Have you heard the news yet? There's a new certification in town. With the new SharePoint 2013 there are new exams. These pages are pretty rough right now. You'll notice the links on the MCSE SharePoint page the links are pointing to Exchange exams. I'm happy to see the MCSE come back even in the new form. It is interesting to see Windows 2012 MCSA encouraged as where to start. I hope to see these exams at SPC12. I am noticing Feb 2013 as an availability date. I'm sure this is in flux, but great to see this information coming out. I'm sure we'll see more on the dev side soon as well.

Before we dig into the exams… These 3 hour first look courses available online and in some clinics also went live recently. I'm seeing I can even sign up as soon as 10/29/2012. Good to see this becoming available. I'm going to use some vouchers and get someone in to deliver these.

Note: This information is very early and preliminary information and will definitely be changing.

First Look Clinics
 Course 40028A: First Look Clinic: What's New for IT Professionals in Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
 Course 40027A: First Look Clinic: What's New for Developers in Microsoft SharePoint 2013

Exam 70-331
Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013

"The candidate is an IT professional who plans, implements, and maintains a multi-server deployment of SharePoint 2013. Has a working knowledge of and hands-on experience with SharePoint Online. Has broad familiarity with SharePoint workloads. Have experience with business continuity management, including data backup, restoration, and high availability. Has experience with authentication and security technologies. Has experience with Windows PowerShell."
Read more about Exam 70-331 at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exam.aspx?ID=70-331

Exam 70-332:
Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
"The candidate is an IT professional who plans, implements, and maintains a multi-server deployment of SharePoint 2013. Has a working knowledge of and hands-on experience with SharePoint Online. Has broad familiarity with SharePoint workloads. Have experience with business continuity management, including data backup, restoration, and high availability. Has experience with authentication and security technologies. Has experience with Windows PowerShell."
Read more about Exam 70-332 at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exam.aspx?ID=70-332

MSCE: SharePoint - Microsoft Certified Solutions Engineer SharePoint
"To earn your MCSE SharePoint certification, start with the MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certification, then pass Exams 331 and 332."

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