Good morning, good afternoon, everyone. Thank you so much for joining us today for the webinar titled what you always wanted to know about Microsoft Azure certifications.
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Our speaker today is Sandra Marina Sandra is the go to market lead for Azure training and certification at Microsoft worldwide learning
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Driving best in class technical readiness and certification to support individuals and companies using Microsoft Azure.
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Thank you, Michelle.
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Sandra Marin
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Good morning, good afternoon. And thank you for joining us today to learn about us. Your certifications and the resources available to you.
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To embrace that training and certification journey. I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe and healthy. My name is Sandra marine and I am the actual training and certification marketing lead us
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Microsoft learning organization. I want to thank our Microsoft learning partners tech data and exit certified for inviting me to charity is our soul with you all.
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We have three goals today we want to understand how building the right skills on Azure can help you to embrace digital transformation.
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We want to understand and Microsoft learning offering and get to know I should certifications as part of feed.
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And we want to identify the right certifications based on your current or future roles and we want to share the breadth of resources available to help you personally or your teams to prepare for certification.
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To set context. I want to start with cloud and the importance of it.
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Our role as Microsoft is to empower every new needle and never any station on the planet to achieve more in the next revolution growth is being driven by technology.
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Are integrated cloud approach creates on a much platform for digital transformation.
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And our focus is on addressing real world needs of customers with Office 365 dynamics 365 an Azure integrating seamlessly to unlock business value.
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For every organization from large enterprises to enter to form your own businesses, the backbone and foundation of this three cloud approach is Asher
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Know digital transformation is never a one size fits all.
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But if you think of it as a journey with incremental steps towards our long term goal, then it becomes a much less intimidating proposition.
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There are many examples of digital transformation among our actual customers large retail companies and powered their employees and their meetings and meeting their customer needs a small restaurant or from the wrong business.
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building custom machine learning models to better serve its customers or manufacturing companies training frontline workers and empowering them with cutting edge technology like HoloLens
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Organizations who have embrace digital transformation see multiple benefits more agile a probe to market faster increase efficiencies reduce cost. So when you think why Asher
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It's because we can enable anyone of all backgrounds and any company to do more and to achieve more and ultimately in bandwidth purpose.
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And that is the statement around how we feel about Asher, we want to invent with purpose. What we deliver to you, but also enable you to invent with purpose.
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And we do that in some key ways we talked about these ways as our promises to you and what as you will always the lever and why we will support you.
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First, we're going to make sure that we have technology that is meeting your needs today, but also your needs tomorrow.
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The cloud is moving fast. Every week we have new technology coming out. So it's about meeting new
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new capabilities. Now, and also investing on those in the horizon from AI to IoT to quantum computing from a developer perspective, it's about being able to build on your own terms.
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Where the framework, the tools, the operating system that you want to ensure that you have the freedom and flexibility to work successfully and to deploy your application with quality and confidence, every time.
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Dynegy is sitting in the public cloud in a data center on edge devices all of them running on a holistic way and seamlessly.
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And this seamless environment is essential. Otherwise, running these infrastructure in another way that is not integrated is going to be expensive is going to be hard and it's going to be insecure.
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And then last, of course, trust, nothing is more important than trust, particularly when we talk about cloud and trust is about security and compliance. So these are promises you have as far as what I sure can offer to you.
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Know if you haven't seen as you're in a while you might be surprised to realize what we have these days. This is a high level map of the class of services that we offer. We have over 200 services and products in Azure.
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You will notice we have extended to the edge. The ability to run application code in the cloud, but also in a consistent way.
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In the edge where he is Azure Stack or Asher's fear or all the way to HoloLens and are mixed reality capabilities. These are powerful Edge devices that were in connection with the cloud.
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You also see that we have tools that tools DevOps and we have great innovation to the car infrastructure on past services that we offer over all this gives you the scope of what I sure as a platform as a service, and as a service can offer you.
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So how do you go about adopting cloud and using all this or 200 products and services that I was mentioning, how do you get ready for it.
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Certain or Ella our CEO, he talks about these something called tech intensity
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And this is a idea that the modern technologies adopted and enhanced by actual technical capability. The more things build upon themselves.
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DJ every company is a data company and every organization will need taking density to compete and grow.
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It is a simple formula, but it's critical. When we think about what we hope to achieve first every organization will need to be faster adopter of digital technology second every organization will need to build their own proprietary digital capabilities.
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And third, trust, both trust in the technology and trust that organizations have a partner, whose business model is aligned to their success.
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As the digital transformation efforts are underway organizations are finding that they need an enhanced set of skills.
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Skills and knowledge to thrive as digital companies, a world that is cloud based and continuously connected demands that you focus on growing your skills and capabilities. Whether you are a professional or or or
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Or an IT department, you are becoming more and more agent of change in this world, in today's economy. We have jobs that didn't even exist, three years ago.
