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Azure Administrator Associate Azure Database Administrator Associate
Azure Security Engineer Associate Azure Data Engineer Associate
Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate
Azure Network Engineer Associate Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty
Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty Azure AI Engineer Associate
Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate Azure Data Scientist Associate
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Implement, manage, and Implement and manage Bring cloud agility on-premises
monitor cloud solutions AZ-104 secure cloud solutions AZ-500 Azure Stack Hub operator AZ-600
Azure administrator Azure security engineer Delivered only by Microsoft Learning Partners

Manage SAP solutions on Azure Deliver virtual desktop experiences

Azure for SAP workloads AZ-120 and remote apps on Azure AZ-140
Azure Virtual Desktop administrator

Implement and manage Troubleshoot networking and

networking solutions AZ-700 connectivity issues in Azure AZ-720
Azure network engineer Azure support engineer for connectivity
Instructor-led training coming soon

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Master the basics

New to the cloud or new to Azure New to Azure administration

AZ-900
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Manage Windows Server on-premises, AZ-800 Implement, manage, and

hybrid, and IaaS platform workloads monitor cloud solutions AZ-104
Windows Server hybrid administrator AZ-801 Azure administrator

Deliver virtual desktop experiences

and remote apps on Azure AZ-140
Azure Virtual Desktop administrator

Manage on-premises hyper-converged

environments with Azure Stack HCI WS-013
Delivered only by Learning Partners

Master the basics

New to the cloud or new to Azure New to Azure administration

AZ-900
Azure fundamentals Prerequisites for Azure administrators
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Implement, manage, and Deliver continuous value integrating

monitor cloud solutions AZ-104 people, processes, and technologies AZ-400
Azure administrator DevOps engineer

Design and implement end-to-end

cloud solutions AZ-305
Azure solutions architect

Master the basics

New to Azure administration New to Azure infrastructure architecture

Prerequisites for Azure administrators Prerequisites for Azure solution architects
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Design, build, test, and Build, manage, and Deliver continuous value integrating
maintain cloud apps AZ-204 deploy AI solutions AI-102 people, processes, and technologies AZ-400
Azure developer Azure AI engineer DevOps engineer

Develop cloud and edge Migrate data to the cloud DP-050

IoT solutions AZ-220 Delivered only by Learning Partners DP-060
Azure IoT developer DP-070

Develop cloud-native apps that

store and manage data DP-420
Azure Cosmos DB developer

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Master the basics

New to the cloud or new to Azure New to data solutions on Azure New to AI or new to AI on Azure AI-900
AZ-900 DP-900
Azure fundamentals Azure data fundamentals Azure AI fundamentals
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Grow in role

Start here Choose additional paths that best fit your role and projects

Manage relational cloud Deliver continuous value integrating Build, train, and deploy DP-100
and hybrid databases DP-300 people, processes, and technologies DP-203 machine learning models
Azure database administrator Azure data engineer Azure data scientist DP-090

Migrate data to the cloud DP-050

Delivered only by Learning Partners DP-060
DP-070

Master the basics

New to the cloud or new to Azure New to data solutions on Azure New to AI or new to AI on Azure AI-900
AZ-900 DP-900
Azure fundamentals Azure data fundamentals Azure AI fundamentals
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Maximize the value of data assets Build enterprise-scale data

with advanced analytics PL-300 analytics solutions DP-500
Power BI data analyst Azure Enterprise data analyst

Master the basics

New to the cloud or new to Azure New to data solutions on Azure New to Microsoft Power Platform
AZ-900 DP-900 PL-900
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Azure Security Engineer Associate DevOps Engineer Expert

Azure Network Engineer Associate

Manage hybrid cloud Azure Developer Associate
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Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate

Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty

Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty Azure Fundamentals

Azure Support Engineer for Connectivity Specialty

Azure Data Scientist Associate Support with data Innovate with Azure Data Fundamentals
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Azure Database Administrator Associate Azure AI Engineer Associate

