New Microsoft Certified Master certifications

 

Microsoft Certified Master

The new Microsoft Certified Master series offers advanced technical training and certifications on Microsoft technologies that go beyond any product training offered outside of Microsoft today. IT professionals who successfully complete the program and certification testing validate their skills as product experts who successfully design and implement solutions that meet the most complex business requirements.

This certification fill an apparent gap between the two current Technology and Professional tracks and the Microsoft Certified Architect series of certifications.

Microsoft offers three Master-level technical certifications, all of which deepen and broaden the technical skills of experienced IT professionals.

Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2007

Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008

Microsoft Certified Master: Windows Server 2008

Like the Architect series, the Master series will be open to a select group who can show some proof of readiness to create solutions and deploy technologies based on real-world experience.

 

Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2007

The Microsoft Certified Master: Exchange Server 2007 program is a three-week training delivered by recognized experts from Microsoft and Microsoft Partner organizations.

The training is a mixture of presentations, white board discussions, and goal-based labs—covers the individual core Exchange Server 2007 technologies as well as broader architectural and operational areas, such as high availability of a messaging service, co-existence and migration, performance analysis and management, and operations. Candidates for this program complete an independent lab exercise as a part of their training, which allows them to develop and apply their learning in an environment where instructor and peer support are readily available.

 

Prerequisites to apply for this program :

 

Experience prerequisites:

Five or more years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Exchange Server 2003: installing, configuring, and troubleshooting

One or more years of hands-on experience with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: installing, configuring, and troubleshooting

A thorough understanding of Microsoft Exchange Server design and architecture

A thorough understanding of AD, DNS, and other core network services upon which Exchange Server depends

Speak, understand, and write in fluent English

 

Certifications prerequisites:

Exam 70-236: TS: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring

Exam 70-237: PRO: Designing Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Exam 70-238: PRO: Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) on Windows Server 2003 or Exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring

 

Registration is scheduled to start in July 2008. Classes are scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2008. Please check this page to get some news :

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/master/default.mspx