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And the skill required the skills required to do these jobs are continuously evolving their our average lifetime of our skill in today's jobs is less than five years. That means you need constantly a renewed his skills.
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If you have a team or yourself of the latest skills and capabilities you can be more innovative and then you gain competitive advantage, where speed to market or new features or whatever you can imaging skills build confidence and confidence drives productivity innovation and growth.
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You cannot need today's demand. If you don't have the right talent I show certifications are designed to validate technical technology.
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Then he can knowledge and the ability in cure in current and future job roles. These certifications are designed to have to help you have the right talent.
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Our actual certifications allowed to validate that IT professionals developers and data and AI professionals have the skills necessary.
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To cover all aspects of your digital transformation from managing on premises hybrid cloud infrastructure to innovated with the innovating with a best in class applications.
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And to supporting data infrastructure and also applications with data analytics, all with the proper security considerations.
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This is a full view of our certification portfolio and you can see that we have a variety of certifications across fundamentals role based certification specialties and we are also calling different solution areas across applications infrastructure and data and AI.
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I will click in a moment in the air about this portfolio to help me understand and to help you decide the rights certifications for you or for your team and by before going into detail, I want to explain a little bit how we approach this killing at Microsoft.
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Are learning offering has your digital transformation goals in mind, we aim to help you build the right team that you need to thrive in this digital world.
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The first step is to understand the roles that you need for data transformation or our company needs for data transformation and we want. We are very detailing understanding their roles needed but also what each one of those roles need to know what is skills. They must have
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To do is we perform job dogs analysis. This is that a very extensive process that we do it using our knowledge and our technology expertise but we also listen to what the market is asking for and needing and we seek for a bias from analysts and industry experts.
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We align this role definition to meet industry and market needs with the skills and capabilities needed for the real jobs in the world.
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This for this job does analysis. This role Phoenicians sets the brook the blueprint for all the learning content that we create and pulled through in a variety of formats, resulting in a simplified underlying learning experience.
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Microsoft offers a comprehensive collection of training options to empower technical professionals to learn in multiple ways. The one that fits you best.
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And we are learning experiences help you to prepare for the job and to prepare for certifications.
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We support the complete learning your name and all these experiences can become buying for optimal results.
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So you have digital is scaling to build Practical. Practical job skills in our free. And so based online experience.
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We have also training the bands that combine traditional a presentation based conferences with demonstrations workshops hands on hands on labs hackathons. We have a multiple events around the world training events.
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We also have classroom in that classroom training. This is Microsoft official curriculum delivered by Microsoft learning partners and thought by Microsoft certified trainers always learning options are the foundation to skills by Asian our recognition through Microsoft certifications.
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On to share a couple of thoughts about Microsoft certifications. Our certifications focus on assessing not only what you know but
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What, how you apply what you know to solve real business challenges we have really sign testing in order to evaluate
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Them. Sorry, my, my slide is acting up we have redesigned testing in order to evaluate the ability to solve problems integrating integrating information for multiple sources implementing solutions with business goals in mind.
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Mapping we have performance based testing mapping to what people do every day and demonstrating how people use technology. Now we have three types of certifications each one to validate different aspects of how you use technology to solve business problems.
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This is to keep you away. So you don't fall asleep while I'm explaining the certifications. So what are these three types of certifications. We have fundamental certifications.
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And these certifications are to validate foundational understanding of Microsoft technologies, you can think of them as a springboard into deeper role based certifications.
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Nice experience is required for a fundamentals certifications and you can use them to prepare for the next ones, but they are not a requirement.
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We also have role based certifications. A and this always certifications have a focus on solutions not on problems.
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They have the goal for the roadway certification system validate the technical skills required to perform industry jobs.
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On Microsoft platform or with Microsoft technologies. And finally, we have a specialty certifications.
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Listen specialty certifications validate deep technical skills and the ability to manage industry solutions including third party solutions on or we have Microsoft technologies or platforms, now we finally get to the next slide.
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So let's go back to this one just to so you remember these view because this will help us to to go on their on their specific explanation about the certifications.
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So remember these and how each one of these areas mob, a two maps to a different technical audiences, as I say, before some of Asher certifications are a good feed.
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For it draws or developers or data and AI professionals, but often some of the certifications can be a good fit for more than one audience or a profession.
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Soul asset going detail on this.
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These are the certifications that we recommend to Validate, validate his skills it pearls need to reveal the deploy and manage on premises hybrid or cloud infrastructure solutions.
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I should administrator associate is the certification. We recommend for cloud administrators
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This certification and the related training I have both the skills to implement monitor and manage Asher solutions including all aspects around compute, storage and network security. So this is one of the foundational certifications for us. If you are
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A team administrating a or merging Asher, this is certification, you should consider now all as your certifications. Every one of them include security component
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Security is a pervasive to us but I sure security engineer associate is a deep dive role on a deep dive certification about security controls on threat protection.
