The Microsoft Ignite Cloud Skills Challenge has ended and if you were one of the lucky participants ,

you should by now received an email that say that : “You’ve earned a free Microsoft Certification exam
”

 

Now some of you may get that email and some other not ,because you have not set a notification email .

what should I do with this free Microsoft Certification ?

There are a lot of certifications, which one fit me ? !…

Why Should I Get a Certification?

A certification is proof that you know what you’re doing. It provides external validation that you have the skills needed to succeed.
More than that , when you are preparing for a certification you are going to learn a lot of new stuff that you may not see in your daily  tasks . (do not forget that certifications give you advantage during the hiring process).

schedule your next exam :

You can Browse Certifications Exams from this link .

As you can see there a lot of different certifications and paths .

I suggest if you want to know about cloud and azure  that you start with  Fundamentals Certifications like : Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
If you are interested about AI , you can start by Exam AI-900: Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals .

If you already know about the cloud ,azure and you have been working with it , I suggest you go with Associate Certification like : Exam AZ-204: Developing Solutions for Microsoft Azure

If have been working more than 3 or 4 years and your target are Expert Certification :

Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert .

Where I can find study Materials?

There are many blog posts ,videos and tutorials about azure certification , but i suggest you start with Microsoft learn website  .

 

How and how can i reedem My certification ?

 

As you can see , in the gif below steps how to get your certification and claim your voucher .
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