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Microsoft announced a new certification on October 16, and it comes from a corner of the catalog we don't often visit. Microsoft Certified: Supply Chain Management AI Consultant Associate is in beta, and the exam behind it is AB-330.
Microsoft's announcement post landed one day after the AZ-401 news from last Monday. The run of AI-flavored credentials keeps going.
What's on it
The full title is Implementing AI-Powered Supply Chain Operations with Dynamics 365 Supply Chain Management. Here are the weights from the study guide.
Source to pay, 30-35%
Inventory to deliver, 20-25%
Order to cash, 20-25%
Design to retire, 5-10%
Forecast to plan, 1-5%
Plan to produce, 1-5%
Procurement carries about a third of the score. Production gets almost nothing at 1-5%, which surprised me for a supply chain exam.
The title says AI-powered. I read the whole skills list and Copilot never shows up in a bullet. What I found is configuration work like wave templates, location directives, master planning parameters, purchase agreements and RFQs. Maybe the AI questions aren't named in the bullets, or maybe the AI part is mostly framing. I can't tell yet.
Who it's for and how it works
Microsoft describes a consultant with hands-on experience implementing end-to-end supply chain processes in Dynamics 365, who turns customer requirements into working configurations.
You get 100 minutes, the exam is English only, and the passing score is 700. It's a beta, so results aren't instant while Microsoft gathers data on the questions. There's no training listed yet and no practice assessment, which Microsoft says usually shows up within 8 weeks of general availability. The exam sandbox is open if you want to see the format.
Like other associate certs, this one expires after a year, and you renew it with a free online assessment on Learn. If you fail the exam, you can retake it after 24 hours.
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Also on the calendar
AWS opens registration for the new Solutions Architect Professional exam, SAP-C03, tomorrow, October 27. That's per the AWS certification page.
I covered what changed in the exam last month. The dates from AWS's September announcement are November 16 for the last SAP-C02 sitting and November 17 for SAP-C03 general availability. AWS says the full exam guide appears when registration opens, and your SAP-C02 credential stays active through its original expiration date.
What to do
Work in Dynamics 365 Supply Chain? Read the AB-330 study guide and decide if you want to sit the beta. The weights tell you where the exam spends its time.
Aiming for AWS Solutions Architect Professional? If you're ready for SAP-C02 now, you've got until November 16. If you'd rather test on the newer content, check the SAP-C03 exam guide tomorrow before you book.
Everyone else? Nothing to do on AB-330. File it away as one more sign of where Microsoft's catalog is heading.
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