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All about identity access security across data applications infrastructure, everything about securing hybrid and cloud networks and to an infrastructure this certification is a nice compliment to Asher administrator, so
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Some people is specialized in security. Some people a have two hearts so you should consider these two certifications are foundational we're slowly on your IT team.
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Now I want to introduce our first a specialty certification international is I should for SAP world of the specialty
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This certification is this line for SAP architects with extensive experience building deploying migrating and operating SAP solutions on Asher
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This certification want validate that you are an essay P expert this certification will validate that you can deploy implement SAP workloads on Azure.
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A critical step in in it is securing continuous integration and continuous delivery and Usher DevOps engineer expert is a roadway certification to address this, this capability.
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This certification is expert level. This is a the highest level. Now we have certifications and these I should allow sinking you is there only certification in our portfolio that has
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A strong requirement to earn national senior citizen certification you first must earn either Asher administrator or Asher developer. So you can see this is one of those certifications that fits nice in the IT pros and the developer world.
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As your solution Solutions Architect is our second certification expert level as a national solution architect, you
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you validate that you have the skills to design and implement into and solutions on Azure.
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Considering all aspects across infrastructure applications and data. This is the most comprehensive certification and is suitable for it process.
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For developers on for data professionals. So this is these are the recommended certifications for IT pros and you see song.
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Administrator security SAP, the focus on on the IT Pro a perfect on the IT professional infrastructure professional and we start seeing DevOps and Solution Architect. A certifications that expand to all their roles. And audiences.
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Now let's see what we have for developers.
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These are the certifications that we recommend to validate the skills required to innovate with best in class best in class applications.
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That the first certification is the obvious one for developers. I should developer associate the certification is about validating the skills necessary necessary to real maintain optimize ashraf's you assume first by or third party services.
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I know our certification for developers is Azure IoT developers specialty LEED certification is for developers who have a strong focus on developing creating IoT solutions and this certification validates the skills to implement a to
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To implement manage optimize and operate the whole IoT solution, including the devices. The certification also validates their
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Processing a management on of the data generated by those devices. So is a an IoT solution, all the way into and from the device to the data.
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I should re engineer associate is a certification that leaves at the intersection of the data and AI world and the developer and the developer and the ops world. So this certification is suitable for developers on for date on AI professionals.
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They are sure AI engineer certification validates the skills needed to embed in artificial intelligence capabilities into applications.
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So we are talking here about cognitive services natural language processing conversational AI speech recognition vision tax whole lot of cool things that we had in artificial intelligence.
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And we are ready to talk about day I sure DevOps engineer and they are sure solutions architect.
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Architect. A certifications on. I just want to reinforce here to remind you that this does certifications are a also good for developers. So this could be a good growing path for developers. After getting your developer or your IoT developer or your AI engine your certification.
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Holistic Luke certifications for the AI professionals.
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These that you can see here are the certifications, we recommend to validate the skills required to support absent infrastructure with great data analytics.
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I should data engineering associate is the certification that validates the skills required to implement this line on implement into in data solutions using the full stack of Asher data service.
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This includes relational structure non unstructured data storage data processing and more everything related to a data solution in the cloud.
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Next, as your database administrator associate and data analytics associate, you may have heard of the certifications. We actually are.
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Releasing the certifications to market tomorrow. So stay tuned. I'll show you some resources in a moment. A because we are launching this certifications tomorrow, Thursday, a benign.
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And they asked your database administrator associate is the certification to violate the skills required to plan, implement design optimize and operate.
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High read an cloud they apply for solutions using sequel server and Usher data services. So this is the through the VA certification, all the way from on premises to the cloud.
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They are always associate is about data analytics and visualization is how you
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harness the power of data and how you tell stories with data, how you, how you do analytics on how you show those analysis. So this certification Vida is the skills required to prepare model visualize and analyze data using Power BI.
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As your data scientists salty eight is a annoy of our artificial intelligence certifications. The certification validates the skills necessary to create
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And use machine learning models on Azure or using Azure the certification does not prove that you're a data science and they are scientists this certification proves that you can apply data science on Asher
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We don't really talk about I hear a engineer associate and m and how this certification fits green eyes for data and AI professionals, as well as for developers.
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Same for Azure solutions architect expert that is suitable across all the technical professionals all the technical professionals that are working on Usher.
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Now you must be thinking
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What about Asher fundamentals. Did I forget about Asher fundamentals.
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As I mentioned before, our fundamentals certifications validate foundational understanding of Microsoft technologies.
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So if you are just starting on Azure or any viewer Jill Stein with cloud, we recommend you can see their dashboard fundamentals training and certification to validate your foundational level knowledge of cloud services and how those services are provided with Asher
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You can use as your fundamentals as a one as one step to prepare for all the all the role based certification, but I should fundamental is not appearing
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A prerequisite for any other certification. This is, as I mentioned, this is intended for people that are either Neil to usher are new to cloud.
