Microsoft Office 2013 Certification [UPDATED]

Microsoft has made some changes to Microsoft Office 2013 certification lineup recently – shuffled exam numbers a bit and split some exams in two.

Let’s take a look at how it looks now, what MOS exams and certifications are available, what numbers do they have and what are the requirements.

Table below shows available Microsoft Office 2013 Specialist exams, its respective numbers and availability.

MOS 2013 Certification Exam Release Schedule

EXAM	Exam Number	English	Chinese Traditional	Korean	Japanese
Word 2013 – Core	77-418	Available	Q4 2013	Q1 2014	Q1 2014
Excel 2013 – Core	77-420	Available	Q4 2013	Q1 2014	Q1 2014
PowerPoint 2013	77-422	Available	Q1 2014	Q1 2014	Q2 2014
Access 2013	77-424	Available	Q1 2014	Q1 2014	Q2 2014
Word 2013 – Expert Part 1	77-425	Available	Q2 2014	Q2 2014	Q2 2014
Word 2013 – Expert Part 2	77-426	Available	Q2 2014	Q2 2014	Q2 2014
Excel 2013 – Expert Part 1	77-427	Available	Q2 2014	Q2 2014	Q2 2014
Excel 2013 – Expert Part 2	77-428	Available	Q2 2014	Q2 2014	Q2 2014
Outlook 2013	77-423	Available	Q1 2014	Q1 2014	Q1 2014
SharePoint 2013	77-419	Q3 2014
OneNote 2013	77-421	Q3 2014

Clicking on exam number will get you to exams’ Preparation Guides or Skills Measured page where you can review the topics on which you will be tested.

Passing any of the exams listed will get you Microsoft Office 2013 Specialist certification.

Microsoft Office Word 2013 Expert require that you pass both Word 2013 Expert exams – Part 1 and Part 2. You are already guessing – and yes, you are right – Microsoft Office Excel 2013 Expert certification require that you pass both Excel 2013 Expert exams – Part 1 and Part 2.

Finally, to obtain Microsoft Office 2013 Master certification requires that you pass SIX exams in total:

• Microsoft Office Word 2013 Expert – Part 1
• Microsoft Office Word 2013 Expert – Part 2
• Microsoft Office Excel 2013 Expert – Part 1
• Microsoft Office Excel 2013 Expert – Part 2
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2013

and ANY of the following exams:

• Microsoft Office Access 2013, or
• Microsoft Office SharePoint 2013, or
• Microsoft Office OneNote 2013

Good luck!