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Starting Point — Fundamentals
Every job role — accessible validation of AI and cloud basics
AZ-900
Azure Fundamentals
Fundamentals · Cloud & Azure
AI-901
NEWBETA
Azure AI Fundamentals
Fundamentals · AI & Foundry
replaces AI-900
AI-900
RET 30 Jun
Azure AI Fundamentals
Fundamentals · (retiring)
AB-900
NEW
M365 Copilot & Agent Admin Fundamentals
Fundamentals · M365 & Copilot
replaces MS-900
MS-900
RET
Microsoft 365 Fundamentals
Fundamentals · (retiring)
replaced by AB-900
SC-900
Security, Compliance & Identity Fundamentals
Fundamentals · Security
PL-900
Power Platform Fundamentals
Fundamentals · Power Platform
DP-900
Azure Data Fundamentals
Fundamentals · Data & AI
AI Business
Business professionals and leaders using and driving AI & Copilot — no coding required
IT Administrator & M365 Engineer
Administrators managing Microsoft 365 environments, Teams, Azure infrastructure, and voice systems
AZ-104
Azure Administrator
Associate · Azure infrastructure admin
MS-102
Microsoft 365 Administrator Expert
Expert · Full M365 admin
MS-700
Teams Administrator
Associate · Teams & collaboration
MD-102
Endpoint Administrator
Associate · Device & endpoint management
MS-721
Collab. Communications Systems Engineer
Associate · Teams Voice · Direct Routing
Infrastructure Specialist
Network engineers, SAP architects, VDI specialists, and Windows Server hybrid administrators
AI Developer — Azure & Foundry
Developers building AI apps, agents, and production pipelines on Azure (Python)
AI-103
NEWBETA
Azure AI Apps & Agents Developer
Associate · Generative AI · Agents · Foundry
→ replaces AI-102
AI-102
RET 30 Jun
Azure AI Engineer Associate
Associate · (retiring)
AI-200
NEWBETA
Azure AI Cloud Developer
Associate · Cloud-native AI · Containers
→ replaces AZ-204
AZ-204
RET 31 Jul
Azure Developer Associate
Associate · (retiring)
AI-300
NEWBETA
MLOps Engineer
Associate · ML Production · Governance
→ replaces DP-100
DP-100
RET 1 Jun
Azure Data Scientist Associate
Associate · (retiring)
AI Agent Builder & Power Platform Developer
Low-code / Pro-code builders — agents in Copilot Studio, intelligent apps, automation
AB-620
NEWBETA
AI Agent Builder Associate
Associate · Copilot Studio · MCP · A2A
AB-410
NEWBETA
Intelligent Applications Builder
Associate · Power Platform AI-first
→ replaces PL-200
PL-200
RET 31 Aug
Power Platform Functional Consultant
Associate · (retiring)
PL-400
Power Platform Developer
Associate · Pro-code · PCF · ALM
PL-500
RET 30 Jun
Power Automate RPA Developer
Associate · (retiring, no direct replacement)
Dynamics 365
ERP / CRM consultants and developers — D365 implementations, Sales AI, Contact Center AI
MB-800
Business Central Functional Consultant
Associate · ERP SMB
MB-820
Business Central Developer
Associate · AL Dev
MB-310
D365 Finance Functional Consultant
Associate · Finance & Ops
MB-230
D365 Customer Service Consultant
Associate · Customer Service
MB-240
D365 Field Service Functional Consultant
Associate · Field Service · IoT
MB-500
Finance & Ops Apps Developer
Associate · X++ Dev
MB-330
Supply Chain Functional Consultant
Associate · SCM
MB-335
RET 30 Jun
D365 Supply Chain Mgmt Expert
Expert · SCM · prereq: MB-300 + MB-330
retiring — no direct successor
AB-210
NEWBETA
D365 Sales AI Consultant
Associate · Sales AI · Copilot
→ replaces MB-280
MB-280
RET 31 Jul
D365 Customer Experience Analyst
Associate · (retiring)
AB-250
NEWBETA
D365 Contact Center AI Engineer
Associate · CCaaS · Agents
Security Engineer & Compliance Specialist
Cloud security engineers, SOC analysts, identity and AI security professionals
SC-730
NEWBETA
Cybersecurity Business Professional
Associate · Security for business roles
⚠ Learning path not yet available
SC-200
Security Operations Analyst
Associate · SOC · Sentinel
SC-300
Identity & Access Administrator
Associate · Entra ID · IAM
SC-401
NEW
Information Security Administrator
Associate · Purview · DLP
SC-500
NEWBETA
Cloud & AI Security Engineer
Associate · AI Security · Cloud
→ replaces AZ-500
AZ-500
RET 31 Jul
Azure Security Engineer Associate
Associate · (retiring)
SC-100
Cybersecurity Architect Expert
Expert · CISO · Enterprise Security
Data Professional — Analyst, Engineer, SQL AI
Data engineers, BI analysts, SQL developers integrating AI with data platforms
DP-800
NEWBETA
SQL AI Developer
Associate · SQL + AI · T-SQL · Fabric
DP-600
Fabric Analytics Engineer
Associate · Fabric · KQL · Lakehouse
DP-700
Fabric Data Engineer
Associate · Pipelines · Data Factory
PL-300
Power BI Data Analyst
Associate · BI · Power BI
DP-300
Azure Database Administrator
Associate · SQL · DBA
DP-750
NEWBETA
Azure Databricks Data Engineer
Specialty · Databricks · Spark
DP-420
Azure Cosmos DB Developer
Specialty · NoSQL · Multi-model DB
DevOps Engineer & GitHub Specialist
CI/CD, infrastructure as code, GitHub Copilot, Actions, and Advanced Security
AZ-400
DevOps Engineer Expert
Expert · Azure DevOps · IaC
GH-900
GitHub Foundations
Specialty · GitHub basics
GH-100
GitHub Administration
Specialty · GitHub Org Admin · Security
GH-300
NEW
GitHub Copilot
Specialty · AI-assisted Dev
GH-200
GitHub Actions
Specialty · CI/CD Automation
GH-500
GitHub Advanced Security
Specialty · DevSecOps
Solution Architect — AI-first Enterprise
Architects designing full AI ecosystems: multi-agent, Foundry, Copilot, Dynamics 365
AB-100
NEW
Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect
Expert — Flagship AI Architect 2026
AZ-305
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Expert · Cloud Architecture
PL-600
RET 30 Jun
Power Platform Solution Architect
Expert · (no successor — transition to AB-100)
MB-700
RET 30 Jun
D365 F&O Solution Architect
Expert · (no successor — transition to AB-100)
Microsoft recommends AB-100 as the target path for architects. PL-600 and MB-700 have no direct successors — Microsoft advises transitioning to AB-100 upon expiry.
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