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Office 365 MCSE Path

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I'm trying to figure out what the current path is to obtain an MCSE for Office 365. I have seen many articles pointing to the new title of MCSE: Productivity, but every link I pull up tells me an exam is retired, or the career path no longer exists, or there is a new career path being launched soon, nothing seems to be matching up and I cannot find a good place to get relevant information.
Friday, May 17, 2019 1:08 AM
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Hi,
The certification is now called MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert, and there is no information on the certificate page about it being retired.
The exams required to achieve the MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert are also not marked as retiring, you can view the list of retiring exams over here:
Exams scheduled to retire
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/retired-certification-exams.aspxTo achieve the MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert, you need to pass one (1) of the following exams:
- 70-345 - Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
- 70-339 - Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
- 70-333 - Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for Business 2015
- 70-334 - Core Solutions of Microsoft Skype for Business 2015
None of these are marked for retirement as of today.
Note: The MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert certification can be used to satisfy one of the requirements to become a Microsoft 365 Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert.
I believe the new Microsoft 365 role-based certifications are the ones which will take over the MCSA/MCSE in the future, you can read about it here, so the Microsoft 365 are the certifications to look for.
Best regards,
LeonBlog:
https://thesystemcenterblog.com LinkedIn:
- Marked as answer by RK-33 Monday, May 20, 2019 2:16 PM
Monday, May 20, 2019 7:54 AM
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Hi,
The certification is now called MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert, and there is no information on the certificate page about it being retired.
The exams required to achieve the MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert are also not marked as retiring, you can view the list of retiring exams over here:
Exams scheduled to retire
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/retired-certification-exams.aspxTo achieve the MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert, you need to pass one (1) of the following exams:
- 70-345 - Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
- 70-339 - Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
- 70-333 - Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for Business 2015
- 70-334 - Core Solutions of Microsoft Skype for Business 2015
None of these are marked for retirement as of today.
Note: The MCSE Productivity Solutions Expert certification can be used to satisfy one of the requirements to become a Microsoft 365 Certified Enterprise Administrator Expert.
I believe the new Microsoft 365 role-based certifications are the ones which will take over the MCSA/MCSE in the future, you can read about it here, so the Microsoft 365 are the certifications to look for.
Best regards,
LeonBlog:
https://thesystemcenterblog.com LinkedIn:
- Marked as answer by RK-33 Monday, May 20, 2019 2:16 PM
Monday, May 20, 2019 7:54 AM -
Thanks for that detailed response Leon, much appreciated.Monday, May 20, 2019 2:16 PM
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I did 2 of 3 core requirement: MCSA: Windows Server 2012, MCSA: Windows Server 2016. MSCA: Office 365 before retiring was my lead for MCSE: Productivity 2019. And those 4 you mentioned are electives requirements, do they let you earn this certificate if i take one of those electives?
- Edited by Salim Azar Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:06 PM
Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:04 PM