: Developing SQL Data Models
70-777: Implementing Microsoft Azure Cosmos DB Solutions
70-778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI
70-779: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Excel
MB2-716: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customization and Configuration
MB6-894: Development, Extensions and Deployment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance
MB6-897: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail
MB6-898: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Human Resources



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laaGuJItNCM

I think some of those exams give credit at WGU 
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Companies do this when what they're offering stops being profitable or valuable. I'm guessing these aren't as valuable in the industry, so they don't help MS's brand, so they've pivoted to other types of certs. It's like saying that they shouldn't follow the industry when it changes, they should continue doing things people no longer want.
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come on, you think the SQL Server certs aren't valuable in the tech industry ?
or Windows Server ?

" It's like saying that they shouldn't follow the industry when it changes, they should continue doing things people no longer want."

the industry hasn't changed that much that knowledge of maintaining Windows Server is no longer required
and people still want these certs
and companies still want people with this knowledge

I work in one of the biggest hospitals in new york city and everyone of these technologies is used

MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Admin
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Dev
MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014
MCSA: Windows Server 2016
MCSE: Data Management & Analytics
70-339: Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014
70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases
70-463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014
70-464: Developing Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases
70-465: Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server
70-466: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server
70-467: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server
70-740: Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016
70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016

this isn't the industry changing --- this is just that MS is pushing Azure
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MS is pushing azure because that's where things are moving. that speaks to dfrecore's point.

MS's role based certs will still cover a lot of this information.
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to be clear, this move sucks as far as validation of knowledge goes. i think MS is making a mistake in regards to what certification should mean.

but MS is in the business of making money, not validating knowledge. obviously this move makes financial sense for them, which is their concern. this is their obvious path forward.
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They are making the change because they are pushing Azure and the cloud. That's where the future is and frankly I think its a good change. The dinosaurs can keep their MCSE certs and support Server stuff and the rest of us move on with Azure.

I never liked MS stuff until .NET Core and Azure came along. Plus with the new unified .NET 5 coming along which is supposed to be seamless with Azure, it's a good move.

They're not the only ones doing this. Cisco also revamped CCNA and CCNP.

I think the role based certs are more suited to what goes on today, sure there will be legacy compnanies that need experts in Server and what not, but the future is Azure.

Also Blazor is coming up strong and holy smokes I'm switching everything to Blazor and Azure.

I like it, never been a better time to be a .NET developer. With C# 8, .NET Core, Blazor and Azure, I feel like Tony Stark and the solutions literally build themselves.

Microsoft know's what they are doing. I mean things were looking like they would fade into obscurity a few years ago as the PC market was dying and mobile was taking over. They literally bought themselves into the cloud pushing Azure so hard and moved to a mostly cloud services company. Now they are giving everyone a run for their money and growing everyday and I prefer Azure to AWS, I think Azure will beat AWS in the long run. Let's see where this goes.

As a side note C# is where it's at for business. Sure Python is fun to muck around with, but 2 years ago I got back into C# stuff and its unbelievable with a good text editor (vs code) and .net core, you can work magic!

It feels so wrong that this is so easy!

Anyway the industry is chaning and MS and Cisco are leading the pack.
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