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Microsoft Azure certifications for IT pros (1) Manage hybrid cloud infrastructure

Azure Administrator Azure Security Azure Stack Hub Azure Network Windows Server Hybrid
Associate Engineer Associate Operator Associate Engineer Associate Administrator Associate
Exam AZ-104 Exam AZ-500 Exam AZ-600 Exam AZ-700 Exams AZ-800 + AZ-801

Azure administrators Azure security engineers Azure Stack Hub operators Azure network engineers Windows Server hybrid administrators
implement, manage, and implement security controls provide infrastructure as a plan, implement, and configure and manage Windows Server on-
monitor an organization’s that protect identity, access, service (IaaS) and platform as maintain Azure networking premises, hybrid, and infrastructure as a
Microsoft Azure environment. data, applications, and a service (PaaS) offering to solutions, including hybrid service (IaaS) platform workloads.
networks in cloud and hybrid end users or customers from networking, connectivity,
environments as part of an within their own datacenter routing, security, and private
end-to-end infrastructure. using Azure Stack Hub. access to Azure services.

• Manage Azure identities • Manage identity and • Plan and deploy Azure • Design, implement, and • Deploy and manage Active Directory
and governance access Stack Hub manage hybrid networking Domain Services (AD DS) in on-premises
• Implement and manage • Implement platform • Provide services • Design and implement and cloud environments
storage protection • Manage infrastructure core networking • Manage Windows Servers and
• Deploy and manage Azure • Manage security infrastructure workloads in a hybrid environment
compute resources operations • Design and implement • Manage virtual machines and containers
• Configure and manage • Secure data and routing • Implement and manage an on-premises
virtual networking applications • Secure and monitor and hybrid networking infrastructure
• Monitor and maintain networks • Manage storage and file services
Azure resources • Design and implement • Secure Windows Server on-premises
private access to Azure and hybrid infrastructures
services • Implement and manage Windows Server
high availability
• Implement disaster recovery
• Migrate servers and workloads
• Monitor and troubleshoot Windows
Server environments
Microsoft Azure certifications for IT pros (2) Manage hybrid cloud infrastructure

DevOps Engineer Azure Solutions Azure for SAP Workloads Azure Virtual Desktop Azure Support Engineer for
Expert Architect Expert Specialty Specialty Connectivity Specialty
Exam AZ-400 Exam AZ-305 Exam AZ-120 Exam AZ-140 Exam AZ-720

DevOps engineers work with Azure solution architects design Architects or engineers for Azure Administrators for Azure Support engineers for Azure
people, processes, and cloud and hybrid solutions that for SAP Workloads have Virtual Desktop design, connectivity use advanced
products to enable run on Microsoft Azure, including extensive experience and implement, manage, and troubleshooting methods to resolve
continuous delivery of value compute, network, storage, knowledge of the SAP system maintain Microsoft Azure networking and connectivity issues in
in organizations. monitoring, and security. landscape and industry standards Virtual Desktop experiences Azure.
that are specific to the initial and remote apps for any
migration or integration and the device.
long-term operation of an SAP
solution on Microsoft Azure.

• Develop an • Design identity, governance, • Migrate SAP workloads to • Plan and implement an • Troubleshoot business continuity
instrumentation strategy and monitoring solutions Azure Azure Virtual Desktop issues
• Develop a Site Reliability • Design data storage solutions • Design and implement an infrastructure • Troubleshoot hybrid and cloud
Engineering (SRE) strategy • Design business continuity infrastructure to support SAP • Plan and implement connectivity issues
• Develop a security and solutions workloads on Azure identity and security • Troubleshoot Platform as a Service
compliance plan • Design infrastructure • Design and implement high • Plan and implement user issues
• Manage source control solutions availability and disaster environments and apps • Troubleshoot authentication and
• Facilitate communication recovery (HA/DR) • Monitor and maintain an access control issues
and collaboration • Maintain SAP workloads on Azure Virtual Desktop • Troubleshoot networks
• Define and implement Azure infrastructure • Troubleshoot VM connectivity
continuous integration issues
• Define and implement a
continuous delivery and
release management
strategy
Microsoft Azure certifications for developers Innovate with best-in-class apps

