In June 2001 I went to a boot camp and earned my Windows 2000 Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) certification. If I were to try and do the same thing later this year, I'd fail miserably.

However, Microsoft announced that its MCSA, MCSE, and MCSD certifications would all no longer be offered by April 2020. As a result of COVID-19, Microsoft moved the retirement date from June 2020 to ...