Candidates for the Azure Stack Hub Operator Associate certification have subject matter expertise in providing infrastructure as a service (IaaS) and platform as a service (PaaS) offering to end users or customers from within their own datacenter using Azure Stack Hub.

Their responsibilities are to plan, deploy, update, and maintain the Azure Stack Hub infrastructure. They also configure resources, manage infrastructure capacity, and optimize the services that run in Azure Stack Hub.

Professionals in this role work with teams that support datacenter infrastructure, teams that manage identity, and teams that consume Azure Stack Hub resources, including developers, DevOps engineers, and virtual infrastructure administrators.

Candidates for this certification should have significant experience managing and operating Azure Stack Hub environments and are proficient at managing Azure Stack Hub by using PowerShell. They should have a strong understanding of Azure, in addition to knowledge of virtualization, networking, and identity management.