Get ready for the upcoming Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification
As organizations have been rapidly shifting to remote work, there is an increasing demand for administrators with subject matter expertise in planning, delivering, and managing virtual desktop experiences and remote apps—for any device—on Azure. If this is your expertise, our upcoming Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification is key in your toolbelt. This new certification requires to pass Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure. Want to get ahead of the crowd? We’ll release the beta exam at the end of March, 2021, but you can start getting prepared: Check out the Exam AZ-140 skills outline doc to understand what you’ll be measured on when taking the exam. Complete this learning path on Microsoft Learn. More content coming. Don’t miss the AZ-140 study guide created by Microsoft Cloud Advocate thomasmaurer A must go is the AZ-140 study guide video series created by AzureAcademy, Azure FastTrack Engineer. Stay tuned late March to the Microsoft Learn blog for the post announcing the beta exam availability, so you can be among the first people to earn the Microsoft Certified: Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification.Beta exams AI-102 & DP-203, Exam AZ-500, and more: Updates to Azure certs and exams – March 2021
Beta exams available now: Exam AI-102 and Exam DP-203 These beta exams are ready for you to take them before March 24, 2021. Check out the announcement blog posts: Great news for Azure AI engineers: Exam AI-102 (beta) is here Azure data engineers: Exam DP-203 (beta) now available Is your Azure certification expiring soon? Renew it for free today! We announced that 19 Microsoft certifications are now available to renew on Microsoft Learn. I’m pleased to share that eight of them are part of the Azure certification portfolio: Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate If you already earned any of these Azure certs and its expiration date is within six months, you should’ve received an email notification. Did you miss the email or not sure if it’s your time to renew? Visit your Certification Dashboard to find more information about renewing your certification. Get ready for the upcoming Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification Azure certifications portfolio keeps growing, with the upcoming Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification. Check out this post for resources to start preparing for the Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure (beta) to be released late March 2021. Is the Azure Security Engineer Associate certification being retired? You’ve probably heard we’re introducing Microsoft’s new Security certifications. And you might wonder if this means we’re retiring the Azure Security Engineer Associate certification or its Exam AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies. The answer is no. The new Security, Compliance, and Identity certifications are focused on more discreet job roles and their exams don’t test the same objectives tested on the Exam AZ-500—although there may be some overlap. For example, 25% of the objectives in Exam AZ-500 are about identity and access management whereas the new Exam SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator is entirely focused on this area. So, if you’re preparing for the Exam AZ-500, keep on it and check out the Level up with Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate blog post for tips and resources. If you already earned your cert, be on the look out for the free renewal notification when it’s your time.Beta exam AZ-140, Exam AZ-220, new courses, and more: Updates to Azure certs and exams – April 2021
Updated Mar 29, 2021 Beta exam available on March 29: Exam AZ-140 Azure certifications portfolio keeps growing with the upcoming Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification. See the blog announcing the beta exam. Exam AZ-220: Azure IoT Developer will be updated this month As part of our regular portfolio maintenance, we are updating this exam. The new version will be available on April 23, 2021, so if you’re preparing to take it on or after that date, be sure to check the exam skills outline for information on what’s changing. Spoiler alert: the new exam includes new technologies that that are relevant today for this role, like Azure Digital Twins. Check out the updated collection with curated learning paths to help you prepare. Exam AZ-600 is live! We’re happy to announce Exam AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub has moved from beta to live status. If you took the Exam AZ-600 in beta, you should be receiving your scores anytime now (if you haven’t already). New courses available—find a Microsoft Learning Partner Learning styles vary, and some of us like to learn from an instructor. If you are like me, consider working with Microsoft Learning Partners to get a breadth of training solutions customized to your project plans. Check out with them these recently released courses: Course AZ-600T00-A: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub: This course helps prepare for the exam required to earn the Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification. Course AI-102T00: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution: This course helps prepare for the new version of the exam required to earn the Azure AI Engineer Associate certification.Cybersecurity Architect BP Opportunity
Greetings! Microsoft is considering a certification for the Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect role, and we need your input through our exam blueprinting survey. The blueprint determines how many questions each skill in the exam will be assigned. Please complete the online survey by December 17 th , 2021. Please also feel free to forward the survey to any colleagues you consider subject matter experts for this certification. If you have any questions, feel free to contact John Sowles at josowles@microsoft.com or Don Tanedo at dtanedo@microsoft.com. Microsoft Cybersecurity Architect blueprint survey link: http://microsoftlearning.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3gawjaa6lajZQgu Thank you!Check out recent updates to Azure certs and exams – January 2021
New certification: Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate On Dec 31, 2020, in the blog post Azure Stack Hub operators: Prove you can bring cloud agility on-premises we announced the new Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification, along with its associated exam, currently in beta: Exam AZ-600: Configuring and Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Microsoft Azure Stack Hub. Download the new version of the Azure certifications poster including this new cert. Azure exams review If you are a subject matter expert in SAP workloads on Azure, we are updating our certification and we'd love to hear from you: Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty: Answer the Exam AZ-120 blueprint survey—it closes on Jan 15, 2021.MD-102 and MS-102 Beta Rescores and Related Issues
Thank you for your patience with the MD-102 and MS-102 beta rescore process. Although the exams have been rescored and they are appearing in your Learn profiles, we have encountered a few more unexpected issues related to the system upgrades that delayed the rescores in the first place. If you took the beta exam prior to June 30, you see two results in your profile: a failed result that reflects an error in our system that misidentified ungraded exams as "fail" and your "real" result. We are working on a solution to remove the incorrect record. This should be resolved by September 26 (I'm in Pacific time zone). If you passed the beta exam and should have earned a certification as a result, unfortunately, you're not able to access the certification. We have identified the root cause and are discussing options to resolve as quickly as possible. I will have an update regarding this on or before Wednesday. I sincerely apologize for the continued challenges that we are having in getting the results of this beta exam processed correctly. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact our support team (https://aka.ms/mcpforum) as I am unable to assist (I don't have access to the tools to investigate or resolve your issues). Thank you.Check out recent updates to Azure certs and exams – February 2021
Stay tuned: New beta exams coming on February 23 For the Azure AI Engineer Associate certification, the new Exam AI-102: Designing and Implementing a Microsoft Azure AI Solution will replace Exam AI-100; for the Azure Data Engineer Associate certification, the new Exam DP-203: Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure will replace both Exam DP-200 and Exam DP-201. Check out the Microsoft Learn Blog for the announcements on February 23. Coming in March: Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification We announced at the Windows Virtual Desktop Master Class digital event the upcoming Windows Virtual Desktop Specialty certification. The new certification and corresponding beta Exam AZ-140: Configuring and Operating Windows Virtual Desktop on Microsoft Azure will be released late March 2021. Azure training and certifications swag Get inspired with our 1-minute Azure certifications video. Check out (and download) the new Azure Training + Certification Guide. Download the Azure certifications poster.
What are the differences between Visual Studio Code and Visual Studio?
Microsoft recently released Visual Studio Codenyfo and I am a little confused about its usage, since Visual Studio has lot of functional similarities with it. Update to Jenny's post: The Community editions actually started since VS 2013. (2013 is great free platform for producing get-in-and-out-quick project releases, as unlike 2015 it's stable itself.) Express editions still exist even in 2015, but "express" editions are now aimed as light platforms for individual targets (i.e. choose one of Web or Desktop or W10) rather than the Express 2008/2010 single language (i.e. choose one of c++, c#, vb ...) style. Even then the official Express download site suggests people really should consider Community - why wouldn't you?
