Microsoft this week launched Inside Azure for IT, which contains links to "fireside chats" on various Azure topics, aiming "to solve your real-world IT challenges."
The Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification will end June 2022, joining other dead programs like the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE).
Three Microsoft certification programs that had been slated for retirement this summer are being extended by six more months to account for worldwide disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Microsoft announced on Thursday that it'll be "retiring" certain certification educational programs in June, and it notably won't have future separate exams available for Windows Server 2019 and SQL Server 2019.
A new site called "Microsoft Q&A" is expected to launch in "mid-2020" as a replacement for Microsoft's TechNet and MSDN forums.
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Microsoft is giving the general public access to artificial intelligence training courses that mirror its own internal AI education program.
Microsoft, in conjunction with the Linux Foundation, released a new Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) program for those seeking Linux on Azure certifications this week.
Microsoft is working on fundamentally changing the certification process by shifting to skills-specific badges for those who don't want, need, or see the value in MCSE or MCSA certifications.
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- 08/06/2015
Microsoft Learning's Second Shot program will allow those that have taken an exam and failed to retake the test for free through May 31, 2014.
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