According to the afore-linked blog post, the Microsoft Learn 'fundamentals' training and certifications represent a new and more relevant slate of entry-level offerings. If MTA Will Soon Be Over, Then What Takes Its Place? After that, those exams will no longer be offered and their associated Certifications will reach EOL. If I understand this info correctly, then it means that exam vouchers will remain up for sale until the end of June, and that those vouchers can be exercised until one year later (end of June 2022). If you're working towards an MTA certification, then you will want to pass the required exam(s) before they retire on June 30, 2022. Effective July 1, 2022, MTA exam deliveries by our exam delivery providers, Certiport and Pearson VUE, will cease. MTA certification exams will retire on June 30, 2022. MTA certification exam licenses can be purchased until June 30, 2021. Titled ' The future of Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certifications,' the post spells out 'important dates and next steps' as follows (quoted verbatim): 16, by General Manager of Global Technical Learning Alex Payne. The broad outlines are covered in a Microsoft Learn blog post, dated Feb.

These have been the entry-point and fundamental credentials for Microsoft since 2010, when the company launched the program in partnership with Certiport, which also handles the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certifications. I'm not sure how this snuck past me, but I just learned - now, in early March - that Microsoft is retiring its Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certifications.

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