Charlotte Foust
cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Wed Oct 10 12:57:01 CDT 2007
Nope, we had no idea who was certifying it. It was only when Microsoft told us we'd passed that we found out who had examined it. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 10:53 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Action Pack,now with special edition toolkit for Web Solution Providers > We had to produce a commercial product using Microsoft software and > have it examined and passed by a company (which turned out to be in > China, > BTW) contracting with Microsoft. I believe one of our developers had > to be certified, but I think he already was, so that wasn't an issue. =========Did MS assign the company or do you guys just pick one -- I know that getting products certified is a cottage industry -- perhaps partnership is too or is considered part of the same process? > > There's a time limit on meeting the requirements, but I don't recall > what it was, a year or two. I was involved only as a developer > helping create the application. We can now market ourselves as a > Microsoft Partner, put their logo on our website and materials, ... > and I have managed to forget any other benes. We get all the > Microsoft software for our company's use, operating systems, server > products, Office, the works. =========A client is researching this process, so I'd be glad to learn more about it. Susan H. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com