{"id":581,"date":"2010-11-15T07:05:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T07:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/bobb\/post\/Changes-to-the-Microsoft-Certified-Master-SQL-Server-program.aspx"},"modified":"2013-01-03T23:59:37","modified_gmt":"2013-01-04T07:59:37","slug":"changes-to-the-microsoft-certified-master-sql-server-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/bobb\/changes-to-the-microsoft-certified-master-sql-server-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to the Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nSome intersting things happened in the SQL Server certification&nbsp;space while I was away. Joe Sack announced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/learning\/en\/us\/mcm-certification.aspx\">A New Path to Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008<\/a>. And at the same time released some <a href=\"http:\/\/technet.microsoft.com\/en-us\/sqlserver\/ff977043.aspx\">content<\/a> that we (SQLskills) recorded for the new program. Coming to Redmond for obligatory MCM training is no longer required, and the certification procedure has been revamped.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAt the same time, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/big-changes-to-the-mcm-program-and-how-sqlskills-can-help-you\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Paul<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/kimberly\/exciting-news-for-the-microsoft-certified-masters-mcm-program\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Kimberly<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.brentozar.com\/archive\/2010\/11\/changes-microsoft-certified-master-of-sql-server-program\/\">Brent<\/a> blogged about some new SQLskills training geared towards this program. I announced it at one of my TechEd sessions too, because I&#39;ll be involved in this program too, but just in case you weren&#39;t at conferences last week&#8230;thought it was time to blog. Take a look at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqlskills.com\/blogs\/paul\/big-changes-to-the-mcm-program-and-how-sqlskills-can-help-you\/\" class=\"broken_link\">Paul&#39;s blog entry<\/a> for the most specific details and contact him with your questions. Seems like an exciting year ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some intersting things happened in the SQL Server certification&nbsp;space while I was away. Joe Sack announced A New Path to Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008. And at the same time released some content that we (SQLskills) recorded for the new program. 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