Post #3417964

The update to Microsoft's certification credentials is basically just a big removal of everything not AI related. For example, they've replaced "Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate" with "Microsoft Certified: Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate (Exam SC-500)" and "Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert" with "Microsoft 365 Certified: AI Services Administrator Associate (Exam AB-650)". There's a whole bunch of stuff they couldn't yet shoehorn AI into, so they just EOL'd the certification branch wholesale. I'm not anti AI, in fact I'm using it extensively, but declaring Microsoft certs have to be about AI surely makes them less valuable and I'd urge people putting these down as job requirements consider this. https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/microsoft-credentials-roundup-june-2026/4528350