Microsoft Applied Skills?
Kamal Radhakrishnaiah
Solution Architect || Microsoft MVP || Digital HR || nocodehr.com
Learning is a very subjective process and each person has a different style and approach towards learning new skills. The traditional approach of measuring the skills is to take an exam/certification and get a score. In many cases the relevance of the exam with the practical world application scenario is not very close.
What is Microsoft Applied Skills?
Applied skills is the new appraoach towards measuring skills and awarding a credential. The cool part is that the measurement is done in a paractical approach very close to how you would use that skill to solve real world business problems.
How can you get a Applied Skill Credential?
Prepare for a applied skill certification using the learning path which contains concept based learning and practical hands on learning via guided projects.
Once you are ready with your preperation you can take the assessment at the comfort of your home. I had a 2 hour assessment for "Create and Manage Automated Processes by using Power Automate"
Why is it cooler than a traditional certification?
The assessment will consist of a bunch of practical excercises/tiny projects that we need to execute live with a simulated environment just like how we do it in our day to day jobs. The use cases are also real and make you think of your design and execution of build.
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Once your are ready and submit and assessment - the design and build will be validated similar to a execution of user acceptance test and a result will be published.
In summary
Applied skills focus on verifying scenario based practical skills which compliments the traditional Microsoft Certifications. Together you are empowered to learn and drive your career in the direction that makes you happy.
More details about Applied Skills
See you in the next one
Cheers, Kamal