Microsoft Exam and Certification Badges
Let the world know about your achievement as soon as you pass an exam or earn a new certification with a digital badge!
Digital badges allow you to easily share your skills in a way that is trusted and verifiable.
Your Microsoft badge empowers you to:
- Easily share your certifications and exams with your professional network.
- Learn which employers are looking for individuals with your skills.
- Discover the salary you can expect in jobs that require your Microsoft skills.
- Search for new job opportunities associated with your certification and apply in just a few clicks.
For more details, see our blog post Unlock Active Job Postings with Your Microsoft Certification.
What is a digital badge?
Microsoft has partnered with Pearson VUE’s Acclaim platform to award badges for your certification achievements.
These badges are web-enabled representations of your Microsoft Certifications, consisting of an image and metadata uniquely linked to you. This means that when someone views your badge, they’ll be able to learn more about your skills and to verify its authenticity — ensuring only you can take credit for your skills.
What’s more, we’ve recently expanded the look and feel of our badges so that they more closely align with the other credentials you might earn from Microsoft. Now when you share your digital badge on popular online sites, such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter, or when you embed it into your résumé, personal website, or email signature, anyone who views your badge will immediately recognize it was issued by Microsoft.
Pretty cool, huh?
Am I eligible for a badge?
The exams and certifications on the following list are currently part of the badging program.
The exams and certifications on the following list are currently part of the badging program. If you earned a badge for an exam or certification that was chosen to be part of the digital badge program but was later placed on the retired list, you can still redeem the badge via Acclaim and share it as usual to other platforms or by email.
- Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certifications eligible for badges
- MTA: Windows Server Administration Fundamentals
- MTA: Networking Fundamentals
- MTA: Security Fundamentals
- MTA: Mobility and Device Fundamentals
- MTA: Cloud Fundamentals
- MTA: Database Fundamentals
- MTA: Software Development Fundamentals
- MTA: HTML5 Application Development Fundamentals
- MTA: Windows Operating System Fundamentals
- MTA: Introduction to Programming Using Block-Based Languages
- MTA: Introduction to Programming Using HTML and CSS
- MTA: Introduction to Programming Using Java
- MTA: Introduction to Programming Using JavaScript
- MTA: Introduction to Programming Using Python
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) exams eligible for badges
- 70-331: Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
- 70-332: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013
- 70-333: Deploying Enterprise Voice with Skype for Business 2015
- 70-334: Core Solutions of Microsoft Skype for Business 2015
- 70-341: Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
- 70-342: Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013
- 70-398: Planning for and Managing Devices in the Enterprise
- 70-339: Managing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016
- 70-345: Designing and Deploying Microsoft Exchange Server 2016
- 70-346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements
- 70-347: Enabling Office 365 Services
- 70-348: Managing Projects and Portfolios with Microsoft PPM
- 70-357: Developing Mobile Apps
- 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
- 70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012
- 70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
- 70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure
- 70-414: Implementing an Advanced Server Infrastructure
- 70-417 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server
- 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014
- 70-462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases
- 70-463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014
- 70-464: Developing Microsoft SQL Server 2012/2014 Databases
- 70-465: Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server
- 70-466: Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server
- 70-467: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server
- 70-473: Designing and Implementing Cloud Data Platform Solutions
- 70-475: Designing and Implementing Big Data Analytics Solutions
- 70-480: Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3
- 70-483: Programming in C#
- 70-486 Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications
- 70-487: Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services
- 70-488: Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions
- 70-489: Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions
- 70-496: Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server
- 70-497: Software Testing with Visual Studio
- 70-498: Delivering Continuous Value with Visual Studio Application Lifecycle Management
- 70-532: Developing Microsoft Azure Solutions
- 70-533: Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
- 70-535: Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions
- 70-695: Deploying Windows Desktops and Enterprise Applications
- 70-696: Administering System Center Configuration Manager and Intune
- 70-697: Configuring Windows Devices
- 70-698: Installing and Configuring Windows 10
- 70-705: Designing and Providing Microsoft Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations
- 70-713: Software Asset Management (SAM) - Core
- 70-735: OEM Manufacturing and Deployment for Windows 10
- 70-740: Installation, Storage and Compute with Windows Server 2016
- 70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016
- 70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016
- 70-743: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016
- 70-744: Securing Windows Server 2016
- 70-745: Implementing a Software-Defined Datacenter
- 70-775: Perform Data Engineering on Microsoft Azure HDInsight
- 70-761: Querying Data with Transact-SQL
- 70-762: Developing SQL Databases
- 70-764: Administering a SQL Database Infrastructure
- 70-765: Provisioning SQL Databases
- 70-767: Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse
- 70-768: Developing SQL Data Models
- 70-773: Analyzing Big Data with Microsoft R
- 70-774: Perform Cloud Data Science with Azure Machine Learning
- 70-776: Perform Big Data Engineering on Microsoft Cloud Services
- 70-778: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Power BI
- 70-779: Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Microsoft Excel
- 74-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
- MB2-715: Microsoft Dynamics 365 customer engagement Online Deployment
- MB2-716: Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customization and Configuration
- MB2-717: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Sales
- MB2-718: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Customer Service
- MB2-877: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Field Service
- MB6-894: Development, Extensions and Deployment for Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
- MB6-895: Financial Management in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
- MB6-896: Distribution and Trade in Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations
- MB6-897: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Retail
- Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certifications eligible for badges
- Microsoft Office Specialist Access 2013
- Microsoft Office Specialist Access 2016
- Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2013
- Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2013 Expert
- Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2016
- Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2016 Expert
- Microsoft Office Specialist OneNote 2013
- Microsoft Office Specialist Outlook 2013
- Microsoft Office Specialist Outlook 2016
- Microsoft Office Specialist PowerPoint 2013
- Microsoft Office Specialist PowerPoint 2016
- Microsoft Office Specialist SharePoint 2013
- Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2013
- Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2013 Expert
- Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2016
- Microsoft Office Specialist Word 2016 Expert
- Microsoft Office Master 2013
- Microsoft Office Master 2016
- MCSA certifications eligible for badges
- MCSA: BI Reporting
- MCSA: Cloud Platform
- MCSA: Data Engineering with Azure
- MCSA: Machine Learning
- MCSA: Microsoft Dynamics 365
- MCSA: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Operations
- MCSA: Linux® on Azure
- MCSA: Office 365
- MCSA: SQL 2016 Business Intelligence Development
- MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration
- MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development
- MCSA: SQL Server 2012/2014
- MCSA: Universal Windows Platform
- MCSA: Web Applications
- MCSA: Windows 10
- MCSA: Windows Server 2012
- MCSA: Windows Server 2016
- MCSE certifications eligible for badges
- MCSD certifications eligible for badges
- MCE certification eligible for badges
- MCT certification eligible for badges
What is the process for claiming a badge?
