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Thoughts, info, and updates from the Microsoft Certified Master team.

Vesa is agile oriented software architect who works mainly with large Dynamics AX and Microsoft BI...

Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/20/2012

Gail Shaw is a Senior Consultant with Xpertease, based in Johannesburg, South Africa. She...

Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/20/2012

Ben has been working with SQL Server for 11 years since version 6.5. Like a lot...

Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/20/2012

Ian is a Senior Software Developer and has been working with SQL Server since 2001 and as a database...

Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/20/2012

Andreas Wolter is the Founder & CEO Sr Technical Consultant & Architect Databases & BI...

Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/20/2012

First an apologiy to the community ... Due to family matters, I have not been updating the...

Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 08/20/2012

It's a true privilege of the MCM PM role that on a regular basis, you get to make someone's...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 08/02/2012

We just entered the exam period for the second "hybrid" rotation of SharePoint 2010 MCM, and R12...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 06/25/2012

Last week was my first week as the PM for the SQL MCM / MCA program. I am digging out from a large...

Author: boB 'The Tool Man' Taylor Date: 05/29/2012

Please welcome our newest SQL Server Certified Master Li Xiaozhao. I was fortunate enough to get to...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 04/09/2012

We wrapped up our first "hybrid rotation" last week, and R11 candidates are busy completing their...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 04/02/2012

Starting May 8: SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master(MCM) Accelerated Exam Preparation Program...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 03/31/2012

I want to congratulate our newest SQL Server 2008 Certified Master, Nicholas Cain. Nicholas is very...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 03/24/2012

We held our most recent SharePoint MCA boards just a few weeks ago, from February 29-March 1 at the...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 03/22/2012

Our second quarterly webcast for SharePoint 2010 MCM will be held in just a few weeks on Friday,...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 03/19/2012

We recently completed our most recent MCM Directory rotation where we had 23 participants. The...

Author: Ryan A. Conrad [MSFT] Date: 02/24/2012

Uwe Ricken shared his story of his path to SQL Masters certification on the SQL Server Central...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 02/24/2012

It's mid-winter and also the midpoint of our first hybrid rotation delivery, with the "R11"...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 02/15/2012

I am delighted to introduce another new SQL Server 2008 Certified Master to the MCM community....

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 02/10/2012

Please join me once again in congratulating Benjamin Wright-Jones (blog|@superlatch). Benjamin was...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 02/10/2012

Please join me in congratulating our newest SQL Server MCM, Gavin Payne. I met Gavin at the SQL PASS...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 02/09/2012

Back by popular demand: SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) Accelerated Exam...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 02/06/2012

Please join me in welcoming our newest member of the MCM community, Sean McCown. Here is a little...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 01/30/2012

We're kicking off an initiative to conduct regularly-scheduled LiveMeetings on Advanced...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 01/23/2012

SQL Server 2008 Certified Master (MCM) and SQL Server Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Brent Ozar...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 01/08/2012

Looking for options for taking the SQL Server Certified Master lab exam? For a limited time,...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 01/06/2012

Please join me in welcoming our newest SQL Server 2008 MCM Qikan Fang. Here is some info on him....

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 01/03/2012

SQL Server MVP Jason Strate (blog|@StrateSQL) has started a SQL MCM study group on Yammer.Yammer is...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 12/28/2011

Please join me in welcoming Martin Cairns to our community of certified Masters. Martin is very...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 12/23/2011

Folks often ask me about the cost of MCM Exchange training, and at $18,500 I understand the sticker...

Author: David Bjurman-Birr (MCM) Date: 11/17/2011

We are pleased to announce two new training opportunities being launched by Microsoft Learning to...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 11/03/2011

Congratulations to Dimitri Furman who became our newest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 10/31/2011

SharePoint MCM instructors, candidates, and community members have been going at a fever pitch...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 10/18/2011

With Rotation 11 of Lync MCM done and dusted I'm pleased to welcome four new Lync MCMs to the ever...

Author: Adrian Maclean Date: 10/18/2011

We informally announced the newest Certified Master for SQL Server 2008 last week. I am pleased to...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 10/17/2011

Today at the SharePoint Conference in Anaheim, California, Microsoft is excited to announce a new...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 10/03/2011

Hi everyone. Starting in calendar year 2012, we'll be expanding the delivery methods for the...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 08/05/2011

Greetings everyone. Springtime in Redmond was exceptionally busy for the SharePoint MCM instructor...

Author: Brett Geoffroy Date: 08/05/2011

Welcome to new SQL Server MCM Chirag Roy. This has already been some chatter about this on Twitter,...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 07/12/2011

I’m delighted to welcome our newest SQL Server MCM, Kendra Little. I’ve known Kendra for...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 07/12/2011

Please join me in congratulating Benjamin Wright-Jones (blog|@superlatch) who became a double SQL...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 07/10/2011

I’m very happy to announce that Ryan M. Lence (blog) has successfully earned his SQL Server...

Author: Robert L Davis Date: 06/28/2011

I am truly happy to announce that Microsoft Learning has hired a new SQL MCM Program Manager to keep...

Author: Joseph Sack Date: 06/27/2011

I’ve been looking forward to making this SQL MCM profile update for some time now as I...

Author: Joseph Sack Date: 05/19/2011

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