The Microsoft
Certified Architect (MCA) certification has entered into a pilot phase,
according to this
article from MCPMag.com. Microsoft has also
indicated that 39 people have already been certified as MCAs with a goal of 500
by the end of 2006.
Additionally, the article indicates that new exams for Visual Studio 2005 and
SQL Server 2005 will be released shortly after the products are released in
November.