Azure Developer DevOps Engineer Azure IoT Developer Azure AI Engineer Azure Cosmos DB
Associate Expert Specialty Associate Developer Specialty
Exam AZ-204 Exam AZ-400 Exam AZ-220 Exam AI-102 Exam DP-420

Azure developers participate DevOps engineers work with Azure IoT developers Azure AI engineers build, Azure Cosmos DB developers design,
in all phases of development people, processes, and products implement the configuration manage, and deploy AI implement, and monitor cloud-native
from requirements definition to enable continuous delivery of and coding tasks required to solutions that leverage Azure applications that store and manage
and design to development, value in organizations. create and maintain the cloud Cognitive Services and Azure data.
deployment, and and edge portions of an IoT Applied AI services.
maintenance. solution.

• Develop Azure compute • Develop an instrumentation • Set up the Azure IoT Hub • Plan and manage an Azure • Design and implement data models
solutions strategy solution infrastructure Cognitive Services solution • Design and implement data
• Develop for Azure • Develop a Site Reliability • Provision and manage • Implement Computer Vision distribution
storage Engineering (SRE) strategy devices solutions • Integrate an Azure Cosmos DB
• Implement Azure security • Develop a security and • Implement IoT Edge • Implement natural language solution
• Monitor, troubleshoot, compliance plan • Implement business processing solutions • Optimize an Azure Cosmos DB
and optimize Azure • Manage source control integration • Implement knowledge solution
solutions • Facilitate communication and • Process and manage data mining solutions • Maintain an Azure Cosmos DB
• Connect to and consume collaboration • Monitor, troubleshoot, and • Implement conversational solution
Azure services and third- • Define and implement optimize IoT solutions AI solutions
party services continuous integration • Implement security
• Define and implement a
continuous delivery and
release management strategy
Microsoft Azure certifications for data and AI pros (1) Support with data and analytics

Azure Database Administrator Associate Azure Data Engineer Associate Azure Data Scientist Associate
Exam DP-300 Exam DP-203 Exam DP-100

Azure database administrators implement and manage the Azure data engineers integrate, transform, and consolidate Azure data scientists apply data science and machine
operational aspects of cloud-native and hybrid data data from various structured and unstructured data learning to implement and run machine learning
platform solutions built with Microsoft SQL Server and systems into structures that are suitable for building workloads on Azure.
Microsoft Azure Data Services. analytics solutions.

• Plan and implement data platform resources • Design and implement data storage • Manage Azure resources for machine learning
• Implement a secure environment • Design and develop data processing • Run experiments and train models
• Monitor, configure, and optimize database resources • Design and implement data security • Deploy and operationalize machine learning solutions
• Configure and manage automation of tasks • Monitor and optimize data storage and data processing • Implement responsible machine learning
• Plan and configure a high availability and disaster
recovery (HA/DR) environment
Microsoft Azure certifications for data and AI pros (2) Support with data and analytics

Azure AI Engineer Associate Azure Cosmos DB Developer Specialty Azure Enterprise Data Analyst Associate
Exam AI-102 Exam DP-420 Exam DP-500

Azure AI engineers build, manage, and deploy AI solutions Azure Cosmos DB developers design, implement, and Azure Enterprise data analysts design, create, and deploy
that leverage Azure Cognitive Services and Azure Applied monitor cloud-native applications that store and manage enterprise-scale data analytics solutions.
AI services. data.

