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The Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge
Get ready, get set…
Complete one challenge and earn a free Microsoft Certification exam
There are 8 challenges available to choose from, select one that's right for you.
Challenge Details
The challenge ends on June 20, 2023 at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC. Make sure all modules in your challenge are complete before time runs out.
Important Reminders
No matter how many Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenges you complete, you can only earn one free Microsoft Certification exam.
If you earn a free Microsoft Certification exam, you will be notified via email when it becomes available. It will be delivered to the email address associated with your Microsoft Learn profile. Confirm or add a contact email here to ensure emails are delivered.
Your free Microsoft Certification exam offer will be delivered by June 30, 2023, and will expire on September 27, 2023. You must complete your exam before this date. We highly recommend booking your exam by September 8, 2023, to ensure exam completion before the offer expires. To see the full list of eligible exams please refer to the official rules.
The Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge
Select the right challenge for you
Microsoft Build: .NET Challenge
Build apps for web, mobile, desktop, and more using .NET and C#.
Go to challengeMicrosoft Build: Azure AI Challenge
Power your apps with large-scale AI models. Learn and develop generative AI models with deep understandings of language and code using the newest technology for a variety of use cases.
Go to challengeMicrosoft Build: Cloud Development Challenge
Design identity, governance, and monitoring solutions; design data storage solutions; design business continuity solutions; and design infrastructure solutions.
Go to challengeMicrosoft Build: Microsoft 365 Developer Challenge
Microsoft 365 is an extensible platform enabling developers to create custom apps and extend applications. Learn how to develop Microsoft Teams apps extend Teams using the Teams Toolkit, and develop apps with the Microsoft Graph Toolkit.
Go to challengeMicrosoft Build: Azure Cosmos DB Developer Challenge
Develop cloud native applications with a fully managed NoSQL database; build, scale, and optimize modern applications on Azure with Azure Cosmos DB.
Go to challengeMicrosoft Build: Developer Tools Challenge
Learn, develop, and master essential Git and GitHub skills and join millions of developers and companies worldwide to build, ship, and maintain software on GitHub
Go to challengeMicrosoft Build: DevOps Challenge
Design and implement strategies for collaboration, code, infrastructure, source control, security, compliance, continuous integration, testing, delivery, monitoring, and feedback.
Go to challengeMicrosoft Build: Power Platform Developer Challenge
Learn how to build Power Apps, Automate Flows and extend the platform to complete business requirements and solve complex business problems.
Go to challengeFrequently asked questions
When does the challenge end?
The Microsoft Cloud Skills Challenge ends on June 20, 2023 at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC.
How does the challenge work?
The challenge started on May 23, 2023 at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC and ends on June 20, 2023 at 4:00 PM (16:00) UTC.
There are 8 challenges available to choose from.
Each challenge is based on a collection of Microsoft Learn modules. If you complete your challenge before it ends, one free Microsoft Certification exam will be associated with your Microsoft Learn profile by June 30, 2023. You will be notified via email when it becomes available.
To see the full list of eligible exams please refer to the official rules page for more details.
When do I receive my free Microsoft Certification exam?
If you complete one challenge before the Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge ends, one Microsoft Certification exam will be associated with your Microsoft Learn profile by June 30, 2023.
I've finished my challenge and haven't received my free Microsoft Certification exam.
If you complete one challenge before the Microsoft Learn Cloud Skills Challenge ends, one Microsoft Certification exam will be associated with your Microsoft Learn profile by June 30, 2023.
You will be notified via email when it becomes available. Confirm the email address for notifications saved in your Microsoft Learn profile.
Which exams can I take?
To see the full list of eligible exams, please refer to the official rules for more details.
What if the Microsoft Certification I want has prerequisites?
There are no prerequisites to taking an exam. However, to achieve the Microsoft Certification, you must first achieve the prerequisites. If you take and pass the expert exam before the other prerequisite, then you won’t achieve the Microsoft Certification until you meet all the requirements of that Microsoft Certification.
I’ve finished my challenge and I haven’t received a challenge complete email or digital badge.
Please wait 48 hours and confirm the contact email for notifications saved in your Microsoft Learn profile. Please also check your junk folder.
If your challenge shows as complete (will show as 100% on the challenge collection page or a fraction equaling 100% i.e. 10/10, 18/18 on the challenge details page) then you have completed your challenge.
I’ve finished my challenge and the challenge page isn’t showing as complete.
Please wait 48 hours and then contact us if it has not updated.
Still have questions?
See the official rules for more details.
If your question was not answered above or in the official rules, contact the Cloud Skills Challenge support team: challengesupport@Microsoft.com.