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Happy New Year all and welcome to my updated advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution for 2026. Three years ago I published a post that covered advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Years resolution. However, a lot has changed since then. Including the introduction of Microsoft Fabric and the advancement of … Read more
Whilst on a personal quest to get some renewals done I got reminded why Microsoft certification renewals are a good thing. I decided to do some certification renewals in bulk in order to free up more time for projects in 2026. Including the Microsoft Fabric Data Engineering certification as shown below. Taking the renewals is … Read more
In this post I cover the advantages of Azure infrastructure knowledge when working with Microsoft Fabric. I wanted to cover this topic after my recent journey to gain a couple of Azure certifications. One was more of a regain to cure an Azure certification itch to regain the Azure Administrator Associate certification. Whilst the other … Read more
In this post I cover how I went about curing an Azure certification itch. By regaining the Azure Administrator Associate certification. Allow me to explain. Many years ago I gained an older version of the Azure Administrator Associate certification whilst studying for the old MCSD Azure Architect certification. I then upgraded to the modern certification … Read more
In this post I want to share some advice if Microsoft certifications are your New Year’s resolution. Before I go any further I want to say Happy New Year to all those who read this post before 2023. If you want to hear me say Happy New Year in Dutch watch three-minutes into the ‘Synapse … Read more