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2014 8
- Introducing our latest MCSM: Data Platform Master - Stuart Miller
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ellon B. Peterkin
- Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Solution Master: SharePoint-Ivan Vagunin
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Menzo Steinhorst
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Amit R S Bansal
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ajay Jadoo
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Paul Anderton
- Introducing our latest MCSM: Data Platform Master - Andreas Wolter
2013 110
- Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Solution Master: Messaging - Aaron Busch
- Introducing our latest MCSM: Data Platform Master - Xiaoheng Henry Ji
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Emma Zambonini
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Hamid Jabarpour Fard
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Brian Carrig
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Daniel Maxic
- Introducing our latest SharePoint Microsoft Certified Solutions Master - Martin Bacik
- Introducing our latest SharePoint Microsoft Certified Solutions Master - Arthur Neufeld
- Introducing our latest SharePoint Microsoft Certified Solutions Master - Alexey Glazirin
- Introducing our latest SharePoint Microsoft Certified Solutions Master - Hannes Gfrerer
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Mark Broadbent
- Introducing our latest MCSM: Data Platform Master - Louis Li
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Edwin Sarmiento
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Geoff Clark
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - IJeb Reitsma
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Mattias Lundell
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ian Allchin
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Chad Crawford
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ricardo Leka Roveri
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ryan Rinehart
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Pekka Korhonen
- Introducing our latest MCSM: SharePoint Master- Marian Mihaiu
- Introducing our latest MCSM: SharePoint Master- Dima Chernov
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jen McCown
- Introducing our latest MCSM: Data Platform Master - Vesa Tikkanen
- Introducing our latest MCSM :Data Platform Master- Rob Nicholson
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Stephen Archbold
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Keith Tate
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - David Peter Hansen
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - David Barbarin
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Randy Knight
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Guillaume Fourrat
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Paul Ou Yang
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - James Boother
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Rick Lowe
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ronald (RJ) Book
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Stanley Roos
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - David Pless
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Warwick Rudd
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Chad Mattox
- Introducing our latest Windows Server 2008 R2 Microsoft Certified Master- Sean O'Connor
- In the words of Douglas Adams
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Brent McCracken
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Vedran Kesegić
- Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2010 - Nick Parlow
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - John Sansom
- You asked, and we listened! Increased number of Prometric Test Centers for MCM / MCSM Exams
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Sherwin Anderson
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Chris Williams
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Steven Ormrod
- Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2010 - Justin Harris
- Introducing our latest SharePoint 2010 MCM - Peter Loete
- Introducing our latest SharePoint 2010 MCM - Ivan Bondy
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Olivier Aupetit
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - JoonKyu(JK) Lee
- Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2010 - Aaron Busch
- Introducing our latest SharePoint 2010 MCM - Simon Rennocks
- Training Optional for Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MSCM) Certification
- Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2010 - Robert Awofadeju
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jonathan W. MacCollum
- Introducing our latest Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) for Directory Services - Tony Hess
- Introducing our latest SharePoint 2010 MCM - Christopher Webb
- Introducing our latest MCSM: SharePoint - Wictor Wilén
- Introducing our latest MCSM: SharePoint - Ali Mazaheri
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Adam Haines
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ruben Gonzalez Davila
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Bob Pusateri
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Uwe Ricken
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Clas Hortien
- Certified Master Stories: Zewei Song
- Certified Master Stories: Bill Ayers
- Certified Master Stories: Kirk Evans
- Certified Master Stories: Aleksandar Draskovic
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Sean Gallardy
- Changes to MCM SQL Server 2008 Exam retake policy
- The Microsoft Certified Solutions Master: Data Platform Knowledge Exam is available for registration today!
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jameel Ahmed
- Introducing our latest Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft Certified Master - Asen Petrov
- MCSM: SharePoint - Beta Complete, Product Pages Live!
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jon Gurgul
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jason Brimhall
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Wayne Sheffield
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Patrick Flynn
- Introducing our latest Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft Certified Master - Miha Pihler
- Introducing our latest Windows 2008 R2 Microsoft Certified Master - Mohammed Suwaimil
- Congratulations to our latest SharePoint 2010 MCMs!
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Evgeny Garaev
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Paul Egan
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Sergiu Stan
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - David Levy
- SQL Product Group to share SQL Server Roadmap during MCM / MCA Community Call
- You spoke - we listened! Lab Exam 88-971 scoring delays removed!
- Exams 88-986 & 88-987 Pages Live on Microsoft Learning
- At Long Last - MCSM: Data Platform Knowledge Exam 88-986 Is Live!
