When businesses communicate today, they have proliferating options: from phone, fax, and email to instant messaging, electronic whiteboards, and web conferences. As increasingly mobile employees collaborate with colleagues around the globe, providing them with the most appropriate communications capability in a robust, enterprise-class fashion becomes essential. Microsoft Lync Server 2010 combines voice, data, and video to eliminate roadblocks in communications and improve productivity for individuals and workgroups. Individuals with a Microsoft Certified Master (MCM) on Lync Server 2010 certification have the depth and breadth of skill to help an organization implement communications options, such as software-powered voice, PBX integration, instant messaging, on-premise audio and video conferencing, application sharing, and mobile access to meet their business needs.
MCMs on Lync Server 2010 design and build high-quality unified communications solutions, which reduce travel costs, cut the time needed to complete projects, shorten the sales cycle, and minimize telephony costs.
Join the exclusive community of Microsoft Lync Server expertsMCMs on Lync Server 2010 may be eligible to participate in an exclusive community of Lync Server experts, which includes fellow MCMs and the Microsoft Lync Server product group.
Prove your technical masteryCandidates who successfully complete the program have an in-depth understanding of the Lync Server 2010 platform. In designing and building customer-specified solutions, MCMs on Lync Server 2010 fully understand how technical design decisions affect the final solution. Not only can they troubleshoot and diagnose configuration and performance issues, but they can also operate and manage an enterprise-class Microsoft Lync Server 2010 infrastructure. Organizations looking to design and deploy large, complex, or highly customized Microsoft Lync Server 2010 environments will significantly benefit from the expertise of a MCM on Lync Server 2010. These product experts work with customers to successfully implement Lync Server 2010 solutions, including (but not limited to) the following scenarios:
Globally dispersed, highly available infrastructures serving thousands of users for voice, instant messaging, presence, and conferencing
Mobile or remote work forces
Complex voice or multivendor PBX integration
Conferencing solutions, including third-party interoperability
Line-of-business application integration
Upgrade and migrations
Employing certified individuals protects and optimizes organizations’ Lync Server 2010 IT investmentsIT environments are comprised of three basic elements: people, process, and technology. According to the research firm Gartner Group, 80 percent of all unplanned downtime is caused by people and process issues, not by hardware and software failure.* Optimize your IT investment resources and take full advantage of the power and diversity of the Microsoft Lync Server 2010 platform by employing a Microsoft Certified Master on Lync Server 2010.
Advanced training deepens and broadens the technical skills of experienced communications professionalsThe certification process for the Microsoft Certified Master on Lync Server 2010 includes three weeks of in-depth technical training at the Microsoft campus in Redmond, Washington, in the United States. It covers the individual core Lync Server 2010 technologies as well as broader architectural and operational areas such as telephony integration, upgrade and migration, application integration, performance analysis, management, and operations. As part of their training, candidates complete many highly challenging independent lab exercises, which allow them to develop and apply their learning in an environment where instructor and peer support is readily available.
PrerequisitesPrerequisites for entry into the program include the following knowledge and experience:
1. | Two or more years of hands-on experience with Office Communications Server 2007: installing, configuring, and troubleshooting (or equivalent experience). |
2. | Practical, hands-on experience with Microsoft Lync Server 2010: installing, configuring, and troubleshooting all workloads in multiple deployment scenarios. |
3. | A thorough understanding of Microsoft Lync Server 2010 design and architecture. |
4. | A thorough understanding of Active Directory directory service , Domain Name System (DNS), traditional telephony concepts, VoIP, and other core network services related to Lync Server. |
5. | Ability to speak and write fluent English. |
6. | Successful completion of the following certifications: Exam 70-638: TS: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, Configuring Exam 70-664: TS: Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Configuring Exam 70-665: PRO: Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Administrator
And one of the following: or successful completion of two of the following exams, as indicated: or or and or |
Additional information about the MCM on Microsoft Lync Server certification
MCM perspectives"The Microsoft UC Business Group recognizes the Microsoft Certified Master program in Lync Server 2010 as the premier training and certification program in Lync Server 2010."Kirk GregersenSenior Director, UC Business GroupMicrosoft Corporation
MCM instructorsMaster program instructors are renowned leaders in the global communications community, which includes Microsoft product architects, design engineers, and world-class collaboration consultants—all of whom have extensive backgrounds in the IT industry.
MCM schedule and registration information
State-of-the-art labsCandidates have access to state-of-the-art hardware. Each candidate will receive a dedicated, 24 core, x64-based server with 100 GB of RAM and shared PBX and PSTN infrastructure, and a pre-staged enterprise environment with over 30 virtual machines using Microsoft Hypervisor Technology (Hyper-V).
