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DBA Certification

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April 23, 2020 at 6:22 pm

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I have noticed the 2016 server exams are expiring Jan 31, 2021. I need to get certified as a DBA (as part of my "newbie" orientation to SQL), but I can not find information on what the new, or next, certification for MS SQL DBA will be; does anyone know? I can't find 2019 exams yet, for example.
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Ant-Green SSC Guru Points: 113507 More actions · Answer 1

There will be no SQL 2019 exams.

Microsoft are moving away from "product" focused exams to "role" focused exams and are all based on the Azure platform.

After 70-761/70-762 70-764/70-765 70-767/70-768 are retired, the next path would be the DP exams.

DP-100 (generally available)

DP-200&DP-201 (generally available)

DP-300 (this is currently in beta)

There are other DP exams out their for specific technologies like DP-060, but if you want to follow the "traditional" path then 764/765 will be replaced with DP-300 for the "DBA" role.

stevec883 SSC-Addicted Points: 443 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for the info. I think I might give some thought into just doing those 2 exams before the end of Jan and having the "legacy" cert, that will go on the resume as a small feather, same as the new exams.

Ant-Green SSC Guru Points: 113507 More actions · Answer 3

The cert will be on your "active" portion of your transcript for 2 years after the exams/courses/certs retire. After the 2 years it will move to the "inactive" section, so they are still worth progressing, especially as most people will still have some on-prem setups, even after they can/when move to the cloud.

Evgeny Garaev SSCertifiable Points: 7428 More actions · Answer 4

I am planning to do DP-900 next year and it looks pretty simple to do. And DP-300 after this one. DP-300 is not beta any more!

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004412 More actions · Answer 5

Now we know why I've never bothered with certifications. It's like trying to take a bite out of a rolling donut. And the one cert that I trusted (MCM), they discontinued.

--Jeff Moden

RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.

Helpful Links:
How to post code problems
How to Post Performance Problems
Create a Tally Function (fnTally)

Ant-Green SSC Guru Points: 113507 More actions · Answer 6

Evgeny Garaev wrote:

I am planning to do DP-900 next year and it looks pretty simple to do. And DP-300 after this one. DP-300 is not beta any more!

I would highly recommend before doing any Azure certification to do AZ-900 before any others.

This is the Azure Fundamentals course/exam and touches on the basics of most of the Azure platform which is important in any role, that then ties into DP-900 for the Azure Data Fundamentals nicely. Once you have both the 2 AZ-900 & DP-900 then I would look at moving to the other exams as those two set the foundations for the rest.

Evgeny Garaev SSCertifiable Points: 7428 More actions · Answer 7

Jeff Moden wrote:

..the one cert that I trusted (MCM), they discontinued.

I have MCM SQL Server 2008 😉