WHERE DO I START?

Find your path

Tell us what you want to do and how much you already know, and we’ll suggest the exams to take, in order, with a study plan for each and roughly how long it takes.

Every path

All the routes the series covers, grouped by area. For each certification’s exact requirements, see Which certification, which book?

Azure infrastructure

Azure administratorAZ-900 → AZ-104 Azure solutions architectAZ-900 → AZ-104 → AZ-305 DevOps engineerAZ-900 → AZ-104 → AZ-400 Windows Server administratorAZ-900 → AZ-802

Azure networking

Azure network engineerAZ-900 → AZ-104 → AZ-700

Cloud and AI security

Identity and access administratorSC-900 → SC-300 Cloud and AI security engineerSC-900 → AZ-104 → SC-500 Security operations analystSC-900 → SC-200 Information security administratorSC-900 → SC-401

Azure AI

AI apps and agents developerAI-901 → AI-103 AI cloud developerAI-901 → AI-200 Machine learning operations engineerAI-901 → AI-300

Microsoft 365 and Copilot

Endpoint administratorMD-102 Microsoft 365 Copilot administratorAB-900

VMware private cloud

VMware Cloud Foundation administrator2V0-17.25

Data and analytics

Power BI data analystDP-900 → PL-300 Fabric data engineerDP-900 → DP-700 Azure Databricks data engineerDP-900 → DP-750 SQL AI developerDP-900 → DP-800

Enterprise architecture

TOGAF enterprise architectOGEA-101 → OGEA-102