Microsoft 365 Administrator Certification

The available information does not support confirming all three requested points exactly as written.

From the provided context, the following can be stated:

1. Exam MS-102 is the required exam for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert certification.
   • The certification page states that the required exam for Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert is MS-102.
   • It does not state in this context that MS-102 exam results expire or that they are time-limited, but it also does not explicitly say that they never expire.
2. Prerequisite requirement for Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert:
   • To become a Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert, at least one of the following associate-level certifications must be earned:
     • Microsoft 365 Certified: Endpoint Administrator Associate
     • Microsoft 365 Certified: Messaging Administrator Associate
     • Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate
     • Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
     • Microsoft Certified: Information Protection and Compliance Administrator Associate
   • SC-300 (Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator) is the exam associated with the Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate certification, but the context provided here only references the SC-300 study guide and does not explicitly connect SC-300 to MS-102 timing or to a specific time window between them.
3. Time limits and sequencing between MS-102 and SC-300:
   • The context does not specify any time limit between taking MS-102 and taking a qualifying associate exam such as SC-300.
   • The context also does not explicitly confirm that passing SC-300 in 2026, after passing MS-102 in 2025, will still make a candidate eligible for Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert.

Because the context does not explicitly address exam-result expiry for MS-102, time limits between MS-102 and SC-300, or the exact timing relationship for eligibility, no written confirmation of those specific statements can be provided based solely on this information.

References:

• Exam MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator
• Microsoft 365 Certified: Administrator Expert
• Study guide for Exam MS-102: Microsoft 365 Administrator
• Study guide for Exam SC-300: Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator
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