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Come on the Mentos certification that even though it's not part of actual portfolio.
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We like to recommend for our assure audiences, because it's a good knowledge foundation for some Asher roles. I'm talking about our platform. The mental sport.
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Fundamentals aspire for a business applications certification for for you, but the certification and the training associate is a good foundational for data analyst.
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And even for developers, our platform fundamentals validates understanding of core capabilities of the power platform. And this includes power apps on Power BI. So if you are new to DS a DS and
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It power platform and you want to to get the the breadth of what it is on how you can use it and leverage, we strongly recommend these as I say these are good foundation for data analyst then analyst and for developers.
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Let me show you again the full portfolio to summarize on the certification so malleable and let me share a little bit some thoughts on what's our commitment to keep these certifications up today.
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We are committed to reviewing our certifications periodically to ensure that they remain relevant that they are technically accurate and that they are assessing the right skills for the roles, our customer or some partners need for the digital transformation we have periodic reviews.
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To ensure that we are assessing not only the writer skills for each one of the roles, but also that we are assessing the skills that only that role needs. This allows us to have a coherent portfolio avoiding duplication.
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We
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Want to emphasize on what is really important to each of the roles. So if one is Skill might be a good fit for I certainly straighter, but I sure security in these reviews. We make sure to the side. Really, which one of those roles is the one that need that particular skill.
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Our portfolio maintenance includes a mine include any new certifications are we seeing new job roles emerging in the market and in the industry.
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Are very early review also allows us to update our current certification. Sometimes the skills are not needed anymore. So we remove those skills, sometimes we need new new skills added
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To to to coordinate certification. Sometimes we release new services. Some problems that require new skills in the different roles. So we do this mantle and a bear your video directly
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And sometimes our reveals shows that show that some roles are not in society anymore. They are not jobs running on to the industry or to the market. So, so very often, sometimes not very often but sometimes we even remote certifications that are no longer needed.
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I'll let me move on to talk about resources available to pour your training and certification journey there plenty of resources. First, I want to talk about official curriculum.
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For every one of those certifications. I show you before you will always find mix of official courses.
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Those Microsoft official courses are developed by Microsoft. And they are delivered by lead in partners and they are taught by Microsoft certified trainers.
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Lists official courses are designed and created from the same blueprint, we use to create the exams. So, you know, you have the certainty that this official courses will help you in your preparation. Additionally, every certification has available free online training in Microsoft
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Microsoft learn provides me an interactive way of training of learning by combining a step by step chart tutorials with browser based interactive and coding and scripting environments.
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And for training on Azure inside Microsoft learn their labs and you need and as your subscription to these labs is a free sandbox area that is included as part of the platform so
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You'll have a good resource to start your training and to do hands on.
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And we have additional resources to that will help you to develop skills or to prepare for Microsoft certifications.
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We have Asher on plural site. This is a partnership we have with plural site and through this partnership, they offer.
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Free online content to help you prepare for a role based certification. So at the moment only Asher is included in these free offer with plural site.
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Another resource to help a learner's prepare for certification is that Microsoft Certified official practice test. These are rehearsal test and this are offered by our partner measure up
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These three additional resources and our notice specifically to help you prepare for certification, but it will help you to scale up on Asher
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On one side we have Microsoft dogs, the Microsoft Docs is a platform that provides in that guidance on product documentation.
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Microsoft hands on labs is our blood on that. By step by step instructions in a live Asher environment and
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And as your architecture Center provides end to end reference architecture and patterns for technical scenarios. So these resources are not a specific for certification, but they will help you do it to scale up a Nasher
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The last resources. I want to mention our to stay connected and up to date on what is new on what's going on in the training on certification world.
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And we have our Twitter account Microsoft learn. We have our micro learning blog and there's a cool a resource that you can take a look. Our certifications poster.
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A that you can download a new can actually see the full portfolio of the Microsoft certifications, not only Asher and and you can access from the poster already friend a buildings for their for their exams and certification. So it's a very cool acid.
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There's one final thought I want to share about preparing for Microsoft certifications.
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If you remember, at some point, I say that our certifications focus on assessing
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How you up blight technology. When you are solving real business challenges. And this is a key phrase, because that means that
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Taking the training is not enough to pass the exam, you need experience in the role and you need experience with the platform.
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So if you are getting ready for the certification. Be sure that you actually use the platform that you perform the tasks associated with the role because if you only focus on do the training, most likely, you won't pass the exam.
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So all these resources that I'm showing you here are good to reinforce your knowledge or to take you from zero to something, but you will always need the experience on the job and with the platform.
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And I have left for dn. The most valuable resource that we have available to help you in your scaling process. And this is our Microsoft clarity and partners.
