{"id":698,"date":"2008-12-24T19:41:25","date_gmt":"2008-12-25T02:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=698"},"modified":"2018-06-10T17:35:31","modified_gmt":"2018-06-11T00:35:31","slug":"got-an-extra-20000-lying-around-good-you-too-can-become-a-microsoft-certified-master","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/got-an-extra-20000-lying-around-good-you-too-can-become-a-microsoft-certified-master\/","title":{"rendered":"Got an Extra $20,000 Lying Around? Good, You Too Can Become a Microsoft Certified Master!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in becoming a Microsoft Certified Master? Well, spend $20K and you will be able to use the MCM logo on your business card. According to Microsoft &#8220;Master certification enables senior-level IT professionals to demonstrate and validate their technical expertise on Microsoft server products and authoritatively differentiate themselves to prospective employers and customers. Master certification is a prerequisite for all Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) certifications.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mcm_logo.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-742\" title=\"mcm_logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/mcm_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"75\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pricing structure<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nonrefundable program application fee: US$125<br \/>\nProgram fee: US$18,500<br \/>\nNon-lab exam retakes: US$250<br \/>\nLab exam retakes: US$1,500<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong> The program fee includes the price of first attempts at passing all required tests, including the final lab exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in becoming a Microsoft Certified Master? Well, spend $20K and you will be able to use the MCM logo on your business card. According to Microsoft &#8220;Master certification enables senior-level IT professionals to demonstrate and validate their technical expertise on Microsoft server products and authoritatively differentiate themselves to prospective employers and customers. Master certification [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-certification"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}