Microsoft Certifications – Explained
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Published: 2020-02-19 23:37:15

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Hello All, education is something that I’ve always felt strongly about. I come from a family where most of the people in my family have worked / do work in education at a variety of levels. And even in my career was a college professor for a while. So that being said, a lot of people look to certifications as a great way to driving learning and validating it for your resume.

I personally like certifications as something that you can use and point to as a standard for your skills. Now that being said the certifications are complex and lots of people have questions about what they mean. So I put this together to help people navigate the different options for certification on the azure platform:

| Exam | Title | Topics |
| [AZ900](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-900?wt.mc_id=learningredirect_certs-web-wwl) | Azure Fundamentals | Understand cloud concepts (15-20%) Understand core Azure services (30-35%)  
Understand security, privacy, compliance, and trust (25-30%)      
Understand Azure pricing and support (25-30%) |
| [AZ103](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-103) | Azure Administration | Manage Azure subscriptions and resources (15-20%)  
Implement and manage storage (15-20%)      
Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs) (15-20%)      
Configure and manage virtual networks (30-35%)      
Manage identities (15-20%) |
| [AZ203](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-203) | Developing Solutions for Azure | Develop Azure Infrastructure as a Service compute solution (10-15%)      
Develop Azure Platform as a Service compute solution (20-25%)      
Develop for Azure storage (15-20%) Implement Azure security (10-15%) Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize solutions (10-15%)      
Connect to and consume Azure and third-party services (20-25%) |
| [AZ300](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-300) | Azure Architect Technologies | Deploy and configure infrastructure (25-30%)      
Implement workloads and security (20-25%)      
Create and deploy apps (5-10%) Implement authentication and secure data (5-10%)      
Develop for the cloud and for Azure storage (20-25%) |
| [AZ301](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-301) | Azure Architect Design | Determine workload requirements (10-15%)  
Design for identity and security (20-25%)      
Design a data platform solution (15-20%)      
Design a business continuity strategy (15-20%)      
Design for deployment, migration, and integration (10-15%)      
Design an infrastructure strategy (15-20%) |
| [AZ400](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-400) | Azure DevOps Solutions | Design a DevOps strategy (20-25%)      
Implement DevOps development processes (20-25%)      
Implement continuous integration (10-15%)      
Implement continuous delivery (10-15%)      
Implement dependency management (5-10%)      
Implement application infrastructure (15-20%)      
Implement continuous feedback (10-15%) |
| [AZ500](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/az-500) | Azure Security Technologies | Manage identity and access (20-25%)      
Implement platform protection (35-40%)      
Manage security operations (15-20%)      
Secure data and applications (30-35%) |
| [AI100](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/ai-100) | Design and Implementing an Azure AI Solution | Analyze solution requirements (25-30%)      
Design AI solutions (40-45%)      
Implement and monitor AI solutions (25-30%) |
| [DP100](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/dp-100) | Design and Implementing a Data Science Solution on Azure | Define and prepare the development environment (15-20%)      
Prepare data for modeling (25-30%)      
Perform feature engineering (15-20%)      
Develop models (40-45%) |
| [DP200](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/dp-200) | Implementing an azure data solution | Implement data storage solutions (40-45%)     
Manage and develop data processing (25-30%)      
Monitor and optimize data solutions (30-35%) |
| [DP201](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/dp-201) | Design an Azure Data Solution | Design Azure data storage solutions (40-45%)     
Design data processing solutions (25-30%)      
Design for data security and compliance (25-30%) |

So if you are interested in getting certifications, and in moving forward with these, the next question is usually, now I know what I have to learn, but what about the how. The good news is that their are a lot of free resources to help.

- [MS Learn](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/) : This is a great site that provides a lot of structured learning paths of different sizes that can assist in your learning these skills.
- [Channel 9](https://channel9.msdn.com/) : A great video site on just about everything Microsoft which would help if you want to be walked through something.