If you've used Learn Azure or Learn AWS to study for an exam, you already know us. We just have a bigger name now, and a brand new newsletter.

We heard many of you express the need for a web platform that allowed for studying, following labs and videos, and performing exam simulations. Much easier to do on a larger screen. Hence, the idea of Learn Cloud Academy was born (Subscribers of this newsletter can use code WELCOME25 for 25% off any plan).

Going forward we’ll be launching new exams via the web platform first and then to the mobile apps. The Apple App Store and Google Play Store updates make app edits a bit harder to do quickly. Rest assured your premium purchase of either platform will include ALL new exams going forward.

Learn Cloud Academy is the brand that brings everything together. The Learn Azure and Learn AWS apps, the web platform at learncloudacademy.com, and Learn GCP coming soon to both app and web. Same content, same labs, same practice questions across the board. We're pulling it all under one name so as we grow, you've got one home base for cloud and AI certification.

And we're not stopping at the big three clouds. AI and AI Agents are becoming a huge part of this world. Microsoft is already baking AI into nearly every certification, so that's where we're heading too. This newsletter is how we'll keep you in the loop:

  • Exam launches and retirements

  • New features across the web platform and mobile apps

  • What’s happening with AI and AI Agents

  • And the occasional deal for our subscribers

On that note, there's some news worth paying attention to this summer.

Three Microsoft exams are on their way out

If you're in the middle of studying for any of these, the clock's ticking:

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AI-900 — Azure AI Fundamentals

Retires June 30, 2026 and gets replaced by AI-901. This one’s the closest, just a month out.

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AZ-204 — Azure Developer Associate

Retires July 31, 2026, replaced by AI-200, which leads to the new Azure AI Cloud Developer Associate certification.

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AZ-500 — Azure Security Engineer Associate

Retires August 31, 2026, replaced by SC-500, the Cloud and AI Security Engineer Associate.

Quick reassurance: if you've already passed any of these, you're fine. Your certification still counts and stays on your transcript. It's just the exams that are going away.

Still want AI-900? We dropped the price.

Since the June 30 deadline is coming up fast, we knocked our AI-900 prep down to $14.99. If you’ve been meaning to grab this one, now’s a good time to go for it.

Get AI-900 prep →

More coming soon

We also have some exciting new product kits coming soon that will help you put “hands to keyboard” in getting you experience actually building things to make the learning more fun. Stay tuned!

That's it for the first one. From here, expect short, no-fluff updates on new stuff we're adding to LCA and the apps, and where AI is taking all of this. Of course we’ll keep you up to date on all things cloud covering Microsoft, AWS, and Google.

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