Now live: Take Exam AZ-800 and Exam AZ-801

Start your journey: Become a Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate.

We’re happy to announce that Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure and Exam AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services are now live. To earn the new Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification, you need to pass both of these exams.

If you passed either of them while they were in beta, that achievement will be reflected on your Microsoft Certification Dashboard online transcript approximately 10 business days from today. If you passed them both, your new Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification badge will also be there.

Don’t forget to celebrate and share your achievement. To add your newly acquired skills and badges to your LinkedIn profile and to help you stand out in your network, follow the instructions in your congratulations email. Or, to share your badge, follow the instructions in your Certification Dashboard.

Considering this certification?

You’re a great candidate for the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification if you have subject matter expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform workloads. You should also have extensive experience working with the Windows Server operating system.

Typical responsibilities for administrators in this role include:

• Integrating Windows Server environments with Azure services and managing Windows Server in on-premises networks.
• Managing Windows Server IaaS workloads in Azure, in addition to migrating and deploying workloads to Azure.
• Collaborating with Azure administrators, enterprise architects, Microsoft 365 administrators, and network engineers.
• Implementing and managing on-premises and hybrid solutions, such as identity, management, compute, networking, and storage.

Get ready for the exams

• Explore the exam pages for details. The Exam AZ-800 skills outline and the Exam AZ-801 skills outline alert you to key topics covered on the exams.
• Review the Level up: Windows Server hybrid administrator Microsoft Learn collection.
• Check out Course AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure and Course AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services. To discuss training solutions customized to your project plans and goals, connect with a Microsoft Learning Partner. 
• Watch on demand the Learn Live: Hybrid Infrastructure Study Hall. This seven-part series walks you through how to configure advanced Windows Server services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies and the Microsoft Learn modules related to the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification.
• Gear up with the AZ-800 Study Guide and the AZ-801 Study Guide created by Microsoft Cloud Advocate Orin Thomas.

Are you ready to shine a spotlight on the skills you’ve honed working in hybrid environments? Do you have the experience you need to integrate Windows Server environments with Azure services, manage Windows Server in on-premises networks, and manage Windows Server IaaS workloads in Azure? If so, skill up for the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification and signal that you have what it takes to manage and deploy apps in today’s—and tomorrow’s—hybrid IT environment.