Renewal Timeline
6 months after I passed, or to put it another way, 6 months before it would expire, I got an email from Microsoft Certification about renewal:
As Microsoft themselves say:
- Microsoft role-based and specialty certifications expire every year unless they’re renewed.
- You can renew your certification for another year at no cost without having to schedule or pass any exam(s).
- Passing the renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn is the only way to renew your certification. You cannot renew your certification by passing an exam.
- This short, unproctored assessment measures the skills you need to remain up to date in your job role.
- To prepare, review the free learning modules on the certification renewal page.
- After you pass the assessment, your certification is automatically extended by one year from its current expiration date.
- If you don’t pass the renewal assessment before your certification expires, you must earn the certification again by passing the required exams).
- So, although your certification is valid for a year, you can actually renew after 6 months.
My Journey of First Microsoft Certification Renewal – AZ500 and SC300
In this post, I’m going to talk about my first-ever Microsoft certification renewal experience.