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Developers design, build, test, and maintain cloud solutions.
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Earn certifications that show you are keeping pace with today’s technical roles and requirements. Select a job role to discover certification paths.
Administrator
Administrators implement, monitor, and maintain Microsoft solutions.
Solutions Architect
Solutions Architects have expertise in compute, network, storage, security.
Data Engineer
Data Engineers design and implement the management, monitoring, security, and privacy of data using the full stack of data services.
Data Scientist
Data Scientists apply machine learning techniques to train, evaluate, and deploy models that solve business problems.
AI Engineer
AI Engineers use Cognitive Services, Machine Learning, and Knowledge Mining to architect and implement Microsoft AI solutions.
DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineers combine people, process, and technologies to continuously deliver valuable products and services that meet end user needs and business objectives.
Security Engineer
Security Engineers implement security controls and threat protection, manage identity and access, and protect data, applications, and networks.
Functional Consultant
Functional Consultants leverage Microsoft Dynamics 365 to anticipate and plan for customer needs.
Become Microsoft Certified
Microsoft has certification paths for many technical job roles. Each of these certifications consists of passing a series of exams to earn certification.
Fundamentals certifications
Recommended start. Ideal for individuals just starting in technology or thinking about a career change.
Role-based certifications
Choose a role-based certification to begin learning valuable job role skills.
Additional certifications
Explore specialty, Microsoft Certified Educator, and Microsoft Office technical certifications.
How to prepare for certification
Microsoft understands everyone has different learning preferences so we provide certifications and training options throughout your certification journey.
Free learning paths to prepare
With Microsoft Learn, anyone can master core concepts at their speed and on their schedule. Whether it’s a single module to learn about a core task or exploring a topic fully through a collection of related modules.
Prepare with instructor-led training
Microsoft Learning Partners offer a breadth of solutions to suit your learning needs, empowering you to achieve your training goals. Microsoft Certified Trainers have completed rigorous training and have met stringent technical certification requirements.
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Our worldwide partner network delivers flexible, solutions-based, customized training in Microsoft technologies.
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Explore all certifications to take your career to the next level.
Why get certified
Certifications give you a professional edge with evidence of industry recognized role-based skills.
Benefits of Microsoft Certifications
Upon earning a certification, 23% of Microsoft certified technologists reported receiving up to a 20% salary increase. What’s more, certified employees are often entrusted with supervising their peers—putting them on the fast track for a promotion. —2017 Pearson VUE Value of Certification white paper.
Download Whitepaper38%
of IT positions will be cloud related by 2021.
IDC/Microsoft, Cloud Skills and Organizational Influence* How Cloud Skills Are Accelerating the Careers of IT Professional, May 2017
35%
of IT professionals say they are more influential during cloud deployments than counterparts during deployments of other technologies.
IDC/Microsoft, Cloud Skills and Organizational Influence* How Cloud Skills Are Accelerating the Careers of IT Professional, May 2017
36.9%
of IT professionals claimed certification helped them perform complex tasks more confidently.
Pearson VUE, The Value of IT Certification Survey, January 2017