MicroStrategy 9 Training
This page provides you information on the following MicroStrategy 9 education offerings:
- What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 courses
- What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 public course schedule
- Upgrade to MicroStrategy 9 education packages
- MicroStrategy 9 Certification Changes
- MicroStrategy 9 Course Debut Schedule
1. What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 Courses
For customers currently on version 8.x and wanting to learn the new features of MicroStrategy 9, we offer four distinct What’s New in 9 courses.
What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 for Project Architects (1 day)
What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 for Desktop Developers (1 day)
What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 for Web Users (1 day)
What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 for Administrators (2 days)
These courses are targeted at specific roles within the project team and business community to educate users on the new functionality available in this product release.
MicroStrategy will offer these courses as public sessions and private sessions. For both sessions, the delivery method can be classroom-based or distance learning.
For Public Courses
All "What’s New in MicroStrategy 9" courses are covered under existing PEP membership. Current and new PEP members who join the PEP program will have access to all MicroStrategy 9 training. The schedule for our What’s New in 9 courses is below. This schedule is subject to change so please go to our course schedule section of our website for the latest available course dates. To register for these public courses, please submit your registration request online (for PEP members only) or download a course registration form and complete it and fax it to the number at the top of the form.
2. What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 Public Course Schedule
What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 Public Course Schedule for US and Canada only: June to September 2009. Dates for international locations can be found on the course schedule page.
If you are interested in having a What's New Course scheduled in a city near you, please contact education@microstrategy.com with your course request.
For Private Courses:
For customers looking for immediate What's New training, tailored to your project team roles and your specific upgrade plans, MicroStrategy can deliver these courses as private instructor-led sessions either at your location or as a distance learning session. Private What's New sessions enable you to train more people at once using a curriculum customized to your needs. MicroStrategy offers two education packages for private training programs on MicroStrategy 9. These packages consist of a volume of learning units with built-in discounts.
3. Upgrade to MicroStrategy 9 Education Packages
Upgrading to MicroStrategy 9 for Technical Users (20 Learning Units) - $11,700
This offering provides customers with private onsite training on the new features of MicroStrategy 9. Customers can choose from four unique “What’s New” in 9 courses tailored at specific roles within the project team. The courses are targeted at Desktop Developers, Project Architects, Administrators and Web Users and amount to 5 days worth of training content. The curriculum can be tailored to the needs of your project and delivered ‘just in time’ as instructor-led or as distance learning to meet your upgrade plans.
Upgrading to MicroStrategy 9 for Business Users (50 Learning Units) - $27,625
This offering provides customers with private onsite training on all the new features and capabilities of MicroStrategy 9 Web. Your end users will learn about enhanced web interactivity and self-service features of this new release. This package provides customized courseware, incorporating your data and reports into the training manual to increase relevance and student retention. Under this program you can either choose to have MicroStrategy train 50 of your business users or get your staff certified to teach the course through a Train-the-Trainer program.
If you are interested in scheduling a private “What’s New in MicroStrategy 9” session, please email education@microstrategy.com or contact our Education Sales Associates at 703-848-8600.
- West, Central and Canada Regions: Christina Hoffman
- Northeast, South and Federal Regions: Mike Habte
4. MicroStrategy 9 Certification Changes
For MicroStrategy 9, our MicroStrategy Certified Engineer (MCE) Program will be changing to include more content for the new release. As a result, there will be a new Comprehensive Certification that is an intermediate step before someone can attain MCE status. This level is called MCD – MicroStrategy Certified Developer.
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The following changes will be made to the MCE Program:
1. Intermediate Step to Achieving MCE, new Comprehensive Certification: MCD – MicroStrategy Certified Developer
- We will have three focus area certifications to achieve MCD:
- Certified Project Designer (CPD) - no change
- Certified Report Developer (CRD) - includes only Desktop: Advanced Reporting as a course
- Certified Document Developer (CDD) – includes courses for Documents and Dashboards
- After a student passes each certification week (by passing the relevant certification exam), they then do a 3-day MCD project to achieve MCD status
2. If someone wants to achieve MCE, they have to first attain MCD status and then take one more focus area certification – Certified Platform Administrator (CPA). The CPA program consists of one instructor-led course and one online course with a certification exam.
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3. If someone is already MCE certified, and they want to become MCE for version 9, there will be a 3-hour MCE renewal exam for them to upgrade their certification status to v9.
Note: Students are strongly advised to attend all of the What’s New in MicroStrategy 9 courses prior to the exam to ensure they have the required knowledge to pass the renewal exam.
5. MicroStrategy 9 Course Debut Schedule
MicroStrategy will be continually updating their existing version 8 courseware to version 9. Listed below is a tentative schedule of when you can expect version 9 training content to debut and the delivery format for that content. We are rolling out version 9 training in Phases with Phase I being the most frequently requested courses and instrumental to starting a project. Phase II are more advanced courses to build-upon the content offered in Phase I. MicroStrategy will provide further announcements in their upcoming education newsletter due out in late Summer and early Fall.
The “status” below indicates when the courses will be available for a PRIVATE session – either classroom-based instructor-led or distance learning instructor-led. The public course dates for when the courses are first being offered can be found on our course schedule page. If you are interested in a private course prior to the public course debut, please contact education@microstrategy.com.
Phase I Courses:
Instructor-led Courses: |
Duration |
Status |
MicroStrategy Web for Reporters and Analysts |
2 days |
Available |
MicroStrategy Web for Professionals |
1 day |
Available |
MicroStrategy Desktop: Reporting Essentials |
2 days |
Available |
MicroStrategy Architect: Project Design Essentials |
2 days |
Available |
MicroStrategy Desktop: Advanced Reporting |
3 days |
Available |
MicroStrategy Report Services: Document Essentials |
2 days |
Available |
MicroStrategy Report Services: Dynamic Dashboards |
2 days |
Available |
Implementing MicroStrategy: Development and Deployment |
3 days |
Available |
Certifications: |
Status |
Certified Project Designer (CPD) Exam |
Available |
Certified Report Developer (CRD) Exam |
Available |
MicroStrategy Certified Developer (MCD) Project |
Available |
Online Courses: |
Duration |
Status |
Web Online (for end users) |
Online |
Available |
MicroStrategy Distribution Services |
Online |
Available |
What’s New in 9 for SDK Developers |
Online |
Available |
Phase II Courses:
Instructor-led Course: |
Duration |
Status |
MicroStrategy Administration |
3 days |
December 2009 |
MicroStrategy Engine Essentials |
2 days |
December 2009 |
MicroStrategy Freeform SQL Essentials |
1 day |
January 2010 |
MicroStrategy Architect: Advanced Project Design |
1 day |
January 2010 |
MicroStrategy Advanced Data Warehousing |
2 days |
January 2010 |
MicroStrategy Web SDK Customization Essentials |
3 days |
January 2010 |
MicroStrategy Data Mining Services Essentials |
1 day |
Q2 2010 |
MicroStrategy Visualization SDK Essentials |
2 days |
Q2 2010 |
Certifications: |
Status |
Certified Platform Administrator (CPA) Exam |
Winter 2009 |
MCE Renewal Exam |
Winter 2009 |
Online Courses: |
Duration |
Status |
MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server for Developers |
Online |
Apr 2010 |
MicroStrategy Narrowcast Server for Administrators |
Online |
May 2010 |