Gold Certified Partners, Certified Partners, or Registered Members can earn a Microsoft Competency at any time throughout the program year. You can earn and be active in multiple Competencies. You earn Partner Points for the successful achievement of a Competency. Enrollment in a Competency is automated and achieved when Competency and Program Level requirements are met. If you are a Registered Member earning a Competency, you will not be active in the Competency (and therefore unable to receive Competency benefits) until you meet the Program Level requirements for a Certified or Gold Certified Partner. See About Competencies.
IMPORTANT: For a Competency that has specializations, you must meet the requirements of a specialization to earn the Competency.
From the Requirements and Assets menu, click Competency Summary. The Manage Competencies page at the Competency Summary tab is displayed.
In the Select Location area, click the down arrow and select a Location or the Organization. Then, click Select. The screen displays your progress towards meeting each available Competency for the Organization or the selected Location.
To navigate to screens where you can add a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), create a customer reference, or add tested products, click the corresponding link within a Competency list. If a link is disabled, you do not have administrative rights for the Location.
Requirements for earning each Competency are displayed on the Competency Requirements tab of this Manage Competencies page.
If you do not have any Competencies in an In Progress status, you will see a message and link to move to the Competency Requirements tab.
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Global Administrators |
Can view the progress towards earning a Competency for the Organization and for all Locations within the Organization. |
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Location Administrators |
Can view progress for all Locations and for the Organization, but can only take actions for Locations for which they have administrative rights. |
A Competency is valid as long as individual requirements are valid. For the vast majority of the Competencies/specializations, this will be from the date the Competency is earned through the remainder of that membership year, plus one additional year. The exception are those specializations that require tested product certifications. While most tested products have a valid certification period for two or more years, when a tested product certification expires, the Partner Points and associated Competency are valid through the end of the membership year.