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Packetboy — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:43:32 GMT

whoo hoo go London!! I hope we dont get ripped off like we always do and are made to pay £18,000 for this training instead of $18,000USD (£9,000)

Please Per promise you will take the exchange rate into account and not rip us off!!

Packetboy..

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Guillaume — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 16:54:59 GMT

Will there be any material provided to help us sell the idea to managers ?

Also, any updates on the possibility of not doing all 3 weeks and all exams at the same time?

You could have Master White Belt, Half-Mastah and Black Belted Master levels, that would cost "only" 6000$ each...I could probably get that approved eventually and finish the Master stuff after 3 years. Then, I'd go back for 1 week for an update to the new version of product X or Y. It would be like a 6000$/year subscription, that gets you the Master certification over 3 years, and keeps you up to date.

(Not practical for someone far from the exam and training locations however)

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Perfarny — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:28:08 GMT

@ Packetboy - I promise :-)

@ Gillaume - we will have 'collateral' as we call it to help with this. As far as splitting up the training: we will try to do that starting July 2009 (one 1-week block and one 2-week block). I know it's hard to consume that training in a short period of time, but if we spread it out too far we lose some key components of the training experience (long running labs, community building) and risk having the information be very stale.

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Kjetil — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:15:36 GMT

There is an error in the link to the recording.

Link refers to Hhttp://.... (a h to much)

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trikah@microsoft.com — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:24:26 GMT

Thanks Kjetil, fixed it.

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Tom — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:23:09 GMT

Hi Per & Trika,

Thanks for the post, the webcast was very informative. I have been trying to find out if there will be anymore Messaging Architect training rotations before the launch of the Master: Messaging training rotation on the 6th October 2008. I have emailed the addresses published on the MCA website but have had no replies.

Microsoft Certified Master: The Very Beginningest Days of September

"So, a booth babe and a geek walk in to a bar..." — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:25:53 GMT

Here’s what I hear about registration for the Master program you’ve been chatting with Per

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darkstar3d — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:42:33 GMT

Wow, the cost of an entire year of college. Seems great and I love that its true, not everyone will desire to be master...at that price.