October 2009 - Posts

Testimonial from a SQL MCM (who doesn’t work for Microsoft)
30 October 09 03:22 PM | josephsa | 0 Comments   

I was recently asked by a potential SQL MCM candidate if we could share testimonials about the SQL Microsoft Certified Master program from non-Microsoft employees Out of the 57 MCMs in the world, only 12 are not Microsoft employees (by the way – the numbers Read More...

Lucky "Rotation 7" almost done
22 October 09 09:35 PM | josephsa | 0 Comments   

The seventh SQL Microsoft Certified Masters rotation is almost finished. It has been a jam packed 48 hours: A full day on the topic of SQL Security from Greg Low Last night we had a Meet and Greet in Building 35 - where our candidates had a chance to Read More...

Authors on the loose at the SQL MCM Program
14 October 09 07:14 PM | josephsa | 0 Comments   

We’re midway through the second week of “Rotation 7” for the SQL Server Microsoft Certified Master program. We tried something new for this rotation, providing a copy of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Internals for each participant. So far we’ve been able Read More...

Rotation 7 of the SQL MCM Program has begun!
07 October 09 11:22 PM | josephsa | 0 Comments   

We kicked off the seventh rotation of the SQL Server Microsoft Certified Master program on Monday and I have to say how impressed I am with this latest batch of 12 candidates. The cumulative experience in the room is significant, and the intelligence Read More...