The AI certification change to know: Microsoft retired AI-900 on June 30, 2026, and AI-901 replaced it. Every other retirement, launch and change is below, with what it means if you're booking.
Changes the issuers have announced for a later date, soonest first.
· Content · Source: Microsoft
Microsoft changes the AB-100 skills measured from 16 November 2026: planning and design carry more weight, deployment less.
"Skills measured as of November 16, 2026"
· Content · Source: Anthropic
Anthropic updates the Claude Certified Architect Professional exam content on 7 December 2026, with an updated exam guide from 17 November 2026.
"Architect – Professional exams will include updated content starting on this date. Updated exam guides will be available on November 17, 2026. If you plan to test on December 7 or later, use the updated guide to prepare."
· Content · Source: Anthropic
Anthropic updates the Claude Certified Associate exam content on 7 December 2026, with an updated exam guide from 17 November 2026.
"The Associate – Foundations, Developer – Foundations, and Architect – Professional exams will include updated content starting on this date."
· Content · Source: Anthropic
Anthropic updates the Claude Certified Developer exam content on 7 December 2026, with an updated exam guide from 17 November 2026.
"Developer – Foundations, and Architect – Professional exams will include updated content starting on this date. Updated exam guides will be available on November 17, 2026."
· Retired · Source: Amazon Web Services
Retires on January 14, 2027.
What it means: if you're preparing for it, plan around its retirement on January 14, 2027.
"January 14, 2027 – GA delivery begins (all languages); MLA-C01 retired in all languages"
· New · Source: GIAC
Launches on February 9, 2027.
"The certification will be available for general purchase on February 9, 2027"
Changes to certifications and courses that have taken effect or that the issuers and providers have published, newest first.
· Content · Source: Microsoft
Microsoft reworded the recommended Microsoft 365 experience for the AI Business Professional exam (AB-730).
"You should be comfortable using Microsoft 365 core apps such as Outlook, Word, Microsoft Teams, PowerPoint, and Excel."
· Added · Source: Anthropic
Added to this site: 6 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Claude Code 101; Claude Platform 101; Introduction to agent skills; Introduction to Model Context Protocol; Model Context Protocol: Advanced topics; Real-World AI with Claude Specialization
· Added · Source: DeepLearning.AI
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Google
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: IBM
Added to this site: 2 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
IBM AI Developer Professional Certificate; IBM Machine Learning Professional Certificate
· Added · Source: Microsoft
Added to this site: 3 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AI Agents for Beginners; Microsoft AI & ML Engineering Professional Certificate; Microsoft AI Product Manager Professional Certificate
· Added · Source: MIT Professional Education
Added to this site: 3 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Applied Agentic AI for Organizational Transformation; Applied AI and Data Science Program; Professional Certificate Program in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence
· Added · Source: SkillsBooster Academy
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Stanford Online
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Vanderbilt University
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Content · Source: Project Management Institute
The exam and its prep course are now offered in ten languages, where the exam content outline listed English only.
What it means: the exam is still open to book; only its language options change.
"The course and certification exam are available in the following languages"
· Content · Source: Microsoft
Level: was Beginner, now Intermediate.
· Price · Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Cost type: was Free to learn, now Paid.
