Microsoft Certified Database Administrators (MCDBAs) on Microsoft SQL Server 2000 receive the following benefits (effective January 1, 2000):
- Industry recognition of your knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft products
and technologies.
- Receive a 50 percent rebate or discount on a one-year subscription to Microsoft
TechNet or TechNet Plus—offered for your first year of certification only.
(Fulfillment details vary, depending on your location. Please see your Welcome
Kit for details.) A TechNet subscription provides MCDBAs with a portable IT
survival kit that is updated monthly. Contents include the complete Microsoft
Knowledge Base that Microsoft Support uses as well as service packs and kits.
- A Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN®) subscription. MCDBAs receive rebates
or discounts on a one-year subscription to MSDN during the first year of certification.
(Fulfillment details will vary, depending on your location; please see your
Welcome Kit for details.) The rebate or discount amount is $200 US for MSDN
Professional and $500 US for MSDN Universal.
- A one-year subscription to SQL Server Magazine, the number 1 resource for
Microsoft SQL™ Server professionals. Written by industry experts, the magazine
contains technical and how-to tips and advice—a must for anyone working with
SQL Server. The regular price for a one-year subscription is $49.95 US a year.
The offer is free for MCDBAs. Information on how to initiate the subscription
is included in the MCDBA Welcome Kit. Or go directly to SQL Server Magazine's
Web site and subscribe online.
- Access to technical and product information direct from Microsoft through
a security-enhanced area of the MCP site.
- Access to exclusive discounts on products and services from selected companies.
Individuals who are currently certified can learn more about exclusive discounts
by visiting the secured MCP site.
- The MCDBA logo, certificate, transcript, wallet card, and lapel pin that
identify you as a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) to colleagues and
clients. Electronic files of logos and your transcript may be downloaded from
the secured MCP site upon certification.
- Invitations to Microsoft conferences, technical training sessions, and special
events.
- Free access to Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online, a career
and professional development magazine. Security-enhanced content on the Microsoft
Certified Professional Magazine Online Web site includes the current issue
(available only to MCPs), additional online-only content and columns, an MCP-only
database, and regular chats with Microsoft and other technical experts.
- A discount on membership to PASS, the Professional Association for SQL Server.
In addition to playing a key role in the only worldwide, user-run SQL Server
user group endorsed by Microsoft, members enjoy unique access to a world of
educational opportunities. PASS is extending an invitation to MCPs to take
advantage of PASS voting membership and all the rewards that come with it
for only $50 US ($100 US off the regular price). Visit the secured MCP site
for details on how to receive this benefit.
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