


#MICROSOFT WORD CERTIFICATION PROFESSIONAL#
However, once you’ve passed a particular Microsoft certification exam, it will remain on your official Microsoft Certified Professional Transcript to indicate the date you passed that exam. When an exam is retired, then it will no longer be available for people to take and attempt to pass. Pretty much every 6 months there are some Microsoft certification exams being retired. This has occurred with the transition from Windows Server 2008 to 2012, and SQL Server 2014 to 2016, to give a couple examples. The older exam will get retired when this “exam replacement” happens. As each technology release or version gets old, it’ll eventually get replaced with a new release, so the certification exam for that technology will be replaced with a newer exam that covers the new release. Microsoft will release certification exams for specific technologies periodically to offer IT Professionals in all different roles a way to test and prove their skills with that specific technology. These are each on their own time tables, and there isn’t a simple “expired or not” rule. There are 2 facets to the expiration of Microsoft Certifications, as there are 2 separate things that can (and eventually do “expire”) these are the Exams and the Certifications. When Do Microsoft Certifications Expire?Įventually all technical certifications will expire in some fashion as the technology and skills tested on the required certification exams become outdated.
#MICROSOFT WORD CERTIFICATION HOW TO#
So, I thought I’d explain a bit on what causes a Microsoft certification to expire, and how to renew your certifications when necessary. On of the questions I’ve seen a lot is in the area around Exam or Certification expiration and/or renewal. In the process of consulting and training many people in the efforts of studying for various Microsoft certifications, in particular Azure certification, I do receive a lot of various questions.
