Microsoft Role-Based Exams Now Open-Book

A quick update on the new Microsoft Learn access during role-based Microsoft certification exams.

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00:30 - Accessing Microsoft Learn
02:30 - Last year's take a break option
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[mischavandenburg]

Excellent, this is great news! This is much more like the actual experience of an engineer working every day. It is arguably more important to look up things efficiently rather than memorizing everything for a test and forgetting it a few weeks later. Thanks for sharing!

[MilanSanchezD]

This is fundamental for any exam that want to evaluate the knowledge and not memory. Lots of people just memorize the answers from lots of websites to pass the exam. This is game changer.

[TechKerry]

This is a game changer. I like the open book concept for renewal because even though I always review the content before, there’s usually 1-2 questions I’m not too sure of and it’s nice you can quickly go back to MS Learn to confirm.

[patmarek]

Such a great change. I've always been a proponent of havings exams make you think problem-solving, not memorizing details to the letter. It's like an actual job: even though you might have ex. AZ-104 cert, on the job you'd still look through documentation to look for stuff such as ports, scripts, checklists (to make sure you do the steps right way when configuring something). The fact that there's no extra time is actually fair in my book. It means you still need to have a solid grasp of the topic.

[deaksa]

I could try this today on a real exam. I had 2 main issues with it.
1.The search engine of the learn site is barely usable.
2. I could not search on the current open page, so i had to scroll up and down endlessly.

So use it carefully, otherwise you will lose a LOT of time!

[hestaby]

i LOVE this change. it makes so much sense. one of the most important skills of anyone in tech is finding the information

[NTFAQGuy]

Great news for Microsoft test takers! Please make sure to read the description for the chapters and key information about this video and others.

FAQ

Role-based means basically any non -900 exam.

Some exams have this already, rest expected by mid September as the rollout completes.

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[TLOU]

That's great. The amount of times I've grumbled whilst studying for Azure exams, complaining about having to remember very specific things opposed to understanding concepts etc... Good move forward.

[himankjain]

I gave my AZ-400 exam a few days ago and was unaware of the open book thing. When I asked the proctor about MS Learn, he said I was not allowed to use it. Glad that you cleared things up.

[dankitch]

This is such a game changer and it makes total sense. Let’s be honest, we’re all human and retaining vasts amount of information, trivial or not, is difficult. Being able to search as if you would during your day job makes this very real world like.

[rajeshbhosale]

I wasn't aware of this. Thanks for highlighting this, John!

[myself_x_webber]

This is great! Thank you by the way, You always share amazing content! I watched your videos like movies with popcorn this month. I passed 2 architect exams!

[NaNa-cqck]

thanks for the update, I honestly find your videos more helpful than microsoft emails to get updated on their changes.

It really is a welcome change to the examination. We're not in school anymore, the focus should only be on testing our skills and knowledge, not our memory.

[JesperMLC]

thank you John, for great content! The value of exam renewal, being open book, and to easy made the value of renewal considerable Leroy, my opinion.for the role based certifications to be open book, I feel the same for those certifications… Having passed 40+ exams closed book I feel the MS certifcations are not what it used to be - one exam open book Role compared to the MCSE five exams closed books… 😅

[wesmrt]

This is good. I hope other companies start doing the same.

[lifelikejupiter]

As always Sir John, you are the best source for Azure information and updates. Stay awesome! 😎

[leberwurst]

Great for someone that needs a hint towards a technical detail, maybe a distraction for others. All of us use MS Learn as a reference in our daily business, so this is a great start in getting people to reference documentation.

[DudeGlenn]

This announcement was a large welcome surprise. Honestly it is well overdue.

[MitchSprague]

I wonder how many people actually use the "take a break" option. I know when I'm sitting those exams I want them done asap, no time to pause. I can see how a short break would be helpful for some though. Access to Learn is a nice addition and for the reasons you mention.

[steveng.]

Thanks for the update, John! Honestly not sure how I feel about this. Part of me is frustrated the bar is moving for those of us that did it the hard way and passed prior to the change. However, I absolutely agree that I've had that exact thought so many times during the exams, as to it's just something I would look up. I mean if we are being honest with ourselves, everyone has to go look up information to validate current state for specific things. If anything I guess this also enforces that for people coming up through the process on how to find the information in the docs efficiently too. I'm just glad they aren't changing the allowed time at least.