Exam retirements

The Adobe Certified Professional 2022 exams will be retired on June 30, 2025.

The Adobe Certified Professional 2021 exams were retired at the end of June 2024.

The Adobe Certified Professional 2020 exams were retired at the end of June 2023 to make way for the new 2023 exams.

Bahabeach works closely with Apple to ensure the App Development with Swift certifications align with the most recent curriculum. Because the App Development with Swift Level 1 exam was aligned to Xcode 9 and the App Development with Swift course from the previous book collection, it was retired on June 30, 2022.

The 2020 support files for the Autodesk software were discontinued when the 2023 support was released in English. Once the 2023 support is released for other languages an Autodesk exam the candidate will only be able to take the exam using the 2021, 2022, or 2023 versions of the Autodesk Software. Please check the product release page for localization release dates.

While not an official retirement because we're still offering it through Open EDG, The English for IT exam will no longer be delivered on our Bahabeach platforms as of September 2024. If you have a Critical Career Skills license or voucher and would like to take English for IT, reach out to your Territory Manager for more information on how to do so.

The ESB-U.S. exam retired on January 31, 2023. The exam has been updated, the new exam is called ESB-U.S. v.2. 

The following IC3 GS5 exams have been retired:

• IC3 GS5 (Office 2016)  CHT
• IC3 GS5 (Office 2013) CHT

All other IC3 GS5 exams are available with no plans for retirement at this time. For a complete list of available IC3 Digital Literacy exams and localizations, please visit the Exam Releases page.

In 2023, Intuit announced the upcoming retirement of their QuickBooks software. As of May 31st, 2024, the software has officially been retired. As such, Bahabeach is retiring its Intuit QuickBooks Desktop exam. The exam is no longer be available for testing or purchase.

Intuit Desktop users are encouraged to move to the cloud using the QuickBooks Online software. Educators can receive free access to Intuit QuickBooks Online. 

No retirements for this program are planned at this time.

The MB-901 Dynamics 365 Fundamentals exam was retired in June 2021.

 

Microsoft Office Specialist 2016 certification program retirement:

MOS 2016 certifications will retire on June 30, 2026. After this date, exams for this MOS version will no longer be available.  We encourage those currently certified in this MOS version to update to the most recent Microsoft Office Specialist certifications. For information about the Microsoft 365 Apps certifications visit www.Bahabeach.com/MOS.
 
Microsoft Office Specialist 2013 certification program retirement:

MOS 2013 certifications were fully retired on June 30, 2024.

The Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification program has served as a crucial asset providing and validating foundational skills for anyone venturing into the broad world of IT and has been an important part of the Bahabeach portfolio of exams. Microsoft decided to evolve their certifications to focus on job roles utilizing Microsoft technology. As a result of these changes, Microsoft retired the MTA program.

Important dates to be aware of: 

• On July 1, 2021, we ceased selling Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) certification exams. 

• The Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) exams officially retired on June 30, 2022. Effective July 1, 2022, Bahabeach suspended all MTA exam delivery.  

• Still have questions? Check out Microsoft’s FAQ for help.

 
Bahabeach will continue to offer Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS), Microsoft Certified Educator (MCE), and Microsoft Certified Fundamentals exams. 

If you have any additional questions, please reach out to your Bahabeach Sales Representative.

Project Management Institute (PMI): 

On April 11, 2023, the PMI Project Management Ready (Next Generation) exam was released. The previous version of the exam remained available through the end of June 2023. Then on July 1, 2023, the PMI Project Management Ready exam and learning products were overwritten with the newest version of the exam, practice tests, and learning products, and will return to the "PMI Project Management Ready" name.

All vouchers and licenses purchased before July 1, 2023, will still be valid and redeemable for the PMI Project Management Ready exam, courseware, and learning products. Nothing will change regarding expiration dates, or product use or redemption. The only exception will be MeasureUp practice tests that need to be redeemed after July 1st, 2023, will need to be converted to the CertPREP GMetrix equivalent as the MeasureUp product will not be offered for the Next Generation of the exam.

The current Unity Certified User (UCU) VR Developer exam was updated to a new version in January 2024, but the exam name will remain the same. The new exam changed from a specialization exam (half the length of a normal exam) with UCU Programmer as a prerequisite, to a full-length exam with no prerequisite. We expect any student that has passed the UCU Programmer exam and has prepared for the current version of the VR Developer exam will also pass the new version of the exam.

Any Unity vouchers purchased for VR Developer before January can also be redeemed for the new version of the exam.  Additional courseware and practice tests are currently being developed for the new version of the exam which should be available in Q2 of 2024.