What are your next steps for certification?
Well,
here I just wanted to give you the top three Microsoft role‑based
certifications that I find most people would go to after earning their
Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification.
Perhaps the most common choice would be the Azure
Administrator Associate. This requires one exam,
AZ‑104, Microsoft Azure Administrator. Now be warned
this is a very difficult exam.
It's probably the most difficult of all the Azure exams, and I've
taken just about all of them at this point.
Next, we have the Azure Network Engineer Associate. This is AZ‑700,
Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions.
This one is just as hard as AZ‑104. I would say 104
and 700, if you can clear those,
you've demonstrated that you have a very solid grasp of Azure for sure.
Now it just occurred to me I probably should have put on graphic on
this side for AZ‑900, so let me just give that to you verbally, okay?
If you're kind of behind in your cloud stuff and you want a
ground‑level introduction to Azure,
then forget about these associate certifications and go directly to AZ‑900.
That's Microsoft Azure Fundamentals, and that is where you're going to get some
basic vocabulary and general familiarity with Azure.
The 900 fundamentals exams are not technical. They're just
basically all conceptual information.
So lastly on this side,
I'm giving you a heads up on the Azure Security Engineer
Associate certification. This is AZ‑500.
So these are all, and again,
I'm going to verbally give you AZ‑900 Microsoft Azure
Fundamentals, these are all great next steps for you to consider
as your next opportunity after you clear the Windows Server
Hybrid Administrator. Or honestly,
particularly the AZ‑104 would over qualify you for the Azure coverage that's on AZ‑801 and AZ‑800.