On February 27th 2020, Microsoft announced that the MCSA, MCSE, and MCSD certifications will be retired in 2020.

In the world of IT we’ve grown familiar with the use of acronyms to refer to Microsoft certifications. With these new category certifications, called role-based certifications, we’ve decided to create an acronym for each new role-based certification.

We’ll categorize each certification based on their level. The three levels are Fundamental, Associate, and Expert.

Leave a comment below and let us know what you think about these acronyms. Are they practical? Can they be improved? What about nicknames for the longer more complicated acronyms?

Here are the list of certifications for which we've created acronyms:

Fundamental Role-Based Certifications:

Microsoft Certified Power Platform Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Fundamentals
Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals

Associate Role-Based Certifications:

Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Microsoft 365 Certified: Developer Associate
Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Power Apps + Dynamics 365 Developer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Marketing Functional Consultant Associate
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Field Service Functional Consultant Associate
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate
Microsoft 365 Certified: Messaging Administrator Associate
Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate
Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate
Microsoft 365 Certified: Teamwork Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate
Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Functional Consultant Associate
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Sales Functional Consultant Associate

Expert Role-Based Certifications:

Microsoft Certified: Power Apps + Dynamics 365 Solution Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Solution Architect Expert
Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert
Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

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