· Added · Source: Amazon Web Services
Added to this site: 7 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AWS AI Business Strategist Learning Plan; AWS Generative AI Developer Advanced Learning Plan (includes Labs); AWS ML Engineer Associate Learning Plan (includes labs); Exam Prep Plan: AWS Certified AI Business Strategist (AIB-C01 - English); Exam Prep Plan: AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01 - English); Exam Prep Plan: AWS Certified Generative AI Developer - Professional (AIP-C01 - English); Exam Prep Plan: AWS Certified Machine Learning Engineer - Associate (MLA-C02 - English)
· Added · Source: IBM
Added to this site: 4 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
IBM AI Engineering Professional Certificate; IBM AI Product Manager Professional Certificate; IBM Generative AI Engineering Professional Certificate; IBM RAG and Agentic AI Professional Certificate
· Added · Source: LangChain
Added to this site: 5 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Building Reliable Agents with LangSmith; Introduction to Deep Agents; Introduction to LangChain - Python; Introduction to LangSmith Deployment; Monitoring Production Agents
· Added · Source: Microsoft
Added to this site: 10 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AI concepts for developers and technology professionals; Architect AI solutions for business productivity; Architecting agentic AI business solutions; Design and build integrated AI agent solutions in Copilot Studio; Develop AI apps and agents on Azure; Drive AI transformation in your organization; Get started with AI applications and agents on Azure; GitHub Copilot; Introduction to Microsoft 365 and AI administration; Transform business workflows with generative AI
· Added · Source: NVIDIA
Added to this site: 4 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AI Infrastructure and Operations Fundamentals; Building Agentic AI Applications With LLMs; Evaluating RAG and Semantic Search Systems; Introduction to Deploying RAG Pipelines for Production at Scale
· Added · Source: UiPath
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Content · Source: Amazon Web Services
AWS retires the Italian and German versions of the AI Practitioner exam after October 15, 2026.
What it means: the exam is still open to book; only its language options change.
"The AWS Certified AI Practitioner exam in Italian and German will be retired after October 15, 2026."
· Price · Source: ACCA
Price: was Not stated, now £399.99.
· Content · Source: AIHR (Academy to Innovate HR)
Dates: was none, now Oct 27, 2026.
· Price · Source: Board Infinity
Free certificate: was Not stated, now No.
· Price · Source: Edureka
Cost type: was Free to learn, now Paid.
· Price · Source: Emory University
Cost type: was Free to learn, now Paid.
· Content · Source: Google
Hours: was 6, now 4.
· Price · Source: Harvard University
Cost type: was Free to learn, now Free.
· Price · Source: IBM
Cost type: was Free to learn, now Paid.
· Price · Source: LearnQuest
Cost type: was Free to learn, now Paid.
· Price · Source: Microsoft
Cost type: was Free to learn, now Paid.
· Price · Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Cost type: was Free to learn, now Paid.
· Added · Source: Elements of AI
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Anthropic
Added to this site: 2 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Google for Education
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Microsoft
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: ACCA
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: AIHR (Academy to Innovate HR)
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Anthropic
Added to this site: 2 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AI Capabilities and Limitations; Introduction to Claude Cowork
· Added · Source: Board Infinity
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Edureka
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Google
Added to this site: 4 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AI Boost Bootcamp: How to Use Gemini at Work 101; Enterprise Agents and Use Cases; Google Workspace with Gemini: Foundations of Your AI Workflow; Introduction to Gemini Enterprise
· Added · Source: LearnKartS
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: LearnQuest
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Microsoft
Added to this site: 4 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Agent in a Day - Online workshop; Draft, Analyze, and Present with Microsoft Copilot (MS-4018); Microsoft 365 with Generative AI Professional Certificate; Work smarter with Copilot prompts for finance professionals
· Added · Source: MIT Professional Education
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: OpenAI
Added to this site: 4 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Agents and Workflows; AI Foundations; AI Leadership; Applied AI Foundations
· Added · Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Board Infinity
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: DeepLearning.AI
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Google
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: IBM
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Microsoft
Added to this site: 3 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Introduction to AI in Azure (AI-901T00); Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (Exam AI-901); Transform Your Everyday Business Processes with Agents (MS-4019)
· Added · Source: Project Management Institute
Added to this site: 3 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Data Landscape of GenAI for Project Managers; Practical Application of Generative AI for Project Managers; Talking to AI: Prompt Engineering for Project Managers