- Fantastic News! - New Masters and Architect Benefit for SQL Server Professionals
- Spring Webcast Announced, and the Newest Members of the SharePoint Masters Community!
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - James Skipwith
- MCSM: SharePoint Recommended Reading
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jason Strate
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Rob Farley
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Sergey Olontsev
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Justin Langford
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Simon D'Morias
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Jacky van Hogen
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Vincent Dippipo
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Simon Liew
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Nick Colebourn
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Kyle Neier
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Robert Hartskeerl
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Dmitri Korotkevitch
2012 48
- Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM) Offering Event Based Testing
- Reminder-Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM) Registration Offline Dec 18-21st, 2012
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Tim Chapman
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Thomas LaRock
- Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA), Master (MCM) and Solutions Master (MCSM) Registration Portal Upgrade Enhancements Scheduled for Dec 18-21, 2012
- Existing Microsoft Certified Masters To Receive Microsoft Certified Solutions Master Charter Certification!
- MCSM: SharePoint Training Open for Registration - Time to Get Ready!
- Its back...SQL Server Master Level Training
- At SQL PASS and clarification around MCM Lab Exam
- SQL PASS Summit right around the corner
- Thank you for your patience
- Current SQL 2008 MCMs Take Note - You are automatically granted the MCSM: Data Platform Certification!
- So what is the process for scheduling exams at SQL PASS Summit?
- SQL PASS Summit testing filling up quickly!
- New Certification Announcements after Our Final SharePoint 2010 MCM Rotation
- Its Confirmed! There will be Microsoft Certified testing at SQL PASS Summit - Seats will be limited
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Pedro Correia
- MCM: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Knowledge Exam Retirement Date Announced
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Klaus Aschenbrenner
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Cris Benge
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Karl Grambow
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Vesa Tikkanen
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Gail Shaw
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ben Seaman
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Ian Meade
- Introducing our latest SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master - Andreas Wolter
- Long Overdue
- I know what you did THIS summer... lots and lots of SharePoint!
- Getting the summer off to a good start with three new SharePoint MCMs
- New Kid on the Block!
- Please welcome our newest SQL Server Certified Master Li Xiaozhao
- No April Fools here... Congratulations to our latest SharePoint 2010 MCMs!
- Accelerate Your SQL Server MCM Training
- Congratulations to our newest SQL Server MCM Nicholas Cain
- Congratulations to Wictor Wilén, Our Latest SharePoint MCA!
- Live Webcast with SharePoint 2010 MCM Program Management: Friday, April 13
- MCM Directory R14 Complete with Several New MCMs!
- Uwe Ricken Shares His Story: The Path to MCM Certification
- Congratulations to our latest SharePoint Masters Community Members!
- Congratulations to our newest SQL Server MCM Argenis Fernandez
- Congratulations to the Newest SQL Server Certified Architect Benjamin Wright-Jones
- Congratulations to the newest SQL MCM, Gavin Payne
- Back by popular demand: SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) Accelerated Exam Preparation Program
- Welcome to our Newest SQL MCM, Sean McCown
- Live MCM Program Overviews by the MCM/MCA Program Managers!
- How to Pass the SQL MCM Exam
- Remote Delivery Options for the SQL MCM Lab Exam
- Our Newest SQL MCM is Qikan Fang
2011 46
- New SQL MCM Study Group Started
- Welcome to our newest SQL MCM, Martin Cairns
- Breaking down the cost of MCM Exchange training
- Two New Training Programs for SQL MCM Preparedness
- Welcome to Our Newest SQL Certified Master: Dimitri Furman
- Congratulations to the latest SharePoint 2010 MCMs!
- Congratulations to four new Lync Masters!
- Introducing the Newest SQL Certified Master: Reeves Smith
- Announcing MCA for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010... and our very first SharePoint MCAs!
- New Delivery Model for SharePoint 2010 MCM Available in January 2012
- Congratulations to our latest SharePoint 2010 Masters!
- Please Welcome New SQL Server 2008 MCM Chirag Roy
- Congratualtions to Our Newest SQL Server MCM Kendra Little
- Congratulations to Double SQL Server MCM Benjamin Wright-Jones
- Please welcome Ryan M. Lence to the SQL Server MCM Community
- Announcing the new SQL MCM Program Manager
- SQL MCM Profile: Denzil Ribeiro
- New SQL MCM Alert: Christophe LAPORTE
- SQL MCM Profile: Brian Mitchell
- Microsoft.SharePoint.Master.R8.Start(); Microsoft.SharePoint.Master.Community.Announce(newCerts);
- Microsoft Certified Master - Insider's view
- One man's journey to Microsoft Certified Master
- MCM Directory Rotation - A day by day viewpoint...
