Hyperscaler with its own certification program.
How well Microsoft Azure supports the role
- Protect46
- Change45
- Observe69
- Govern69
- Documentation70
- Data61
- Integrate62
- Support50
- Agents67
- Security64
The synopsis
AI-generated draft- ProtectBuilding46
Microsoft Azure offers the basics of backup and restore, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.
- ChangeBuilding45
Microsoft Azure offers the basics of code management, staging and rollback, with gaps the practitioner has to cover.
- ObserveScaling69
Solid native support for schema monitoring and change visibility; the practice is repeatable on Microsoft Azure.
- GovernScaling69
Solid native support for users, authentication and access control; the practice is repeatable on Microsoft Azure.
- DocumentationOptimizing70
Microsoft Azure supports documentation in the platform and across teams well enough to measure and tune it; much of it is self-service.
- DataScaling61
Solid native support for data cleansing, hygiene and integrity; the practice is repeatable on Microsoft Azure.
- IntegrateScaling62
Solid native support for integrations and how they are secured; the practice is repeatable on Microsoft Azure.
- SupportScaling50
Solid native support for support from the platform and to end users; the practice is repeatable on Microsoft Azure.
- AgentsScaling67
Solid native support for using AI in the job, and managing it inside the platform; the practice is repeatable on Microsoft Azure.
- SecurityScaling64
Solid native support for access, secrets, audit and compliance; the practice is repeatable on Microsoft Azure.
An estimate until the survey closes; then the number from everyone who answered for Microsoft Azure, labeled survey-generated, published with its report.
Three bodies, seats open.
The people who run Microsoft Azure’s corner of the Alliance. A steering committee of three decides; the certification working group writes the exam; the ops working group keeps the community.
- Platform Steering Committee3 per platform
Everything specific to one platform. Reports to the Board.
Seats open - Platform Certification Working GroupPer platform
The deep experts. Drafts platform-specific questions and scoring for the Committee to approve.
Seats open - Platform Ops Working GroupUncapped
Content and moderation within the platform’s community.
Seats open
Supported by its practitioners. Microsoft Azure has not joined as a participating platform member.
Join for Microsoft Azure.
Every name on the join form counts toward Microsoft Azure’s twenty, and toward a seat on its steering committee.
- Sep 2026 · nowFounding members join
Gathering initial interest: your name on the join form, and the first survey open, for every platform.
- Q1 2027Survey’s open
The industry report, the rubric published with it, and the first benchmark.
- Summer 2027The Alliance forms
Three platforms at twenty, steering committees seated, the benefit corporation filed.
- AfterCertification opens
The exam follows the nine domains the survey measures.