Lukas Beeler’s IT Blog

As our Microsoft Partner Program Renewal Date is coming up, i decided to do some work to get everything together and go Gold Certified.

With just a bit of work, this has worked out (the number of sales we made also played into that).

If you’re wondering how we got 120 points with us being a rather small company, it’s quite easy:

• Get two competencies - for this you’ll need:
  • Two MCPs with relevant certs
  • The Information Worker & Network Infrastructure competencies are the easiest
  • Three customer references per competency minimum - 10 customer references total to get full points
• A total of 10 customer references - you’ll need only 6 if you have 18 points for Sales Performance
• Microsoft Small Business Specialist for 5 extra Points - for this you’ll need 70-282 and an online exam.
• A minimum of 7 points through MCPs - two MCITP/MCSE and one MCP will give you that
• A minimum of 10 points of Sales Performance

This should give you a total of 122 points - more than enough for a Gold Certified Partner!

As a side note, my current employer Acommit AG also has a job opening in a Systems Engineer position. If you have strong Windows, Exchange and IBM i skills and thinking of working for a company near Lake Zurich, apply now!