Microsoft Azure Certification List
Why get certified?
There can be many reason to pursue a technical certification in Microsoft Azure. Microsoft certifications are among the most highly regarded certifications in the IT industry. This goes for any Microsoft certification, and the Microsoft Azure related certifications are among those at the forefront of the leading edge of technology.
Microsoft certifications are among the most highly regarded certifications in the IT industry.
There are different certification paths to choose depending on your expertise and background. There are a few benefits Microsoft Azure certifications can offer regardless of the certification path you choose.
Microsoft Azure certifications help you prove your expertise and skills with the latest cloud technology that is powering the datacenters, applications, and solutions of the future.
Here are some of the top reasons to get certified with Microsoft technologies!

Getting Started
If you’re looking for some information on how to get started on your own certification journey, then I recommend you start with these articles first:
Popular Training Courses
As you look for training courses and other materials to help you study and prepare for the Microsoft Certification(s) you have chosen to pursue, please take a look at this list of some popular training courses that have helped others:
- AZ-103 Azure Administrator Exam Certification course by Scott Duffy
- Microsoft AZ-103: Azure Administrator Exam Certification course by Nick Colyer
- AZ-203 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure Prep course by Scott Duffy
- Microsoft AZ-300: Azure Architecture Technologies course by Nick Colyer
- AZ-300 Azure Architecture Technologies Exam Prep course by Scott Duffy
- Microsoft AZ-500 Certification: Azure Security Technologies course by Nick Colyer
- AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Exam Prep course by Scott Duffy
- AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Practice Tests by Scott Duffy
- Microsoft AZ-900 Certification: Azure Fundamentals course by Nick Colyer
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Microsoft Role-based Certifications
Here’s a list of the various Microsoft Azure related certifications:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
- Microsoft Certified: Microsoft Azure IoT Developer Specialty
- Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 for Sales Functional Consultant Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 for Customer Service Functional Consultant Associate
- Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Messaging Administrator Associate
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Teamwork Administrator Associate
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator


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Certification Exam List
Here’s a list of Microsoft and other related certification exams.
Microsoft Certification Exams
- AI-100 Designing and Implementing Azure AI Solutions
- AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator
- AZ-203 Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure
- AZ-220 Microsoft Azure IoT Developer
- AZ-300 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
- AZ-301 Microsoft Azure Architect Design
- AZ-400 Microsoft Azure DevOps Solutions
- AZ-500 Microsoft Azure Security Technologies
- AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
- MS-100 Microsoft 365 Identity and Services
- MS-101 Microsoft 365 Mobility and Security
- 98-367: Security Fundamentals
- 98-369 Cloud Fundamentals
- 98-375 HTML5 Application Development Fundamentals
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Retired Certifications and Exams
Here’s a list of older Certifications and individual Exam that have been retired. These lists and links are here for reference, but in general you won’t be studying for these exams since they are no longer available to be taken.