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Associate
Entry-level certifications
Associate - Information Storage and Management
DEA-1TT5Focuses on storage architecture and management.
Associate - PowerEdge
DEA-41T1Focuses on server hardware and management.
Recent Changes
January 28, 2021
E20-655 Isilon Platform Engineer retired
June 10, 2021
DES-6321 VxRail v1 retired
February 2023
Major Restructure - New Framework Launch
February 6, 2023
DES-1221 PowerStore retired (split to Deploy + Operate)
May 19, 2023
D-VXR-DY-23 VxRail Deploy 2023 launched
June 23, 2023
DES-6322 VxRail v2 retired
June 30, 2023
DEA-5TT1/5TT2 Networking Associate retired
September 29, 2023
DES-4122 PowerEdge Implementation Engineer retired
November 17-20, 2023
DEA-41T1 PowerEdge Associate retired
January 4, 2024
DES-1B21 ECS Implementation Engineer retired
January 31, 2024
Last day for legacy exams before Feb 2024 wave
February 2, 2024
Major Wave: DEA-1TT5, DEA-2TT4, DEA-3TT2, DEA-7TT2, DES-1423, DES-3128, E20-065 retired
February 3, 2024
New 2023/2024 framework certifications launched
September 4, 2025
Security Foundations 24 retirement and replacement announced
September 5, 2025
Security Foundations v2 update
October 17, 2025
PowerFlex Design v2 launch
October 17, 2025
PowerScale Design v2 launch
December 18, 2025
HCI Assessment D-HCIAZ-A-01 retires
December 19, 2025
AX System Azure Local D-AXAZL-A-00 launches
February 5, 2026
D-PE-OE-23 PowerEdge Operate 2023 retiring
February 6, 2026
D-PE-OE-V2 PowerEdge Operate V2 available
2016-09-07
Dell completes acquisition of EMC Corporation, forming Dell Technologies.
2023-01-01
Launch of updated Dell Technologies Proven Professional 2023 exam portfolio.
February 6, 2026
PowerEdge Operate V2 launch
April 30, 2026
PowerProtect Data Domain D-PDD-OE-23 retires
May 1, 2026
PowerProtect Data Domain D-PDD-OE-01 launches
May 7, 2026
Midrange Storage Solutions Design retires
May 8, 2026
AI Security achievement launch announced
May 8, 2026
PowerStore Design v2 launch
May 21, 2026
PowerProtect Data Manager Deploy retires
May 22, 2026
PowerProtect Data Manager Deploy v2 launch
June 25, 2026
Client Systems Deployment retires June 25
June 25, 2026
Client Systems Support retires June 25
June 26, 2026
Client Systems Deployment replacement exam
June 26, 2026
Client Systems Support replacement exam
July 9, 2026
PowerEdge XE Install D-PEXE-IN-A-00 retires
July 9, 2026
VxRail Design D-VXR-DS-00 retires
July 10, 2026
PowerEdge XE Install v2 now available
July 10, 2026
VxRail Design v2 now listed
July 23, 2026
VxRail Deploy v2 retiring July 23; replacement listed July 24
July 24, 2026
PowerProtect One exam (D-PPO-A-01) announced
July 24, 2026
VxRail Deploy v2 (D-VXR-DY-02) announced
August 6, 2026
VxRail Operate D-VXR-OE-01 retires
August 7, 2026
VxRail Operate D-VXR-OE-02 launches
August 20, 2026
PowerProtect Data Manager D-PDM-A-01 retires
August 20, 2026
Unity Operate 2023 retirement announced
August 21, 2026
Unity Operate D-UN-OE-01 launches
August 28, 2026
Avamar Deploy retirement announced
September 10, 2026
PowerScale Deploy retirement announced
September 10, 2026
Zero Trust Design retirement announced
September 11, 2026
PowerScale Deploy D-PSC-DY-01 announced
September 11, 2026
Zero Trust Design D-ZT-DS-01 announced
September 24, 2026
PowerFlex Implementation retirement announced
September 24, 2026
PowerFlex rack Implementation retirement announced
September 24, 2026
PowerStore Deploy 2023 retirement announced
September 25, 2026
Information Systems Management Foundations (D-ISM-FN-02) launch
September 25, 2026
PowerFlex Deploy D-PWF-DY-00 announced
September 25, 2026
PowerStore Deploy v2 announced
October 8, 2026
Avamar Operate D-AV-OE-23 retires
October 9, 2026
Avamar Operate D-AV-OE-01 launches
Dell Technologies Proven Professional
graph TD
A[Proven Professional] --> B[Associate]
A --> C[Specialist]
A --> D[Expert]
B --> E[Foundations]
C --> F[Deploy]
C --> G[Operate]
D --> H[Design]
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