Retiring and new exams and certifications as of June 30 2020

A lot of Exams and certifications for Data Platform and Data Analytics are retiring on June 30 2020. All retired Exams and certifications will remain eligible for competency attainment and renewal until June 30 2021, if taken before they are retired. What does that mean for Data Platform and Data Analytics competencies ?

Data Analytics

Competency Option(s)	Level	Exams retiring June 30 2020	New qualifying exams	Remarks
Data Analytics Specialist option AND Learning Partner option	Silver/Gold	Exam 70-767: Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse Exam 70-768: Developing SQL Data Models	Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate	Other new exams will be made available to partners before June 30 2020. Please continue to check Partner Center.
Power BI option	Silver/Gold	Exam 70-778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI		New exams will be made available to partners before June 30 2020. Please continue to check Partner Center

 

Data Platform

 

Competency Option(s)	Level	Exams retiring June 30 2020	New qualifying exams	Remarks
SQL Server Specialist option AND Learning Partner option	Silver/Gold	Exam 70-761: Querying Data with Transact-SQL Exam 70-762: Developing SQL Databases Exam 70-764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure Exam 70-765: Provisioning SQL Databases	Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Engineer Associate	New exams will be made available to partners before June 30 2020. Please continue to check Partner Center