To get a student discount and take the AZ-900 (Microsoft Azure Fundamentals) exam, follow these steps.
- Set up student status for discounts
- Sign in to the Microsoft Learn profile.
- Start the Interest Survey: go to the interest survey.
- Select “Career Paths”.
- Select “Student”.
- Complete the survey and select “Finished”.
- This identifies the account as a student so academic pricing can be applied when registering for exams.
- Academic verification is valid for 12 months; after that, the verification process must be repeated.
Note: If an exam is registered and paid before student status is verified, commercial pricing must be paid and no refund is given later even if academic status is verified.
- Register for the AZ-900 exam
- AZ-900 is the “Microsoft Azure Fundamentals” certification exam and is associated with the “Course AZ-900T00-A: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals”.
- On the AZ-900 exam or certification details page, select the “Schedule exam” or “Schedule through Pearson Vue” button.
- Sign in with the same Microsoft Learn profile where student status is set.
- Fill in the “Transfer to Pearson Vue” details. Any eligible discounts (including student discounts) are applied during checkout on Pearson VUE.
- On Pearson VUE, choose how to take the exam (online or at a test center, depending on availability in the region), select date/time, and proceed to payment.
- If a voucher or promo code is available (for example from an event or training), use “Add Voucher or Promo Code” on the Pearson VUE payment screen; otherwise, the student discount is applied automatically if eligible.
- Take the AZ-900 exam and get the certificate
- After passing AZ-900, the certification appears on the Microsoft Learn profile under Credentials → Certifications.
- From the certification details page, use the Print option to generate a printable certificate.
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