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The Microsoft Certified Architect Program will validate top industry experts in Information Technology Architecture. These professionals will likely have 10 or more years of experience in Information Technology with at least three years of experience as a practicing architect, and will possess strong technical and leadership skills and form a distinguished community. Unlike other Information Technology certifications, this credential will be granted by industry architects, as candidates will be required to present to and be approved through a rigorous review board process overseen by previously certified architects.
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This certification will be targeted to practicing solutions architects and infrastructure architects who have successfully applied frameworks and methodologies to create an architecture that serves the entire IT life cycle. These architects can use multiple technologies to solve business problems and provide business metrics and measurements to describe the success or failure of the projects that they drive.
During its recently concluded pilot phase, the Microsoft Certified Architect program received the thumbs-up from some of the Information Technology industry's most influential veterans. "Setting standards is important, especially if those standards are high enough to create an assurance that someone who meets the standard is capable of doing a high-quality job," said Tony Redmond, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for HP Services, whose team worked with Microsoft Learning to develop the Microsoft Certified Architect credential and continues to be a part of the program steering committee. "Apart from individual achievement, a program like this is great for customers because you know that when you work with one of the elite, you truly are working with one of the best."
Entry into the program will be limited as each person selected to enter the program will be assessed and coached by a Microsoft Certified Architect. Those candidates who are interested in entering the program will complete an application. Selection for entrance will be limited by the number of certified architects who are available to support the candidates.
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