Solution Architect
- Certification
As a candidate for this certification, you’re an architect or engineer who designs and manages the SAP landscape on Azure. Your responsibilities include: Implementing industry-specific standards for migrations and integrations. Ensuring the sustained operation of an SAP solution within the Azure environment. You recommend services and adjust resources as appropriate for optimal: Resiliency Performance Scale Provisioning Size Monitoring You partner with cloud administrators, cloud database administrators, and clients to implement solutions, including RISE with SAP. You manage SAP infrastructure by using: The Azure portal Azure Marketplace Azure Resource Manager and Bicep templates You should have extensive experience and knowledge of the SAP applications and databases including: SAP High-performance Analytic Appliance (HANA) SAP Business Suite SAP NetWeaver You should also have experience with virtualization, cloud infrastructure, storage structures, high availability, backup, disaster recovery, data protection, and networking. For this certification, we strongly recommend that candidates have an Azure Administrator Associate certification.
- Certification
As a Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central developer, you’re responsible for designing, developing, testing, and maintaining solutions based on Dynamics 365 Business Central. In this role, you develop apps that extend Business Central, including customizing or adding extra functionality. You also integrate Business Central with other applications, such as Microsoft Power Platform products. Plus, you need to ensure that data remains current during an upgrade process. As a Business Central developer, you’re responsible for troubleshooting and debugging issues in the system. This may involve: Identifying the root cause of a problem. Fixing bugs. Testing the solution to ensure that it works as expected. You may be required to optimize the performance of the system by: Identifying bottlenecks. Improving code quality. You must have applied knowledge of Business Central and the application language (AL), the development environment, and other tools to develop extensions for it. You need some knowledge of how to install and upgrade the system. You should also understand: Industry terminology. The Business Central role in relationship to Microsoft 365 and Dynamics 365. As a developer, you should have knowledge of: AppSource, Business Central–related technologies, frameworks, and services to build solutions. Technologies for application lifecycle management (ALM), including source control management (SCM) and continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD). Important The English language version of this certification will be updated on June 10, 2025. Review the study guide linked in the Certification resources section for details about upcoming changes.
- Certification
As a candidate for this certification, you should have solution architecture experience across functional and technical disciplines of Microsoft Power Platform. You should be able to facilitate design decisions based on recommended practices across development, configuration, integration, infrastructure, security, licensing, storage, and change management. In this role, you are required to architect and ensure the successful implementation of appropriate end-to-end solutions to address business and technical needs of organizations. You should have knowledge of: Microsoft Power Platform Dynamics 365 customer engagement apps Related Microsoft cloud solutions Other third-party technologies You should be aware of Power Platform Well-Architected framework and ideally have used it for implementation. Important The English language version of this certification was updated on September 23, 2024. Review the study guide linked on the Exam PL-600 page for details about recent changes.
- Certification
As a Microsoft Azure solutions architect, you have subject matter expertise in designing cloud and hybrid solutions that run on Azure, including: Compute Network Storage Monitoring Security Your responsibilities for this role include advising stakeholders and translating business requirements into designs for Azure solutions that align with the Azure Well-Architected Framework and Cloud Adoption Framework for Azure. In this role, you implement solutions on Azure by partnering with various other job roles, including: Developers Administrators Security engineers Data engineers As a candidate for this certification, you should have advanced experience and knowledge of IT operations, including networking, virtualization, identity, security, business continuity, disaster recovery, data platforms, and governance. You should manage how decisions in each area affect an overall solution. In addition, you should have experience with: Azure administration Azure development DevOps processes Important The English version of this exam was significantly updated on October 18th, 2024. It was reviewed most recently on January 14th, 2026; minor changes were made to ensure technical accuracy. Review the study guide linked on the Exam AZ-305 page for details about latest changes.
- Certification
Candidates for this certification are Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance, Supply Chain Management, and Commerce professionals who advise stakeholders and translate business requirements into secure, scalable, and reliable solutions. Candidates should have knowledge of the Dynamics 365 ecosystem and Microsoft Power Platform. They must have deep understanding of finance and operations apps, and Copilot and AI agents used in the finance and operations apps. In addition, they must have extensive domain knowledge in one or more industry verticals. This role requires understanding how decisions affect the overall solution. Important The English language version of this certification was updated on October 9, 2025. Review the study guide linked on the Exam MB-700 page for details about recent changes.
