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Microsoft Learn enables you and your team to gain new skills at your own pace. You begin learning at your skill level and can progress quickly as you practice with Microsoft products. At Microsoft Learn, we regularly review and update our portfolio to help ensure that our training and certification offerings reflect the needs of today’s workplace and include any changes in our technology. In this evolving global economy, current skills are critical for your career and your organization’s success.
As we review our Microsoft Dynamics 365 training and certification portfolio, we’re mindful of how IT professionals can use their skills with Dynamics 365 to support a new era of hyperconnected organizations that are prioritizing cost reductions and optimizing operations.
With all this in mind, we’re incorporating the following updates into our Dynamics 365 training and certification portfolio:
- Reimagining the certifications for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultants
- Retiring the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate
- Announcing the official Business Applications professional collection
Reimagining the certifications for Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultants
We’ve heard your feedback about the evolving roles and careers of supply chain functional consultants. These professionals begin with the knowledge of supply chain management concepts and business processes. As they grow, they acquire an understanding of manufacturing concepts, along with the ability to configure and implement advanced features of Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. To align with the reality of this role, we’ve reimagined our certifications.
- We’ve updated the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate certification and one of its required exams, Exam MB-330: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant. To earn this associate certification, pass Exam MB-300: Microsoft Dynamics 365: Core Finance and Operations and Exam MB-330.
- Plus, we’ve developed the new Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification, along with its required Exam MB-335: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert (beta). To achieve this expert certification, earn the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate certification and pass the new Exam MB-335 (beta). For more details, read Exam MB-335 (beta): Prove your skills as a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant.
- On June 30, 2023, to streamline your certification path, we’re retiring the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate certification and its required Exam MB-320: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing. We moved some of the relevant skills measured by this certification to the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate certification and some to the new Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification.
The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey:
Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam MB-320. What are my options?
A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam MB-320, be sure to pass the exam on or before June 30, 2023. If you pass Exam MB-300 and Exam MB-320 on or before June 30, 2023, you’ll earn the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate certification, and it will be active for one year.
If you just started your preparation for Exam MB-320, we recommend that you instead consider earning the new Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification by first earning the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate certification and then passing Exam MB-335. Review the skills measured on Exam MB-335.
Q. I already earned the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate certification. What happens now?
A. If you’ve already earned the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate certification, it will stay on your transcript.
Q. What about renewal for the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate certification?
A. Learners with an active Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Functional Consultant Associate certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of June 30, 2023. The renewal window ends on December 31, 2023.
Q. I’ve already earned the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate. What are my options?
A. If you’ve already earned the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Associate certification, you’re halfway to achieving the Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management Functional Consultant Expert certification. Prepare with instructor-led training for Exam MB-335 (coming soon) or self-paced training for Exam MB-335 on Microsoft Learn (available in late April 2023). If you feel ready for Exam MB-335, take advantage of the beta discount (through April 17, 2023).
Retiring the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification and its required Exam MB-340
As a result of the recent Dynamics 365 certification portfolio review, we’re retiring the Microsoft Certified: Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification and its required Exam MB-340: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant on June 30, 2023.
The following questions and answers can help you determine how this news impacts your learning journey:
Q. I’ve been preparing for Exam MB-340. What are my options?
A. If you’ve been preparing for Exam MB-340, be sure to pass the exam on or before June 30, 2023. If you pass Exam MB-300 and Exam MB-340 on or before June 30, 2023, you’ll earn the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification and it will be active for one year.
Q. I already earned the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification. What happens now?
A. If you’ve already earned the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification, it will stay on your transcript.
Q. What about renewal for the Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification?
A. Learners with an active Dynamics 365 Commerce Functional Consultant Associate certification can renew it for one year (one last time) up to six months after its retirement date of June 30, 2023. The renewal window ends on December 31, 2023.
Announcing the official Business Applications professional collection
From the Introduction to Business Applications video to Dynamics 365 learning paths and a Business Applications Professionals community, our official Microsoft Learn Business Applications professional collection can help professionals who are new to Dynamics 365 gain the skills needed to join projects as business analysts, designers, or customizers. The content includes training on how to use, maintain, configure, customize, and build Dynamics 365 apps, in addition to video interviews with people who work as business applications professionals and industry leaders. It also includes assignments, knowledge checks, and other learning opportunities. Be sure to check out this collection to discover new insights and to deepen your knowledge of business applications.
Pursuing your learning journey
Whether you’re just starting out as a Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management functional consultant associate or you’re ready to step up to an expert role, Microsoft Learn has the training and certification resources that you need for your learning journey. Explore the new exam and certification, make the most of the learning paths and official collections, and apply what you know about Dynamics 365 and Microsoft business applications—connecting people, data, and processes in this new world of business and pursuing success for your career and your organization.