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To ensure that the Microsoft Certified Professional Program stays current, Microsoft Learning continually monitors trends and then revises exams and certification requirements to keep pace with changes in technology and business needs. Our goal is to give you several months’ notice of upcoming exam retirements. We review our certification program plan, the psychometric performance, and our upcoming exam list every quarter. We then make decisions about what to retire and when, so we can ensure that you have the most up-to-date certifications and that these certifications reflect the latest in Microsoft technologies and associated job roles.
Many of the upcoming exam retirements reflect the program’s evolution to embrace role-based certifications. Because we haven't announced many of the upcoming role-based certifications, I can't be overly specific about the replacement exams. Many of the exams are retiring in the next few months, and I want to give you as much advance notice as possible. This is all the information I can share right now, so take it for what it's worth as you make your certification plans. I promise to share as much information as I can, as soon as I can. Trust me to look out for you!
Here's the current plan, which is subject to change . . . as things often are. If a date changes, it will push out. If anything, these dates are the worst-case scenarios.
|
Exam Number |
Exam Name |
Retirement Date |
Replacement Exam |
|
70-496 |
Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server |
December 31, 2018 |
none |
|
70-497 |
Software Testing with Visual Studio |
December 31, 2018 |
none |
|
70-498 |
Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management |
December 31, 2018 |
none |
|
70-532 |
Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions |
December 31, 2018 |
AZ-203 |
|
70-533 |
Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions |
December 31, 2018 |
AZ-100, AZ-101 |
|
70-535 |
Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions |
December 31, 2018 |
AZ-300, AZ-301 |
|
70-331 |
Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 |
March 31, 2019 |
Microsoft Certified Teamwork Administrator Certification |
|
70-332 |
Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 |
March 31, 2019 |
Microsoft Certified Teamwork Administrator Certification |
|
70-341 |
Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 |
March 31, 2019 |
Microsoft Certified Messaging Administrator Certification |
|
70-342 |
Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 |
March 31, 2019 |
Microsoft Certified Messaging Administrator Certification |
|
70-346 |
Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements |
April 30, 2019 |
MS-100, MS-101 |
|
70-347 |
Enabling Office 365 Services |
April 30, 2019 |
MS-100, MS-101 |
|
70-695 |
Deploying Windows Desktops and Enterprise Applications |
March 31, 2019 |
MD-100, MD-101 |
|
70-697 |
Configuring Windows Devices |
April 30, 2019 |
MD-100, MD-101 |
|
70-698 |
Installing and Configuring Windows 10 |
March 31, 2019 |
MD-100, MD-101 |
|
MB2-715 |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 customer engagement Online Deployment |
June 30, 2019 |
Dynamics 365 Certification (MB-200) |
|
MB2-717 |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales |
June 30, 2019 |
Dynamics 365 Certification (MB-210) |
|
MB2-877 |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Field Service |
June 30, 2019 |
Dynamics 365 Certification (MB-240) |
|
AZ-102 |
Microsoft Azure Administrator Certification Transition Exam |
June 30, 2019 |
AZ-100, AZ-101 |
|
AZ-200 |
Microsoft Azure Developer Core Solutions (beta) |
December 27, 2018 |
AZ-203 |
|
AZ-201 |
Microsoft Azure Developer Advanced Solutions (beta) |
December 27, 2018 |
AZ-203 |
|
AZ-202 |
Microsoft Azure Developer Certification Transition (beta) |
December 27, 2018 |
AZ-203 |
|
AZ-302 |
Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Certification Transition (beta) |
June 30, 2019 |
AZ-300, AZ-301 |
|
70-473 |
Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions |
June 30, 2019 |
Data & AI Certification (DP-200, DP-201) |
|
70-475 |
Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions |
June 30, 2019 |
Data & AI Certification (DP-200, DP-201) |
|
70-773 |
Analyzing Big Data with Microsoft R |
June 30, 2019 |
Data & AI Certification (DP-100) |
|
70-774 |
Perform Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning |
June 30, 2019 |
Data & AI Certification (DP-100) |
|
70-775 |
Perform Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure HDInsight |
June 30, 2019 |
Data & AI Certification (DP-200, DP-201) |
|
70-776 |
Engineering Data with Microsoft Cloud Services |
June 30, 2019 |
Data & AI Certification (DP-200, DP-201) |
|
MB2-718 |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Service |
August 31, 2019 |
Dynamics 365 Certification (MB-230) |
|
MB2-719 |
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Marketing |
August 31, 2019 |
Dynamics 365 Certification (MB-220) |
|
MB6-895 |
Financial Management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations |
August 31, 2019 |
Dynamics 365 Certification (MB-310) |
|
MB6-896 |
Distribution and Trade in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations |
August 31, 2019 |
Dynamics 365 Certification (MB-330) |
|
74-343 |
Managing Projects with Microsoft Project 2013 |
July 31, 2019 |
none |
|
MS-202 |
Microsoft 365 Messaging Administrator Certification Transition |
September 30, 2019 |
MS-200, MS-201 |
|
MS-302 |
Microsoft 365 Teamwork Administrator Certification Transition |
September 30, 2019 |
MS-300, MS-301 |
Exam retirements lead to certification retirements. These certifications are retiring because there won't be any exams (or enough exams) in market to earn these certifications as of these dates. Note that when we retire certifications that you have earned, those certifications stay on your transcript and can be shared as usual. A retired certification stays in the active section of your transcript until Microsoft determines that the technology is no longer relevant, and then it gets moved to the inactive section.
Retiring December 31, 2018
MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
MCSA: Cloud Platform
MCSA: Linux on Azure
Retiring March 31, 2019
MCSE: Mobility
MCSA: Office 365
MCSA: Windows 10
Retiring June 30, 2019
MCSA: Machine Learning
MCSA: Data Engineering with Azure|
MCSA: Dynamics 365 (only one of the two required exams is retiring in March, but the certification will no longer be attainable)
Source: Microsoft
