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The Microsoft Certification member site can be accessed only by Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCPs). If you are an MCP, visit the following page.
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After you register, you must wait 24 hours before accessing your program benefits.
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If you cannot remember the Windows Live ID associated with your account, or you have other difficulty accessing the MCP site, contact the Microsoft Regional Service Center in your area.
Note If you have a Hotmail account, MSN e-mail account, or Microsoft Passport, it is your Windows Live ID.
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Because online benefits are available only to eligible Microsoft Certified Professionals, you must enter your Windows Live ID credentials to access your online benefits. After your account is authenticated, you will be redirected to the page you are trying to access.
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For the MCP and MCT sites, you are required to use your legal name. The Microsoft Personal Profile does not require that you use your legal name.
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To update your legal name, contact your Microsoft Regional Service Center.
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You can update your Microsoft Personal Profile in the Profile Center.
To change the name that is associated with your Microsoft Certification ID (formerly, MCP ID), contact your Microsoft Regional Service Center.
To update your information with your exam delivery provider, contact Prometric.
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Microsoft Certification IDs are not displayed in your Microsoft Personal Profile. You can find your Microsoft Certification ID on your transcript on the Microsoft Certification member site.
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It can take up to 48 hours for changes in your profile to appear on your Microsoft Certification transcript. Check your transcript later to verify that your e-mail address has been updated.
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After you update your Personal Profile, a message is sent to the e-mail address noted in your profile. For the changes to be saved, you must follow the instructions in the e-mail message to confirm the update. Otherwise, the e-mail address in your profile will be removed because it has not been confirmed.
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For security purposes, you are required to verify your credentials again before using the tool.
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Access your transcript on the Microsoft Certification member site.
In the left column, point to View My, and then click Transcript.
You can print a copy of your current transcript and confirm your certification status.
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For security purposes, you are required to verify your credentials again before using the tool.
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It can take up to two weeks for Microsoft to receive and process your exam records. If it has been more than two weeks since you took your exam, and the results still do not appear on your transcript, or if you notice any other problems, contact the Regional Service Center nearest you.
External certifications (such as CompTIA) appear under "Microsoft Certification Exams Completed Successfully"on your transcript, but third-party exam credits do not appear on your transcript. Your transcript does not show any exam waivers you may have received for certifications from other companies. You are still credited for these external certifications within the certification system.
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Candidates who successfully complete the Microsoft Certification requirements and sign the MCP Program and Logo Agreement can use the MCP logo as a graphic symbol to demonstrate to clients their expertise with Microsoft products. Follow the MCP logo guidelines to correctly promote your relationship with Microsoft and to protect the integrity of the logo. You must sign in to the Microsoft Certification member site in order to access these guidelines.
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MCP logos are available for download from the Microsoft Certification member site.
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For security purposes, you are required to verify your credentials again before accessing the tool.
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The test that you passed might not qualify you to print that specific logo. If you believe this is an error, contact the Microsoft Regional Service Center.
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Contact the Microsoft Regional Service Center.
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No. Because most of our customers prefer digital logos (available for download from the Microsoft Certification member site), we no longer provide hard copies of the logo.
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If you are an MCP, you can purchase merchandise with the MCP logo at the online MCPeStore. (Note that this benefit is not available to those solely holding a Microsoft Business Certification or a Microsoft Dynamics certification.) The MCPeStore will validate your certifications based on the Windows Live ID that you use to sign in to the site.
