Hi
I would very much appreciate some clarification on the following:
I understand the SQL Server MCSE: Business Intelligence certification is changing next year (31st March 2017), being replaced with SQL Server MCSE: Data Management and Analytics.
I am qualified as MCSA SQL Server 2012/2014 and working in BI, but am getting some conflicting information about which exams to take shortly in order to upgrade to MCSE. I would be interested in exams 466 and 477.
However, https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mcse-data-management-analytics.aspx states the steps to MCSE are:
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MCSE: Data Management and Analytics
For 2016, this MCSE certification can be earned as follows:
Step 1. Earn one of the following Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certifications:
MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
MCSA: SQL 2016 Business Intelligence Development
Step 2. Pass one of the following elective exams during the 2016 calendar year.
Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions - Exam 473
Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions - Exam 475
Developing Microsoft SQL Server Databases - Exam 464
Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server - Exam 465
Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server - Exam 466
Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server - Exam 467
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We have to pass two additional exams to get to MCSE Business Intelligence, now it's one suddenly and a different title? And I always thought the calendar year was January to December, not ending March 2017. And yet all the way to 31st March 2017 it seems I can take both 466 and 477 to get a retiring MCSE Business Intelligence award, or just one of 466 or 477 and get an up-to-date MCSE award.
So the question is: as an MCSA SQL Server 2012/2014, to get to MCSE: Data Management and Analytics, do I take one exam before 31st Dec 2016, one exam before 31st Mar 2017, or are the page details wrong and I need to take two exams as it was clear we had to take before?