As you may have seen, Microsoft recently announced a pair of new certifications for SharePoint Products and Technologies. Spencer Harbar and Andrew Connell both have blog posts which describe the new certification programs and provide additional information that is not found on the official Microsoft site. I encourage you to read their posts to learn more.
As Andrew mentions in his blog post, the course authors and presenters include SharePoint Rangers, CAT team members, PFEs, MCS personnel, several members of the SharePoint product team and two SharePoint MVPs. Andrew Connell is the content owner, author and instructor for the WCM...