The Master Blog
Thoughts, info, and updates from the Microsoft Certified Master team.
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Chad Mattox
Chad Mattox is a Senior Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft specializing in Performance, High...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 09/22/2013
Introducing our latest Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Certified Master- Sean O'Connor
Sean started his career over 16 years ago, working on Windows NT 3.51 and earned his first Microsoft...
Author: Cindy McCormack Date: 09/17/2013
In the words of Douglas Adams
So long and thanks for all the fish. On September 16th I will transition to a new role at Microsoft....
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 09/13/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Brent McCracken
Job Title: Senior DBA - Technical Lead of Database Operations at KiwibankMy website:...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 09/04/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Vedran Kesegić
Vedran Kesegic is programming since he was 10-year old kid, from C++, assembly, to SQL Server inthe...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 09/04/2013
Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2010 - Nick Parlow
Nick has worked with Exchange since 1998, when he discovered that information technology was more...
Author: Cindy McCormack Date: 08/13/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - John Sansom
John Sansom (Blog|Twitter), Technology Operations Manager As the Technology Operations Manager of...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/12/2013
You asked, and we listened! Increased number of Prometric Test Centers for MCM / MCSM Exams
With the recent de-coupling of training and exams for the other technologies (SQL Server has been...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/12/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Sherwin Anderson
Sherwin is a Senior Database Administrator at Bayview Asset Management in Coral Gables, Florida. He...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/12/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Chris Williams
Chris started out working with SQL Server version 6.5 in 2000. He has been fortunate enough to work...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/12/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Steven Ormrod
Steven Ormrod has been working with technology for over fifteen years, and playing video games even...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/12/2013
Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2010 - Justin Harris
Justin Harris is a technical consultant within the Solutions Engineering department for Verizon...
Author: Cindy McCormack Date: 08/09/2013
Introducing our latest SharePoint 2010 MCM - Peter Loete
Peter is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services and is based in Belgium.
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 07/30/2013
Introducing our latest SharePoint 2010 MCM - Ivan Bondy
Ivan Bondy is a SharePoint Architect with Cascade Energy. Ivan specializes in development and...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 07/30/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Olivier Aupetit
A long time ago (in 1981) Olivier discovered data processing using a Sharp MZ80 at school, he was...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 07/25/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - JoonKyu(JK) Lee
JoonKyu(JK) has been working as a Senior Premier Field Engineer in Microsoft Global Business Support...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 07/25/2013
Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2010 - Aaron Busch
Aaron Busch is the Data Center Practice Manager for ENETsolutions, L. L. C. IT consulting firm in...
Author: Cindy McCormack Date: 07/02/2013
Introducing our latest SharePoint 2010 MCM - Simon Rennocks
Simon Rennocks is a Principal Consultant working at ProSource Solutions and is based out of the...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 06/20/2013
Training Optional for Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MSCM) Certification
Microsoft is pleased to announce, effective July 1, 2013, training will no longer be required to...
Author: Cindy McCormack Date: 06/19/2013
Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2010 - Robert Awofadeju
Robert has spent the last 15 years as an independent consultant designing, implementing and...
Author: Cindy McCormack Date: 06/19/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jonathan W. MacCollum
Jonathan MacCollum is a senior technology consultant and lead architect for J.S. Walker &...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 06/19/2013
Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) for Directory Services - Tony Hess
I want to be the first to congratulate Tony on becoming a Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) for...
Author: dgreg - MSFT Date: 06/18/2013
Introducing our latest SharePoint 2010 MCM - Christopher Webb
Chris Webb is a SharePoint Architect working for Planet Technologies in the Dallas-Fort Worth area....
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 05/29/2013
Introducing our latest MCSM: SharePoint - Wictor Wilén
Wictor Wilén is a senior SharePoint Architect working at Connecta AB as a Director. Wictor...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 05/29/2013
Introducing our latest MCSM: SharePoint - Ali Mazaheri
Ali works as an architect and Worldwide Collaboration community lead at Microsoft, designing and...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 05/29/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Adam Haines
Adam is an experienced IT professional with over 10 years of experience in the private and public...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/29/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ruben Gonzalez Davila
Ruben is a Senior Premier Field Engineer from Monterrey, Mexico, holds a bachelor degree in Computer...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/28/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Bob Pusateri
Bob started working with SQL Server 2000 when he was in high school. Graduating with a degree in...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/24/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Uwe Ricken
Uwe Ricken is working with IT-systems since 1991 and especially with SQL Serversince version 6.0. He...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/24/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Clas Hortien
Clas started working with SQL Server (6.5) in 1995 and has never lost his addiction to it. Since...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/22/2013
Certified Master Stories: Zewei Song
Behind every Master certification is a story. In this post, Zewei (AKA "Dr. Z") shares his: Dr. Z is...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 05/21/2013
Certified Master Stories: Bill Ayers
Behind every Master certification is a story. Many thanks to Bill for sharing this one: SharePoint...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 05/21/2013
Certified Master Stories: Kirk Evans
Behind every Master certification is a story. Thanks to Kirk for sharing his! How I Became a...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 05/21/2013
Certified Master Stories: Aleksandar Draskovic
We're kicking off a new and continuing series of posts for our program today that I hope you find...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 05/21/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Sean Gallardy
Sean has been working exclusively with SQL Server since 2008. His first foray into the world of SQL...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/21/2013
Changes to MCM SQL Server 2008 Exam retake policy
Due to the upcoming retirement of our MCM exams, and our desire to provide our candidates with...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/09/2013
The Microsoft Certified Solutions Master: Data Platform Knowledge Exam is available for registration today!
Microsoft Learning announces the release of the first Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM)...
Author: Cindy McCormack Date: 05/08/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jameel Ahmed
Jameel has an extensive background in best practices,performance monitoring & tuning, high...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/01/2013
Introducing our latest Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft Certified Master - Asen Petrov
Asen is a mechanical engineer and graduated from the Technical University of Sofia 8 years ago. He...
Author: dgreg - MSFT Date: 04/20/2013
MCSM: SharePoint - Beta Complete, Product Pages Live!
For those of you who've been following the MCSM: SharePoint program, you're probably saying to...
Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 04/18/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jon Gurgul
Jon has worked primarily with SQL Server since leaving his studies back in 2001. It was while...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 04/17/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jason Brimhall
Jason is first and foremost a family man. He has 15+ yrs experience in IT and has worked with SQL...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 04/17/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Wayne Sheffield
Wayne Sheffield started working with databases in the late 1980's, using xBase languages. With over...
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 04/17/2013
Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Patrick Flynn
Patrick is a reformed developer who discovered SQL Server when Access and Excel became too limiting....
Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 04/17/2013
Introducing our latest Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft Certified Master - Miha Pihler
Miha attended his first MCM (Exchange 2010) rotation in January 2012. He liked the experience so...
Author: dgreg - MSFT Date: 04/10/2013
Introducing our latest Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft Certified Master - Mohammed Suwaimil
Mohammed Suwaimil earned his Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering from King Fahad University of...
Author: dgreg - MSFT Date: 04/08/2013