Unable to renew my DP-100 certificate

The Azure Data Scientist Associate certification and its DP-100 renewal assessment retired on June 1, 2026, so it can no longer be renewed even if your existing certification remains active until November 2.^1^

Your certification remains in the Active Certifications section of your transcript until its current expiration date. After that, it moves to Historical Certifications.^2^

What to do next

1. Continue using your DP-100 certification until November 2.
   Retirement does not immediately invalidate a certification already earned; it remains active until its displayed expiration date.
2. Take AI-300 to earn the replacement certification.
   Azure Data Scientist Associate was replaced by Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) Engineer Associate, associated with AI-300.^3^ This is a new certification rather than a renewal or automatic conversion of DP-100.
3. Plan for AI-300 as a regular certification exam.
   Microsoft’s renewal process is normally a free online assessment taken during the six-month eligibility window, but that process is no longer available for DP-100 because its renewal assessment has retired.^4^ No official automatic voucher, bridge assessment, or free transfer from DP-100 to AI-300 is documented.
4. Prepare for the updated scope.
   AI-300 covers MLOps and GenAIOps, including Azure Machine Learning, Microsoft Foundry, GitHub Actions, infrastructure as code, model lifecycle operations, observability, and generative AI optimization.^5^

If the renewal option was missing before June 1, 2026

If you tried to renew while both conditions were true—your certification was within six months of expiration and the renewal assessment had not yet retired—submit a Credentials Support request:

1. Open Microsoft Credentials Support.
2. Select:
   • Product family: Learning
   • Product or Service: Microsoft Credentials
   • Type of Support: Professional No Charge
   • Contact method: Email
3. Include your Learn username, the certification expiration date, when you first attempted renewal, and screenshots showing the missing option.

Microsoft documents Credentials Support as the route for certification issues not covered by exam-delivery or scheduling support.^6^ Support can investigate a profile or eligibility-record problem, but the published retirement policy does not provide a post-retirement renewal path.

References

1. Renewal for Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Scientist Associate
2. Credential retirement
3. June 2026 announcements - Partner Center announcements
4. Keep pace with technology
5. Study guide for Exam AI-300: Operationalizing Machine Learning and Generative AI Solutions
6. Credentials support