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Legacy certifications
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MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
The SQL administration and provisioning qualification: exact exams, operational skills, and practical routes into supported SQL Server and Azure SQL work.
retiredMCSA: Windows Server 2012
The Windows Server 2012/R2 foundation, its standard and alternative exam routes, and practical ways to bring that experience into current infrastructure and identity work.
retiredMCSA: Windows Server 2016
What the compute, networking and identity MCSA assessed, how its upgrade route worked, and how to build on those skills in current Microsoft infrastructure roles.
retiredMCSD: App Builder
The web and UWP prerequisites, changing elective routes, and practical ways to use MCSD development experience in modern .NET, Azure applications and software delivery.
retiredMCSE: Core Infrastructure
What this Windows Server–based MCSE required, what its different electives represented, and how to build on that knowledge in modern Microsoft infrastructure, cloud, identity, and security roles.
retiredMCSE: Data Management & Analytics
The changing MCSA prerequisites and MCSE electives, and specific routes from SQL development, database operations, warehousing and BI into current Microsoft data work.