First Round of New Dynamics GP, NAV Professional Certifications Taking Shape, With Help From The Field

The Association of Dynamics Professionals, formed to develop independent exams and certify Microsoft Dynamics professionals, needs your help. The organization is trying to build a tiered set of exams to certify levels of professional development. 

"We are hard at work creating the first set of exams for Dynamics GP professionals (other folks are working on other Dynamics products)," noted Dynamics GP MVP Mark Polino on his blog. "If you are interested in submitting one or more questions for the exam, we would love to have to your help. A ton of work is going into this to make sure that we have solid, relevant exams, so you'll have to do some work, not just shoot questions into the air."

Microsoft's decision to end professional certifications for Microsoft Dynamics GP, NAV, and SL professionals in 2014 was received with disappointment by many and uncertainty by others, but few in the partner channel found any real good news in the change.

So in March, the Association of Dynamics Professionals was announced to fulfill that role of testing and certification authority for the Dynamics SMB ERP products. The Association of Dynamics Professionals is spearheaded by Dynamic Communities, the company that runs the AXUG, GPUG, NAVUG, and CRMUG user groups, but it will operate independently as a non-profit organization.

Polino's position has been that killing the certification exams for Dynamics GP (and other Dynamics products) was a bad idea. The exams were far from perfect, but they at least conveyed a baseline competency and a willingness to keep up with the latest versions, he.