Microsoft On-Premises Certification Retiring in July

I was looking up some IT forums and been inform that all of the Premises Certifications (MCSA, MCSA & MCSD) are retiring and removing the 3rd Generation Certifications and focus more on the 4th Generation Certifications as Microsoft Role based exams.

What is 3rd and 4th Generation Certifications?
Then I will explain:
Each generation goes by the Microsoft Desk Side and Server Side OS and Technologies. The table will show you:

You notice that there are no Windows Server, Exchange and SharePoint 2019, that is because they will be integrated with Azure and Microsoft 365 which is cloud (4th Generation).

Basically the 4th Generation will be cloud based certifications which Microsoft will be focus on and no more Premises Certification. You see the 1st to 3rd Generations were the days of MCSA, MCSE, MCSD, MCP, MCTS, MCITP.

If you are doing the remaining 3rd Generation exams to achieve MCSA or MCSE then you got to achieve them before July as you will no longer obtain the Certifications.

If you have obtain the Certification before 30th June, this will be remain active on the Transcript.

More Information:

https://www.zdnet.com/article/microsoft-is-retiring-its-mcsa-mcsd-and-mcse-certifications-in-june-2020/

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/retired-certifications.asp