• Plan and manage an Azure Cognitive Services solution • Design and implement data models • Implement and manage a data analytics environment
• Implement Computer Vision solutions • Design and implement data distribution • Query and transform data
• Implement natural language processing solutions • Integrate an Azure Cosmos DB solution • Implement and manage data models
• Implement knowledge mining solutions • Optimize an Azure Cosmos DB solution • Explore and visualize data
• Implement conversational AI solutions • Maintain an Azure Cosmos DB solution
Get the right foundations Master the basics

Azure Fundamentals Azure AI Fundamentals Azure Data Fundamentals

Exam AZ-900 Exam AI-900 Exam DP-900

Azure fundamentals validates foundational knowledge of Azure AI fundamentals validates foundational knowledge Azure data fundamentals validates foundational
cloud services and how those services are provided with of machine learning and artificial intelligence concepts and knowledge of core data concepts and how they’re
Microsoft Azure. related Microsoft Azure services. implemented using Azure data services.

• Describe cloud concepts • Describe AI workloads and considerations • Describe core data concepts
• Describe Azure architecture and services • Describe fundamental principles of machine learning • Identify considerations for relational data on Azure
• Describe Azure management and governance on Azure • Describe considerations for working with non-
• Describe features of computer vision workloads on relational data on Azure
Azure • Describe an analytics workload on Azure
• Describe features of Natural Language Processing
(NLP) workloads on Azure
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This certification is a good fit if: Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-900 to earn
this certification.
• You are new to the cloud or AZ-900 Exam Readiness Zone
new to Azure.
Take a practice exam
Self-paced training
Microsoft Official
Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-900

Skills measured:
Instructor-led training
Course AZ-900: Microsoft Azure • Describe cloud concepts
Microsoft Certified:
Fundamentals • Describe Azure architecture Azure Fundamentals
and services
Azure fundamentals validates
Virtual events • Describe Azure management foundational knowledge of cloud
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training and governance services and how those services
Day: Fundamentals are provided with Microsoft Azure.

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This certification is a good fit if: Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam DP-900 to earn
this certification.
• You are beginning to work with DP-900 Exam Readiness Zone
data in the cloud.
Take a practice exam
Self-paced training
Microsoft Official
Microsoft Learn Practice Test DP-900

Skills measured:
Instructor-led training
Course DP-900: Microsoft Azure • Describe core data concepts
Microsoft Certified:
Data Fundamentals • Identify considerations for Azure Data Fundamentals
relational data on Azure
Azure data fundamentals validates
Virtual events • Describe considerations for foundational knowledge of core
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training working with non-relational data concepts and how they’re
Day: Data Fundamentals data on Azure implemented using Azure data
services.
• Describe an analytics
workload on Azure

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certification for you Get trained Build confidence Get recognized

This certification is a good fit if: Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AI-900 to earn
this certification.
• You are new to AI or AI on Azure. AI-900 Exam Readiness Zone

Take a practice exam

Self-paced training
Microsoft Official
Microsoft Learn Practice Test AI-900

Skills measured:
Instructor-led training
Course AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI • Describe AI workloads and
considerations Microsoft Certified:
Fundamentals Azure AI Fundamentals
• Describe fundamental principles
of machine learning on Azure Azure AI fundamentals validates
Virtual events foundational knowledge of
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training • Describe features of computer machine learning and artificial
Day: AI Fundamentals vision workloads on Azure intelligence concepts and
related Microsoft Azure services.
• Describe features of Natural
Language Processing (NLP)
workloads on Azure

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This certification is a good fit if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-104 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-104 Exam Readiness Zone
• Managing, and monitoring
identity, governance, storage, Take a practice exam
compute, and virtual networks in a Self-paced training
cloud environment, plus provision, Microsoft Official
Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-104
size, monitor, and adjust
resources, when needed.
Skills measured:
Instructor-led training
OR
Course AZ-104: Microsoft Azure • Manage Azure identities
and governance Microsoft Certified:
If you already have or were working Administrator Azure Administrator Associate
toward any of these certifications: • Implement and manage
• MCSE: Core Infrastructure storage Azure administrators implement,
• MCSA: Windows Server 2012 manage, and monitor an
• MCSA: Windows Server 2016 • Deploy and manage Azure organization’s Microsoft Azure
compute resources environment.
• Configure and manage
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New to the cloud or Azure? • Monitor and maintain

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This certification is a good fit if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-500 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-500 Exam Readiness Zone
• Managing the security posture,
identifying and remediating Take a practice exam
Self-paced training
vulnerabilities, performing Microsoft Official
threat modeling, implementing Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-500
threat protection, and
responding to security incident
Skills measured:
escalations. Instructor-led training
Course AZ-500: Microsoft Azure • Manage identity and access
Microsoft Certified:
Security Technologies • Implement platform protection Azure Security Engineer Associate
• Manage security operations Azure security engineers implement
security controls that protect identity,
• Secure data and applications access, data, applications, and networks
in cloud and hybrid environments as
part of an end-to-end infrastructure.

