So back in March, I blogged on the SharePoint Master (MCM) program. It was an amazing experience. Unfortunately, even though I did pass the grueling qualification lab, I only passed 2 of 3 written tests on the first pass. Well, I just knocked out my retake and the results are in.... PASS! It really has been an interesting experience. There was a lot of pressure to pass on that 2nd attempt. But I made it! I have to thank God for that! I know that it's not always "cool" to talk about

So I just made it back home after attending the 3-week R2 (Beta) rotation of the Microsoft Certified Masters SharePoint training. I wanted to specifically call out the fact that this was a beta program because I really wanted to commend Microsoft for putting together a very polished experience even though it was "beta". Sure, there were a few minor issues and there is always room for improvement but it is clear that they've worked very hard to get this right.

I've been blessed to be part of this white hot technology called SharePoint for the last 5 years. It all started in late 2003 early 2004 when a SharePoint MVP named Darrin Bishop took me under his wing and began to show me how SharePoint would one day RULE THE WORLD of corportate intranets and collaboration portals. He was dead right. I really enjoyed the platform. There was a lot more sizzle to it than the Biztalk work I had been doing and I wanted to be more than just another .NET develope

Just wanted to give a shout out to Todd Baginski and his excellent SharePoint Development Bootcamp training course. I'm sure many of you that cruise SharePoint Blogs are quite familiar with him. But for you Google Searchers (or Live Searchers Paul ;) ) who are looking for a review of his class, here's the bottom line. If you haven't had a chance to attend one of his classes or at least one of his conference lectures, you're missing out.