Available now: Exam AZ-800 (beta) and Exam AZ-801 (beta)

Microsoft is looking for IT administrators with subject matter expertise in configuring and managing Windows Server on-premises, hybrid, and infrastructure as a service (IaaS) platform workloads. These professionals should also have extensive experience working with the Windows Server operating system. If this sounds like you, check out the recently announced Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate certification.

To earn this new certification, you need to pass two exams: Exam AZ-800: Administering Windows Server Hybrid Core Infrastructure (beta) and Exam AZ-801: Configuring Windows Server Hybrid Advanced Services (beta).

Is this certification right for you?

As a candidate for this certification, you administer core and advanced Windows Server workloads and services using on-premises, hybrid, and cloud technologies. You should have expertise in implementing and managing identity, management, compute, networking, and storage solutions. You’re also an expert at performing tasks related to security, migration, monitoring, high availability, troubleshooting, and disaster recovery. You use administrative tools and technologies, including Windows Admin Center, PowerShell, Azure Arc, and IaaS virtual machine administration. Additionally, you work with Azure Automation Update Management, Microsoft Defender for Identity, Azure Security Center, Azure Migrate, and Azure Monitor.

Prove your skills now

Take advantage of the limited-time discounted beta exam offer. For each exam, the first 300 people who take the exam on or before January 10, 2022, can get 80 percent off market price. This applies to both Exam AZ-800 (beta) and Exam AZ-801 (beta), for a total of 600 discounted seats.

To receive the discount, when you register for the exam and are prompted for payment, use the following codes. These are not private access codes. The seats are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. As noted, you must take the exam on or before January 10, 2022. Please note that these beta exams are not available in Turkey, Pakistan, India, or China.

Get ready for the exams:

• Check out the exam pages for details. The Exam AZ-800 skills outline and the Exam AZ-801 skills outline alert you to key topics covered on the exams.

Did you know that you can take any role-based exam online? Online delivered exams—taken from your home or office—can be less hassle, less stress, and even less worry than traveling to a test center, especially if you’re adequately prepared for what to expect. To find out more, read Online proctored exams: What to expect and how to prepare. 

Ready to get started?

Remember, the number of spots is limited to the first 600 candidates—300 for Exam AZ-800 (beta) and 300 for Exam AZ-801 (beta)—on or before January 10, 2022.

Source: techcommunity.microsoft.com