- SQL MCM Profile: Fabricio Catae
- Springboard Series Tour is Back!
- SQL MCM Profile: Gaurav Aggarwal
- Lync MCM and an ROI of more than 730% - really!
- New SQL MCM Announcement: Zoltán Hangyál
- SQL MCM Profile: Kate Baroni
- SQL MCM Profile: Mike Weiner
- Welcome to the worlds first Lync Server 2010 MCMs!
- SQL MCM Profile: Danny Ravid
- SQL MCM Profile: Danny Tambs
- SQL MCM Profile: Binh Cao
- SQL MCM Profile: Vineet Sarda
- SQL MCM Profile: Brian Jackson
- SQL MCM Profile: David Reed
- Keeping the Ego In Check @ MCM-land
- Consultant, Speaker, Author, MVP, MCT and now MCM
- Senior Premier Field Engineer and now SQL Microsoft Certified Master
- Extended Events expert joins the Microsoft Certified Master community
- Two good Mondays in a row for the SQL MCM program
- One less “uncertified Master”
- MCM Exchange Server 2010 by the numbers
- Career Factor: The reality show
- Last batch of SQL MCM videos now published
2010 48
- MCM Exchange Video Preview
- New discussion forum for SQL MCM and a new hash tag
- Second batch of SQL MCM Readiness Videos now Released
- Interests in Formula One, Karting, Physics, Robotics, Philosophy and now SQL MCM
- SQL Server MCM Reading List
- Around Washington state these next 2 months? SQLSoft+ is offering BETA advanced SQL training
- How do you know if you’re ready for SQL MCM?
- Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administration for Oracle DBAs
- Introducing the latest SharePoint Masters...
- An individual perspective of the MCM Directory Program
- A new group of MCM Directory candidates...
- Premier Field Engineer, Workshop Author – and now a double SQL MCM
- Joint MCM-MVP Expert Chat on MSDN
- MCM Directory Crosses 80
- A Fall Harvest of SharePoint MCMs
- “Wild Man” SQL Server MCM
- Directory Rotation 9 Begins
- UK-based SQL Server Performance Tuning Expert earns SQL Server 2008 MCM Certification
- Introducing the very first SharePoint 2010 Masters...
- Former C++ Developer, Oracle DBA and now SQL Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Master
- Microsoft Architect with a PhD in Computer Science and now SQL Server 2008 MCM
- Breadth and Depth - say hello to Randall Neth
- Author, Teacher, Technical Evangelist – and now SQL Microsoft Certified Master
- New SQL Master from the SQL Connectivity ADO.NET team
- Fellow Wisconsinite and PFE joins the SQL MCM community
- Eve of SQL Rotation 9 and planning for future rotations
- MBA or MCM? Daniel Zavalza chose...
- ZDNet Profile of SQL MCM: Margarita Naumova
- Announcement #2 from the SQL MCM Rotation 8
- Free press doesn’t always mean lollypops and rainbows
- And With His Inbox Down to Just 4 Items, He Left
- The First 5 MCM Exchange 2010's Ever, In The World, Just Them, Only Them...
- One Senior Consultant - Three Advanced Certifications
- SharePoint R4 Keeps Going Strong...
- Springtime bringing in a new SQL 2008 MCM
- Bumper Crop of OCS MCMs from rotation 5!!
- A Batch Of Exchange MCM's and MCA's!
- Another new SharePoint MCM to introduce...
- SQL MCM Prep Week posts by Brent Ozar
- OCS MCM - A view from the other side
- A Winter Harvest of SharePoint MCMs
- Why run the SQL MCM marathon?
- New SQL 2008 MCM from Microsoft Consulting Services
- Some Other New MCM Exchange 2007's and One MCA to Congratulate
- Better Late Than Never - New MCM's to Announce
- A busy season of retakes - more new SharePoint MCMs to announce!
- Another SQL MCM for the New Year
- New Year, New SQL MCM
2009 106
- Updated SQL 2008 MCM Pre-reading list
- Even more SQL MCMs to announce…
- And the SQL MCM numbers keep rising...
- SQL MCMs – Now Sixty Members Strong
- Two New MCA Exchange 2007's As Well!
- And A New Exchange MCM To Welcome Too
- Exchange MCM Upgrades - Please Congratulate...
- 17 Frowns and a Box of Donuts
- SQL MCM Ranks keep growing
- Directory Rotation Complete – Five new MCMs
- Congratulations to 6 new OCS MCMs!
