• TravisDBA (9/16/2013)


    True story Grant. However, IMHO, the higher level certs are also somewhat diminished as well. Particularly, if MS is going to just give up on them because they are just not generating enough money for them (like MIcrosoft needs more money :w00t:). Talk about a slap in the face to all the people who were currently heavily invested in the process of acquiring the MCM? I wouldn't be surprised if most people never went for another cert from them. It puts a stain on the whole certification process IMHO. It really makes you wonder where/who this decision actually originated from? 😀

    Apparently the cert programs are paid for by the business product they support, so even if the cert program wants to offer the master's etc, they can only do so if the business product team will pay for it in their budget.

    Here's a blog with a comment at the bottom from a guy who says he used to run the master cert program. He explains how it was paid for, etc. Really good comment to read.

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