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Testimonial from a SQL MCM (who doesn’t work for Microsoft)
30 October 09 03:18 PM | josephsa | 0 Comments   

I was recently asked by a potential SQL MCM candidate if we could share testimonials about the SQL Microsoft Certified Master program from non-Microsoft employees Out of the 57 MCMs in the world, only 12 are not Microsoft employees (by the way – the numbers Read More...

Filed under: R.O.I. Benefits, R.O.I., Benefits, SQL

Meet the MCM's and MCA's!
20 October 09 11:32 PM | Greg Taylor | 0 Comments   

We have just started publishing a list of people who have earned an MCM and/or MCA certification over at our Microsoft Learning site. Go take a look here . We'll be adding names as MCM's and MCA's ask us to, it's entirely optional, and we hope this brings Read More...

Filed under: Introductions, R.O.I. Benefits, Benefits, MCA, New Cert Annoucements

ROI from MCM: A look back 6 months later.
01 October 09 11:54 PM | perfarny | 0 Comments   

Hi All, I'm happy to share a little retrospective from another one of our Directory MCM's, Rob Silver, who wrote us the following just the other day. It's a great example of long term ROI / benefits from investing in the program that I hope more and more people are seeing out there. Read More...

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Another RFP requesting MCM
30 September 09 11:12 PM | adymac | 0 Comments   

Further to the recent post on this from Per I was talking with a partner today who has made and continues to make considerable investments in OCS MCM for their UC consulting practice. They told me that they have also seen evidence of RFPs requiring that Read More...

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New benefit for OCS Masters - online labs!
30 September 09 10:58 PM | adymac | 1 Comments   

According to the visionaries the future is ‘all in the cloud man!’. Well, not to be out done we have just launched a new set of online labs for the exclusive use of certified OCS MCMs. These 4 new lab environments are based on the core labs that we use Read More...

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MCM Directory ROI from a Student Perspective
21 September 09 08:57 PM | RyanCon | 0 Comments   

It’s great to hear positive results after someone attends one of our programs and recently we received such great feedback. Lucian Petru, a participant from the May 2009 Directory rotation, had this to say: Speaking of ROI...I can tell you it's 1000% Read More...

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Extreme Certification, that's what we are...
31 July 09 06:42 PM | Greg Taylor | 0 Comments   

An interesting article about Microsoft's certification story over at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.08.geekofalltrades.aspx Read More...

Filed under: R.O.I. Benefits, Benefits, Preparing for training

Now This Isn't Something You Get All That Easily....
10 June 09 09:29 PM | Greg Taylor | 0 Comments   

Did you know that every new MCM Exchange Server 2007 gets a personal letter, signed (really signed, I send them over to his office, he kindly signs them for me) by Rajesh Jha , the Corporate VP of Microsoft Exchange and Office Live? (Rajesh did an intro Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, R.O.I. Benefits, Benefits

Let's talk upgrades!
30 March 09 06:37 PM | A Certified Master | 7 Comments   

Some people have been asking, and we've hinted some before. Although you won't get the 100% be all, end all answer here, there is some more info to share. The most recent question came from Triton.Deep over at the MCSE World forum. The question is: what's the cost to upgrade my Master cert when new versions come out? Stap yourselves in, here we go.... Read More...

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Gentlemen (and Ladies) START YOUR ENGINES!!!
18 March 09 07:04 PM | Ken Tanner | 9 Comments   

On Monday this week we kicked off the sixth SQL Server capstone training rotation, now titled “Microsoft Certified Master” for SQL Server 2008. We had 17 victims, er attendees show up bright eyed and bushy tailed, ready to take on the most challenging Read More...

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Getting the most from OCS Master
16 March 09 08:21 PM | adymac | 4 Comments   

This post was written by Rajeev Krishnan who attended Rotation 1 of OCS Master. In it he shares his hints and tips on getting into and surviving the program. Rajeev is a Senior Consultant for Microsoft Global Services in India. I was one of the fortunate Read More...

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Continued Ed - What That's All About
04 February 09 12:33 AM | Greg Taylor | 0 Comments   

The weekend just passed, Jan 30/31 2009, I organized an event we refer to as Continued Education, for members of the Exchange Masters Community. I just wanted to post a few details to give anyone wondering what else joining this community means, over Read More...

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What can we do for you?
03 February 09 05:25 PM | perfarny | 7 Comments   

What can the Master programs do for you? What benefits would you like to see? Let's hear it... Read More...

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