MB2-866 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011

SBI is pretty big on Microsoft certifications. The director of IT has at least a dozen and it's one of my quarterly goals. Today I took and passed exam MB2-866 Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, Customization and Configuration.

It wasn't very difficult to study for. I've been reading Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Unleashed by Marc J. Wolenik, Damian Sinay, and Rajya Vardhan Bhaiya and taking practice exams. It's an introductory book and doesn't really go very deep, but it covered the material pretty well. I wish Microsoft would provide a test kit for the CRM exams.

The last time I took an exam (70-100 Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures) was about 14 years ago. It's way out of date, but the Microsoft Solution Framework information from it is still relevant.

One of the really convenient things SBI does is pay up front for the exam and provides study material. Sweet Systems did almost the same thing. They would reimburse up to three attempts to pass an exam.