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Understanding the New Microsoft Certifications 2020 | How to Get Started in IT
are you flustered by the changes they've
made to the Microsoft certifications I'm
Mike Roderick from IT Pro TV and in this
episode of how to get started in IT
we're going to cover those changes and
see if we can't clear it up for you
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alright so the first thing we want to
talk about is the changes they've made
to the certification process or the I
don't want to call it the categories
Microsoft has always been about product
based certifications you've got
certified in Server 2012 or you got
certified in server 2016 or Windows 7 or
Windows 8 if anybody took those exams
that's no longer the case
Microsoft has switched over to a role
based certification process that means
rather than getting certified on a
particular technology we're getting
certified on a job role really
independent of the underlying technology
and this is a really good thing
right I know a lot of people are
confused about it and a lot of people
are used to getting your MCSA in 2012
and you're MCSA in 2016 and you're
wondering where that MCSA is in 2019 but
the way things are nowadays with with
operating systems as a service the way
we're rolling out updates and changes to
our operating systems the underlying
operating system is no longer as
important as the the processes right the
technology that you're using to complete
your job so rather than getting
certified in a particular version of
server you're getting certified in say
as your Active Directory it doesn't
really matter what the underlying
operating system is going to be so
that's the first big hurdle people are
gonna have is - you have to get away
from the mentality if I'm gonna get
certified in a particular version of an
operating system or a particular version
of a product that's no longer the case
you're gonna get certified and what it
is that you want to do and this is
really advantageous for you as well as
the employers because they know what
they need I need somebody that can
handle office 365 right so you can get
certified in Microsoft I say officer you
see Microsoft Office 365
now you can prove to that employer that
you know that technology because that's
what they're implementing they're not
implementing it based on the underlying
technology you get certified in
as your Active Directory again really
doesn't matter what's going on
underneath so get past that get over the
whole I need to get certified in a
particular version of a product you're
gonna get certified in what it is you
plan to do in the field the next thing
we want to talk about is the naming
convention because those have changed as
well we used to have exams called mtas
or Microsoft technology associates these
were our entry level type exams those
are still there but we now have some
called fundamentals so you'll see like
AZ 900 is Azure fundamentals or MS 900
which is your office 365 fundamentals
right these are meant to be entry-level
exams if you're new to IT or if you want
to see if you want to move into a
particular area these are great exams to
start with because they're gonna first
of all not assume any knowledge they're
gonna be ground level bottom floor type
exams testing you on basic knowledge so
it gives you a chance to kind of get
your feet wet I'm gonna take that AZ 900
exam and see what it sure is all about
and if I like it maybe I move on into AZ
103 or 104 is it's going to be called
coming up shortly so those are like
entry level exams just like the old
MTA's work now most of those fundamental
exams are not going to get you anything
as far as moving on to the next level
you'll get your as your fundamentals
certificate but that doesn't count
towards say the AZ 104 or anything like
that they're meant to just be standalone
baseline knowledge and even if you're
not in IT these can be really good exams
for you you know if you have to support
an IT department it's important that you
understand the terminology and the
technologies that your IT department is
using so when they come to you and they
say we need this particular resource or
we need this particular subscription
level or this particular support level
in Azure you'll know what they're
talking about and you can make an
intelligent decision so those exams are
again geared towards entry-level IT
personnel or people that work with IT
and just need that foundational
knowledge the next level of exams or is
the what we used to call the Microsoft
Certified system administrator
or MCSA for short those were the
technology-based so you got your MCS a
and Server 2012 or your MCS a
interobserver 2016 those are now called
associate roles so these are going to be
your just above those entry level where
we're proving that we understand a
technology and I can now get a job in
that field I can go to an employer and I
can show them that hey I've got me my AZ
104 I've got my associate certification
I knew this technology I can work with
this technology and it would be good to
hire me kind of thing right then we can
move into the next level which used to
be called the MC se or MC SD so if you
still hold any of those certifications
and you're looking to update those into
more current certifications you would be
looking at expert role certification
types so these are the next level up
these are the ones that go beyond the
associate again they're called expert so
again you're gonna have to prove more
detailed knowledge these exams are gonna
be much harder right because you're
gonna have to go above and beyond the
basic skills to work with if within that
particular role all right so to recap
with these new exams in this role based
certification we've got the fundamental
exams which are going to be considered
entry-level no experience really
required and this is going to help
develop your skills really geared
towards a broad audience
again let's you test those waters see if
that's something that you're interested
in pursuing right when we get into the
associate and the expert level
certifications this is going to require
technical knowledge you're gonna need to
understand the technology be able to
implement it design it manage it
depending on if you're going for the
associate or the expert so these exams
the associate and the expert are really
for somebody that's interested in or
transitioning to a particular job role
alright so the last thing I want to talk
about is the exams that are available
within these role-based certifications
we talk about the fundamental exams we
have to to pick from currently there's
the azure fundamentals and then there's
the Microsoft 365 fundamentals so pick
the one that you're interested in or
think you might be interested in
starting once we move up to the
associate and the expert level roles we
have things like administer
or AI engineer have data scientists
developer security engineer DevOps
engineer or Solutions Architect these
are all different roles that you might
currently be in or be interested in
transitioning to and there are
certifications available for those roles
and they're adding more all the time so
make sure you go back to Microsoft's
page now take a look at Microsoft
certifications and see what roles are
available and start there all right so
hopefully that helps clear up some of
the confusion around this new role based
certification model that Microsoft is
deploying if you have any insights you'd
like to add make sure you put them in
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Mike Roderick and this has been another
episode of how to get started in IT
