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Want to Build a Successful Database Career in 2020? Explore Top 7 SQL Certifications to Obtain!
The fields of big data and business intelligence are considered a top priority in 2020. This is because the companies understand the importance of relational databases in providing information that is responsible for driving key business decisions. As a result, there is a need for the development of talents who can help the organizations meet… Read More »
Microsoft MCSE Certification Guide
Editorial update — October 2026: The MCSE certification program is now historical. The last exams associated with MCSE, MCSA and MCSD were retired on January 31, 2021; a reader cannot earn a new MCSE through the pathways described in this guide. The older track descriptions still explain what enterprise engineers studied at the time. For… Read More »
Lync Becomes Skype For Business, and So Do MCSE Exams
The transition from Microsoft Lync to Skype for Business represented one of the most visible and consequential rebranding exercises in the history of enterprise communication technology. When Microsoft announced that its widely deployed unified communications platform would be renamed and significantly enhanced under the Skype for Business banner, the decision sent ripples across the entire… Read More »
Holiday Special: Take New MCSE Exams For FREE!
Editorial update — October 2026: The free-MCSE-exam holiday special in this 2014 post has ended. It is not an active exam-voucher offer, and the former MCSE exams can no longer be taken: Microsoft retired the last of the MCSA/MCSD/MCSE examination tracks on January 31, 2021. The original registration walkthrough remains here for historical context only.… Read More »
Breaking News! New MCSE: Enterprise Devices and Apps is Here
Editorial update — October 2026: The ‘new’ MCSE: Enterprise Devices and Apps credential was newly announced in 2014, when this article was published; it is not a new certification today. Microsoft’s MCSA, MCSD and MCSE exam routes were fully retired by January 31, 2021. The management skills described below have evolved into current Microsoft 365… Read More »
MCSA Office 365: Another Path to MCSE Communication, Messaging or SharePoint
Editorial update — October 2026: MCSA: Office 365 and the former MCSE Communication, Messaging and SharePoint tracks are historical certification pathways. They cannot now be followed as described: Microsoft retired the remaining MCSA/MCSE exams on January 31, 2021. The former exam map helps explain the evolution of Microsoft cloud-administration roles; candidates choosing a new exam… Read More »
Just in: MCSE and MCSD Recertification News
Editorial update — October 2026: This article concerns a historical MCSE/MCSD recertification announcement, not renewal rules that apply in October 2026. Microsoft retired the remaining exams for these credentials on January 31, 2021 and shifted its certification portfolio to role-based paths. Someone already holding a legacy credential can still review its transcript history; current renewal… Read More »
What’s Not To Miss: Microsoft Certification Upgrade Offer
Editorial update — October 2026: This is a record of a Microsoft certification-upgrade promotion from 2013, not a presently valid exam-discount or upgrade offer. Promotional prices, eligibility and upgrade exams from that period have expired. The useful lesson is how to evaluate a certification upgrade against a career goal; before paying for any exam today,… Read More »
Editorial update — October 2026: The MCSE certifications discussed here are historical credentials, not current Microsoft exam routes. Microsoft retired the remaining exams associated with MCSA, MCSD and MCSE on January 31, 2021. The specialization comparisons below are useful for understanding those former tracks, but a candidate choosing a qualification in October 2026 should start… Read More »