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They offer a bread of change solutions to suit your learning needs. If you want to combine online classrooms self paced hands on labs are learning partners have
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A great offering that they can customize for you to follow your needs to help you.
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acquire the skills that you need and one good thing a Microsoft learning partners work only with Microsoft certified trainers, so that will
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assure you that the right people. Is it helping you with your learning process. And also if depending on the mic on the country you are your local in learning partner has
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local market relevance local expertise and local language. So this is very important, depending on where on where you are at this point.
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10 data and exit certified RM Microsoft learning partners hosting this webinar today. And with them, you have access to a dedicated cloud team that can help you determine
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Your current skill level and based on that to plan your learning plan to your, your, your learning journey, they can help you create a customized learning plan.
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They can be were multiple, multiple kind of training to support your needs. They have public classes private classes they have virtual training.
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From your home from your office and they have in person training across multiple training centers in North America.
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And they are an award winning company with a vast experience they've been delivering it training since 2001 and they have the newer, more than 9500 car says they have more than they tell some virtual students
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So if you are in North America. They take that out an exit certified our learning partners for you to consider and even if you are outside of North America with their online capability.
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Their online training people will do. You can also consider them as you're a pioneer in this scaling your knee.
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So, final thoughts.
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The first seem to account for is that every company and every person has a unique journey, your digital transformation journey will define your own learning journey.
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Depending on your business goals you will identify different scaling needs some members of your team.
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We might need foundational understanding of the technology, you may have specific roles in your team that need specific technical skills to be successful in their jobs.
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Or you are starting a new project that will require combining multiple technologies, Julia diverse solution. Those are additional skills that you need to think of
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Once you are. Once you have identify your learning goals or you're scaling needs based on your business goals, then you can create a learning plan that works for you and you can combine all these learning experiences.
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A true digital scaling events in person classroom training to to define what is your best experience and your team can pursue certification to prove knowledge and expertise.
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So this is all about you. What do you need where where you are. Where do you want to go and you can use all these resources on combining and combine them accordingly to to go on your own, you're
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Technically Skilling is important for your digital transformation and Microsoft on our learning partners. We are committed to help you develop the technical capabilities that you need to support your business calls
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Thank you very much for your attention. It has been a pleasure to share this time with you and now we're open for questions. Michelle.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
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Sure, yeah.
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Thank you. Sandra and thank everyone for joining us today. I want to point out the Q AMP. A tab at the bottom of your screen. Go ahead and enter any questions there.
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I just want to make a quick comment about the slide resolution, I do apologize that some of the slides were a little bit blurry. We're going to send everyone a clear copy of those slides. So you will be able to reference those slides will send you a clear coffee.
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While we wait for some questions to come in. I have a question for you. Sandra i is the Azure fundamentals of prerequisite for the other as our certifications.
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Sandra Marin
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No, no. Every. Am I mentioned, these are your fundamentals is foundational understanding so
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Is more intended for people who are new to us who are new to cloud. Some of the certifications are very specialized like a solutions architect or a DevOps engineer.
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I would anyone tell people that are pursuing those associate or or expert level certifications.
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To go for Asher fundamentals, because it's going to be too basic for them. So, so, but if you are just starting your journey to the cloud. If you just want to
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Do understand what close. What is Cloud, what services are on how I should fulfill those cloud Nance them fundamentals is your role.
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Is not a prerequisite. But it's a good we always recommend as your fundamentals are just know your basics did a checklist.
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You might learn some interesting things. If you go to a training, not necessarily the certification. So it's totally up to you. But it's a recommended for new people, new to the cloud, people
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
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That makes sense.
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Is there an expiry date for the certifications and how often should someone update them.
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Sandra Marin
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Oh yeah, our exams, have the expiration policy is that every exam expires, two years after you
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pass the exam. So therefore, the certification. So that is your renewal date every two years, and
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Once your certification expires, you still will have your certification in your transcripts. So you once you earn a certification, you will always have that certification.
00:47:50
But in your transcript, it will show what version of the exam. You did you do so, it's totally up to you to decide if you want to renew we suggest to renewed certifications when they expire. Because as I mentioned cloud is changing so fast.
00:48:15
The knowledge is changing on a weekly basis that if you learn and prove some skills. Two years ago that the nearly
00:48:27
Two years later, is gonna be totally different. So we recommend that you check on on the different versions of the exams in order to make the decision. If you want to renew your certification. But do you have two years. Once a. Does the official explanation policy.
00:48:56
We kill
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
00:48:59
Sorry about that. I'm. What is the estimated cost for each Azure certification.
00:49:05
Um,
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Sandra Marin
00:49:08
So because the cost 40 X sums that vary by country.
00:49:16
And the cost for the certification will depend on how many exams. Most of the certifications in the ones that I showed you before, have only one exam.
