Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate renewal

Question

Hi Team,

My Azure Administrator Associate renewal due by today but it shows as expired. Due to my personal reason not able to renew the cert in advance.

Kindly allow me to get grace time to attempt the renewal test to get my cert renewed.

Thank you

Regards

Jayakumar

Answer 1

Certifications expire at midnight UTC at the beginning of the expiry date, not the end of the day. The renewal period is open for 180 days before your expiry date to allow for technical issues and other "personal issues". The renewal window cannot be extended or reopened. There are no exceptions..

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/credentials/certifications/renew-your-microsoft-certification-faq

My certification expired. What happens now? If your certification expires, you must earn the certification again by passing the required exam(s).

Answer 2

Grace time to renew a Microsoft role-based certification is not available once the certification has expired.

For Microsoft associate, specialty, and expert certifications, renewal is only possible by passing the free online renewal assessment on Microsoft Learn before the certification expiration date. Renewal is available starting six months prior to expiry, and after the certification expires it cannot be renewed; it must be re-earned by passing the required exam(s) again.

In this case, since the Azure Administrator Associate certification is already showing as expired, the only supported path is to re-earn the certification by taking and passing the current required exam.

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References:

• Frequently asked questions (FAQs) about renewal
• Credential expiration policies
• My Certification got expired a day before, can i still get renew link - Microsoft Q&A