Not sure I agree with that. "The fee is to ensure that only serious people apply"
If you kept everything else the same, all requirements,tests, labs, etc.... and lowered the cost to say $5K. What do you think would happen? Do you really think there would be a huge glut of "paper" MCSM/MCM's out there that would be able to pass the exams? I highly doubt that. I think you would just be opening it up to people who are qualified, but can't currently afford the cost. Not that I'm in that category. Wish I was. Again just my opinion. Christopher Bodnar Enterprise Architect I, Corporate Office of Technology:Enterprise Architecture and Engineering Services Tel 610-807-6459 3900 Burgess Place, Bethlehem, PA 18017 christopher_bod...@glic.com The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America www.guardianlife.com From: "Michael B. Smith" <mich...@smithcons.com> To: "NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com> Date: 02/13/2013 10:47 AM Subject: RE: OT: MCM certification Microsoft loses money on the Exchange MCM classes. I suspect they do for all of the MCM tracks. The fee is to ensure that only serious people apply plus to cover the cost of the labs, meeting rooms, and presentation materials. Big companies need people with big experience. I don't pass the screening criteria for Exchange MCM (I've never done a 750K seat deployment of Exchange). But they've told me they'd let me in as a favor. :) But I can't afford the class, plus the travel, plus the loss of revenue (income) for 3 weeks. I wish I could. -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:38 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: OT: MCM certification On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 7:20 AM, Christopher Bodnar <christopher_bod...@glic.com> wrote: > > Was reading this yesterday: > > http://blogs.metcorpconsulting.com/tech/?p=1101 > > And got to thinking about this again. It still bothers me that the road to this certification is artificially blocked by monetary constraints. I think the certification is difficult enough without adding that as a factor to reduce the overall numbers just to increase the "value" of this certification. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I know I wont' even consider this certification, just based on the cost. Not that I think I would pass, or that I even think I'm ready for something like this. I don't work for MS and I'm not a consultant. Which from what I've seen are the 2 primary groups of people seeking this certification. My employer would never consider this strictly based on cost and ROI. > > Anyone else of the same opinion? Or am I way off base here? > > Chris Uh - do you think it's free to administer these tests? Kurt ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ < http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ----------------------------------------- This message, and any attachments to it, may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, copying, or communication of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
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