Claiming your Microsoft badge is very simple. After you’ve achieved a certification or passed an exam, you’ll receive an automated email from Microsoft with general details on the Microsoft Certification Program. To claim your badge:
- Select the link in your Microsoft email notification.
- Create an account on Acclaim.
- Confirm your account and claim your badge by clicking the link in the email.
TIP: After you create an Acclaim account, you can save time by adjusting account settings to automatically accept badges issued to you. You can watch the step-by-step process in the video Acclaim How To: Manage your badge.
Take advantage of the features that Acclaim offers:
- Share your badge on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
- Download your badge image and URL to embed in a résumé, website, or email signature.
- Personalize your Acclaim profile.
- Explore labor market insights and job opportunities. Watch the video Acclaim How To: Explore labor market insights to see how easy it is to quickly discover opportunities in your market.
Your digital badge is one more way that Microsoft supports the development and recognition of your professional skills. Take advantage of this new program to help accelerate your career growth.
Do you have unclaimed badges?
You can claim your badge at any time, even if you passed an exam or achieved a certification in the past.
Access your badge through any of the badge notifications or reminders sent by Microsoft or Acclaim. Or, if you no longer have access to those emails, you can create an account on Acclaim* using the same email address that Microsoft has on file for you. Your badge will be waiting in your account for you to claim.
*Please note this link will take you to Acclaim’s web site, a third party whose privacy practices differ from Microsoft’s. If you provide personal data to Acclaim, your data is governed by their privacy statement
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a cost associated with claiming, managing, or sharing my Microsoft badge?
No, there is no cost associated with claiming, managing, or sharing your Microsoft badge. This is a free service that Microsoft provides.
- How is my credential displayed as a Microsoft badge?
The badging platform, Acclaim, uses the Open Badges standards defined by Mozilla to translate your credential into a digital image associated with metadata uniquely connected to you. This standard allows you to easily share your digital badge online in a way that can be verified by employers and professional peers.
- My badge looks different. What changed?
The look and feel of our badges was recently updated so that it is more aligned with the look and feel that you can earn across all of Microsoft badges. The new artwork allows for the same functionality as before and we continue to encourage you to share own exclusive skills with your peers and social channels.
- When and how can I claim my badge?
You can claim your badge at any time. You can access your badge through any of the badge notifications or reminders sent by Microsoft or Acclaim. Or, if you no longer have access to those emails, you can create an account on Acclaim using the same email address that Microsoft has on file for you. Your badge will be waiting in your account. Please note that Microsoft may terminate this digital badging program at any time.
- I have earned multiple Microsoft badges. Do I need to manually claim every badge that I am issued?
No, you do not need to manually claim every badge. You can adjust the settings in your Acclaim account to automatically accept badges issued to you.
- What if I do not want my Microsoft badge to be made public?
You are in control of how and when your badge is made public. You can adjust the settings in your Acclaim account to make your profile and badges private. You are not required to accept to your badges and may disregard the notification emails if you do not wish to participate in the Microsoft badge program.
- What is Acclaim?
Acclaim is an independent badging platform owned by our test-delivery partner, Pearson VUE. Acclaim provides a way to manage, share, and verify your Microsoft Certifications. The platform also provides you with labor market insights that can help you explore job opportunities that map to your skills. Learn more about Acclaim..
- If I have questions about my Microsoft badge, whom can I contact?
If you believe you are eligible for a badge but have not received any information about it, contact your Regional Service Center (RSC). If you have any questions about the Acclaim platform or about how to claim your badge, contact Acclaim support.
- What if I earned a Microsoft badge through Certiport but have not yet received my badge?
Please contact Certiport directly to inquire about your missing badge:
https://certiport.pearsonvue.com/Support/Support-for-test-candidates/Customer-service.Please note: When badge earners are missing badges from Certiport, it is usually due to one of the following reasons. It may help to mention these reasons when contacting Certiport support to aid in troubleshooting.
Common reasons for missing Certiport badges:
- Your default language within your Certiport account is something other than English
- You have two accounts within Certiport
- What happens to my badge if an exam or certification is retired?
If you earned a badge for an exam or certification that was chosen to be part of the digital badge program but was later placed on the retired list, you can still redeem the badge via Acclaim and share it as usual to other platforms or by email.