Awarding Body : Microsoft
Microsoft (MSFT) offers certifications on server, desktop, application, database and developer platforms. The company’s certification programme teaches qualified administrators and technicians to support its system and application products.
The Certification Program
The Certification Program is divided into five main categories:
- Server: Windows Server, Exchange Server, Lync, SharePoint and Microsoft Azure certifications
- Desktop: Windows, devices certifications
- Applications: Office, Office 365 and Dynamics certifications
- Database: SQL Server certifications
- Developer: Visual Studio, SharePoint, Applications and Azure certifications
Credentials
Certifications include the following credentials:
- MTA: Microsoft (MSFT) Technology Associate
- MCSA: MSFT Certified Solutions Associate
- MCSE: MSFT Certified Solutions Expert
- MCSD: MSFT Solutions Developer
- Microsoft Specialist
- MOS: Office Specialist
The Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications primarily deal with older editions of Windows Server, Windows clients, Exchange Server and related platforms.
About the company
MSFT is an American multinational technology company. The corporate headquarters are in Redmond, Washington. They develop, manufacture, license, support and sell computer software, consumer electronics and personal computers and services. Its best known software products are the Windows operating system, the Office suite of programmes, and Internet Explorer. The corporation's flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game console and the Surface tablet.
The company was founded by Paul Allen and Bill Gates on April 4, 1975. It rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s. This was followed by Windows. Since the 1990s, it has increasingly diversified from the operating system market. They have also made a number of corporate acquisitions. In May 2011, the company bought Skype Technologies for $8.5 billion.
Colleges that run Microsoft courses in Ireland
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Sligo) - Sligo
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Kerry) - Kerry
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Mullingar) - Westmeath
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Wicklow) - Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Limerick) - Limerick
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Dublin) - Dublin
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre Carlow Kilkenny - Carlow
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Cork) - Cork
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Galway) - Galway
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Swords) - Dublin
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Laois) - Laois
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Maynooth) - Maynooth, Co. Kildare
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Waterford) - Waterford
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Clare) - Ennis, Co. Clare
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Wexford) - Wexford
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Access
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Access Course by Pitman Training Centre (Dundalk) - Louth
To teach the Microsoft Access program to an employable level and to cover the Microsoft Certified Application Specialist test (MCAS) and ECDL Advanced (Database) exam.
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Wexford) - Wexford
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Dundalk) - Louth
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Sligo) - Sligo
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Kerry) - Kerry
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Mullingar) - Westmeath
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Wicklow) - Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Limerick) - Limerick
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Dublin) - Dublin
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre Carlow Kilkenny - Carlow
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Cork) - Cork
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Galway) - Galway
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Swords) - Dublin
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Laois) - Laois
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
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Excel
Blended Learning - Mix of Classroom & Online, Microsoft Excel Course by Pitman Training Centre (Maynooth) - Maynooth, Co. Kildare
Microsoft Excel is one of the most commonly used spreadsheet programmes, whether used in businesses for customer data and accounting purposes or at home for household budgets. Having proven skills in this software will demonstrate to employers that you have […]
