Open Book exams for Microsoft Role-Based Certification. Yes the AZ-104!

Microsoft is planning to provide access to Microsoft Learn to their Role-based certifications.
This means you can access the documentation during the exam.

[fangboston]

Passed my exam, used the portal once during it due to it being a bit frustrating. You spend too much time on a question researching. You'll eventually find the answer, but you are way better off actually studying the material, using the azure portal, and doing the Microsoft Learn pathways they have for this cert. Study crams help, and even reviewing some of the questions (don't do question/exam dumps... like 10-20% of the questions will actually appear - and they have subtle differences).

[iceberg]

Makes the most sense as it aligns with real world scenarios.

[ashleydelph]

I recently took the az104 and found the exam frustrating. The structure of Microsoft exams needs some changes. The open book was present but I found it not much help, I understand they don't want to give you the ability to find all the answers but the docs seem very restricted. Only use it on review questions once you have completed all questions as it is time consuming trying to find what you are looking for. I agree with Andrew aws exams and documentation is way better

[jonsteen]

I can tell you from experience it's definitely not cheating. It almost caused me to fail last month. I was second-guessing the hell out of my answers. I literally ran out of time, and I've never done that on any cert exam. Doubt I use it again.

[dmitriykagan]

The button "Microsoft Learn" won't help you if you don't know the exam material. You just don't have enough time to google every question.

[baidennewlove]

I passed my az 104 exam on the first attempt in 2021 and have passed my next renewal exam.

[ericfrancis]

I’m actually studying for AZ104, if this is true, I’ll still study up for it but any kind of advantage I can get

[FernandoDCDuarte]

Can you please post the link to the announcement?

[txtviwb]

hey Andrew ..your A104 course on Exampro is it upto date with regards to 28 July changes?

[DistroPros]

Are you able to use Google during this exam

[airconditioner]

I find it useless. You'll end up exhausting your time if you use it.

[sram]

can i pass AZ-104 and AZ-305 without any realtime experience in Azure