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This certification is a good fit if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-600 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-600 Exam Readiness Zone
• Planning, deploying, updating,
and maintaining the Azure Take a practice exam
Self-paced training
Stack Hub infrastructure. Microsoft Official
Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-600
• Configuring resources,
managing infrastructure
capacity, and optimizing the Skills measured:
Instructor-led training
services that run in Azure Stack • Plan and deploy Azure
Course AZ-600: Configuring and Microsoft Certified:
Hub. Stack Hub
Operating a Hybrid Cloud with Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate
Microsoft Azure Stack Hub • Provide services
Azure Stack Hub operators provide
• Manage infrastructure infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and
platform as a service (PaaS) offering to
end users or customers from within their
own datacenter using Azure Stack Hub.

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This certification is a good fit i if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-700 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-700 Exam Readiness Zone
• Recommending, planning, and
implementing Azure Take a practice exam
Self-paced training
networking solutions. Microsoft Official
Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-700
• Managing networking solutions
for performance, resiliency,
scale, and security. Skills measured:
Instructor-led training
Course AZ-700: Designing and • Design, implement, and
• Deploying networking solutions Microsoft Certified:
Implementing Microsoft Azure manage hybrid networking
by using the Azure Portal and Azure Network Engineer
other methods, including Networking Solutions • Design and implement core Associate
PowerShell, Azure Command- networking infrastructure
Line Interface (CLI), and Azure Azure network engineers plan,
Resource Manager templates • Design and implement routing implement, and maintain Azure
(ARM templates). networking solutions, including
• Secure and monitor networks hybrid networking, connectivity,
• Design and implement private routing, security, and private
access to Azure services access to Azure services.

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certification for you Get trained Build confidence Get recognized

This certification is a good fit i if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-720 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-720 Exam Readiness Zone
• Troubleshooting hybrid
environments, including issues Skills measured:.
Self-paced training
with Azure Virtual Machines,
• Troubleshoot business
virtual networks, and Microsoft Learn
continuity issues
connectivity between on-
premises and Azure services. • Troubleshoot hybrid and cloud
Instructor-led training connectivity issues
• Using various tools and
Coming soon • Troubleshoot Platform as a Microsoft Certified:
technologies to diagnose and
identify root causes for Service issues Azure Support Engineer for
complex issues. Connectivity Specialty
• Troubleshoot authentication
and access control issues Support engineers for Azure
connectivity use advanced
• Troubleshoot networks troubleshooting methods to
• Troubleshoot VM connectivity resolve networking and
issues connectivity issues in Azure.
First, make sure your skills are up to date.

