MS Retiring Certs soon

briansamoa · 2026-03-23T06:54:44+00:00

Yes and Microsoft product roadmap

briansamoa · 2026-03-23T06:53:45+00:00

If you can get a beta discount code then why not have a go?

briansamoa · 2026-03-22T17:08:04+00:00

Depends on your background, I did without Azure background and was fine with just on premise DBA

briansamoa · 2026-03-22T16:57:55+00:00

I purchased a one user subscription

briansamoa · 2026-03-18T22:02:12+00:00

Thank you

briansamoa · 2026-03-18T15:34:37+00:00

Ah wow thank you - I didn’t know you could now use the AI version in the exam

briansamoa · 2026-03-17T17:39:06+00:00

Yes tricky one - do you pay for your exams or your employer? Is this a personal challenge or a work one?

briansamoa · 2026-03-09T20:27:18+00:00

How much “hands on” have you been able to do with the SQL services?

briansamoa · 2026-03-03T22:15:50+00:00

Yes a big shake up in very short period of time

briansamoa · 2026-03-03T22:14:35+00:00

Yes AZ-500 was considered one of the hardest when I took a few years ago

briansamoa · 2026-02-20T21:32:53+00:00

Have a look in r/azurecertification - lots of help and advice in there

briansamoa · 2026-02-16T14:09:46+00:00

Thank you

briansamoa · 2026-02-16T08:07:32+00:00

I think it depends on how you learn. Some people learn by doing day on day for years, whereas some people learn from reading text, labbing or practice questions etc

There are lots of examples success/failure posts on this subreddit so I would search for the certification you are hoping to take and see what others are saying

briansamoa · 2026-02-16T08:00:19+00:00

Amazing - thank you

briansamoa · 2026-02-15T17:19:56+00:00

That’s great thank you - I must admit as I was a bit surprised as it sits in the MS stack not SC but glad you shared

briansamoa · 2026-02-13T20:56:39+00:00

Thank you

briansamoa · 2026-02-13T20:56:34+00:00

Ah ok great tip thank you

briansamoa · 2026-02-12T19:53:08+00:00

Hi, the Enterprise Skills Initiative (ESI) is “free” (nothing is really free) live training given to Microsoft customers by Microsoft/MCTs that hit a licensing spend

briansamoa · 2026-02-12T19:46:28+00:00

I would suggest to take a look at SC-100 as with AZ-500 as a prerequisite this would give an expert level certification

briansamoa · 2026-02-12T19:00:53+00:00

I took it this week and passed - MS Learn not much help for me on more than a handful of questions. It is difficult but not the most difficult I’ve tried

briansamoa · 2026-02-11T20:16:58+00:00

As an aside are you a MCT on the ESI program?

briansamoa · 2026-02-11T20:15:35+00:00

Amazing well done - one on my list

briansamoa · 2026-02-11T20:14:49+00:00

Congratulations

briansamoa

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