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- IT is at the heart of almost every aspect of our lives making digital
technology a vitally important area of economic growth designing, creating,
installing and supporting this technology requires en ever growing number of people,
with the right skills and Microsoft certifications, give people those skills
by enabling IT professionals to get the very best out of the latest Microsoft technology.
- I work within a desktop support environment, we troubleshoot problems, we
install software, we work on projects, and that's across the family of our
businesses up and down the country. I want to become certified to give myself
more confidence in what I'm doing. There's so much to learn in IT, it's kind
of impossible to know everything about everything. And so it was helpful for me to focus
on a goal in a certain technology path.
- I work for an internal development team. We mainly do research development
and pre-concept work. The reason why I wanted to become certified was to help with my
progression at this company. I started as a system developer and within four months I'd
done a Sharepoint certification. And that certification helped me because an opportunity
came up to be an innovation's engineer which is progression and that
certification was one of the factors that helped me get that progression.
- Certification is really important because it shows our customers that we're investing
beyond the technology, right investing in the people that run the technology.
- Training is really important. I mean, I started learning by doing a self
certification program at home. But you can't beat the classroom environment, having a tutor in front of you
helping you, and can explain anything that you're having problems with.
- As you can imagine Sharepoint is such a big product. So the exam could be on anything,
and this is where, again, the training helped for me. Because the trainer knew
the exam. And that helped me really focus on the bits that we would need to focus on
for the 80 minutes, 90 minutes exam. It exposed me more to the business, people
know what I'm capable of and that has given me the opportunity to work
with higher levels with the business that I wouldn't have been get to before.
- Certification, particularly Microsoft certification is the benchmark quality
in the industry and by adopting, certification it shows the we've invested
to that level. - There's a lot of credibility to a Microsoft
qualification, it gives your colleagues more respect for you, it gives your client more respect for you.
- People like to see that, certainly on a CV, it's what, when we're interviewing
for people, it's what we look for.
- It's a fantastic feeling when you get results straight away and you passed.
It's a massive achievement, it really makes you feel good about yourself.
I'd definitely advise people get certified with Microsoft, it gives you more
confidence in yourself, it gives others more confidence in you,
it's definitely the way to go.
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