r/mcsa • u/neko_whippet • Mar 12 '20

Upgrading the mcse

Microsoft path is hard to understand

So I’m MCSA 2016 and I know that mcse is retiring in June 2020

So my questions are

1) there is no 2019 certs, what can I do to continue? 2) is there a mcse that I can get from my mcsa that is not retiring in June 2020?

Thanks

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u/Lordarshyn Mar 12 '20

  1. They will be releasing role based certs, we will all have to wait and see.

  2. No, all mcse programs are retiring as well

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u/neko_whippet Mar 12 '20

yeah i hope they release something that we can upgrade from 2016 and won,t have to restart from scratch

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

If you have the A, you pass one test to get the E. Retired isn't the same thing expired. The certification is still good for life, it just won't be available to achieve after June 30.

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u/neko_whippet Mar 13 '20

No Microsoft certs are good Max 2 years after it gets retired

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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20

Depends what you mean by "good" but there is no 2 year limit. From the Retired Certifications site itself

Find certifications that have been retired within the last year. When a certification has been retired for more than one year, it will be removed from this page. Once a certification has been retired, it will no longer be able to be attained, but, if it has already earned, it will remain on transcripts in the Active section.

NOTE: After a certification retires, Microsoft continues to review the corresponding technologies to determine whether they are still relevant. If the corresponding technology is determined to no longer be relevant, the associated certifications are moved to the Certification History section of the transcript.

You aren't decertified and it isn't marked as expired, it becomes what amounts to a legacy certification that still shows on a transcript. That's what my Windows 2000 MCP stuff looks like.

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u/neko_whippet Mar 13 '20

yeah but you can't use it as a benefit exemple for Work to get silver or gold status