February 24th, 2023 – Lab updates for MS-220: Exchange Support Engineer certification exam.

New lab releases for MS-220 From February 24th, 2023 there are new labs for the MS-220: Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Online certification course. These labs are designed to help students gain practical experience and develop skills necessary to troubleshoot various scenarios in Exchange Online environments. The lab outline includes the following: Lab 1 – Troubleshoot Mail Flow Lab 2 – Troubleshoot Spam Filtering…

MCT Community Day – 18th March 2023, Johannesburg, South Africa

Glenn Morris and Chintan Patel would welcome MCTs (Microsoft Certified Trainers) to join MCT Community Day in Johannesburg, South Africa, on the 18th of March 2023. The day will offer opportunities to network, collaborate, learn and share ideas with your peers. There will be sessions to help MCTs understand the current landscape, upskill and develop their skills as Microsoft Certified…

MCT Connect Virtual Conference 2023 – Registration Now Available

In December 2022 we announced the date for MCT Connect Conference 2023, opening on March 8, 2023. Now is finally possible to register for the 3rd Annual MCT Connect Virtual Conference. Trainer Readiness and Innovation is just here! Stephanie Jasmin will open the conference talking about the MCT Program Updates, many others will follow! Let’s present some of them! This is just a…

Microsoft 365 certification portfolio updates

Career depends on keeping skills current and relevant to the work you do, and Microsoft regularly reviews and updates training and certification portfolio. The Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification will be renamed to Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate, and exam requirements will change too, consolidating two exams into one. The Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert certification will be renamed to Microsoft…

Microsoft MTA exams retirements

Here you can find the list of (planned) MTA retired exams. Stay tuned for updates. Retired exams Exam number Exam name Retirement date 98-349 Windows Operating System Fundamentals June 30, 2022 98-361 Software Development Fundamentals June 30, 2022 98-364 Database Fundamentals June 30, 2022 98-365 Windows Server Administration Fundamentals June 30, 2022 98-366 Networking Fundamentals June 30, 2022 98-367 Security…

Courseware retirements on January 31st, 2023

When this will happen Microsoft is officially retiring these courses on January 31st, 2023. Course number Version Title Language DP-050T00 A Migrate SQL workloads to Azure English DP-060T00 A Migrate NoSQL workloads to Azure Cosmos DB English DP-070T00 A Migrate Open Source Data Workloads to Azure English MTM and retired courses The courses will be marked as “inactive” once they…

Microsoft role-based exams retirements

Here you can find the list of role-based retired exams. Stay tuned for updates. Retired exams Exam number Exam name Retirement date AI-100 Designing and Implementing an Azure AI Solution June 30, 2021 AZ-303 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies March 31, 2022 AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design March 31, 2022 DA-100 Analyzing Data with Microsoft Power BI March 31, 2022 DP-200…

MCT Office Hours January 2023

Microsoft 2023 MCT Office Hours are starting in January. Thu, Jan 19, 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Pacific Standard Time (5:00 PM – 5:30 PM GMT+1)  and January 20, 2023 8:00 AM – 8:30 AM Pacific Standard Time (5:00 PM – 5:30 PM GMT+1) .The goal of these Office Hours is to provide MCT Community with the latest news, support them in their…