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The AB-730 exam “AI Business Professional” is to be launched around the start of the year 2026. It tests your ability to use Microsoft’s AI tools in relation to Microsoft 365. The requirements which are needed for this exam are as follows: Understand generative AI fundamentals (25–30%) Understand generative AI capabilities across Microsoft 365 experiences READ MORE

Azure Monitor is a comprehensive service that collects, analyzes, and acts on telemetry data from both Azure and on-premises environments. It helps ensure the performance, availability, and reliability of your applications and infrastructure. What Azure Monitor Does Azure Monitor collects data from a wide range of sources, including virtual machines, storage accounts, applications, and on-premises READ MORE

The MO-220 “Microsoft Office Specialist: Excel for Accounting Associate” exam is going to be released by the end of 2025. It tests the end user on their ability to manage financial information, and create calculations and reports. The requirements which are needed for this exam are as follows: Perform Accounting Data for Analysis For more READ MORE

Azure Policy is a governance tool in Azure that allows you to control or audit the resources within your environment. It can be used either to stop something from happening (enforcement) or to simply report on it (audit). This makes it a key component of managing large-scale cloud environments, ensuring resources meet organizational standards and READ MORE

Very occasionally, Tableau updates the requirements of its exams. The Tableau Certified Data Analyst exam was updated a few weeks ago. (However, please note that the more Fundamental exam, the Tableau Desktop Specialist exam, is currently unchanged.) It is now testing on Tableau 2024.2 (previously it was testing on Tableau 2022), and has 10 additional READ MORE

The Retirement of the PL-100 exam The PL-100 exam is the second of Microsoft’s certifications regarding the Power Platform. So the first one is the PL-900, which looks at the fundamentals, what is able to be done. The PL-100 actually allows you to do them. The PL-100 is for you if you want to create READ MORE

In our previous posts, we looked at what Microsoft Applied Skills are, and some Frequently Asked Questions about them. So what do people think about these Skills? Nick Doelman is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP), and until recently has been working in Microsoft. In Episode 21 of the Power Platform Boost Podcast, Nick was READ MORE

In November 2023, Microsoft held Microsoft Ignite, and held several sessions on Microsoft Applied Skills and certifications more generally. Here are some of the Frequency Asked Questions about Microsoft Applied Skills, including information as answered by the Microsoft panel. What Microsoft Applied Skills are available? Please see my other blog on this subject. How do READ MORE

In October 2023, Microsoft launched its new credential, the Microsoft Applied Skills. Here is the current list of credentials and those coming soon: The following credentials have been retired and are no longer available: How can I learn the skills needed for the Microsoft Applied Skills? I Do Data has courses for several of the READ MORE