Microsoft Cloud Services: Training and Certification

Cloud technology creates new opportunities and job roles, but it also impacts current ones. Over the next year, Microsoft will introduce new certifications on Microsoft cloud services and will update many of their current certifications to include cloud-related skills.

Infrastructure as a Service - (Iaas)

Following are the ceritifications available for this -

MCITP: Server Administrator
Earning the MCITP: Server Administrator certification will help you gain core Windows Server skills and better prepare you to support a cloud infrastructure. It is not required that you pursue the MCITP: Virtualization Administrator certification.
Exam 70-640
Exam 70-642
Exam 70-646

MCITP: Virtualization Administrator
Get ready for "private cloud" by earning your MCITP: Virtualization Administrator certification. This certification helps validate your knowledge and skills in designing and deploying virtualization solutions when using Windows Server 2008 R2 in an enterprise organization.
Exam 70-669
Exam 70-693
plus either
Exam 70-659
or
Exam 70-652

MCTS: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring
System Center solutions help IT professionals manage the physical and virtual IT environments across data centers, client computers, and devices. This certification helps validate key skills to build a "private cloud."

Exam 70-400

Software as a Service (SaaS)

MCITP: Lync Server 2010 Administrator
This certification helps show that you have the skills to deploy and configure Microsoft Lync Server 2010, an integral part of the Microsoft software as a service offering, called Microsoft Office 365.
Exam 70-664
and
Exam 70-665

MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010
Demonstrate your professional messaging expertise by earning the MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator certification. Updates that include cloud-related skills are now available.
Exam 70-662
Exam 70-663

or

MCITP: SharePoint Administrator 2010¹
Demonstrate your Microsoft SharePoint 2010 administration skills. Updates will include cloud-related skills.
Exam 70-667
Exam 70-668