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| ConfigMgr and OpsMgr certifications coming soon |
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By: Paul Thomsen
Posted On: 10/4/2007
I don't have much in the way of details, but the blog below has details for a Live Meeting where the details will be explained for SCCM and SCOM certifications.
http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2007/09/19/certifications-for-tsfkasms-mom.aspx
So do you want my opinion of certifications? I think they're great for rounding out one's expertise in secondary technologies. For example, for a SCCM techie, having certifcations on SQL Server and AD would be wonderful. The SCCM certification itself is good for a relatively junior SCCM techie. If such a person applies for a job where they'd be the only SCCM techie, or in a medium-sized shop where there'd be one of two of three SCCM techies, then the certification would help the hiring manager to believe that the guy (male or female) probably has the basics down enough to be able to do the job. But in a large shop, the skills required are rarely addressed by the certification training or test, so then it would not be nearly as useful.
I've had the pleasure of interviewing at least 50 SMS techies over the years, and the few that have proudly announced their SMS ceritifcation have actually made me nervous - do they really think that's good enough to be able to run SMS on a large scale? So in a large shop I look for a variety of skills, attitudes, and experiences, but SMS certification is low on the priority list. On the other hand, I find it hard to find people with good background in those ways AND decent SQL or scripting or other skills. So someone with good a good SMS background and certifications in those technologies would definitely get my attention.
So I definitely encourage certification, but there's more to being a great SMS techie than high certification scores.
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