Why Microsoft changed its certification path?
Microsoft has made some changes to the Azure Certification Paths to better align them with professionals’ roles within the industry. The Microsoft Azure certification exams cover broad topics, cover a wide range of skills, and target general job roles.
What are the New Azure Roles Announced By Microsoft?
Microsoft announced three new Azure Certification pathways for administrators, developers, or solutions architects who work with Microsoft Azure. Each certification requires passing two exams to be certified. The updated Azure roles can be combined with the previous roles to create the following list:
* Azure Administrator
* Azure Developer
* Azure DevOps Engineer
* Azure Solutions Architect
* Microsoft 365 Modern Desktop Administrator
* Microsoft 365 Enterprise Administrator
How Organizations can use the Role-based certification to upgrade their employees’ skills
Associate Level
Azure Administrator
You can train your employees to implement, monitor, and maintain Microsoft Azure solutions. This includes major services related storage, network, security, and networking. They will need to pass two exams to earn the certification.
* Exam AZ100 – Microsoft Azure Infrastructure & Deployment: To manage Azure subscriptions, resources, implement and manage storage, deploy and manage virtual machines, configure and manage identities, manage storage, manage virtual machines, manage identities, and implement advanced virtual networking.
Azure Developer
You can train your employees to become Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate if you want them to design and build cloud solutions. They will be able participate in all phases, including solution design, development and deployment, testing, maintenance, and reporting. They will be more proficient in developing apps using Azure tools and technologies. They can achieve this certification by passing two exams, for which they must acquire a unique set skills.
* AZ-200 – Microsoft Azure Developer Core Solutions Exam: To select the right cloud technology solution, to develop cloud storage solutions, to create a Platform as a Service(PaaS), and to secure cloud solutions.
* AZ-201 Microsoft Azure Developer Advanced Solutions Exam: To develop for an Azure cloud model, implement cloud integration solutions, as well as to develop Azure cognitive services and bot.
Expert Level
DevOps Engineer
You can upgrade the skills of your DevOps team by obtaining the Microsoft Certified Azure DevOps Engineer Specialist certification after passing any of the above-mentioned exams. The exams for this certification are not yet available.
Solution Architect
Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert is another expert level certification. This certification is earned by passing two exams. To pass, employees must have a set of skills.
* AZ-300 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies Exam: To deploy and configure infrastructure, security, and workloads, to develop cloud technology solutions, create and deploy apps, and to develop for cloud computing.
* AZ301: Microsoft Azure Architect Design Examination: To determine workload requirements, to design identity and security, design a data platform solution and business continuity & infrastructure strategy. Also, design for migration, integration, and deployment.
You can also get your employees certified in Office 365 skills through Microsoft 365 Certified Modern Desktop Administrator Associate or Microsoft 365 Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert.
How can NetCom Learning help?
NetCom Learning has a team that includes certified instructors with MS Azure skills. They can help you train your employees to obtain the latest Azure role-based certifications. We offer multi-vendor training that includes popular IT brands like Microsoft, CompTIA and Dell SonicWALL, Avaya and Palo Alto, Juniper, Cisco. We are a preferred partner for many IT companies in the U.S. and can help you make your IT business a success.
