Certifications and What's Next
You've learned how to prompt, work across the Office apps, and perhaps build an agent. The remaining questions are practical. Which credential matches the work you do? What will Copilot access cost? How do you plan around a product that changes almost every month?
This closing module works from your responsibilities outward. The first lesson maps the AB series alongside the developer and security routes, so you can choose by the work you own. The second covers Applied Skills assessments, voucher deadlines, and licensing arithmetic. It also keeps one distinction clear throughout: earning a credential never grants a product license. The final lesson shows you how to read Copilot's roadmap and check whether a feature has shipped or has only been announced.
Names, prices, and availability change quickly. Use the figures here as a mid-2026 planning snapshot, and confirm them again before you register or buy.
What you'll walk away with
- Map the Microsoft Copilot credentials and choose a route based on the work you own
- Tell certifications, exams, Applied Skills, and provider certificates apart
- Separate a credential from a product license, and a baseline cost from a new purchase
- Plan a preparation campaign around evidence, deadlines, and honest status checks
- Read Copilot's roadmap by separating what's announced from what's generally available
- 01The Copilot Certification MapA field guide to Microsoft's Copilot credentials: the AB-series spine, the developer track, and the security track, and how to pick the one that matches the work you do.16 min
- 02Applied Skills, Vouchers, and Licensing LiteracyPast the exam: how Applied Skills prove skill by doing, how voucher deadlines work, and how to read a Copilot license quote without confusing a credential for access, or a baseline for a new bill.15 min
- 03What's Next for CopilotCopilot ships something new almost every month. The durable skill is reading the roadmap: telling an announcement from a preview from what's generally available, plus a grounded tour of the frontier.14 min
Live Copilot training for your team
For companies, we deliver the academy material live and build the sessions around your team's own data, tools, and day-to-day work.