- Certification
As a Microsoft cybersecurity architect, you translate a cybersecurity strategy into capabilities that protect the assets, business, and operations of an organization. You design, guide the implementation of, and maintain security solutions that follow Zero Trust principles and best practices, including security strategies for identity, devices, data, AI, applications, network, infrastructure, and DevOps. Plus, you design solutions for Governance and Risk Compliance (GRC), security operations, and security posture management. As a cybersecurity architect, you continuously collaborate with leaders and practitioners in security, privacy, engineering, and other roles across an organization to plan and implement a cybersecurity strategy that meets the business needs of an organization. As a candidate for this certification, you have experience implementing or administering solutions in the following areas: identity and access, platform protection, security operations, data and AI security, application security, and hybrid and multicloud infrastructures. You should have expert skills in at least one of those areas, and you should have experience designing security solutions that include Microsoft security technologies. Important The English language version of this certification was updated on January 22, 2026. Review the study guide linked on the Exam SC-100 page for details about recent changes.
- Applied Skill
To earn this Microsoft Applied Skills credential, learners demonstrate the ability to create a natural language processing (NLP) solution by using Azure AI Language. Candidates for this credential should have a solid understanding of creating and using various Azure NLP models through both Language Studio and in code, including custom models. They should also have experience programming in either Python or C#, be familiar with the Azure portal, and be comfortable provisioning Azure AI resources.
- Course
This 1-day course teaches IT professionals who have experience with SAP solutions how to use Azure resources that include setting up and configuration of SAP environments in Azure for virtual machines, virtual networks, storage accounts, and Microsoft Entra ID. Learners will also explore backup, disaster recovery, and monitoring of SAP systems in Azure. Learn through the application of concepts, scenarios, and procedures through hands-on labs using Azure Center for SAP solutions. Audience Profile Administrators of SAP systems that run on Azure should take this course. Before taking this course, candidates should pass the Azure Administrator (AZ-104) or Azure Infrastructure Solutions (AZ-305) exam and have completed training in SAP HANA or SAP NetWeaver.
- Certification
As a candidate for this certification, you’re an accomplished solution architect with expertise in designing and delivering AI-driven business solutions that transform business processes and foster innovation. You’re experienced in creating scalable, secure, and integrated solutions that use multiple Microsoft services to address complex organizational challenges. Your competencies include: Expertise in architecting solutions that use AI, including generative AI and various Foundry Tools tailored to meet business objectives. The ability to design agentic-first solutions. Skills in designing multi-agent orchestrated solutions. Experience designing secure and scalable cross-platform AI solutions. Comprehensive knowledge of core Dynamics 365 products, Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft Copilot Studio, Microsoft Foundry Tools, and Foundry Models. Proficiency in working with agents created by using Copilot Studio, AI prompts, Microsoft Foundry, and working knowledge of multiple language models to create intelligent solutions. Proficiency in adopting frameworks and delivering measurable outcomes aligned with enterprise success metrics and architecture patterns. Expertise in working with open standards and protocols, including Agent2Agent (A2A) and Model Context Protocol (MCP). Expertise in responsible AI practices, helping to ensure compliance and advocating for the Microsoft responsible AI guidelines. Strong leadership in orchestrating AI features in Microsoft business applications to optimize operations and unlock growth opportunities. Skills in securing AI models and data workflows, including detecting and resolving vulnerabilities, enforcing data residency and access controls, safeguarding model tuning, tracking changes, maintaining audit trails, and defending against prompt manipulation. Experience in monitoring agent performance and interpreting telemetry data to help ensure reliability, optimize behavior, and drive continuous improvement. Ability to conduct a return-on-investment (ROI) analysis of an AI-powered solution. Your key responsibilities include: Envisioning and defining architecture strategies to integrate AI and agents into business solutions. Defining the roadmap for agentic-first business processes. Analyzing and interpreting business and technical requirements to architect comprehensive solutions. Designing and prototyping AI components and showcasing transformative capabilities. Guiding the end-to-end implementation of AI-centric solutions, helping to ensure security, scalability, and alignment with organizational goals. Promoting and championing the adoption of AI technologies in the development lifecycle and across business units. Creating a cohesive application lifecycle management (ALM) strategy for agentic-first solutions. Creating a cohesive environment strategy for AI-powered solutions, with consideration for third-party AI solutions. Guiding organizations on their way to becoming AI-forward companies. As an AI-first solution architect, you lead the transformation of enterprise operations by envisioning and implementing AI-powered architecture. With a focus on making the most of the full spectrum of Microsoft AI apps and services, along with business application tools, you drive innovation and help to ensure the delivery of impactful AI-powered solutions. To become a Microsoft Certified: Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect, you must earn at least one of the following prerequisites: Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Developer Associate Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant Associate Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Experience Analyst Associate Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Customer Service Functional Consultant Associate Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Field Service Functional Consultant Associate Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Finance Functional Consultant Associate Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365: Finance and Operations Apps Developer Associate Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Functional Consultant Associate Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Developer Associate Microsoft Certified: Power Automate RPA Developer Associate Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate Tip Review the AB-100 study guide to help you prepare for the exam. Demo the exam experience by visiting our exam sandbox The Practice Assessment for this exam is not currently available. Practice Assessments are usually available within 8 weeks of the exam being out of beta and generally available.