MCSA: Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Certification

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Certification

The Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) is a beginner level certification from Microsoft that sets up a candidate's expertise and approves their understanding of Microsoft technologies. The MCSA certifications help professionals to demonstrate their proficiency in a variety of Microsoft products, roles, and knowledge areas. This certification is a prerequisite for many of the Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certifications with a specific end goal to help candidates accomplish greater ability in a subject. The MCSA certification is built around specific roles and proprietary products such as Microsoft SQL Server, Office 365, Dynamics 365, Windows Server, and many more.

MCSA certification path overview:

  1. MCSA: Office 365 - This certification has retired.
  2. MCSA: Windows 10 - This certification has retired.
  3. MCSA: BI Reporting
    • 70-778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI
    • 70-779: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Excel
  4. MCSA: Web Applications
  5. To earn the MCSA: Web Applications certification, complete the following requirements:
  6. MCSA: Windows Server 2012
  7. MCSA: Windows Server 2016
  8. MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014
  9. MCSA: SQL 2016 BI Development
    • 70-767: Implementing a Data Warehouse using SQL
    • 70-768: Developing SQL Data Models
  10. MCSA: Universal Windows Platform
    • 70-483: Programming in C#
    • 70-357: Developing Mobile Apps
  11. MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
    • 70-761: Querying Data with Transact-SQL
    • 70-762: Developing SQL Databases
  12. MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
  13. MCSA: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations
  14. To earn the MCSA: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations certification, complete the following requirements:

uCertify provides courses for various Microsoft MCSA certification exams. The MCSA courses will help you gain all the knowledge and skills that are required for advancing your skills in various Microsoft technologies.

Requirements for Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Certification

While there are no official prerequisites for MCSA certification, Microsoft recommend that professionals should have the basic technical knowledge of the certification they want to earn.