- The final hurdle for OCS MCM rotation 4
- Testimonial from a SQL MCM (who doesn’t work for Microsoft)
- Yup, I think these puppies will do the job......
- Time for a change...
- Busy Month Ahead - So Be Prepared
- Lucky "Rotation 7" almost done
- First rule of MCM: Advanced Infrastructure is...
- Meet the MCM's and MCA's!
- Annoucing three new OCS 2007 MCMs
- Rotation 7 of the SQL MCM Program has begun!
- Authors on the loose at the SQL MCM Program
- And More Exchange 2007 MCM's!
- Another New MCA on Exchange Server 2007!
- Please welcome our new SharePoint MCM/MCA Program Lead!
- ROI from MCM: A look back 6 months later.
- Another RFP requesting MCM
- New benefit for OCS Masters - online labs!
- Just in case we didn't have the most awesome labs already......
- Mississippi leads the way: 3 MCM's a requirement in State IT RFP
- New Exchange 2007 MCA's
- MCM Directory ROI from a Student Perspective
- A new SQL Server 2008 MCM to announce…
- Last week to register for the October 2009 SQL Microsoft Certified Master program
- Demand for MCM is Increasing...
- Welcome Yet More New Exchange MCM's
- How was your summer?
- SQL MCM Program Fee Discounts
- A new SQL MCM 2008 to introduce
- One More MCM Exchange 2007!
- Please welcome Ryan Conrad, the new fearless Directory MCM/MCA leader :)
- Extreme Certification, that's what we are...
- A new SQL Master to announce from Premier Field Engineering
- Introducing the Newest Microsoft Certified Masters for SharePoint!
- There Are Now 100 MCM Exchange Server 2007's!
- Announcing the Windows Server 2008 R2 program. Yes, there are some considerable changes...
- Meet the new batch of SQL Server Microsoft Certified Masters
- Some More MCM 2003 to 2007 Exchange Upgrades Complete!
- Living with MCM SharePoint 2007 - From Someone Who Knows...
- Hot off the press - 6 new OCS MCMs!
- So how many Exchange MCM's and MCA's are there out there now?
- A Qual lab in the wild...
- Another Week, Another Batch of New MCM's
- It's Upgwade Season....
- New Discounts!
- Now This Isn't Something You Get All That Easily....
- Starting to Plan for Exchange Server 2010 MCM...
- I was hoping for a trip home to Germany, but looks like MCM will stay Redmond only for now.
- Please Welcome and Congratulate the Newest Exchange 2007 MCM's!
- Rotation 2 OCS MCM - showing Exchange and Directory that real time comms is where it's at!
- Congratulations to a new OCS MCM
- Announcing the new OCS Masters!
- See What Happens When You Pass a Masters Exam....
- Another Write-Up on the MCM Experience
- Introducing the SharePoint MCM Program and the First Microsoft Certified SharePoint Masters!
- And Another Two Makes ... I've Lost Count...
- Introducing MCM Exchange R2
- SQL Cat publishes XEvents Waitstats reporting tool!
- Two More MCM Exchange 2007's from MCM R2
- Maybe I Didn't Shout Loud Enough?
- Let's Welcome The New MCM | Exchange 2007s from MCM R2
- Catching Up At Last - Some New MCM's To Annouce and Congratulate
- It's Been a Busy Few Weeks....
- OCS MCA - coming soon
- Post OCS Master - back in the office....
- OCS Master - Giving something back
- Let's talk upgrades!
- SQL product team ROCKs and helps mark the halfway point!!!
- Another Future Master...? Congratulations to Per!
- Gentlemen (and Ladies) START YOUR ENGINES!!!
- Getting the most from OCS Master
- Using MCM to differentiate yourself from the crowd, a.k.a. the fastest ROI on MCM yet!
- And the Last One Before We Start Rotation 2....
- How Could I Have Missed This One?! Sorry!
- I'm wide awake and feel like I could read for weeks...
- Just A Week To Go.....
- One More New MCM Exchange Server 2007
- One of the family moves on...
- What's up?
- Give Them All A Slap on the Back to Say Well Done!
- The MCA Board Process - What's That All About Then?
- Congratulations Again - Two New MCM | Exchange Server 2007's
- Cupid showed us the way
- Change of date for Rotation 2 of OCS Master
- Welcome and congratulations to the new OCS Masters!
- And Another... Exchange Master!
- Continued Ed - What That's All About
- What can we do for you?
- Stop It! More?! Really?
- They Just Won't Stop.....
- The road to Master...
- So How Many Masters Are There?
- My turn for an intro...
- ..and another please...for real.
- A moment of silence please...
- Hello World! (wow..even easier than VB)