Important: New Exams for Small Business Specialists
What’s New: New exams for Small Business Specialists are now available for Partners updating their skill set. Changes to the Small Business Specialist requirements are now available at the MSPP Portal:
Small Business Specialist partners must employ or contract with at least one person by location who has passed one of the five technical exams listed:
· 70-653: TS: Windows Small Business Server 2008, ConfiguringNEW!
· 70-654: TS: Windows Essential Business Server 2008, ConfiguringNEW!
· 70-631: TS: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring
Note: If you passed either Exam 70-282: Designing, Deploying, and Managing a Network Solution for Small- and Medium-Sized Business or Exam 74-134: Preinstalling Microsoft Products and Technologies to receive your Small Business Specialist designation, your exam credentials must be updated by October 31, 2010. See qualifying exams above to help you retain the value of your Small Business Specialist partner designation and Microsoft Certified Partner (MCP) credential.
Why are we doing this: The membership term in the Small Business Specialist Community is valid as long as the individual requirements are valid. In addition, Partners are required to update technical skills as new technologies become available.
Partners renewing their Microsoft Partner Program membership will be required to verify and validate that all information included in the Partner Profile is correct and complete at the Partner Membership Center. As long as all the Small Business Specialist requirements are still met, this process will also renew membership in the Small Business Specialist Community.
Timelines: Effective now through October, 2010
Additional Information: Please read the Partner FAQs at the Microsoft Partner Portal