Track 16

Certifications and status

MS-700 is still live, with a skills update on Oct 27 2026; it is NOT retired and has no replacement. MB-280 retired Jul 31 2026, with AB-210 as its successor; AB-210 is in beta.

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Status on 14 October 2026MS-700 · Still live, no replacementAB-250 · Contact centerAB-210 · In beta, successor to MB-280AZ-900 · FundamentalsSC-900 · Updates 21 Oct 2026MB-280 · Retired Jul 31 2026
3 means a live target, 2 means in beta, 1 means retired. Not a difficulty score. Counts in this drawing are teaching order, not customers.

Rooms

  1. MS-700 on 14 October 2026 7 min
  2. MB-280, AB-210, and AB-250 8 min
  3. AZ-900 and SC-900 6 min
  4. Learning paths that match the job 6 min
  5. The status board 6 min
  6. How to use the readiness map 5 min

Ecosystem

CUCM

Cisco CUBE is one of the SBC families named in this lab’s certification lesson. A certified release can be the Direct Routing SBC between Unified CM and Teams.

The tenant still needs a verified domain on the SBC FQDN, and the user still needs Teams Phone. The studio translator does not open a live AXL session. Confirm the current certified release before you build.

Webex

Teams Phone and Webex Calling are separate clouds. This lab does not describe a feature that registers a Webex Calling user into a Teams tenant.

A number move is usually a carrier port, a certified SBC, or a meetings interop product. Confirm before relying.

UCCE

Unified CCE stays the ACD until you migrate it. Microsoft’s contact-center articles name Connect, Extend, and Unify. They do not name a UCCE connector in the notes this lab cites.

Voice into Teams is still Direct Routing or Operator Connect. The routing script stays on the contact-center product you bought. Confirm the vendor’s current model. Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoftteams/teams-contact-center.

Sources and go deeper

Chapter list. Each room keeps its own sources.json.

Room files: T16-R01-ms-700-on-14-october-2026 T16-R02-mb-280-ab-210-and-ab-250 T16-R03-az-900-and-sc-900 T16-R04-learning-paths-that-match-the-job T16-R05-the-status-board T16-R06-how-to-use-the-readiness-map