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This certification is a good fit if Exam study guides Skills measured: Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-800 and Exam AZ-801
your responsibilities include: • Deploy and manage Active to earn this certification.
AZ-800 and AZ-801 Exam Readiness Zone
• Integrating Windows Server Directory Domain Services (AD DS)
environments with Azure services in on-premises and cloud Take a practice exam
and managing Windows Server in Self-paced training environments
on-premises networks. Microsoft Official
Microsoft Learn • Manage Windows Servers and Practice Test AZ-801
• Managing and maintaining workloads in a hybrid environment
Windows Server IaaS workloads in • Manage virtual machines and
Azure, in addition to migrating and Instructor-led training containers
deploying workloads to Azure. Course AZ-800 Administering • Implement and manage an on- Microsoft Certified:
Windows Server Hybrid Core premises and hybrid networking Windows Server Hybrid
OR Infrastructure infrastructure Administrator Associate
If you already have or were Course AZ-801T00 Configuring • Manage storage and file services Windows Server hybrid administrators
working toward any of these Windows Server Hybrid Advanced • Secure Windows Server on- configure and manage Windows
certifications: Services premises and hybrid Server on-premises, hybrid, and
• MCSE: Core Infrastructure infrastructures infrastructure as a service (IaaS)
• Implement and manage Windows platform workloads.
• MCSA: Windows Server 2012 Virtual events
Server high availability
• MCSA: Windows Server 2016 Microsoft Azure Virtual Training • Implement disaster recovery
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Infrastructure • Migrate servers and workloads Products featured
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Windows Server environments • Windows Server
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This certification is a good fit if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-305 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-305 Exam Readiness Zone
• Advising stakeholders and
translating business Take a practice exam
Self-paced training
requirements into designs for Microsoft Official
secure, scalable, and reliable Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-305
Azure solutions.
Skills measured:
Instructor-led training
Course AZ-305: Designing • Design identity, governance,
and monitoring solutions Microsoft Certified:
Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Solutions • Design data storage solutions
Azure solution architects design
• Design business continuity cloud and hybrid solutions that run
Prerequisite: Certification Virtual events solutions on Microsoft Azure, including
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training compute, network, storage,
• Azure Administrator Associate • Design infrastructure solutions monitoring, and security.
Day: Well-Architected

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certification for you Get trained Build confidence Get recognized

This certification is a good fit if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-120 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-120 Exam Readiness Zone
• Making recommendations on
services and adjusting Take a practice exam
Self-paced training
resources as appropriate for Microsoft Official
optimal resiliency, performance, Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-120
scale, provision, size, and
monitoring.
Skills measured:
Instructor-led training
Course AZ-120: Planning and • Migrate SAP workloads to Azure
Microsoft Certified:
Administering Microsoft Azure • Design and implement an Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty
for SAP Workloads infrastructure to support SAP
workloads on Azure Architects or engineers for Azure for SAP
Workloads have extensive experience and
• Design and implement high knowledge of the SAP system landscape
availability and disaster recovery and industry standards that are specific
(HA/DR) to the initial migration or integration and
the long-term operation of an SAP
First, make sure your skills are up to date. • Maintain SAP workloads solution on Microsoft Azure.
on Azure
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certification for you Get trained Build confidence Get recognized

This certification is a good fit if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-140 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-140 Exam Readiness Zone
• Deploying virtual desktop
experiences and apps Take a practice exam
to Azure. Self-paced training
Microsoft Official
• Delivering applications on Azure Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-140
Virtual Desktop and optimizing
them to run in multi-session Skills measured:
virtual environments. Instructor-led training
Course AZ-140: Configuring and • Plan and implement an Azure
Virtual Desktop infrastructure Microsoft Certified:
Operating Microsoft Azure Virtual Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty
Desktop • Plan and implement identity
and security Administrators for Azure Virtual
Desktop design, implement,
Virtual events • Plan and implement user manage, and maintain Microsoft
Microsoft Azure Virtual Training environments and apps Azure Virtual Desktop experiences
Day: Azure Virtual Desktop and remote apps for any device.
• Monitor and maintain an Azure
Virtual Desktop infrastructure

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certification for you Get trained Build confidence Get recognized

This certification is a good fit if Exam study guide Exam preparation Pass Exam AZ-204 to earn
your responsibilities include: this certification.
AZ-204 Exam Readiness Zone
• Participating in all phases of
cloud development: Take a practice exam
Self-paced training
requirements definition and Microsoft Official
design, development, Microsoft Learn Practice Test AZ-204
deployment, maintenance,
performance tuning, and
Skills measured:
monitoring Instructor-led training
Course AZ-204: Developing • Develop Azure compute solutions
OR Microsoft Certified:
solutions for Microsoft Azure • Develop for Azure storage Azure Developer Associate
If you already have or are
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