

National Championship round in Microsoft Word (Office 2016) or Microsoft Word (Microsoft 365 Apps and Office 2019), they can participate this year in any Microsoft Excel or PowerPoint exam but they cannot participate in any Microsoft Word exam. For example, if a student competed at a prior U.S. National Championship round can compete in this year’s championship ONLY if they are competing in a different exam. Previous participants of the Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. There is no limit to the number of times a student may take an eligible Microsoft Office Specialist exam, regardless of the pass/fail outcome, as long as the student is not in violation of the exam retake policy. Students can and are encouraged to retake their Microsoft Office Specialist exam(s) to improve their score and time. In the case that two or more students submit the same high score, the exam time will be used as a tie-breaker (the exam taken in the least amount of time will win). At the end of the Spring Qualifier, six invitations will be issued to students with the highest exam score per track in the state of Idaho. For example, at the end of the Fall Qualifier, six invitations will be issued to students with the highest exam score per track in the state of Idaho.

At the end of each competition qualifying round, Certiport will issue invites to the students with the top scores in their exam category, for a total of twelve students from each state possible. There are two qualifying periods to enter: the Fall Qualifier (ending December 17, 2021) and the Spring Qualifier (ending May 20, 2022).

Prove your skills in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and you could win an invitation to compete in the U.S. Welcome to the 2022 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S.
