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Latest Microsoft Certifications to develop your skills and career growth

Microsoft certifications are one of the most popular certification programs for developers and IT administrators. Though certification alone is not the criteria to judge a programmer or IT professional, it definitely helps the professionals to hone their skills with the latest technologies. A resume with Cloud or security certification will make the recruiter take notice of your profile in the linked in. According to Pearson “Upon earning a certification, 67% of tech professionals say they had greater self-confidence inabilities to perform in their jobs, 41% reported increased job satisfaction, and 35% saw a salary or wage increase.”

Microsft has recently refreshed its certification programs with new or updated certifications in Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, and Power Platforms. You could be a developer, architect, administrator, program manager, or someone who would like to enter the IT sector (fundamentals) there is a certification available in the recent offerings by Microsoft.

The certifications are divided into 3 categories: Role-based, Speciality, and Fundamentals.

Role-based enables you to expand your current technical skillset.
Specialty helps to deepen your technical skills and manage your industry solutions
Fundamentals are to master the basics and move on to the next level.

Let’s see the latest certifications under each category :

Role-Based – Azure

Expand your current technical skillset

Azure Adm Associate (AZ-104)
Azure Dev Associate (AZ-204)
Azure Security Eng Associate (AZ-500)
Azure Data Engineer Associate (DP-200 DP-201)
Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-100)
Azure Data Scientist Associate (DP-100)
Azure Database Administrator Associate (DP-300)
Data Analyst Associate (DA-100)
DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-303 AZ-304)

Role-Based – Microsoft 365

Expand your current technical skillset

Developer Associate (MS-600)
Messaging Administrator Associate (MS-203)
Modern Desktop Administrator Associate (MD-100 MD-101)
Security Administrator Associate (MS-500)
Teams Administrator Associate (MS-700)

Role-Based – Dynamics 365

Expand your current technical skillset

Dynamics 365 Sales Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200 MB-210)
Dynamics 365 Marketing Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200 MB-220)
Dynamics 365 Customer Service Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200 MB-230)
Dynamics 365 Field Service Functional Consultant Associate (PL-200 MB-240)
Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate (MB-300 MB-310)

Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate (MB-300 MB-320)
Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate (MB-300 MB-330)
Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate (MB-300 MB-500)
Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant Associate (MB-800)
Dynamics 365 + Power Platform Solution Architect Expert (MB-600)
Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert (MB-700)