Number of Microsoft Certified Professionals Worldwide

Updated: March 10, 2009

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The Microsoft Certified Professionals (MCP) program was established in 1992. To date, more than 2 million
people have achieved Microsoft Certification worldwide. These numbers are current as of February 2009.

Microsoft Certification Worldwide

credential achievers

Microsoft Certified BizTalk Server 2006: Custom Applications 3,121

Technology Business Desktop Deployment 5,940
Specialist (MCTS) Connected Home Integrator 243
Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 1,045
2007 2,345
Managing Projects with Microsoft Office Project 2007 739
Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack: Configuration 14,837
Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Configuration 770
Microsoft Forefront Client and Server: Configuration 3,780
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006: 2,658
Configuration 111
Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007: Configuration 912
Microsoft Office Groove 2007: Configuration 151
Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 776
Microsoft Office Project Server 2007: Configuration 4,762
Microsoft Office PerformancePoint Server 2007: Applications 13,656
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Application Development 88
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Configuration 1,900
Microsoft Office Visio 2007: Application Development 1,379
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: Configuration 345
Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007: Configuration 470
Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Configuration 47
Microsoft Team Foundation Server: Configuration and Development 9,704
Microsoft Virtual Earth 6.0: Developing Applications 40,684
.NET Framework 2.0: Distributed Applications 18,941
.NET Framework 2.0: Web Applications 238
.NET Framework 2.0: Windows Applications 605
.NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Applications 561
.NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Applications 138
.NET Framework 3.5, Windows Communication Foundation 397
Applications 224
.NET Framework 3.5, Windows Forms Applications 3,292
.NET Framework 3.5, Windows Presentation Foundation Applications 48,580
.NET Framework 3.5, Windows Workflow Foundation Applications 253
SQL Server 2005: Business Intelligence Development 347
Microsoft Certification Worldwide
credential achievers

SQL Server 2005 590

SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and 73
Maintenance 464
SQL Server 2008, Database Development 694
SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance 775
Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office 30,757
Windows Embedded CE 6.0: Application Development 23,701
Windows Mobile 5.0: Application Development 29,031
Windows Mobile 5.0: Configuration 1,227
Windows Server 2008 Active Directory: Configuration 3,546
Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure: Configuration 7,521
Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure: Configuration 258
Windows Server Virtualization, Configuration 305
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Application Development 881
Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Configuration 61,771
Windows Essential Business Server 2008, Configuration
Windows Small Business Server 2008, Configuration
Windows Server 2003 Hosted Environments: Configuration and
Management
Windows Vista: Configuration

Microsoft Certified Database 181

Architect (MCA) Infrastructure 381
Messaging 651
Solutions 771

Microsoft Certified Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 62

Master (MCM) Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 144
Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft Office Communications Server 10
2007 8
Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 2
Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 39
Microsoft Certified Master: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 27
Microsoft Certified Master: Windows Server 2008 Directory

Microsoft Certified 87,909

Application
Developer (MCAD)

Microsoft Certified Microsoft .NET 35,179

Solution Developer Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 46,181
(MCSD)

Microsoft Certified Enterprise Application Developer 7,306

Microsoft Certification Worldwide
credential achievers

Professional Web Developer 9,624

Developer (MCPD) Windows Developer 3,576

Microsoft Certified Microsoft SQL Server 2000 152,682

Database
Administrator
(MCDBA)

Microsoft Certified Windows XP 54,030

Desktop Support
Technician (MCDST)

Microsoft Certified Business Intelligence Developer 1,269

IT Professional Business Intelligence Developer 2008 99
(MCITP) Consumer Support Technician 1,290
Database Administrator 7,457
Database Administrator 2008 228
Database Developer 3,233
Database Developer 2008 175
Enterprise Administrator 11,897
Enterprise Messaging Administrator 4,352
Enterprise Project Management with Microsoft Office Project Server 441
2007 8,927
Enterprise Support Technician 6,857
Server Administrator

Microsoft Certified Windows Server 2003 150,510

Systems Engineer Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 290,456
(MCSE) Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 395,824

Microsoft Certified Windows Server 2003 11,437

Systems Engineer Windows 2000 9,306
(MCSE): Messaging

Microsoft Certified Windows Server 2003 19,596

Systems Engineer Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 8,686
(MCSE): Security

Microsoft Certified Windows Server 2003 239,022

Systems Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 147,967
Administrator
(MCSA)

Microsoft Certified Windows Server 2003 92,552

Systems Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 30,849
Microsoft Certification Worldwide
credential achievers

Administrator
(MCSA): Messaging

Microsoft Certified Windows Server 2003 23,185

Systems Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 5,199
Administrator
(MCSA): Security

Microsoft Certified 58
Learning Consultant
(MCLC)

Microsoft Certified 15,233

Trainer (MCT)

Microsoft Certified 2,389,691

Professional (MCP)
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The number of MCAs is current as of December 2008. This number is updated quarterly.