Am I making the right path?

Desktop support technician currently
Got my az900 cert
Now focusing on md-102 due to works needs
After az-104.

Looking to get into a hybrid system administrator role.

What could I make in that role?

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I have a number of advanced certifications for Azure and AWS. It's never been a deciding factor for a job. The only time it had been been brought up by an employer is when they were looking to maintain their Microsoft partner status and they needed a certain number of certified people.

Hands on experience with common workflows is going to carry more weight than a specific cert.

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Exactly. The common misconception about our industry/ career path is that you can certify your way to six figures without real world experience. But to answer the question, it depends on your market (location) and years of experience in desktop support. If you’ve never done server administration, don’t frown on an opportunity to make between $65k-80k. Hope this helps…

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I currently do manage endpoint management/intune and created the hybrid environment. So some experience with azure. Just want the certs to back up the experience.

Your certs while wonderful, will only benefit your employer in the early stages of your career. Like others have mentioned they freeload your hard work to maintain their Silver/Gold/Platinum partnerships.

These certs will benefit you once you hit year 4+.

Hands on Time + Certs is a potent combination but hands on TIME is the most critical ingredient.

You maintain those certs and you have 5+yrs of hands on experience then it becomes a name your price kinda things.

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