<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" media="screen" href="/App_Themes/default/rss.xslt"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:trackback="http://madskills.com/public/xml/rss/module/trackback/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:evnet="http://www.mscommunities.com/rssmodule/" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd"><channel><title>Entries tagged with microsoft certified architect program - Channel 9</title><atom:link rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" href="http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/microsoft+certified+architect+program/feed/ipod/default.aspx" /><itunes:summary>microsoft certified architect program</itunes:summary><itunes:author>Erik Porter, Charles, Mike Sampson, Grace Francisco, Brian Keller, Nathan Heskew, dshadle, Dan Fernandez, Duncan Mackenzie, Jeff Sandquist</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle></itunes:subtitle><image><url>http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png</url><title>Entries tagged with microsoft certified architect program - Channel 9</title><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Microsoft+Certified+Architect+Program/</link></image><itunes:image href="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/Dev/App_Themes/C9/images/feedimage.png" /><itunes:category text="Technology" /><description>microsoft certified architect program</description><link>http://channel9.msdn.com/tags/Microsoft+Certified+Architect+Program/</link><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:54:20 GMT</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:54:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><generator>EvNet (EvNet, Version=1.0.3608.3122, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null)</generator><item><title>ARCast.TV - Biff Gaut discusses the Microsoft Certified Architect Program</title><description>&lt;img src="http://mschnlnine.vo.llnwd.net/d1/ch9/2/3/3/3/1/4/ARCastBillGuatOnMCA_small_ch9.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;p&gt;More than 100 people at Microsoft and from the IT industry in the world today have become &lt;a href="http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/architect/technology/default.mspx"&gt;Microsoft Certified Architects&lt;/a&gt; since the program was launched about two years ago. For people who are interested to become an MCA, they may wonder what it is like to go through the certification process. 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