Office 365 Engage 2017 Session

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Microsoft Certifications -- From
Zero to Certified!
Tiago Costa

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Microsoft Certifications -- From Zero to Certified! | Tiago Costa | 12:50 – 13:10 - Day 3, Thursday 22 June
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Tiago Costa
• MVP – Office Server and Services
• MCT and MCT Regional Lead
• IT Consultant, Trainer, Author and Speaker
• Independent Contractor
• Delivering Services Worldwide – Mainly in EU
• tiago.costa@outlook.com | www.tiagocosta.eu
• Follow me @tiagocostapt

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Agenda
• Certification Benefits
• Office 365 Certifications
• Azure Certifications
• Demo: Microsoft Learning Certification Website

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Certification Benefits

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Certification Benefits
• Hiring advantage over non-certified workers
• Wider knowledge on a specific product and/or several products.

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Certification challenges
• The life cycle for certifications (like products) are getting shorter
and shorter
• Certifications have been devalued
• Brain dumps
• No real understanding of the technology
• Can be expensive to get certified

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Why Certify?
• Adoption
• Better and faster deployment
• Microsoft Partner Network
• Competency validation
• Customer Trust and repeat business for partners

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Hiring Manager Perspective
• Microsoft Certification can improve organization performance
• Certified IT Staff help improve retention and motivation
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Exam Scoring
• Scaling converts the raw score to a common scale
• Allows for comparisons between candidates
• Ease of communication
• 700 is passing score on all exams

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Exam Prep
• Get Hands-on experience with the technology
• Get Training (you can skip this already have a lot of hands-on
experience with the technology)

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Office 365 Certifications

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Microsoft Certifications -- From Zero to Certified! | Tiago Costa | 12:50 – 13:10 - Day 3, Thursday 22 June
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Office 365 Certifications
• MCSA: Office 365
• MCSE: Productivity

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MCSA: Office 365
• Pass the following exams:
• 70-346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements
• 70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services

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MCSE: Productivity
• Pre-requisite:
• MCSA: Office 365 or MCSA: Windows Server 2012 or MCSA: Windows
Server 2016.
• Pass one of the following exams during 2017 calendar year:
• 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
• 70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
• 70-332, 70-341 or 70-342

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Azure Certifications

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Microsoft Certifications -- From Zero to Certified! | Tiago Costa | 12:50 – 13:10 - Day 3, Thursday 22 June
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Azure Certifications
• MCSA: Cloud Platform
• MCSA: Linux on Azure
• MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure

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Microsoft Certifications -- From Zero to Certified! | Tiago Costa | 12:50 – 13:10 - Day 3, Thursday 22 June
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MCSA: Cloud Platform
• Pass two of the following exams:
• 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
• 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
• 70-534: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
• 70-473: Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions
• 70-475: Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions

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Microsoft Certifications -- From Zero to Certified! | Tiago Costa | 12:50 – 13:10 - Day 3, Thursday 22 June
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MCSA: Linux on Azure
• Pass the following exams:
• 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
• LFCS: Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator

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Microsoft Certifications -- From Zero to Certified! | Tiago Costa | 12:50 – 13:10 - Day 3, Thursday 22 June
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MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
• Pre-requisite:
• MCSA certification in Windows Server 2016, Cloud Platform, Linux on
Azure or Windows Server 2012.
• Pass one of the following exams during 2017 calendar year:
• 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
• 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
• 70-534: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
• 70-473: Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions
• 70-475: Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions
• 70-474, 70-413, 70-414, 70-246 or 70-247

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Microsoft Certification Website
Demo

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Microsoft Certifications -- From Zero to Certified! | Tiago Costa | 12:50 – 13:10 - Day 3, Thursday 22 June
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Questions? | Thank You
Tiago Costa
tiago.costa@outlook.com
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