SharePoint – Microsoft Certified Masters, and why I should care
/A couple of weeks ago, the first batch of MCM: SharePoint were announced.
Curiously, I went to see what it takes to be a SharePoint master.
Initially, I had assumed that it was just going to be a higher level of certification after you’ve completed the 4x MSTS: SharePoint certificates.
First reaction was: woah US$18,000? Hmm… sounds a bit crazy.
Realizing that it is a 3 weeks training course made the money side more acceptable.
Seriously, if a company will send their top SharePoint architect on a 3 week full time training, US$18,000 – this must be some serious crack.
But then starting to read about what they say after completing the training
It begins to dawn on me that this is not your average level yet-another-certification.
It is a massive amount of work, time, effort. In fact I would argue that the money aspect quickly went out the window with the shear amount of work that’s required to actually make it, and pass it at the end. If you can take that much time off from client work to get through the course, by all means go for it!
Here are more materials.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/master/Sharepoint/default.mspx
So finally, what does this all mean for me?
For now, as a personal goal - I’ve decided to chew through the pre-reading list.
http://www.dynamicevents.com/MCM/MCMSharePointPre-Reads.pdf
They even provided a nice checkbox column for me to tick them off as I go… nice!
I think if I can get through these 81 documents before SharePoint 2010 comes out it’d be awesome!
