this explains a lot
"Disclosure first - El Reg is a media partner of the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA). And that means it's time for some, umm, media-ing."
In once sentence I now understand all the Google bashing!
Disclosure first - El Reg is a media partner of the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA). And that means it's time for some, umm, media-ing. With the battle for mindshare in the cloud market reaching fever pitch, Microsoft aims to cement its position by training you to be a master of these new Cloud-arts™. Unsurprisingly, the …
I did this a while back, there is no certification at the end of it.
Either way, certification or not, it hasn't furthered my career in any way shape or form. Conversely it hasn't harmed it either. I think what I am trying to say is I don't really have anything to say about the MVA... <gets coat>