00:49:31
A data I should a engineer and Azure solutions architect. Each one of them has two exams, so
00:49:42
I can tell you that our cost in in the US, but this cost is different by country. So the most expensive sir exam in the US is about 165 US dollars. So depending on the country that price can come very M and A.
00:50:07
On so because most of the certifications have only one exam. So that would be the cause of they have to earn the full certification.
00:50:17
And but there are some a opportunities that you have to get and to get different prices. For example, when we release a better exam. We always have an offer a
00:50:31
Better exam will go for a limited amount of people and unlimited a timeframe, the better exams go with 80% discount
00:50:42
Every time we release on You betta exam, we have that offer so stay tuned tomorrow because we're gonna raise as your database administrator and beta alleys.
00:50:52
Those better exams will come with 80% discount so these kind of things we we do very often. And so, so yeah but the price or the price in the US is $165 THIS PRICE IS DIFFERENT by country and ultimately the certification will cause. How many exams. You, you need to take to turn it
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
00:51:16
80% off of an exam using the beta
00:51:20
Opportunity is huge. I think that's a really great tip.
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Sandra Marin
00:51:22
Yeah but but you need to do to ensure that is a
00:51:27
Time limited offer on a model. People usually is for the first 300 people who register to take the exam in a specific time frame. So it's a it's a nice contest and and do we honestly Asher better exams sellout within two hours. So tomorrow say tune around and
00:51:49
9am Pacific time in the US because when we are releasing they they always administrator and data. And obviously, if you want to get 80% discount, you need to check our blog tomorrow around 9am
00:52:03
That's a
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
00:52:04
Good tip for everyone here. I'm well future DPA certifications include on premise SQL skills or just Azure SQL skills.
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Sandra Marin
00:52:16
That is the one we are launching tomorrow. They asked your database administrator is inclusive of sequel server on prem on on your on your data services. So that is your dB A certification. What is the one you need to look for tomorrow.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
00:52:38
Are there any free certification test example questions, or do you have to pay for everything.
00:52:45
Um,
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Sandra Marin
00:52:47
We don't have a sub Microsoft a problem of a directly Microsoft problem with free testing questions.
00:52:56
Our partner measure up a creates our practice tests exams and they have a cost a very often we have promotions. A offers to to have discounted practice stairs or two.
00:53:14
Or a or to have one little practice tests and certification vouchers. A but official Microsoft content or content from our official partners. I'm not aware of free sample.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
00:53:35
Well, Windows Server. A 19 and exchange server.
00:53:41
Be available later.
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Sandra Marin
00:53:44
At the moment we don't have plans to have a specific certification for Windows Server and the reason is, and I think I mentioned this at some point is that
00:53:53
We are moving from broke by certification to roll by certification and roll my certification basically the skills that you need.
00:54:03
To perform a job and also skills can include multiple products. So what is happening is that we are including those products or their skills you need to incorporate those products into our
00:54:19
An end to end solution as far as the roles that we have. So what we kind of spec is that we know server. A IS IT skills requires to manage Windows Server.
00:54:33
On Prem on high rate on our own cloud solutions those skills will be incorporated in some of the roles and we have a while I will, or we may have additional roles that not
00:54:45
include those skills so there won't be a Windows Server or an exchange server certification, because that would be probed by certifications.
00:54:54
But most likely you will find that the skills required to to to incorporate those polls into solutions those skills will be part of our role based. So, for example, a
00:55:09
I'm making up days. But eventually, for example, we will have a hybrid cloud administrator or Azure administrator will incorporate
00:55:18
Those skills to to use Windows Server, for example, that's, that's our, our philosophy international when we think about certifications. So as we evaluate and review if you
00:55:30
Remember I was talking about reviewing our certifications. Those are things we think about do we need to bring other products as far as what a role need seals.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
00:55:41
All right.
00:55:42
One of our attendees wants to endorse the Microsoft docs. They said that they have quite a few Microsoft certifications in the last few years and they've all been obtained by studying those Microsoft docs. So it's a very cool tool and everyone should check those out.
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Sandra Marin
00:55:59
Yeah, absolutely. Absolutely. We have a the continent. We have living and as I say, the best way to prepare for the certification, this actually a combination of OB.
00:56:11
With the learning partner you get in that personal interactive training and you get an expert, which is a Microsoft certified trainer.
00:56:21
Giving you best practice and real life experience. So that's one thing you get with the learning partner with the with the content in Microsoft learn you see
00:56:32
A step by step micro learning on scenarios with dogs you get in that product documentation. So it's a really great resource to do a to go deep.
00:56:47
On topics that you really don't know. Are you want to understand where I did use dogs. When I was preparing for my actual fundamental certification. There were some concepts that I just didn't know
00:57:00
And I used to be a developer. So a lot of concepts in infrastructure are kind of philosophy for me. So I went to specific articles in dogs to get a skill and up today on on those
00:57:14
On those so so yes dogs is a great resource. Thank you for not
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
00:57:19
So what happens if you're certified on, for example, AZ 123
00:57:25
And then a new certification appears shortly after that. So the
00:57:31
would someone need to get certified under that new version.
