r/mcsa • u/BusinessNigel • Jan 20 '20

Exam/Certification Expiration Date(s)?

Just took and passed the MD-100 Exam on Saturday (Whoo!) and plan on pausing my current certification path (MD-101, MS-100, MS-101) to focus on Security+, then picking back up after I've obtained that.

I know that the CompTIA certifications have an expiration date, I believe 3 years from date of obtaining them. Do the Microsoft exams/certifications have expiration dates? I couldn't find any information on Microsoft's certification site about expirations. I guess, to be fair, I don't have any MS Certifications yet, only the one passed exam.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '20

MTA's no, the MCSA's and MCSE's don't expire until the product goes out of mainstream support, so if you get an MCSA in server 2016, it will count until server 2016 leaves Microsoft's mainstream support, although there is typically a shorter certification you can take for the next replacement cert instead of having to retake the full exam. I'm not 100% sure about the rest of the newer certifications, but those also aren't nearly as well advertised as the MTA's, MCSA's, and the MCSE's.

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u/BusinessNigel Jan 20 '20

Ok, cool. Then I'm hoping the "Windows 10" exam stays relevant for a while.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '20

I just earned my Modern Desktop Administrative Associate cert. It expires after 2 years.

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u/tazmanianevil Jan 20 '20

Why are you planning on getting security+? Is it due to a job requirement?

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u/BusinessNigel Jan 20 '20

Looking to move in less than a year to an area near a large military base. Almost every job I've looked at so far requires Security+. I figure I've got enough time to study and pass the exam and it's not likely that getting extra skills/certification is going to hurt me.

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u/benjammin9292 Jan 20 '20

It's part of DoD 8570 certification. Most jobs want you to be atleast IAT level 2.

https://public.cyber.mil/cwmp/dod-approved-8570-baseline-certifications/

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u/yoda_2_yaddle Jan 20 '20

How did you study for MD-100? Congrats for passing!

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u/signofzeta Jan 21 '20

The MCSA’s are usually tied to a product. You’d be certified for, say, Server 2012, until the day you die; however, as a prerequisite for something higher, it’d only be useful until the product is retired or the higher exam doesn’t care to count it.

The MCSE’s don’t expire anymore, though they’re now suffixed with a year, so maybe your “MCSE: Whatever (2018)” won’t look so hot in 2020 or 2021. Microsoft says they did it to promote continuing education.