· Added · Source: SkillsBooster Academy
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Vanderbilt University
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: 28DIGITAL
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Amazon Web Services
Added to this site: 3 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AWS Artificial Intelligence Practitioner Learning Plan; Generative AI for Executives; Introduction to Generative AI - Art of the Possible
· Added · Source: Anthropic
Added to this site: 5 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AI Fluency for Educators; AI Fluency for Small Businesses; AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations; Claude 101; Prompt Engineering Interactive Tutorial
· Added · Source: CyberSuite Academy
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: DataCamp
Added to this site: 2 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
AI Fundamentals (skill track); Understanding Artificial Intelligence
· Added · Source: DeepLearning.AI
Added to this site: 8 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Agentic AI; AI For Everyone; AI Prompting for Everyone; AI Python for Beginners; ChatGPT Prompt Engineering for Developers; Claude Code: A Highly Agentic Coding Assistant; Generative AI for Everyone; Machine Learning Specialization
· Added · Source: Elements of AI
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Emory University
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: EU Academy
Added to this site: 2 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Ethical and effective practices for AI and data in education; Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Public Service Interoperability
· Added · Source: fast.ai
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Google
Added to this site: 5 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Generative AI for Educators with Gemini; Google AI Essentials; Google AI Professional Certificate; Google Prompting Essentials Specialization; Introduction to Generative AI
· Added · Source: Harvard University
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Hugging Face
Added to this site: 2 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: IBM
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: Microsoft
Added to this site: 4 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Build foundational generative AI skills; Empower your workforce with Microsoft Copilot; Generative AI for Marketers Specialization; Work smarter with AI
· Added · Source: NVIDIA
Added to this site: 2 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
Building RAG Agents With LLMs; Getting Started With Deep Learning
· Added · Source: OpenAI
Added to this site: 3 courses, each checked against the provider's page.
ChatGPT Foundations for Teachers; ChatGPT fundamentals; Responsible use of ChatGPT at work
· Added · Source: Project Management Institute
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· Added · Source: University of Helsinki
Added to this site: 1 course, each checked against the provider's page.
· New · Source: Amazon Web Services
Beta delivery of the AI Business Strategist exam began on September 29, 2026, after registration opened on September 1.
What it means: you can book it now as a beta exam.
"Beta exam registration opens September 1, 2026, with exam delivery beginning September 29."
· Content · Source: Amazon Web Services
Delivery of the MLA-C02 beta exam began on September 29, 2026.
"September 29, 2026: Beta delivery begins"
· Content · Source: Amazon Web Services
The last day to take MLA-C01 in English was September 28, 2026.
"September 28, 2026: Last day to take MLA-C01 in English"
· Content · Source: Amazon Web Services
AWS opened beta registration for the updated MLA-C02 exam in English on September 1, 2026.
"September 1, 2026: Beta registration open (English only)"
· Retired · Source: Microsoft
Microsoft retired the AI-900 exam on June 30, 2026; AI-901 replaces it.
What it means: if you were preparing for it, book Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-901) instead.
"The AI-900 exam was retired on June 30, 2026, and has been replaced by AI-901."
· Retired · Source: Microsoft
Microsoft retired the Azure AI Engineer Associate certification on June 30, 2026.
What it means: you can't book it any more. Pick from the current AI certifications.
"Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate | June 30, 2026"
· Retired · Source: Microsoft
Microsoft retired the Azure Data Scientist Associate certification and the DP-100 exam on June 1, 2026.
What it means: you can't book it any more. Pick from the current AI certifications.
"This exam was retired on June 1, 2026, at 11:59 PM Central Standard Time."
· Content · Source: Amazon Web Services
The beta version of the Generative AI Developer Professional exam ended on March 31, 2026, and the standard version replaced it.
"The last day to take the beta version of the exam is March 31, 2026."
· Retired · Source: Amazon Web Services
AWS retired the Machine Learning Specialty exam; the last day to take it was March 31, 2026.
What it means: you can't book it any more. Pick from the current AI certifications.
"The last day to take this exam is March 31, 2026."
· New · Source: CompTIA
CompTIA launched the SecAI+ exam (CY0-001) on February 17, 2026.
What it means: it is open to book now.
"Launch date: February 17, 2026"
· Retired · Source: Salesforce
Salesforce retired the AI Associate certification in February 2026.
What it means: you can't book it any more. Pick from the current AI certifications.
"we are evolving our exam catalog and retired the AI Associate certification in February 2026."
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