Category: Microsoft Certified Trainer
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If Anyone Could Do It… Revisited
I came across this article that I posted three years ago, and thought it was worth sharing again. During my last contract with Microsoft I discovered that within the company they are essentially handing out the credential Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) like it was candy, requiring little or no proof of actual training ability. To…
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Touchdown!
I like to deliver the same message every time I teach a class, whether it be Microsoft, CompTIA, VMware, on-premises or cloud technologies. I have been teaching certification classes since 2006 and started attending them as a student several years before that. I know that there are good instructors and great instructors… and there are…
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In-Person Training During a Worldwide Pandemic
I have been a trainer for twenty years. When I am in front of a class teaching, I am truly in my element. Like many of my colleagues, I make the stage my own. As I have taught so many others over the years, I use the whole stage. I make eye contact, I try…
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Azure Administrator
A little over a year ago I spent two days sitting at a Starbucks in Atwater Village preparing for what turned out to be one of the easier exams I have taken over the years. I earned my first one-star badge from Microsoft (Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals). I did not do much to follow it…
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If Anyone Could Do It…
There is an old saying: Those who can, do… those who can’t, teach. We will get back to that in a bit. I work in an industry where ongoing training is a part of life. If I had rested on my laurels when I got my first few senior certifications, I would be searching the…
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Golden Exam?
I have a spreadsheet that I keep in my OneDrive that tracks the certification exams I have taken. Over the years (starting in December, 2011) I have written a great many of them, Mostly for Microsoft but also a few VMware exams sprinkled in there. Much has changed since I wrote my first exam (which,…
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It’s Good to be Back…
It is hard to believe that it has been twelve years since I first became an MCT…
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Changes for MCTs
You may not have heard the complaints about the Microsoft Certified Trainer program… you may not be involved or interested in the program, or you may live on Mars. However if you are an MCT, you have heard a lot of complaints over the past few years. I have done my best to keep my…
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How Do I Become an MCT?
Recently I wrote a piece on the Benefits of Being a MCT. I got an interesting comment from one reader that they keep moving the bar. I know that I have spoken with this reader before, and she lamented the extreme costs associated with becoming certified, especially in North America. She also asked if it…
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Benefits of Being a MCT
Over the past few weeks there has been a lot of talk about the benefits that MCTs receive from Microsoft. This conversation comes up every now and again, often because changes are being made or Microsoft Learning is reevaluating the benefits. The most recent flare in the discussion was caused by the July 1st announcement…
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MCT Regional Lead
Today a new program was announced by Microsoft Learning. The MCT Regional Leads will be a liaison between the Microsoft Certified Trainers in their region and MSL. a call for applications went out in August, and the Leads were announced today. Melissa Bathum and Veronica Sopher asked me to record a short video for the…
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Are you a Microsoft Certified Professional?
As we celebrate twenty years of Microsoft Learning, it is amazing to see some of the changes that the certification program has gone through. I remember the first day I was ever able to call myself a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). It was March 31, 2003, and I was ecstatic! When Microsoft Learning unveiled the…
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Renewing my MCT
According to my MS Learning Transcript I became a Microsoft Certified Trainer in July of 2006. Unlike professional certifications, the MCT credential has to be renewed on a yearly basis, and on March 15th this year I renewed again. It is actually fairly simple, as long as you haven’t done anything to mess it up. …
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