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Sandra Marin
00:57:36
Now, well, no, we have you got your certification, your administrator with AC one O. P. You are officially a Microsoft Certified Asher administrator associate
00:57:49
And your certification will expire two years from the moment you pass your AC one tree exam. Now, when we release AC one a tree. I see 104 which we actually raised last week in beta version.
00:58:06
If, if you already have you raised one, Archie. You're checked if you want to upgrade your skills to the new version, you can take the exam, a basic one or floor. And once you parse days.
00:58:22
For your two years count a star from that moment. So it's just a matter of your own priorities. If you want to
00:58:32
If you want to upgrade a to the Quran technology and to the current version. Go ahead, four days. You want to fall, but if you want to wait until your expiration time comes, you're totally and
00:58:49
Able to do that. You don't have to go for that one. But, you know, even if you don a go for this certification and we strongly recommend that you go and check on the training associated to AC 104
00:59:03
Because you will see the differences and you actually can just a doula training to make sure that your skills are up to date and it's totally optional if you want to do the certification as well.
00:59:17
Great.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
00:59:20
So, um, with these courses and other learning platforms are they included in an Azure subscription for the hands on experience. So outside of someone's personal subscription.
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Sandra Marin
00:59:33
I'm
00:59:37
Not sure I understand the question. But let me try on, sir. So all these resources that I showed you, except for the Microsoft official curriculum are for
00:59:48
Microsoft learn it's free. I shouldn't on plural side is free dogs is free Microsoft counseling. Laughs It's free. I should architecture center is free, so even a beautiful holiday as your subscription, you have that
01:00:04
The Microsoft official curriculum is is not free. Like, you cannot access that Michaels of official curriculum directly
01:00:14
You work with a learning partner to get the training delivered by them and they use a Microsoft Azure curriculum. So it's a it's our learning, you're
01:00:25
Learning partners business to bring that additional experience and expertise to deliver this training to you so
01:00:34
It's not something that you can download or why directly. A you need to worry the learning partner, but every resource that I show you is totally free. So you have access to it right now.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:00:50
So one of our attendees heard that en si se certification path is going to expire well as your certification keep their current MCC updated.
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Sandra Marin
01:01:07
Oh, so yeah, we announced two weeks ago, I remember one. I think he was by beginning of February we announced that are
01:01:20
MCC and see as the CSA certifications will retired or even only to retirement time was June 30 this year 2020 but given the call it 19 situation we have extended their retirement to January 31 2021
01:01:41
So if you were in the process of achieving or earning your MCC MCC MCC certification, you still have time to do it. You have all the way through January next year 2021 to do those exams and
01:02:01
At that moment, we won't keep those exams in market. And the reason is because we are moving from prob based certifications which those exams are on those certifications are called base.
01:02:15
To roadway certification. So hopefully these longer transition time will give you plenty of time.
01:02:22
To finish your journey. Have you already are in the middle of it on to start considering exploring the new role based on a specialty certifications, but those will be retired in January next year. Yeah.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:02:39
So two part question here. So if someone is already experienced with Google Cloud and they want to become Azure and Azure Security specialist is the easy one for the first exam, they should take
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Sandra Marin
01:02:56
Oh, I'm
01:02:59
Just because the question say security, especially is I probably would.
01:03:07
Check the security engineer certification instead of Pfizer administrator, but that. That being said, and if you go to a web page for every exam and for every certification.
01:03:24
You will see a section that talks about a skills measure and you can download that is skills. I'll let outline document that document shows you the extent of this skills that are measuring the day in the test.
01:03:42
That, in practical terms, is the topics that you might be asked or tested for
01:03:50
And that will give you a good guidance of the topics you need to have a skills and you need to learn or a study before. So this is a great way to
01:04:01
compare what you already know if you're coming from global cloud or from AWS and compared to kind of knowledge that you need for our Asher certifications. So you can take a look at this skills outline
01:04:16
Outline document and that will give you a better reference point to figure out which one is the certification right for you. If you're coming from different clouds and what are the skills that you need to acquire
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:04:33
Does the Azure administration certification include in tune, or is there another certification for in tune.
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Sandra Marin
01:04:42
No into I'm
01:04:46
No expert, but I think in today's include so we have we have up or folio certifications for what we call the modern workplace solution area.
01:04:58
And that modern workplace illusionary eyes across and Microsoft or 65 office 365 and in tune is a plug in
01:05:08
That solution area. So, most likely, and again, I'm not expert, but you can take a look in the poster that I that I recommend that in the resources section you can see all the certifications in the modern workplace solution area.
