At Microsoft, we strive to ensure that our certifications are relevant, respected, and highly valued within the IT community and that they objectively prove the expertise of technology practitioners. Earning a Microsoft Certification demonstrates an individual's comprehension of the latest IT developments and mastery of skills in a specific technology. Microsoft Certifications command great respect in the industry, thanks in part to the thorough and meticulous process used to develop the exams. Start your journey to a more successful IT career today. Get certified! Microsoft is committed to offering certifications that are relevant, valued, and respected indicators of IT professional and developer technology skills. To fulfill this commitment, the Microsoft Certification team continually monitors industry trends and adjusts exams and standards accordingly, developing new exams to ensure that certification requirements keep pace with technology updates. The following table lists new exams, beginning with those most recently released. Follow the links to the corresponding exam preparation guides to learn about the skills measured and credits you can earn toward certification.
| Exams released in June 2009 | Preparation guide |
| FAST Enterprise Search Platform, Developing | |
| NAV 2009 Relationship Management | |
| NAV 2009 Service Management | Exam MB7-848 |
| NAV 2009 Manufacturing | Exam MB7-849 |
| Exams released in May 2009 | Preparation guide |
| TS: NAV 2009 Warehouse Management (English) |
| Exams released in April 2009 | Preparation guide |
| TS: Windows Small Business Server 2008, Configuring (Turkish) | |
| TS: Designing and Providing Microsoft Volume Licensing Solutions to Small and Medium Organizations (Korean, Portuguese [Brazil], Spanish) | Exam 70-671 |
| TS: Designing and Providing Microsoft Volume Licensing Solutions to Large Organizations (Korean, Portuguese [Brazil], Spanish) | Exam 70-672 |
| TS: Designing, Assessing, and Optimizing Software Asset Management (SAM) (Russian, Chinese [Simplified], Portuguese [Brazil], Japanese, Spanish, Korean, German, French) | Exam 70-673 |
| Windows Server 2008 Hosted Environments, Configuring and Managing (English) | Exam 74-679 |
| Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 – U.C. Voice Specialization (English) | Exam 74-924 |
| TS: NAV 2009 Trade & Inventory (English) | Exam MB7-842 |