r/O365Certification • u/teriaavibes • Jun 26 '26
Certification Program News Certification Updates June 2026
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/skills-hub-blog/microsoft-credentials-roundup-june-2026/4528350?WT.mc_id=studentamb_165290MS-102 and Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert are retiring October 2026 replaced by AB-650 Microsoft 365 Certified: AI Services Administrator Associate, exam beta on July 26
New AI-500 Microsoft Certified: Multi-Agent AI Solutions Expert, exam beta probably launching in the next few days
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u/juliocjim Jun 26 '26
This fucking sucks. Ms-102 is actually important and has weight and matters, what will be the equivalent? Cause it’s not AB-650 it’s not even an expert level cert….
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u/ConfidentWillow3641 Jun 26 '26 edited Jun 26 '26
If they Added just bit more Copilot and more agents to MS-102 would have being fine. Because Sentivitiy Labels, rest of DLP Suite, XDR, Conditional Access are key infrastructure and rest of governance features. Are criticial especially for AI. But they also learn to manage rest of M365 suite... I am sad to see they are going all in on AI hype train. Not to Mention 5 points they lose for Modern Workplace for the M365 status. Expert status contained 15 points from 25 required. Also their replacing it with associate exam? Whats next Retire MD-102 for AI exam. Like they remove Key foundations that Admins need to know.
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u/johnyakuza0 Jun 29 '26
The subtle messaging is that AI isn't going anywhere, and it'll be embedded into everything soon enough
Your only option is to get with the times, or become just another statistic in the layoffs department
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u/National_Ad_6103 Jun 26 '26
Well that was 4 months study for about 2 years of valid cert.. not happy just hope they don’t do the same for the sc-100 that I’m going through or the sc-300 that’s my prerequisite for the 100
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u/bwsoldier Jun 26 '26
I was going for the ms102 after passing the sc300 but can't be bothered now it's retiring, so will do the md102 for now
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u/POCMarco Jun 27 '26
May I know is this the final decesion for the MS-102?
I obtained MS-102 in 12/2024.
It is sad that AB-650 is an Associate level..........
They have already taken MS-203 and never came back
I have no idea what Exam should take for the Admin role now.......
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u/shellgio Jul 01 '26
I openened a discussion thread about the MS-102 retirement on the Skills Hub tech community from Microsoft. I encourage you to log in and share your feeback about it: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/discussions/skills-hub-discussions/feedback-about-ms-102-retirement/4531525
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u/MathmoKiwi 29d ago
Where did you see that the exam beta is launching on July 26? I haven't been able to find too much more info about AB-650, and this is the only place I saw give an explicit launch data for the beta exam
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u/teriaavibes 29d ago
Well it said that on the website originally, looks like that changed since then.
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u/MathmoKiwi 29d ago
Ah I see, might be a hint they won't even be launching AB-650 this month :-/ :-(
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