01:05:23
On you can check each one is to figure out a way into is included. I don't how elsewhere but but you can find information right there.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:05:35
Well, the on demand courses so retire in June or is that been postponed as well.
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Sandra Marin
01:05:42
Um,
01:05:46
Not sure I'm not sure I understand the questions on demand courses from Microsoft, we don't offer on demand concept courses.
01:05:59
So I'm not sure I understand the question.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:06:04
We'll get back to you, Kelly on that question, then.
01:06:08
Are all the exams in English.
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Sandra Marin
01:06:12
No, we have
01:06:16
All the actual exams are localized in for me. Your languages. So they are only mean ish and all the exams on the content is localized in
01:06:29
A Japanese, Chinese on I think Korean. So those are the languages that we have available for Azure exams.
01:06:41
All the content in Microsoft learn is actually localized in 17 languages. So, so you can you can have localized content to study and to prepare, but the actual exam. We have a limited set of languages available.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:07:02
Can you take all as your exams, by doing a self study without attending training centers.
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Sandra Marin
01:07:11
I'm
01:07:14
You could if you have the experience
01:07:18
If you are US relying on learning the training itself training or even in person training, but you don't have experience into Java and you don't have experience in the platform, they won't be an off.
01:07:32
If you have experience in the platform and you have experience in their role and the training is just basically to help you address topics that you might not be totally a strong on
01:07:48
So, so it could work, but just the training is Lionel, you need experience.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:07:57
So just going back to the on demand courses. I was specifically the OC on demand courses. The 90 day subscriptions.
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Sandra Marin
01:08:06
Oh, I need to come back. Michelle, if you can take the information of the person asking because I'm not
01:08:14
Quite sure how the right answer. I think we retire only man concert called a a curses bad given all the extensions, we did for a because of car with 19 I didn't know what is there. What is the current status. So I need to go back with you on that one.
01:08:32
Sure, yeah. If you can take the information or the personal culture down, sir.
01:08:37
Definitely
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:08:43
Someone's asking if they can take the exams online.
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Sandra Marin
01:08:46
Yes, yes we can. We have a we have the possibility, you have a possibility to take the exams in a testing center in person.
01:08:57
Or a with online doctoring so when you're scheduling your exam.
01:09:03
A you you are offered the option to to schedule an online Proctor's a session. Just be aware that given a colleague 19 situation, the demand for online.
01:09:15
proctor, you know, for online testing is increasing exponentially, so you might find some delays a scheduling your exam. But yes, it's totally possible.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:09:35
And those online would be taking from home with a online.
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Sandra Marin
01:09:42
Yes, so there
01:09:45
They online processes is very thorough. Thorough and very secure. So you need there is a, there are requirements in your environment, your setup you need a camera on your computer. Don't brought the resource line checking on you all the time.
01:10:05
On their requirements in hardware and connection on the setup of the room where you are older information is all online on Michelle remind me. I'll see you then. The link where people can see that information him.
01:10:22
So there are requirements. But yes, you can do it from from your home or from your office or from a place
01:10:29
Great.
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:10:30
And the last question here. The other ones. Since we are a little bit over I think we can reach out to those people and respond to them directly. But the last question in the Q AMP. A is what is the equivalent rule based certification number for Windows Server 2016 MS Mc, Mc certification.
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Sandra Marin
01:10:52
Yeah, so this is one certification that we are retiring by we will be retiring. So at the moment, we recommend to explore the journey.
01:11:04
Of Asher administrator unless I'm mentioned before, when when somebody was asking about the Windows Server certification is like
01:11:13
Eventually will Windows Server. We are working already on that will be incorporated in a specific roles so for now explorer they assured me straight or one
01:11:28
And a su we incorporate and as we create new roles we will we will end. You know, it's similar to what we did with our database administrator
01:11:40
We didn't have a direct path from people pursuing MCS
01:11:46
MCS say sequel server. And now we have Asher database administrator, that is inclusive of sequel server. So Stephen our journey we will we will have for Windows Server. But at the moment, you should explore Asher administrator
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Michelle Coppens :: Webinar Producer
01:12:02
Great.
01:12:03
So there are just a few other questions in the chat window, but because we are going a little bit over time. I'm going to reach out to Sandra, we can get those responses out to those people directly
01:12:14
On. Thank you so much. Sandra Thank you so much everyone for attending. I want to talk about those promo codes quickly because I did speak about them at the beginning.
01:12:24
You can save yourself 20% on select training from now until April 17 by using the promo code spring 20 I'm going to post that in the chat window for everyone.
01:12:37
We also have a refer a friend promo where after you attend a course refer a friend or colleague, get yourself up to $100 amazon gift card and you refer a friend will save 15% on their training as well. I'm going to post this in the chat for everyone. Now,
01:13:03
All right. All of those links are out now. Thank you again so much. Have a great afternoon everyone.
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Sandra Marin
01:13:10
Thank you.