Framework Design, Agile Coach, President Oklahoma City Developers Group, Microsoft MVP C#, TDD, Continuous Integration, Patterns and Practices, Domain Driven Design, Speaker, VB.Net, C# and Sql Server
So here is some good news if you work for a Microsoft Certified Partner company. You can now get discounts on your MCP exams.
Microsoft Corporation is offering Microsoft Certified Professional,
Microsoft Partner Competency and Microsoft Business Solutions exams at
significant discounts worldwide to candidates who are affiliated with
Microsoft Certified Partner companies.
The offer is available in two tiers, based on partner level. For
companies at the Certified Partner level, Microsoft is providing exams
at 25 percent off; up to 25 vouchers can be redeemer per Certified
Partner organization. Gold Certified Partners get an even better break:
30 percent off exams for up to 100 vouchers per company. Candidates can
find out if they qualify by going to https://partner.microsoft.com/global/examsavings
and filling out a form. Exams retail for $125US, but vary by region.
Vouchers are issued through MeasureUp, a Microsoft Certified Testing
partner.
Source: Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine
About Raymond Lewallen
Working primarily in the public sector during his career, Raymond has designed and built several high profile enterprise level applications for all levels of the government. Raymond now works as a solutions architect for EMC. Raymond is an agile coach, Microsoft MVP C# and also president of the Oklahoma City Developers Group and Oklahoma Agile Developers Group. Raymond spends a lot of his time learning and teaching such things as Test Driven Development, Domain Driven Design, Design Patterns and Extreme Programming practices and principles, to name a few. Raymond is also an advocate of Alt.Net. Raymond is primarily a framework guy, so don't ask him anything about UI :)