I am aspiring Architect and I am on my quest to become an MCA: Solutions certification (Microsoft Certified Architect). To start off I first need to have an idea what's expected from the Architect. I need to know what key characteristics are common to all effective architects. I need to create a role model, a vision so can better develop myself as an architect. This is what I discovered reading What Architect Job Roles Are Recognized By the Microsoft Certified Architect Program?

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Enterprise architects

• Communicate primarily with corporate business owners and staff architects.
• Experts in the vertical industry in which they work.
• Responsible for meeting regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Set the overall vision and framework for the IT environment.
• Main focus is on the IT environment from a strategic business perspective
• Engage primarily in the envisioning stages of projects.

Solutions architects

• Communicate mainly with business owners within a company and with the technical staff that delivers the solution.
• Affect the enterprise.
• Design the solution to take advantage of the existing assets.
• Integrate the assets into the existing environment.
• Follow the enterprise architecture
• Solve the business problems of the business owner or unit.
• Take a project through envisioning and design
• Consultative to the project manager
• Problems are escalated to the solutions architect.
• Create line of business-based solutions
• Integrate with the existing infrastructure
• Designs solutions supported by the operations group.
• Do not manage the technical staff.
• Demonstrate their skills as a technologist and persuade the staff regarding the validity and approach to the solution.
• Gather business requirements.
• Select the technologies that provide the best solution.
• Identify the products available that will best fit the solution.
• Focus include integration, workflow, and applications

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